Our Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Nadia V. Celis
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Irina Popescu
Assistant Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Michele Reid-Vazquez
E. Frederic Morrow Associate Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and Africana Studies, Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies ProgramStaff
Janice A. Jaffe
Research Associate in Latin American Studies
Elizabeth H. Palmer
Academic Department Coordinator for Africana Studies and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies ProgramContributing Faculty
Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos
Assistant Professor of Theater, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Karime Castillo
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Yoel Castillo Botello
Visiting Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Ireri Chavez-Bárcenas
Assistant Professor of Music
Javier Cikota
Assistant Professor of History
Elena Cueto-Asín
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Gustavo Faverón-Patriau
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Chair of Romance Languages and Literatures Department
Allison Guess
Iris W. Davis Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Jamella Gow
Rasuli Lewis Assistant Professor of Sociology
Adanna Kai Jones
Assistant Professor of Dance
Angel Daniel Matos
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Christian Puma Ninacuri
Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Ángel Saavedra Cisneros
Assistant Professor of Government, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Jay Sosa
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Krista Van Vleet
Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Department of Anthropology
Hanétha Vété-Congolo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, on leave for the 2025 fall semester
Carolyn Wolfenzon Niego
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures