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Gretchen Helmke

Gretchen Helmke

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Professor Helmke's research focuses on democratic political institutions, rule of law, and Latin American politics.

Institutional crises in Latin AmericaRule of LawDemocratic Political InstitutionsLatin American Politics
Elizabeth Zechmeister

Elizabeth Zechmeister

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of LAPOPVanderbilt University

Expert in Latin American political behavior and director of the world-renowned Latin American Public Opinion Project.

DemocracyPollingLatin AmericaComparative PoliticsLatin America Democracy
Dr. Tom Long

Dr. Tom Long

Associate Professor, Politics & International StudiesUniversity of Warwick

Tom’s expertise includes US-Latin American relations, Latin American foreign policy, North America, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

Asymmetrical International RelationsLatin American Foreign PolicyInternational RelationsPoliticsU.S.-Latin American Relations
Margarita R. Ochoa

Margarita R. Ochoa

Associate Professor of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

Department of History, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Social Justice and Equal RightsLatin AmericaRace and EthnicityWomen and GenderIndigenous/Ethnohistory
David  Smilde

David Smilde

Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations and and Senior Associate Fellow at CIPRTulane University

David Smilde is an expert in the sociology of culture, sociology of religion, social movements, political sociology and Latin America.

Human RightsSocial MovementsSociology of CultureSociology of ReligionPolitical Sociology
Louis A. Pérez, Ph.D.

Louis A. Pérez, Ph.D.

J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History. Director, Institute for the Study of the Americas, College of Arts and SciencesUNC-Chapel Hill

Dr. Pérez’s principal research interests center on the 19th and 20th century Caribbean, with a research emphasis on Cuba.

CubaCuban RevolutionCaribbean StudiesLatin American Culture
Kia Lilly Caldwell, Ph.D.

Kia Lilly Caldwell, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts and SciencesUNC-Chapel Hill

Dr. Caldwell can discuss the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on people of color in the U.S. and Brazil.

Critical Race StudiesBlack FeminismGender and Race in BrazilAfro-Latin StudiesAfrican Diaspora Studies
Prof. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

Prof. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

Professor of Social Policy and International DevelopmentUniversity of East Anglia

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock worked as the the External Research Coordinator for the UNRISD Project on Ageing, Development and Social Protection.

Public PolicyAlzheimer'sCardiovascular DiseasesHuman RightsActive Ageing
Melissa Martinez

Melissa Martinez

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International AffairsUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Martinez is an expert on human rights, criminal organizations and post-conflict societies in Latin America.

Post-Conflict Societies in Latin AmericaHuman RightsCriminal Organizations
Brenda Elsey

Brenda Elsey

Associate Professor of HistoryHofstra University

Specialist in Popular Culture and Politics, as well as Gender and Sports, in Twentieth Century Latin America.

Latin American CultureLatin American PoliticsSports in Latin AmericaGender Studies