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
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 Affiliate in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx 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
Karime Castillo
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ireri E. Chávez-Bárcenas
Associate Professor of Music
Javier Cikota
Associate Professor of History
Elena Cueto Asín
Charles Weston Pickard 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 N. Gow
Rasuli Lewis Assistant Professor of Sociology, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year
Adanna Kai Jones
Assistant Professor of Dance, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year
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
Jay Sosa
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Director of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Program
Krista Van Vleet
Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Department of Anthropology
Hanétha Vété-Congolo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Carolyn Wolfenzon Niego
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year