 
    		      		Our Faculty and Staff
Faculty
 
    		      		 
    		      		Yoel Castillo Botello
Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies 
    		      		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 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, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year 
                  		Karime Castillo
Assistant Professor of Anthropology 
    		      		Ireri E. Chávez-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