Faculty by Discipline
Architecture and Engineering
Guillermo Gallego
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1988
Engineering and Applied Sciences, Mexico
Reinhold Martin
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Ph.D. Princeton University
Architecture, corporate space
Jorge Otero Pailos
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Ph.D. MIT, 2002
Modern architectural trends in Latin America
The Arts, Art History and Archeology
Ester Pasztory
Professor, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1971
Pre-Columbian art history, Andean art and architecture
Richard Peña
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, School of the Arts
M.S. MIT, 1978
Latin American film
Galia Solomonoff
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
M.A. Columbia University, 1994
Architecture, urban planning
Anthropology
Terrence D’Altroy
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of California
Ancient empires of the Andes, Peru
Nicolas De Genova
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Latino Studies
Claudio Lomnitz
William H. Ransford Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1987
Historical sociology of politics and culture in Mexico, Mexico
Michael T. Taussig
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of London, 1974
Indigenous peoples of the Andean region, Colombia and Peru
Business
Enrique Arzac
Professor, School of Business
Ph.D. Columbia University
Corporate finance
Charles Calomiris
Professor, Columbia Business School
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1985
Emerging market financial markets, Latin American capital markets
Nelson Fraiman
Professor, Columbia Business School
M.B.A. Columbia University, 1971; Ph.D. Columbia University, 1977
Operations management, Argentina and Uruguay
Paul Glasserman
Senior Vice Dean, Columbia Business School
Ph.D. Harvard, 1988
Business and the economy in Latin America, Argentina
Maria Guadalupe
Columbia Business School
Ph.D London School of Economics, 2003
Labor Economics, Economics of Personnel and Organizations, The consequences of Product market competition and Globalization on Organizations, Corporate Governance.
Raul Katz
Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia School of Business
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985
Telecommunications in Latin America, finance, economics
Daniel Paravisini
Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School
Ph.D. MIT, 2005
Corporate finance, financial institutions
Nicolas Stier
Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
Quantitative models of decision-making, Argentina
Veronica Rappaport
Assistant Professor, School of Business
Ph.D. MIT, 2005
Macroeconmics, International Economics, Argentina
Gabriel Y. Weintraub
Assistant Professor, Columbia School of Business
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2006
Operations and management science, applied economics, Chile
Comparative Literature
Frances Negron-Muntaner
Professor, English and Comparative Literature; Director, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Ph.D. Rutgers, 1997
Caribbean cultures and literature
Economics
Guillermo Calvo
Professor, Department of Economics
Ph.D. Yale University, 1974
Macroeconomic policy in Latin America, capital flows
Sara Calvo
Lecturer, School of International And Public Affairs
Ph.D. Columbia University,
Macroeconomic policy in Latin America, Argentina and Bolivia
Mariana Colacelli
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Barnard College
Ph.D. Harvard, 2005
Macroecomics
Alan Dye
Associate Professor of Economics, Barnard College
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1991
Latin American economic history, Cuba, Spain and Latin America
Miguel Urquiola
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, 2000
Economic development, Chile, Bolivia
Education
Monisha Bajaj
Assistant Professor of Education, International & Transcultural Studies, Teachers College
Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University
Comparative and international education, peace and human rights education, the politics of education, social inequalities, critical pedagogy, curriculum development 
Lesley Bartlett
Assistant Professor of Education, Teachers College
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
Comparative education, migration, Brazil and the Caribbean
Lambros Comitas
Professor Emeritus, Teachers College
Ph.D. Columbia University,1962
Culture and Society in the Caribbean
Regina Cortina
Professor, Teachers College
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1985
Comparative education, Mexico
Ofelia Garcia
Professor of Bilingual Education, Teachers College
Ph.D. Graduate Center, City University of New York, 1981
Bilingual education of Latinos, Mexico
Henry Levin
Professor, Teachers College
Ph.D. Rutgers University
Economics of education, cost-effectiveness analysis, school reform
Francisco Rivera Batiz
Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
International, development, labor and comparative economics
Environmental Studies
Walter Baethgen
Director, Latin American Program
International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Earth Institute
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987
Climate risk assessment and management in agricultural, health, water resources and disasters sectors
Vladimir Gil
Associate Research Scientist, The Earth Institute- CIESIN
Ph.D. Yale University, 2005
Local conflicts with a transnational corporations in Latin America 
Miguel Angel Pinedo-Vasquez
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Evolutionary Biology
Ph.D. Yale, 1995
People in the landscape, Peru and Brazil
Maria Uriarte
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2002
Ecology in Latin America, Brazil and Puerto Rico
Ethnomusicology
Aaron Fox
Professor, Department of Musicology
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Caribbean
Frederick Moehn
Adjunct Professor, International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. New York University, 2001
Brazilian and Latin American music, cultural history, and cultural policy
Christopher Washburne
Department of Musicology
Ph.D. Columbia, 1999
Latin American jazz trends, Caribbean music
History
John Coatsworth
Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1967
Latin America, Economic History
Rebecca Kobrin
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Jewish History and Migration
Natasha Lightfoot
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. New York University, 2007
Interests: Emancipation, race, and labor studies within the fields of Caribbean, Atlantic World, and African Diaspora History
Nara Milanich
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Barnard College
Ph.D. Yale, 2002
Modern Latin America, History of the Family, Chile
Jose Moya
Professor, Department of History (Barnard); Senior Fellow, Institute of Latin American Studies
Ph.D. Rutgers, 1988
Migration, Latin America, Argentina
Caterina Pizzigoni
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. King’s College, London, 2002
Colonial history of Latin America, Mexico
Pablo Piccato
Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. University of Texas, 1997
Modern Latin American history, Mexico
Nancy Stepan
Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. University of California, 1971
History of science and medicine, Brazil
International Affairs
Sara Calvo
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. Columbia University,
Macroeconomic policy in Latin America, Argentina and Bolivia
Albert Fishlow
Professor Emeritus, Department of International Affairs
Ph.D. Harvard University
History of the Brazilian Economy, contemporary economic issues, Brazil
Stephany Griffith-Jones
Executive Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, ISERP
Ph.D Cambridge University, 1981
International finance and economic development, Chile, Latin America
Helios Herrera
Lecturer in Discipline, International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. (Economics) New York University, 2002
Political Economy, Financial Economics, Information Economics, Industrial Organization
Roberto Lenton
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. MIT, 1974
Water resources in Latin America, Argentina
Elizabeth Lindenmayer
Adjunct Professor, Acting Director of the UN Studies Program, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. New York University
International conflict resolution, peacekeeping 
M. Victoria Murillo
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Ph.D. Harvard, 1997
Latin America in comparative perspective, Argentina
Jose Antonio Ocampo
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. Yale, 1976
Macroeconomic policy in Latin America
Arturo Porzecanski
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. University of Pittsburg
Macroeconomic policy in Latin America, Argentina
Jenik Radon
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
J.D., Stanford Law School, 1971
Corporate, international and constitutional law, energy, human rights
Lisa Schineller
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. Yale University, 1992
International economics, the Brazilian economy, Brazil
Fernando Sotelino
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
M.Sc. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; M.B.A.-M.A. Stanford University
Brazil
Alfred Stepan
Professor, Department of Political Science
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1969
Religion and democracy, Brazil
Thomas J. Trebat
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1978
International economics, the Brazilian economy, Brazil
Eric Verhoogen
Assistant Professor, Department of International and Public Affairs
Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, 2004
Industrial development, Mexico
Hillary Miller Wise
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
M.A. Johns Hopkins University
Microfinance and development, Mexico
Journalism
John Dinges
Associate Professor, School of Journalism
M.A. Stanford University
Contemporary media issues in Latin America, Chile
Law
Mark Barenberg
Professor of Law
J.D. Harvard, 1982
International labor rights, constitutional law, global economic institutions, democracy and law
Allan R. Brewer-Carias
Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
Ph.D. Central University of Venezuela, 1964
Constitutional and administrative law, Venezuela
Alejandro Garro
Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
J.S.D. Columbia University, 1990
Latin American Law, Argentina
Tamara Lothian
Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
J.D. Harvard Law School, 1984
Financial Systems in Latin America
Katherina Pistor
Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
Dr. jur University of Munich, 1998
Financial systems in Latin America
Karl Sauvant
Director, Columbia Program on International Investment, Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
International investment policies, Brazil
Political Science
Douglas Chalmers
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science
Ph.D. Yale, 1962
Democratic institutions in Latin America
Rodolfo de la Garza
Professor, Department of Political Science
Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1972
Latino political experiences, democratic institutions in Mexico, Mexico
Robert Kaufman
Adjunct Professor of Political Science
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1967
Latin American Politics in Comparative Perspective, Brazil
Pablo Pinto
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Ph.D. University of California San Diego, 2004
Political economy of trade and investment, Argentina
Public Health
Ana F. Abraído-Lanza
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Ph.D. Graduate Center of the City University of New York
The health of Latino populations in the United States; socioeconomic status and health; health disparities.
Marilyn Aguirre-Molina
Professor, School of Public Health
Ed.D. Columbia University, 1993
Population, Health of Latino Children and Families
Rosemary Barber-Madden
Professor Emeritus, Mailman School of Public Health
Ed.D. 1980 Temple University
Social Development, Latin America, Brazil
Alan Berkman
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health
M.D. Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1971
Dominican Republic, AIDS
Alex Carballo-Diéguez
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Ph.D. New School for Social Research, 1986
HIV, Latin America
Cristiane Duarte
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
M.P.H. Columbia University, 2005; Ph.D. Federal University of São Paolo, 2000
Mental health issues of children, Brazil
Jennifer Hirsch
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1998
Health, gender and sexuality, Mexico
Rafael Lantigua
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
M.D. Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, 1972
Minority aging, Dominican Republic
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy
Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public Health
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2001
Sexual health-related risks among ethnic and sexual minority urban populations
Richard Parker
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociomedical Studies, Mailman School of Public Health.
Ph.D. Berkeley, 1992
AIDS and HIV policy in Latin America, Brazil
Diana Romero
Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public Health
Ph.D. Columbia University
domestic reproductive-health and poverty policy; factors influencing contraceptive decision-making; and, Latino health issues.
Barbara Taylor
Faculty, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center
M.D. Harvard Medical School, 2001
HIV in the Dominican Republic, HIV care among communities of dual-nationality
Milton Wainberg
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
M.D. Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1987
HIV and AIDS in Latin America, Brazil
Social Work
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany
Population and maternal health issues of Latino communities, Puerto Rico
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
Associate Professor of Social Work
Ph.D. Smith College, 1995
Group trauma among Native Peoples of the Americas, historical trauma theory and interventions for American Indians, Latin American Indians, and Latinos
Rogério M. Pinto
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2003
Clinical practice with immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities, HIV prevention, health-related social interventions, Brazil, Latinos in the U.S.
Sociology
Nicole P. Marwell
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2000
Latino studies, Caribbean
Yao Lu
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Ph.D. UCLA, 2008
Demography, Social Stratification, Migration and Health
Spanish and Portuguese
Carlos J. Alonso
Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Yale University, 1983
Modern Latin American Literature and Culture
Elizabeth Amann
Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2000
Comparative literature, Latin American literature, history of Hispanism in the U.S.
Anke Birkenmaier
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Yale, 2004
Latin American humanities, cultural and literary links Spain and Latin America
Ruth Borgman
Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma de México, 1982
Spanish Immersion, contemporary Mexican Spanish
Jose Antonio Castellanos Pazos
Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. New York University, 2002
Portuguese Immersion: Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese
Maria Teresa Conde
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles, 2004
Contemporary Brazilian literature and film studies, Brazil
Angelina Craig-Florez
Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1991
Literary and cultural studies, language acquisition
James Crapotta
Language Coordinator, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures, Barnard College
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1979
Hispanic literatures and cultures, language acquisition
Isabel Estrada
Assistant Professor, Language Program Director, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures, Barnard College
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1999
Impact of war and dictatorship on cultural production: literature, film, and documentary
Paul Firbas
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Princeton University, 2001
Culture of Colonial Peru, Peru
Luis Gonçalves
Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007
Afro-Brazilian social practices, border literature, diaspora, migration
Alfred MacAdam
Professor, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures (Barnard)
Ph.D. Princeton, 1969
Latin American literature, literary translation
Graciela Montaldo
Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires, 1990
Contemporary Latin American literature, Argentina
Gustavo Pérez-Firmat
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1979
Spanish-American and Latino literature
Carlos Riobo
Professor, Spanish and Latin American Culture, Barnard College
Ph.D. Yale University, 1998
Latin American culture and literature
Perla Rozencvaig
Lecturer in Discipline, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1994
Latin American cultures, Caribbean literature, Cuba
Guadalupe Ruiz Fajardo
Director of Language Programs, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. University of Granada, 1992
Mass media in language pedagogy, Spanish as a second language for immigrant communities
Alessandra Russo
Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Ph.D. (History) Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris), 2006
Art, Historical Anthropology, Nahuatl, Iberian Worlds
Flora Schiminovich
Senior Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures, Barnard College
Ph.D. New York University, 1978
Latin American literature, politics, cinema, theatre
Michael K. Schuessler
Professor, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures, Barnard College
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Latin-American literature and culture
Masters Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The new Masters program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies begins Fall 2009.