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Center-Based Faculty
The UF Center for Latin American Studies has 20 Center-based faculty members and professional staff, and five Emeritus faculty
with expertise in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We encourage you to look through our faculty profiles below.
You may also search the
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for faculty based on geographic region.
A list of our Affiliate Faculty can be viewed
here
.
Leonardo A. Villalón
Director
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
Center for African Studies
319B Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
villalon@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4703
Biography
Jairo Baquero-Melo
Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
392 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
jbaqueromelo@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-5235
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Emilio M. Bruna
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
380 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
embruna@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-846-0634
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Jonathan Dain
Director, Natural Resource Leadership Institute
Senior Lecturer, Tropical Conservation and Development Program
Center for Latin American Studies
388 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
jdain@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4713
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Carlos de la Torre
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
313 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
delatorre.carlos@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-7134
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. De la Torre is on leave until May 15, 2026.
Glenn Galloway
Director and Master Lecturer, Master of Sustainable Development Practice
Center for Latin American Studies
Center for African Studies
466 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115560
Gainesville, FL 32611-5560
Email:
ggalloway@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-3292
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Rebecca Hanson
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Law
Turlington 3360
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
r.hanson@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-294-7191
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Karen Kainer
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
210 Newins-Ziegler Hall
P.O. Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
Email:
kkainer@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-846-0833
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Bette Loiselle
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
347 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
bloiselle@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4706, 352-846-0592
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Luis Felipe Lomelí
Associate Director of Academic Programs
Graduate and Undergraduate Coordinator
Center for Latin American Studies
319F Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
luisgomezlomeli@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-4704
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Carmen Martínez Novo
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
382 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
m.martineznovo@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4716
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Susan Paulson
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
301 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
spaulson@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4730
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Paulson is on leave for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semesters.
Rafael "Rafa" Ramírez Solórzano
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
360 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
r.solorzano@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392‐4672
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
John Richard Stepp
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Anthropology
1112 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117305
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
Email:
stepp@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-0299
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Carlos A. Suárez Carrasquillo
Associate Instructional Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
331 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
casuarez@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4724
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Ariadna Tenorio
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
368 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
an.tenoriolopez@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-4735
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Welson Tremura
Director, Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute
Associate Director, Center for the Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
College of Music
382 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
tremura@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4728
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Catherine Tucker
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Anthropology
309 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
tuckerc@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-0690
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Pilar Useche
Interim Director, Tropical Conservation and Development Program
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Food and Resource Economics
1091 McCarty Hall
P.O. Box 110240
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
Email:
useche@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-1826 ext. 430
Biography
Meg Weeks
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
378 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
weeksm@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4708
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Emeritus Faculty
Efraín Barradas
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
barradas@ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Carmen Diana Deere
Distinguished Professor Emerita
Center for Latin American Studies
Food and Resource Economics Department
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
deere@latam.ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Terry McCoy
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
tlmccoy@latam.ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Mary Risner
Professor Emerita
Center for Latin American Studies
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
mrisner@latam.ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Marianne Schmink
Professor Emerita and Distinguished Teaching Scholar
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Anthropology
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
schmink@ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Robert T. Walker
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Geography
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
roberttwalker@ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Philip J. Williams
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
pjw@calpoly.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Charles H. Wood
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Law
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email:
cwood@latam.ufl.edu
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
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