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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.
Core Faculty
Dr. Victor Hernández-Huerta
Assistant Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Program Director of LAS/LALS
Dr. Irma V. Alarcón
Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Dr. Margaret R. Ewalt
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dr. Karin Friederic
Associate Professor of Cultural/Applied Anthropology
Dr. Andrea Gomez-Cervantes
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Dr. Linda Howe
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dr. Jessica MacLellan
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Dr. Kathryn Mayers
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dr. Samantha Ordóñez
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dr. Marco Sartor
Assistant Teaching Professor of Music
Dr. Peter M. Siavelis
Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Dr. Miles R. Silman
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Professor of Conservation Biology Director, Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Dr. Ana-María Wahl-González
Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. Betina Wilkinson
Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Dr. Mir Yarfitz
Associate Professor of History
Associated Faculty
Dr. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo
Earley Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Luis Roniger
Reynolds Professor of Politics and International Affairs