Steering Committee

College of Arts and Sciences

John Twichell

John Twichell

Senior Lecturer
Director of Latin American Studies

(305) 284-6893
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John Twichell is a Ph.D. (University of Miami, 2015) and Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Miami, where he instructs undergraduate courses in International Studies, Latin American Studies, and Political Science. His course offerings are in the areas of international relations, international political...
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Michael J. Bustamante

Michael J. Bustamante

Assoc. Professor
Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
Director, Cuban Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Academic Programs, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries

(305) 284-5203
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Michael J. Bustamante (PhD, Yale University) is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami. He is the author of Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2021....
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Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva

Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva

Professor
Chair of Geography and Sustainable Development
Director of Graduate Studies
Secondary Faculty in Biology

(305) 284-6890
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A native of Belém, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, Dr. José Maria Cardoso da Silva is a biogeographer who studies the relationships between biodiversity conservation and development in tropical regions. Supported by more than 20 years of field experience studying different tropical socio-ecological systems, his research...
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Eduardo Elena

Eduardo Elena

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-4231
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Eduardo Elena specializes in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America, with a particular interest in the societies of the South Atlantic region. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, he grew up in the United States and was educated at the University of Virginia (B.A.) and Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.). Professor Elena teaches...
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Tracy Devine Guzmán

Tracy Devine Guzmán

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-5585
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Tracy Devine Guzmán teaches in Latin American Studies and Global Indigenous Studies with an emphasis on Brazil, the Andes, and South-South relations. Her research and teaching interests include cultural and intellectual history, social and political theory, and cultural production, especially as these fields intersect with questions of...
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Lillian Manzor

Lillian Manzor

Professor
Faculty Director of UParis

(305) 284-5585
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Yolanda M. Martinez-San Miguel

Yolanda M. Martinez-San Miguel, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 284-5585
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Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel specializes in colonial, postcolonial Latin American, and Caribbean literature. She teaches courses on critical theory, comparative coloniality, gender and sexuality studies, and Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean studies. She has taught at Princeton University (1997-2000), Rutgers, the State University of...
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Laura Gómez-Mera

Laura Gómez-Mera

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-3116
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Laura Gomez-Mera is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of International Political Economy (IPE) and Political Economy of Development, with a regional focus on Latin America. She holds a doctorate (DPhil) in  International Relations...
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Michael Touchton

Michael Touchton

Assoc. Professor
Global Health Associate Faculty Lead - UMIA

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Dr. Touchton studies the political economy of development and underdevelopment in a comparative setting. His areas of interest include how countries attract investment and promote economic growth, how they reduce poverty and promote human development, and how they redevelop following the departure of major industries. Much of his research occurs...
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