People

María de los Angeles Torres
Director of LALS
1531 UH
312-996-2510
torresma@uic.edu
Interests:
Latino politics, Latin American political thought, Latin American revolutionary thought Cuba: the island and its exiles, Latin American politics, Diasporas: gender and politics The politics of childhood, Democracy and multiculturalism

Xóchitl Bada
Assistant Professor of LALS
1519 UH
312-996-9144
xbada@uic.edu
Interests:
Immigrant access to political and social rights, Black-Latino relations, Transnational communities, Rural development, Civic participation in Mexico and the United States

Christopher Boyer
Associate Professor of LALS and History
1021 UH
312-413-1216
crboyer@uic.edu
Interests:
Mexican history, Environmental history, Latin American Studies

Simone Buechler
Assistant Professor of LALS
1521 UH
312-413-5340
buechler@uic.edu

Ralph Cintron
Associate Professor of LALS and English
2012 UH
312-413-2736
rcintron@uic.edu
Interests:
Rhetorical studies, Ethnography, Urban theory, Theories of transnationalism, Political theory, Social theory

Nilda Flores-González
Associate Professor of LALS and Sociology
4160 BSB
312-996-5373
nilda@uic.edu
Interests:
Race and ethnicity, Identity, Youth, Education and U.S. Latinos

Elena Gutierrez
Associate Professor of LALS and Gender & Women Studies
1224 UH
312-996-9039
elgut@uic.edu
Interests:
Latina/o reproductive and sexual health politics, Feminism, Social activism and Chicana/o Studies

Alejandro L. Madrid
Associate Professor of LALS
1517 UH
312-996-4716
almadrid@uic.edu
Interests:
The performance of democratic values, Latin American 19th-century and early 20th-century music, Transnationalism and embodied culture in contemporary electronic dance music

Joel Palka
Associate Professor of LALS and Anthropology
3148-B BSB
312-413-5985
jpalka@uic.edu
Interests:
Maya archaeology, Maya art and hieroglyphic writing, Historical archaeology, Ethnohistory, Cross-cultural interaction and social change

Amalia Pallares
Associate Professor of LALS and Political Science
1108A BSB
312-413-3773
2nd office: 1513 UH - Dept. of LALS
amalia@uic.edu
Interests:
Social movements
Ethnicity and race in Latin America and in the U.S, Rural politics, Political protest, Political change

Cristian A. Roa-De-La-Carrera
Associate Professor of LALS and Spanish
1523 UH
312-996-2279
roa@uic.edu
Interests:
Colonial narratives and the rearrangement of social networks, Kinship relations, Gender interactions, Ethnic identities of both indigenous peoples and colonizers

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky
Assistant Professor of LALS and Spanish
1509 UH
312-413-7930
skvirsky@uic.edu
Interests:
Latin American Cinema, film theory, documentary film, ethnographic film, race and representation, the racial melodrama

Javier Villa-Flores
Associate Professor of LALS and History
1511 UH
312-996-7270
javier@uic.edu
Interests:
Religion, Colonialism, Performance studies, The social history of language in colonial Mexico

 

 

 

Affiliates

 

Kim Potowski
Associate Professor of Spanish
Department of Spanish, French, Italian & Portuguese
(312) 996-8524
kimpotow@uic.edu

John Jairo Betancur
Associate Professor
Department of Urban Planning and Policy
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
(312) 996- 2125
betancur@uic.edu

Rafael A. Núñez-Cedeño
Professor
Department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese
(312) 996-0271
rnunez@uic.edu

Brian S. Bauer
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Anthropology (MC 027)
(312) 413-3731
bsb@uic.edu

Irma M. Olmedo
Associate Professor Emerita
College of Education
(312) 996-4508
iolmedo@uic.edu

Margarita Saona
Associate Professor
Department of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
(312) 996-5222
saona@uic.edu

Virginia E. Miller
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Art History
(312) 413-2467
vem@uic.edu

Ellen Taylor Baird
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Art History
(312) 996-3342
etbaird@uic.edu

Richard R. Cameron
Associate Professor
Department of Spanish French Italian and Portuguese &
Department of English
(312) 413-5885
rcameron@uic.edu

Barry R. Chiswick
Distinguished Professor
Department of Economics
(312) 996-6240
brchis@uic.edu

Leon Fink
Professor
Department of History
(312) 413-9357
leonfink@uic.edu

Lorena Garcia
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
(312) 413-3759
lorena@uic.edu

Waud H. Kracke
Professor
Department of Anthropology
(312) 413-3584
waud@uic.edu

Silvia A. Malagrino
Associate Professor - Photo
School of Art and Design
(312) 996-5412
libraes@uic.edu

Anthony Orum
Professor
Department of Sociology
(312) 996-3015
amorum@uic.edu

Joseph Jacob Persky
Professor
Department of Economics
(312) 996-2687
jpersky@uic.edu

Victoria Weyler Persky
Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SPH, Divison of
(312) 996-4783
vwpersky@uic.edu

Pamela Anne Quiroz
Professor
Educational Policy Studies and
Sociology
College of Education
(312) 413-9185
paquiroz@uic.edu

David C. Ranney
Professor - Emeritus
Department of Urban Planning and Policy
College of Urban Planning Affairs
(312) 996-2126
dranney@uic.edu

Flora V. Rodriguez-Brown
Professor
Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
312-996-3013
florarb@uic.edu