Faculty and Staff
Program Coordinator
Andrew Schlewitz
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
Area and Global Studies
Political Science Department
Areas of Interest: Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations
(616) 331-8258
103 Lake Ontario Hall
[email protected]
Faculty
Andrew Schlewitz
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
Area and Global Studies
Political Science Department
Areas of Interest: Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations
(616) 331-8258
103 Lake Ontario Hall
[email protected]
Affiliate Faculty
Brian Deyo
Associate Professor
English Department
Areas of Interest: Postcolonial Studies
(616) 331-3388
168 Lake Huron Hall
[email protected]
David Stark
Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
History Department
Areas of Interest: Colonial Latin America, Caribbean, Slavery
(616) 331-3174
D-1-216 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Elizabeth Gansen
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages and Literatures
Area of Study: Spanish
(616) 331-8769
B-2-216 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Mayra Fortes González
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Modern Languages and Literatures
(616) 331-3804
D-2-118 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Michael Huner
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
History Department
Areas of Interest: Modern Latin America, World History, 19th and 20th century, State Formation
(616) 331-3420
D-1-136 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
Assistant Professor
M.S.J. in Journalism, Northwestern University
School of Communications
Area of Study: Multimedia Journalism
(616) 331-3668
224 Lake Superior Hall
[email protected]
Paola (Mirta) Leon
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Social Work
Areas of Interest: Community mental health, Qualitative research, Violence against women, Service learning
(616) 331-6561
357-C Richard M. DeVos Center
[email protected]
Dennis Malaret
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Sociology Department
Areas of Interest: Race and Ethnicity, Youth
(616) 331-3113
2152 Au Sable Hall
[email protected]
Jim Penn
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Florida
Department of Geography and Sustainable Planning
Areas of Interest: Latin America, Amazonia, Non-timber Forest Resources, Tropical Agriculture, Natural Resource Use, Protected Areas, Demographic Change, Globalization and Development
(616) 331-8522
1155 Au Sable Hall
[email protected]
Nora Salas
Associate Professor
Ph.D.
History Department
(616) 331-3134
D-1-126 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Médar Serrata
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Modern Languages and Literatures
(616) 331-3459
D-2-114 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Joel Stillerman
Professor
Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
Sociology Department
Areas of Interest: Urban Sociology, Consumer Culture, Labor and Labor Movements, Inequalities, Latin America
(616) 331-3129
2166 Au Sable Hall
[email protected]
Christian Trefftz
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
School of Computing & Information Systems
(616) 331-3646
C-2-110 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
Melba Vélez Ortiz
Professor of Communications
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Frederik Meijer Honors College
(616) 331-0055
130 Niemeyer
[email protected]
Christopher Shaffer
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Anthropology Department
Areas of Interest: Biological Anthropology, Conservation Ecology, Ecological Anthropology, and variation in Material Hunting Technology
(616) 331-8210
226 Lake Michigan Hall
[email protected]
Keith Watts
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Modern Languages and Literatures
(616) 331-3168
B-2-257 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]
John Weber
Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Geology Department
(616) 331-3191
213 Padnos Hall of Science
[email protected]
Michael Wroblewski
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Anthropology Department
(616) 331-2325
230 Lake Michigan Hall
[email protected]
Raul Ysasi
Affiliate Faculty
Ed.D., Wayne State University
College of Education and Community Innovation
(616) 331-3343
352-C Richard M. DeVos Center
[email protected]