Faculty & Staff

Program Coordinator and Staff

Sam Handlin ’00

(he-him-his-himself)

Associate Professor

Program Coordinator, Latin American & Latinx Studies

Political Science

Latin American & Latino Studies

Contact

  1. Trotter Hall 313
  2. Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:30-4:00PM
  1. Profile
  2. CV
  3. Office Hour Sign Up
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Cheryl Sharp

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Coordinator

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7750
  2. Trotter Hall 107
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Deb Sloman

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies

Classics

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8165
  2. Trotter Hall 110
  3. Trotter Hall 107
Deb Sloman

Program Committee

Elaine Allard

Associate Professor

Director, Teaching & Learning Commons

Educational Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8635
  2. Pearson Hall 203

Links

  1. Profile
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Thamyris Almeida

Visiting Assistant Professor and Post-Doctoral Fellow

Latin American Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5752
  2. Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:30am-1:30pm, or by appointment

Links

  1. Profile
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Diego Armus

Professor

On Leave - Fall

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8094
  2. Trotter Hall 220
  3. Office Hours: On leave Fall 2024

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Armus CV [pdf]
  3. History Department publications page

Interests: Latin America, urban, diseases, migrations, social and cultural history

Diego Armus

Alejandra Azuero-Quijano

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

On Leave - Academic Year

Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8110
  2. Kohlberg Hall 242
  3. Office Hours: On sabbatical 2024-25

Links

  1. Profile
Professor Alejandra Azuera-Quijano

Nanci Buiza

Associate Professor

Spanish

Latin American & Latino Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8163
  2. Kohlberg Hall 339
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.On Leave Spring 2025.Please make an appointment for office hours here.

Links

  1. Profile

Interests: Latin American literature, Central American and Mexican cultural studies, U.S. Latino/a studies, and diasporic and transnational community formations.

Nanci Buiza

Paloma Checa-Gismero

Assistant Professor

On Leave

Art History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5671
  2. Beardsley Hall 203
  3. Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 4-5pm and by appointment.

Links

  1. Profile
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Desiree Diaz

Associate Professor

Comparative Literature

Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7682
  2. Kohlberg Hall 338
  3. Office Hours: On Leave 24-25

Links

  1. Profile

Interests: Latin American literature and cultural studies, Caribbean literature and visual culture, US Latino/a studies, film studies, performance studies, popular and material culture, urban studies. 

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Luciano Martinez

Professor

Arts and Humanities

Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8016
  2. Kohlberg Hall 343
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 pm / Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, sign up in advance here.  

Links

  1. Profile

Interests: Latin American literatures and cultures; higher education administration; literary theory; second language pedagogy; LGBTQ+ studies 

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Edwin Mayorga

Associate Professor

On Leave - Fall

Educational Studies

Latin American & Latino Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6154
  2. Pearson Hall 204
  3. Office Hours: On sabbatical. For appt. please email (emayorg1)

Links

  1. Profile
  2. BarrioEdPHL
  3. Critical Education Policy Studies
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Maria Pia Olivero

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7331
  2. Kohlberg Hall 208
  3. Office Hours: Fridays 10:00am-12:00pm 

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of interest: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Credit Markets, Latin American Economies.

Maria Pia Olivero

Salvador Rangel

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-4823
  2. Kohlberg Hall 245
  3. Office Hours: By Appointment
    Wednesdays, 3:00- 5:00pm
     

Links

  1. Profile
Professor Salvador Rangel

Affiliated Faculty

Mike Wilson Becerril

(he-him-they-them)

Visiting Assistant Professor

Peace & Conflict Studies

Latin American & Latino Studies

Environmental Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3358
  2. Parrish Hall W225

Links

  1. Profile
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Nicté Fuller Medina

Visiting Assistant Professor

Linguistics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6014

Links

  1. Website
  2. Faculty Grant Profiles

Pearson Hall 103

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Jaime Hernandez

Visiting Assistant Professor

Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6099
  2. Kohlberg Hall 323
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays: 1:50 - 3:30 p.m.

Links

  1. Profile

Interests: Spanish Middle Ages; Early Modern literature and culture; Colonial Latin American literature; Transatlantic, Mediterranean, and Lusophone studies.

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Jose-Luis Machado

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8562
  2. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 401
  3. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 424

Links

  1. Profile

Research: Invasive species and plant physiological ecology of temperate and tropical ecosystems

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James Padilioni

Visiting Assistant Professor

Religion

Environmental Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6268
  2. Parrish Hall W227

Links

  1. Profile
James Padilioni

Roberto Vargas

Head, Research & Instructional Services

Libraries-Research & Instruction

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6107
  2. McCabe Library 120

Subject specialist for Art & Art History, Classics, English Literature, Latin American & Latino Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, and Spanish.

Schedule an appointment

Roberto Vargas

Edlin Veras

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6310
  2. Kohlberg Hall 241
  3. Office Hours: By appointment
    Tuesdays, 4:00- 5:00pm in person or via Zoom 

Links

  1. Profile
Professor Edlin Veras