Leadership and Staff | Institute of Latin American Studies

Leadership and Staff

The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) is the center for research, teaching and discussion on Latin America at Columbia University. Its main goal is to bring together and provide resources for Columbia faculty, students and visiting scholars, recognizing the diversity of their interests and approaches while strengthening their links with Latin America and with communities of Latin American origin in the United States.

ILAS Director

ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada delivering a seminar

Eduardo Moncada

Director

Center and Program Directors

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Paulo Blikstein

Director, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies

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Director, Center for Mexico and Central America

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Frances Negron-Muntaner

Director, Greater Caribbean Studies Program

Staff

Gustavo Azenha

Gustavo S. Azenha

ILAS Executive Director, Director of Graduate Studies

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Senior Manager of Business and Student Affairs

Student Staff

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Administrative Assistant

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Julia Uyeda Ogawa

Julia Uyeda Ogawa

Administrative Assistant

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Junny Hernandez

Junny Hernandez

Financial Assistant

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Lemann Center Assistant

Executive Committee

Alexander Alberro

Alexander Alberro

Virginia Bloedel Wright '51 Professor of Art History,
Barnard College

Mauricio Cardenas

Mauricio Cardenas

Professor of Professional Practice in Global Leadership; Director, MPA in Global Leadership

Daniel Friedrich

Daniel Friedrich

Associate Professor of Curriculum,
Teachers College

Maja Horn

Chair, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures,
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures

M. Victoria Murillo

M. Victoria Murillo

Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Department of Political Science

Frances Negrón-Muntaner

Frances Negrón-Muntaner

Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Department of English and Comparative Literature

Benjamin S. Orlove

Benjamin S. Orlove

Professor of International and Public Affairs, School International and Public Affairs

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Jorge Otero-Pailos

Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - GSAPP

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Caterina Pizzigoni

Associate Professor,
Department of History

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Assistant Professor at the Management Division, Columbia Business School

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Manuela Orjuela

Manuela Orjuela

Molecular Epidemiologist and Pediatric Oncologist, Columbia Maliman School of Public Health

Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro

Thomas Trebat

Director; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs

Maria Luiza Paranhos

Maria Luiza Paranhos

Project Coordinator

Rodrigo Siqueira dos Santos

Rodrigo Siqueira dos Santos

Finance Officer

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Deborah Lourenço

Deborah Lourenço

Senior Program Officer

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Francisco León

Francisco León

UX Designer

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Vinícius Lopes

Vinícius Lopes

Climate Program Manager Officer

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João Pedro Oliveira

João Pedro Oliveira

Software Engineer

Columbia Global Centers | Santiago

Antonio Campaña

Antonio Campaña

Antonio Campaña

Director

Vivian Fosk

Finance and Operations Manager

Christian Molinari

Christian Molinari

Communications & Programming Officer