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 head by the Program’s Director, Dr. Kathryn Mayers, Associate Professor of Spanish, and advised by a group of associated faculty that also conduct research on and teach courses related to Latin America.
Steering Committee
Dr. Kathryn M. Mayers
Associate Professor of Spanish
Program Director
Email: mayerskm@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-4739
Office: Greene Hall 523
Dr. Peter M. Siavelis
Professor of Political Science
Associate Program Director
Email: siavelpm@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5451
Office: Kirby Hall 308
Dr. Luis Roniger
Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies
Email: ronigerl@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-4401
Office: Kirby Hall 303
Dr. Mary L. Friedman
Professor of Spanish
Email: friedman@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5429
Office: Greene Hall 537
Dr. Margaret R. Ewalt
Associate Professor of Spanish
Email: ewaltmr@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5807
Office: Greene Hall 522
Dr. Linda S. Howe
Associate Professor of Spanish
Email: howels@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-4905
Office: Green Hall 508
Dr. Miles R. Silman
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Professor of Conservation Biology
Director, Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Email: silmanmr@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5596
Office: Winston Hall 134
Dr. Ana-Maria Wahl
Associate Professor of Sociology
Email: wahlam@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-4121
Office: Kirby Hall 01B
Dr. Irma V. Alarcón
Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Email: alarcoi@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5194
Office: Greene Hall 519
Dr. Betina C. Wilkinson
Associate Professor of Political Science
Email: wilkinbc@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-3997
Office: Kirby Hall 321
Dr. Mir Yarfitz
Associate Professor of History
Email: yarfitmh@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-2580
Office: Tribble Hall B114
Dr. Karin Friederic
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Email: friedeku@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5976
Office: Museum of Anthropology
Dr. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo
Early Assistant Professor of Catholic
& Latin American Studies
Email: gandoleo@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-3570
Office: Wingate 113
Dr. Andrea L. Echeverría
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Dr. Andrea L. EcheverríaEmail: echeveal
Phone: 336-758-4702
Office: Greene Hall 540
Dr. Samanta Ordóñez Robles
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Email: ordones@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5487
Office: Green Hall 543
Associated Faculty
Dr. Luiz González
Associate Professor of Spanish
Email: gonzall@wfu.edu
Phone: 336-758-5428
Office: Greene Hall 534