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The Latin American and Latino Studies Program is led by the Latin American and Latino Steering Committee, a group of faculty members from various departments across the Wake Forest Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences charged with overseeing the development of the Program and the curriculum for the undergraduate minor in the Latin American and Latino Studies. Members of the Steering Committee conduct research on and teach courses related to Latin American and Latino issues. The Committee is headed by the Program’s Director, Dr. Victor Hernandez-Huerta, Assistant Professor of Politics & International Affairs, and advised by a group of associated faculty conducting research on and teaching courses related to Latin America.
Steering Committee
Dr. Victor Hernández-Huerta
Assistant Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Program Director of LAS/LALS
Kirby Hall 310
336.758.5452
hernanv@wfu.edu
Dr. Irma V. Alarcón
Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Greene Hall 519
336.758.5194
alarcoi@wfu.edu
Dr. Margaret R. Ewalt
Associate Professor of Spanish
Greene Hall 522
336.758.5807
ewaltmr@wfu.edu
Dr. Karin Friederic
Associate Professor of Cultural/Applied Anthropology
Piccolo Hall 120
336.758.5976
friedeku@wfu.edu
Dr. Andrea Gomez-Cervantes
Assistant Professor of Sociology
336.758.3053
gomezca@wfu.edu
Dr. Linda Howe
Associate Professor of Spanish
Greene Hall 508
336.758.4905
howels@wfu.edu
Dr. Kathryn Mayers
Associate Professor of Spanish
Greene Hall 523
336.758.4739
mayerskm@wfu.edu
Dr. Samantha Ordóñez
Associate Professor of Spanish
Greene Hall 524
336.758.4572
ordones@wfu.edu
Dr. Peter M. Siavelis
Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Kirby Hall 308
336.758.5451
siavelpm@wfu.edu
Dr. Miles R. Silman
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Professor of Conservation Biology Director, Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Winston Hall 134
336.758.5596
silmanmr@wfu.edu
Dr. Ana-María Wahl-González
Associate Professor of Sociology
Kirby Hall 01B
336.758.4121
wahlam@wfu.edu
Dr. Betina Wilkinson
Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Kirby Hall 321
336.758.3997
wilkinbc@wfu.edu
Dr. Mir Yarfitz
Associate Professor of History
Tribble B – 114
336.758.2580
yarfitmh@wfu.edu
Associated Faculty
Dr. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo
Earley Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies
Dr. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo
Email:
Phone:
Office:
Divinity and Religious Studies Building 113
336.758.3570
gandoleo@wfu.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Mary Friedman
Professor of Spanish
Greene Hall 537
336.758.5429
friedman@wfu.edu
Dr. Luis Roniger
Reynolds Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Kirby Hall 303
336.758.4401
ronigerl@wfu.edu