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The LATINAMERICANIST
University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies | Volume 52, Number 1 | Spring 2021
Inside this Issue
2 Director’s Corner
3 Events
10 Outreach
17 Alumni Spotlight
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3 Celebrating the Center's 90th Anniversary 10 Outreach Initiatives
4 69th Annual Conference on El Gran Chaco 11 Latin American Business Environment Program
6 Towards an Acoustemology of Afro-Cuban Rap 12-13 Faculty news: Fellowships and departures
7 Impasses Políticos, un Futuro Mejor en Venezuela 13 Alumni Awards announced
7 Dialogue in the Diaspora: Brazil and Benin 14 Graduations and Faculty Publications
8 Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon 17-18 Alumni Updates and Spotlight
9 2021 virtual Research Festival
CONTENTS
DIRECTOR’S Corner The LATINAMERICANIST
Volume 52, Number 1 | Spring 2021
What an the Covid pandemic (p. 11). In April our Center for Latin American Studies
academic year! annual conference titled “Indigenous 319 Grinter Hall
PO Box 115530
I first want to Rights, Environmental Change, and
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
congratulate Development in South America’s (352) 273-4705
our graduating Chaco,” brought together frontline latam.ufl.edu
students for actors and academics from Argentina,
adapting to Paraguay, Bolivia, Canada, and the U.S.
CENTER-BASED FACULT Y
strenuous (p. 4). I want to thank Dr. Joel Correia
circumstances for organizing the conference, and the Carlos de la Torre Susan Paulson
and great speakers who participated. Director (LAS)
successfully
completing their MA degrees. Because of the Covid crises it will Emilio Bruna Rosana Resende
be difficult to do summer research in Director, FBLI Assoc. Director, FBLI
Despite the uncertainties this was a (LAS/WEC) (LAS)
successful year for our faculty, who Latin America and the Caribbean. As
continue to be recognized for their we hope to move to a “normal” Fall Bob Buschbacher Mary Risner
research in the quality and number 2021 semester, we will have face-to- (LAS/TCD) Assoc. Director,
of their publications. Professors face classes and conferences. In late Outreach & LABE
October, we will host an international Andrea Chavez (LAS)
Tanya Saunders and Joel Correia (LAS/TCD)
merit a special mention. Dr. Saunders conference on the theme “Still the
Tanya Saunders
was honored with a fellowship at Age of Populism,” with the Center Joel Correia (LAS)
the Hutchins Center for African & for European Studies and the Ehrlich (LAS)
African American Research at Harvard Chair in the Department of Political J. Richard Stepp
University for Spring 2022, and Dr. Science at the University of Florida. Jonathan Dain (LAS/Anthropology)
The conference will be co-sponsored (LAS/SFRC)
Correia was awarded a 2021 American Carlos Suárez
Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) with Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Glenn Galloway Carrasquillo
Fellowship (p. 12). (resetdoc.org), an international Director, MDP MALAS Director
association committed to convening, (LAS) (LAS/Poli.Sci.)
In February we celebrated the Center’s researching and publishing on cross-
90th birthday with a panel of former cultural and international relations, Rebecca Hanson Welson Tremura
Center directors, and a discussion cultural and religious pluralism, human (LAS/Sociology) (LAS/Music)
about the Center’s contribution to rights, and the promotion of the rule of Karen Kainer Catherine Tucker
theories of critical development law and liberal democracy. (LAS/SFRC) Assoc. Director of
(p. 3). The Latin American Studies Academic Affairs
Alumni Board awarded Camila Pazos I welcome the MALAS and MDP classes Bette Loiselle (LAS/Anthropology)
Fajardo the 2020 Young Alumni Award of 2021-23, and want to close thanking Director, TCD
(p. 13). Laury Cullen was the recipient the alumni board for their continuous (LAS/WEC) Pilar Useche
support, and the faculty, students, and (LAS/FRE)
of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Carmen Martínez
his continuous work on conservationism staff of the Center for their hard work
Novo Nicholas Vargas
and reforestation in Brazil (p. 13). and their daily contributions. (LAS) (LAS/Sociology)
Professors Pilar Useche, Timothy
McLendon, Trent Blare, and Brian Timothy Murtha Robert Walker
(LAS/DCP) (LAS/Geography)
Gendreau published the 2021 Latin
American Business Environment Report Dr. Carlos de la Torre
(LABER) that focused on the effects of CENTER DIRECTOR Editor & layout design: Christa Markley, LAS
EVENTS
Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of
the Center for Latin American Studies
Contributed by Anthony Baxter Jr. (MALAS 2022)
2021 marks the 90th Anniversary of the creation of the 4. Teaching and scholarship that advances
Center for Latin American Studies at the University of knowledge while also striving to conjure a positive
Florida. Currently amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, impact through our work.
an in-person celebration was unable to occur to
lower the likelihood of spreading or contracting the 90th Anniversary Development Panel
virus. However, the Center was able to celebrate its Development Studies and theory in Latin America
inception through zoom meetings and live YouTube have continued to maintain their status of high
broadcasts. The current director, Dr. Carlos De La relevancy both in and outside of academia. It is a
Torre, hosted a Director’s Panel, complex subject that spans across
which featured previous directors disciplines, which requires a
of the Center Dr. Carmen Diana critical, holistic lens to determine
Deere, Dr. Terry McCoy, and Dr. what it means, who decides
Philip Williams. In this panel, the what country or sector needs
directors walked the audience development, how to approach
through the Center’s history while development, and why certain
exploring various goals of Latin things must occur to achieve and
American studies during different sustain it. To celebrate the founding
time periods, and the key goals of the Center for Latin American
of the Center while they served Studies at the University of Florida,
as directors. Each director had a panel moderated by its current
their own unique interests and director Dr. Carlos de la Torre
contributions to the center, yet was held to acknowledge and
they all played a crucial role celebrate the Center’s contribution
in making the center one of to being at the forefront of critical
the top three Latin American Development Studies over the
Studies programs in the United years.
States. Former director Dr. Philip
Williams highlighted four key The panel featured a variety of
principles about Latin American the Center’s faculty members,
Studies at UF which gave a solid who all tackled the studies of
depiction of what the Center development in each of their
strives for and represents: respective disciplines. These panel
participants were: Dr. Carmen
1. The insistence on deep Diana Deere, Dr. Bette Loiselle, Dr.
contextual understanding Glenn Galloway, Dr. Susan Paulson, and Dr. Marianne
of language, culture, and history of what scholars Schmink. They each offered their insights about the
choose to study. evolution of their approach to development theory
2. Indispensability of interdisciplinary studies, through years of conducting field research, learning
programs, and initiatives that bridge together from their research participants, and teaching. Their
scholars of various disciplines and backgrounds. perspectives and experiences with Development
Studies highlighted the imperativeness of collaboration
3. Collaboration and embracing collaborative between disciplines and researchers—as most of them
research methods while incorporating the felt the need to collaborate with natural scientists and
participation of community while conducting other scholars as their research progressed to critically
research. evaluate development in Latin America.
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EVENTS
69th Annual Conference brings together
activists and academics on El Gran Chaco
Contributed by Britany Green (MALAS 2022)
The Center for Latin American Studies hosted advocates to address the social and environmental
its 69th Annual Conference titled “Indigenous injustice in the region. Moreover, members of
Rights, Environment Change, and Development conservation organizations talked about the
in South America’s Chaco” from April 15-16. This rapid deforestation and loss of biodiversity
year, the conference was held virtually, which occurring in the Chaco with the expansion of
allowed for the participation and attendance of a agribusiness and development projects. Each
diverse range of actors from across the Americas. panel concluded with vibrant discussion on the
The two-day event consisted of presentations future for the communities and organizations
and round-table discussions with Indigenous represented. Many panelists expressed the
leaders, researchers, and social justice advocates importance of collaboration between researchers
from Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, the U.S., and and frontline actors, but also between researchers
Canada. The panelists provided critical insight into themselves. Collaboration is especially necessary
struggles for Indigenous land rights, environmental in the case of the Gran Chaco, as the forest lies
conservation, and human rights in the Gran Chaco. at the intersection of four countries, each with
complex relationships between the state, private
The first day of the conference featured businesses, and local actors.
presentations by the invited panelists from
Indigenous communities and advocacy Day two revolved around presentations by
organizations in the Chaco. Indigenous leaders the authors of the forthcoming edited book
from Bolivia and Paraguay shared their Reimagining the Gran Chaco: Identities, Politics,
communities’ struggles for the recuperation and the Environment. The authors came from
of ancestral lands and the recognition of their various countries and academic backgrounds,
territorial rights. Representatives from research which resulted in the book being multinational
organizations in the Chaco discussed the efforts and interdisciplinary in its approach to analyzing
being made by human and environmental rights the Chaco. During the conference, some speakers
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EVENTS
discussed the historical legacies of colonialism built on the discussions from the
and settler colonialism that impact the lives of previous day by furthering our
Indigenous peoples in the Chaco today. Other understanding of the social, political,
scholars discussed Indigenous peoples’ struggles for and economic context of the Chaco.
territory and autonomy in the context of growing The conference ended with a virtual happy hour and
extractivist industries. The intersections between live music by Welson Tremura, where conversation
identity, language, and religion were explored continued on how to strengthen collaborative
through presentations on the cultural dynamics of research.
the people living in the region. Each presentation
The 69th Annual Conference was facilitated by Dr. Press, and the University of Arizona Center for Latin
Joel Correia and hosted by the UF Center for Latin American Studies also contributed. All conference
American Studies. The event was sponsored by sessions are available to view on the Center’s YouTube
Title VI funding, and the UF International Center, channel, and Reimagining the Gran Chaco is able to be
Anthropology department, Tropical Conservation preordered through The University of Florida Press.
and Development Program, University of Florida
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EVENTS
Towards an Acoustemology of Afro-Cuban
Rap: A Lecture with Pablo D. Herrera-Veitia
Contributed by Anthony Baxter Jr. (MALAS 2022)
If culture is the blueprint for a community has produced several popular songs for a myriad of
that determines their way of life, thought, and Rap artists both in and outside of Cuba that can be
interactions with the cosmos and everything of found here: soundcloud.com/pablo_herrera .
it—rap is the spoken extension of this phenomena
that offers a glimpse into the inner worlds of a During the lecture Pablo highlighted the need for
community, offering vivid depictions of what goes Rap music in Cuba and how it has become vital for
on in their daily lives. Although the genre has been both older and younger generations throughout
bastardized and infiltrated by corporations and the country. While conducting field research, many
record label executives since the early 1990s, at its of his research participants revealed that the
core remains the need amplified presence of protest embedded within
to tell stories about a the songs contribute to
community’s struggles, strengthening their sense
dreams, pitfalls, and of pride and identity,
resistance against and influencing the
oppressive governments directions that they take
and superstructures that to make their lives better.
function through the lens Rap in Cuba, especially
of white supremacy. Rap underground Rap/
was initially the means Hip-Hop, provides the
of communication for spaces for Afro-Cubans
our (African descendant) to express themselves as
people in the United well as formulate their
States that was birthed ideas and goals while also
from jazz, scatting, soul, defining/redefining who
blues, funk, spoken word, they are and what they
and African polyrhythms stand for as a community.
that were brought with Through its need and
our ancestors as they urge to tell the truth,
were kidnapped and it forces one to pull
trafficked across the back the gilded layers
trans-Atlantic. It was of society to analyze
used to make the parties the realities of Afro-
jump, as well as provide Cubans and disrupts
social commentary to the narratives circulated
keep everyone in the loop that depict Cuba as a
about what was happening non-racial society that is
in the world. completely beyond the
issues of race and racism. The lecture also posed
Just as rap has played a significant role in the United questions about appropriation and highlighted the
States, it is also cemented in the lives and culture of symbiotic relationships between the diaspora, as
our Afro-Cuban brothers and sisters 103 miles across the music clearly shows African descendant people
the ocean in Cuba. On March 9, 2021, the Center sharing and feeding off of one another, despite land
for Latin American Studies at UF held a lecture or language barriers.
moderated by faculty member and professor Dr.
Tanya Saunders that featured the well-known Afro-
Cuban music producer Pablo D. Herrera-Veitia, who
WATCH: youtu.be/Fv6IyNU9fU0
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EVENTS
Impasses Políticos y los Caminos
Hacia un Futuro Mejor en Venezuela
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
The path forward for Venezuela is neither clear nor simple, Maryhen Jiménez spoke about the role of political parties
a result of a complex and challenging political situation. On and society in contemporary Venezuela, and the shifting
March 26, scholars on Venezuela explored this topic in the contextual factors affecting the facility of transition.
virtual forum “Impasses
Políticos y los Caminos Leonard Gómez presented
Hacia un Futuro Mejor en on political oppression and
Venezuela" moderated violence before and during
by Professor Rebecca the revolution, and detailed
Hanson. The discussion challenges to citizen security
brought experts from a in a post-Maduro future.
diverse range of research,
Verónica Zubillaga shed
including democratization,
further light on the role of
citizen security, and political
violence in the revolution,
violence.
focusing on the increased use
The speakers were: Maryhen of guns and its effect.
Jiménez, postdoctoral
Finally, Alejandro Velasco
research associate at the
posed questions to the
Latin American Centre
panelists about transitional
at University of Oxford;
strategies and political
Leonard Gómez, researcher
discourse.
and professor at Universidad
Nacional Experimental de la Seguridad in Caracas; Verónica
Zubillaga, sociologist and associate professor at Universidad
Simón Bolívar in Caracas; and Alejandro Velasco, Associate WATCH: youtu.be/tYGS47dL7Tk
Professor of Latin American history at New York University.
Dialogue in the Diaspora: Benin and Brazil
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
Despite pandemic travel restrictions, Welson Tremura's
Jacaré Brazil still teamed up virtually with Jomion
and the Uklos to explore the shared musical language
between Brazil and Benin, spanning the distance between
Gainesville and Brooklyn.
The event featured approximately an hour of musical
performances from both groups. The song selections
were workshopped in advance to highlight the
interchange of rhythms between Brazil and Benin,
particularly Brazil's bossanova and Benin's bossuhoho.
The Q&A after the performance revealed the deep
connection between these "twin" rhythms separated
by the diaspora, and the power of reuniting them in
imagination, in reality, and through music.
WATCH: youtu.be/hBrc4abkY5U0
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RESEARCH &
TRAINING
Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon
project culminates in collaborative findings
Contributed by Robert Buschbacher (LAS / GIA)
The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon identified key strategies to influence infrastructure
project (GIA, part of the Center’s Tropical governance. The global Covid-19 pandemic disrupted
Conservation and Development Program), is an follow-up plans, but the dedicated UF team and
innovative approach to research, education and engaged partners adapted and innovated. Using Zoom,
international extension. GIA brings together academics, WhatsApp, YouTube, a newsletter, infographics, videos
NGOs, grassroots leaders and interested government and web site, a polycentric network of virtual teams is
staff in a Community of Practice and Learning to working on key strategies for addressing infrastructure
exchange experiences, reflect, and learn challenges: the vital role of grassroots organizations;
about strategies to address the challenges collaboration and synergy among communities,
of large-scale infrastructure. Roads, dams NGOs and researchers; knowledge generation
and waterways threaten the Amazon’s linked to strategic communications; and legal tools
forests and rivers as well as the such as Free Prior and Informed Consent
livelihoods of indigenous people, (see figure).
family farmers and riverine folk.
Infrastructure proponents use Throughout April and May 2021,
economic and political power working groups are sharing
to control information, disrupt findings with the pan-Amazon
community organization, GIA network and fostering
limit consultation, discussion of limiting and
and co-opt multiple enabling conditions for
constituencies with effective infrastructure
misleading promises governance, how to
and pro-development achieve synergy among
discourse. strategies and partners,
and opportunities
The GIA project is for future work. GIA
led by a team of UF goes beyond typical
students and faculty academic approaches by
who have deep roots engaging directly with
in the Amazon region. practitioners, providing
We began by reaching unique educational
out to practitioners opportunities for UF
and researchers in students and post-docs;
four different regions carrying out research
of Colombia, Peru, in partnership with
Bolivia and Brazil. UF community leaders, NGOs
formed regional teams, and other universities;
conducted interviews and co-generating
and online meetings with partners, and then organized knowledge advances that are directly incorporated
a workshop in each region that consolidated a network into the practice of grassroots organizations and
of practitioners who were mobilized to reflect on others who are on the front line addressing the threats
their work and improve their practice by learning and of infrastructure to the Amazon’s forests, rivers and
dialogue. livelihoods.
To indicate the way forward, a meta-analysis of
55 partners’ experiences from the 4 focal regions LEARN: giamazon.org
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STUDENT
RESEARCH
Research Festival adapts to virtual format for
second year in a row
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
Normally, March brings together students, faculty, and participated, creatively adapting presentations of their
guests to the George A. Smathers Library to witness research to the online environment and meeting the
and celebrate the impact of fieldwork in Latin American challenge: “How can you best engage the viewer in your
Studies. Graduate students meet for an interactive work?”
workshop, and then everyone gathers for a public
exhibit of presentations, with food, beverages, and Nearly every participant incorporated audio and video
bestowment of awards. into their presentation, taking the opportunity to make
poster presentations more dynamic and engaging. The
But since the pandemic hit last March, the Fieldwork judges on the awards selection committee, Professors
Festival has had to adapt to the online context. Mark Brenner, Richard Kernaghan, and Juliana Restrepo
Sanin, found it difficult to make final decisions given the
“It was important to us that we still find a way to hold high quality of the submissions.
the festival,” says Professor Catherine Tucker, Associate
Director of Academic Affairs and Fieldwork Festival Moreover, the students still gathered, via Zoom, to
organizer. “The students deserve the chance to share share their insights and reflect with one another on the
their fantastic research and exchange ideas, especially challenges and successes of conducting research during
because they had faced so many unique challenges the pandemic. There was also the opportunity for
during the past year.” mentorship, with the chance for pre-fieldwork students
to ask more experienced students questions about
This year, there were few fieldwork projects to present; planning their own research.
most students had to adapt their research to online
and archival methods due to pandemic-related travel “Overall, I think it was a great success, even without
restrictions. So the 2021 Research Festival invited considering the circumstances of this year,” says Tucker.
graduate students to share their research through “I’m immensely proud of the work these students did,
virtual presentations, available for public viewing for a and the ways they rose to meet the myriad challenges
full week before the award ceremony. Fifteen students of the pandemic.”
Research Festival Prize Winners
GRAND PRIZE MASTERS IN SUSTAINABLE PRE-DISSERTATION
Frances Melgarejo DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE First prize: Nicholas Gengler
Tribal Survival Through Cultural First prize: Caroline Baylor Differences in Scale of Effect
Revival: How a Nearly Decimated Evaluation and Improvement of Polk Between Metrics of Habitat
Amazonian Tribe Resurrected Its County Waste and Recycling’s Online Configuration and Composition
Cultural Heritage to Stay United Service Request System Second prize:
Second prize (tie): Yeyetsi Hermudananto
MASTERS IN LATIN Logging Practice in Indonesian
Maldonado
AMERICAN STUDIES Traditional Charcoal Production in Natural Forests: Adoption of
First prize: Treethep Srisa-nga Agroforestry Systems: What Can We Personal Protective Equipment
Imagining Bolívar and Learn from Global Experiences? Associated with Worker Safety
Bolivarianism: Building Venezuela
with Textbooks, 1959-2013 Second prize (tie): Brenda Lugano
Lamu Conservation: A Case
Second prize: Patrick James
Study Understanding Community
Violence, Endurance: On WATCH:
Participation in Lamu Spatial Plan,
the Ethnographic Salience of
Kenya
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Colombia’s Gótico Tropical
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OUTREACH
Virtual Exchange Training Outreach Initiative
Contributed by Caroline Martins (College of Journalism and Communications)
From mid-January to mid-February, Dr. Mary Risner, sustained interaction and collaboration. During this
Associate Director of Outreach and Business Programs four-week training, participants learned about best
in the Center for Latin American Studies, organized a practices for implementing and facilitating VE and had
training on virtual exchange (VE) that was offered to the opportunity to draft an action plan for how their
administrators at colleges throughout Florida. The training institutions might initiate or strengthen existing virtual
was made possible through USDOE Title VI funding and exchange efforts. Participants also emulated VE in their
a collaborative effort with the Florida Consortium for use of technology to collaborate and had the opportunity
International Education (FCIE) and Unicollaboration, to share their virtual exchange successes and questions
which is a non-profit professional association dedicated to with the group.
increasing awareness and the practice of VE. It included
participants from ten higher education institutions in At UF, virtual exchange has already been implemented
Florida who work in their institution’s international offices, by faculty in multiple colleges and is supported by the
as instructional designers, or in academic administration. UFIC Office of Global Learning (OGL) as a method of
As UF has been growing its virtual exchange courses, the internationalizing the curriculum. The OGL offers a six-
goal of this initiative was to provide outreach to support week VE training for faculty, which guides participants
and establish a network of collaborators throughout the through the process of developing a VE project and
state who will also champion VE and continue to engage familiarizes them with resources at UF for further
in resource sharing and partnering with Latin America and support. Those interested in learning more about virtual
other world regions. exchange at UF can find more information and resources
on the UFIC website.
Virtual exchange is facilitated with technology in order
to connect students from different backgrounds for
LEARN: qrgo.page.link/h2oKZ
Partnership with Portuguese
at Palm Beach State College Contributed by Anna Rodell (MALAS Alumna)
Through Title VI Outreach efforts, the Center has Dr. Sollai and Dr. Celia Bianconi (Boston University)
launched a new partnership supporting beginner- were motivated by the lack of opportunity for
level Portuguese courses at Palm Beach State (virtual) classroom language learners to use
College (PBSC). This partnership aims to promote unrehearsed content in realistic cultural contexts.
Portuguese as a pipeline at state colleges so that Through this partnership with the Center, the
students can enter 4-year universities at a more instructors utilize a video conference platform
advanced Portuguese level. Adjunct Professor with their students to chat about everyday life,
Silvia Sollai (UF/PBSC) developed and offered the interests, culture, and community in Portuguese.
first partnered courses online during the 2020- While learners typically receive performance-based
21 academic year. She has innovated the course instruction and practice in the familiar in-class
by integrating virtual exchange activities through context, Conversa Fiada offers both proficiency
her Conversa Fiada model. This model emerged interaction and an active information exchange, just
from a need for learners to have talk-time in online like small talks in real life.
Elementary Portuguese foreign language classes.
10LABE
PROGRAM
2021 Latin American Business Report
released at Coral Gables Chamber event
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
This year marks the sixth annual release of The 2020 report reflects the widespread
the UF Center for Latin American Studies impact of the pandemic across the LATIN AMERICAN
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Latin American Business Environment region's countries. "If you wrote it in March 2021 REPORT
Report (LABER) at the Coral Gables or January of 2020, it would be a different
Chamber of Commerce International report," Useche explained. "Everything had
Business Forum. changed by the end of the year."
The event took place via Zoom, and The LABER is available online as a public
featured the authors of the report: Pilar resource. The event was sponsored by
Useche, Brian Gendreau, Trent Blare, and Nero Immigration Law, and presented
Tim McLendon. The authors presented the in partnership with The Coral Gables
business, investment, legal, and economic Chamber of Commerce, Miami-Dade
outlook in the region amid the ongoing County, World Trade Center Miami, and
L ATA M .U F L .ED U
COVID-19 pandemic. Gator alumni as well UF Coral Gables.
as members of the Miami-area business READ: qrgo.page.link/Zkvvp
community attended the event.
Real-World Connections LABE Program hosts
through the LABE Program talk by economist
Contributed by Veronica Paz (MALAS 2022)
Augusto de la Torre
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
After 20 years serving as Associate Director of the Latin
American Business Environment (LABE) program, Dr. Mary
Risner has transitioned into the Director's position. We thank
the outgoing director, Dr. Brian Gendreau, for his five years of The Latin American
service to this vital and growing program. Business Environment
Program (LABEP)
The LABEP has continued expanding collaboration with the welcomed economist
business school at the undergraduate level and engagement Augusto de la Torre for a
with alumni through course talks and mentoring and internship virtual talk on the region's
opportunities. The Fundamentals of the Latin American fluctuating growth patterns
Workplace course featured career advice from alumni Jacob over the past 100 years.
Schultz (Foreign Service Officer), Meghan Reynolds (Amazon),
Brandon Knox (Johnson & Johnson Strategic Business The presentation was
Improvement), Jose Sariego (Bilzin Sumberg), and Steven attended by LABEP students as part of an initiative
Minegar (Gartner). The Latin American Business Environment to feature industry experts as guest speakers in LABE
course included a talk from a former World Bank economist specialization courses. De la Torre's expertise provided
and course projects developed in collaboration with alumni: in-depth analysis through historical data, and foundational
Meghan Reynolds (Amazon) assisted with marketing plans, knowledge for Latin American economies today.
and Jay Brickman (Crowley), Steve Keats (Kestrel Shipping),
De la Torre worked at the World Bank between 1996 and
and Francisco Santeiro (former FedEx Latin America) advised
2016; from 2006-2016 he served as their Chief Economist
on logistics and supply chain issues. Other alumni speakers
for Latin America. In addition to teaching at Columbia
were Carlos Iniguez (Venture Hive) and Anabell Iglesias (Inter- University, he is the Director of the Economics Research
American Development Bank), with two colleagues. Center at the Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) in Quito,
We want to recognize and thank the alumni who shared Ecuador, and an active participant in Latin American-related
their time and expertise this semester, and look forward to policy forums and scholarly endeavors.
continue connecting students with alumni to enhance their
real-world knowledge and skills related to Latin American WATCH: youtu.be/E21mUIe1dFA
business and sustainable development.
11NEWS
LAS core faculty Drs. Tanya Saunders and
Joel Correia awarded prestigious fellowships
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
Dr. Tanya Saunders has recently been invited Dr. Joel Correia was awarded a 2021 American Council
to be a scholar-in-residence at the Hutchins of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship in support of his
Center for African & African American Research book Disrupting the Patrón: Unsettling Racial Geographies
at Harvard University for Spring 2022. in Pursuit of Indigenous Environmental
Dr. Saunders is a recipient of the Justice.
Mamolen Fellowship, which brings
distinguished scholars in the field of The ACLS Fellowship Program awards
Afro-Latin American Studies to the Du annual fellowships to scholars working in
Bois Research Institute. the humanities and related social sciences
on a major piece of research and writing.
The Hutchins Center is the The 2021 cohort includes 60 scholars
preeminent research center in the selected from nearly 1,300 applicants
field of African & African American through a rigorous multi-stage peer review
research and has supported more process.
than 300 fellows across a wide variety
of disciplines since its founding in “It is an honor to be named an ACLS
1975. Its current director is Dr. Henry Fellow among colleagues whose work
Louis Gates, Jr. It also encompasses I value,” Dr. Correia says. “With this
the Afro-Latin American Research fellowship I will complete my first book
Institute, led by Dr. Alejandro de la and advance a fresh take on multicultural
Fuente. politics and environmental justice in Latin
America.”
“It’s such an honor,” Dr. Saunders says.
“I’m so excited for the opportunity to Disrupting the Patrón examines the politics
continue my research at the Hutchins of enforcing three Inter-American Court
Center, and be a part of such an of Human Rights cases on Indigenous
inspiring community of scholars." territorial claims in Paraguay’s Chaco. Dr.
Correia draws from 18 months of archival,
Within Afro-Latinx Studies and African collaborative, and ethnographic research
Diaspora Studies, Dr. Saunders’s in Paraguay from 2013-2020.
research focuses on Sociology
of Culture, Social Identity (Race, Gender,
Sexuality), and Black Queer Studies.
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NEW AFFILIATE FACULTY
Norman L. Beatty Jesús Fuenmayor
Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine University Gallery/Museum and Curatorial Studies
College of Medicine College of the Arts
Elizabeth DeVos Lauren Pearlman
Department of Emergency Medicine Department of History
12 College of Medicine College of Liberal Arts and SciencesNEWS
2020 Alumni Award Recipients Announced
Camila Pazos Fajardo wins Outstanding Young Alumni,
Laury Cullen wins Lifetime Achievement Alumni
Contributed by Christa Markley (LAS)
Outstanding Young Lifetime
Alumni Award: Achievement
Camila Pazos Alumni Award:
Fajardo Laury Cullen
Camila Pazos Fajardo is Laury Cullen works as a
Director of Investment researcher at Instituto
Programs at the global de Pesquisas Ecológicas
nonprofit Echoing Green. (IPÊ) in Brazil. Laury
Camila graduated in 2012 graduated in 1997 with
with an MA of Sustainable Development Practice and an MA of Latin American Studies and the Tropical
the Tropical Conservation and Development Certificate. Conservation and Development Certificate.
As Director of Investments, Camila drives the strategy IPÊ develops and disseminates biodiversity
for finding emerging leaders to join the organization’s conservation models that promote socio-economic
community of Fellows, focusing on issues of climate benefits through science, education, and business.
change, education, health, human rights, poverty, Laury's Corridors for Life project has planted over a
and racial justice. Camila has increased visibility and million trees to reforest fragmented habitats across
resources to Latin American communities through private lands. Not only are these corridors vital to
investment in organizations like Emerge Puerto Rico support wildlife migration, Laury works alongside local
and Vida Afrolatina, as well as her work on the 2018 families to integrate tree planting with improved soil
Echoing Green conference hosted in Colombia. fertility, water protection, and income generation.
Camila’s commitment to empowering transformational Laury’s fundamental methodology of integrating human
leadership in underrepresented communities embodies and natural environmental success reflects the kind of
the spirit of progress, equity, and collaboration that interdisciplinary collaborative strategy that the Center
defines the Center for Latin American Studies. strives to nurture in all its graduates.
Would you like to honor a Center alum doing exceptional work in their communities?
Submit a 2021 Alumni Award nominee here: latam.ufl.edu/alumni/las-alumni-awards
Farewell to Dr. Rosana Resende
Core faculty member Dr. Rosana Resende is leaving UF at the end of the Spring 2021
semester. Dr. Resende has accepted a position with the U.S. Department of State as
the Chair for Western Hemisphere Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute. The
position involves teaching and supervising courses and the region-specific curriculum
for diplomats and other foreign affairs professionals who work either in or on Latin
America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
Dr. Resende first came to the Center for Latin American Studies in 2015, and has
served not only as a lecturer but also as the coordinator for the Brazil Studies MALAS
specialization and the Associate Director of the Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute.
We thank Dr. Resende for all her contributions to the Center and wish her the
best in this new opportunity!
13SPRING 2021 GRADUATIONS * prize winner in this year's Research Festival, see p. 9
Undergraduate LAS Minors & Certificates Association of Florida among African American communities in
Jorge Arana-Villar (Political Science, Specialization: Latinx Studies, Migration & Alachua County
International Studies) Transnational Studies
Nayelis Bosa (Public Relations) Chair: Nicholas Vargas Caroline Baylor
Anette Mago (Visual Art Studies) Specializations: Sustainable Waste
Evelyn Oldham (International Studies) Treethep Srisa-Nga Management, Latin American Studies, TCD
Sneh Patel (Political Science) Thesis: Imagining Bolivar and Bolivarianism: Advisor: Timothy Townsend (Environmental
Jose Peralta (History) Building Venezuela with Textbooks, 1959-2013* Engineering Sciences)
Alexa Rezik (History) Specialization: Crime, Law, and Governance in Capstone Field Practicum: Evaluation and
Jorge Rivera (Chemistry) the Americas improvement of Polk County Waste &
Brandon Schloss (International Studies) Chair: Rebecca Hanson Recycling Division’s online request platform*
Sophie Sunderland (Political Science)
Graduate LAS Certificates Amira Hussein
Colleen Abel (MDP) Specializations: Science Communication /
MALAS Degrees
Amelia Anderson (Religion) Digital Storytelling, African Studies, TCD
Patrick Franklin James
Caroline Baylor (MDP) Advisor: Renata Serra (African Studies)
Thesis: Violence, Endurance: on the
Capstone Field Practicum: Strengthening
Ethnographic Salience of Colombia's Gotico
MDP Degrees social enterprise contribution to sustainable
Tropical
Colleen Abel development through impact measurement in
Specialization: Crime, Law, and Governance in
Specializations: Latin American Studies, TCD East Africa
the Americas
Chair: Richard Kernaghan Advisors: Joel Correia and Becky Williams
(Latin American Studies) Brenda Lugano
Capstone Field Practicum: The mental health Specializations: Entrepreneurship, African
Michael Edward McKenna
intersection: returned migrants in western Studies, TCD
Thesis: The Crisis of Democracy in Venezuela:
Honduras Advisor: Renata Serra (African Studies)
Petrodollars, Populism, and Puntofijismo
Capstone Field Practicum: Lamu Coast
Specialization: Crime Law and Governance
Andia Akifuma conservation: a case study understanding
Chair: Rebecca Hanson
Specializations: Gender & Development, community participation in Lamu Spatial Plan*
Frances Melgarejo African Studies, TCD
Thesis: Tribal Survival through Cultural Advisor: Renata Serra (African Studies) Sustainable Development Practice
Revival: How a Nearly Decimated Amazonian Capstone Field Practicum: Understanding Certificate
People Resurrected Its Heritage to Stay the impact of Cultural Arts Coalition’s after- Juliana Santiago, MALAS
United* school science program (Gainesville, FL)
Specialization: Indigenous Studies Conservation and Development Certificate
Chair: Robin Wright Ange Asanzi Andia Akifuma (MDP)
Specializations: Gender & Development, Ange Asanzi (MDP)
Adolfho Romero African Studies, TCD Caroline Baylor (MDP)
Internship topic: ¡Si se puede! Yes, We Can! Advisor: Claudia Romero (Biology) Amira Hussein (MDP)
An Analysis of a Non-profit Organization Capstone Field Practicum: An integrated Brenda Lugano (MDP)
and its Effectiveness; The Farmworkers approach to reduce the rate of poverty
FACULTY NEWS & PUBLICATIONS
Mark Brenner (Geological Sciences) 27, 2020. Tougaloo College (Mississippi). development, and environmental policy.
Publications: (1) Pérez, L., Correa-Metrio, A., (2) "Esclavitud y la trata de esclavos desde The society holds annual meetings around
Cohuo, S., Macario-González, L., Echeverría- una perspectiva Atlántica." October 29, the world, publishes the scientific journal
Galindo, P., Brenner, M., Curtis, J. H., Kutterolf, 2020. Lecture and dialogue with faculty and Biotropica, and is engaged in conservation and
S., Stockhecke, M., Schenk, F., Bauersachs, T., students of Universidad de Chile (Santiago de capacity building activities worldwide.
and Schwalb, A. (2021). Ecological turnover Chile). (3) Participation in "Colonial Studies
in neotropical freshwater and terrestrial Section Meeting: Freedom Before the Age of Robert Buschbacher (School of Forest,
communities during episodes of abrupt Revolution," as part of the Annual Meeting of Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences)
climate change. Quaternary Research 1-11. the Conference on Latin American History (an Publication: Painter, Buschbacher, Souto
doi.org/10.1017/qua.2020.124. (2) Velez, M.I., affiliated society of the American Historical and Silva. 2021. Agroecology and Forest
Salgado, J., Brenner, M., Hooghiemstra, H., Association). January 2021. Conservation in Three Types of Land Reform
Escobar, J., Boom, A., Bird, B., Curtis, J. H., Communities in the Cacao Region of Bahia,
Temoltzin-Loranca, Y., Patino, L.F., Gonzalez- Emilio Bruna (LAS/WEC) began his Brazil. IN Montagnini (Ed.) Biodiversity
Arango, C., Metcalfe, S. E., Simpson, G. L., term as President of the Association for Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human
and C. Velasquez. (2021). Novel responses Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Dominated Environments. Springer.
of diatoms in neotropical mountain lakes to in spring 2021.. Founded in 1963, the ATBC Lecture: "Governança como Salvaguarda
indigenous and post-European occupation. is an international scientific and professional para Populações Impactadas por Projetos de
Anthropocene. In Press. organization whose mission is to promote Infra-estrutura" at the Seminário de Direitos
research, education, and communication about Socioambientais, Federal University of Mato
Fernanda Bretones Lane (History) the world's tropical ecosystems. Its members Grosso Law School.
Lectures: (1) "The Caribbean: Colonization, (approximately 1000 in over 65 countries) are
Plantation, and the Slave Trade." August practitioners engaged in science, conservation,
14Kaira Cabañas (Art History) has been Early Colonial Spanish Indies,” Seminário Benjamin Hebblethwaite (Languages,
appointed as the William C. Seitz Senior Permanente de História do Direito da UFC, Literatures, and Cultures)
Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Universidade Federal do Ceará: Fortaleza Stirring the Pot of Haitian History
Studies in Art (CASVA). Dr. Cabañas is the (Brazil); Podcast: "Christian Citizenship in the by Michel-Rolph Trouillot. Translated and edited
first Latina and first UF professor to receive Empire of the Spanish Habsburgs,” Episode by Mariana Past and Benjamin Hebblethwaite.
the William C. Seitz Senior Fellowship from 33 of Historias, The Spanish History Podcast, (1) liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/
the National Gallery of Art. Cabañas’s book, January 2. historiaspodcast.org/2021/01/02/ id/54558/ (2) amazon.com/Stirring-Pot-
"Immanent Vitalities: Matters of Modern and christian-citizenship-in-the-empire-of-the- Haitian-History-Michel-Rolph-ebook/dp/
Contemporary Art," was published in April spanish-habsburgs/ B08Y5HB3GW (3) jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1hqdjnw
as part of the University of California Press’s
“Studies in Latin American Art” series. Silvio J. dos Santos (Music) Tace Hedrick (English)
Conference Paper: "'An Indian in Tuxedo'?: Conference Presentation: “A Disreputable
Daniel Contreras (Anthropology) Villa-Lobos's Imagined Indigeneity" Presented Modernity: Anzaldúa’s ‘Racial Occult’.”
Presentations: (1) Daniel A. Contreras, at the Virtual Joint meeting of the American American Comparative Literature Association.
Benjamin Vining, and Aubrey Hillman. "Working Musicological Society and Society for Music Virtual, April 8-11 2021.
from Regional Climates towards Local Theory. November 2020.
Consequences: Diachronic Settlement Patterns Andrew Janusz (Political Science)
as Model Material in the Chicama Valley, Peru”. Kathleen Earl Colverson (Animal Sciences) Refereed Publications: Cunow, Saul, Scott
Invited talk for RDMed Workshop: Modelling "Evolution of a Gender Tool: WEAI, WELI and Desposato, Andrew Janusz, and Cameron
adaptation of ancient agricultural societies to Livestock Research", Global Food Security, Sells. "Less is more: The paradox of choice in
climate change, the core of an interdisciplinary September 2020 voting behavior." Electoral Studies 69 (2021):
approach. Aix-en-Provence, France, January 102230. Non-Refereed Publications: (1) Janusz,
2021 (virtual). (2) Daniel A. Contreras and Joan Flocks (Law) Andrew. “Por que os candidatos mudam sua
Benjamin Vining. "Assembling the Archive: Publications: (1) Lauzardo M. et al. "An declaração de raça? – 5 perguntas” Getulio
Integrating Legacy Data to Examine the Longue Outbreak of COVID-19 Among H-2A Temporary Vargas Foundation Center for Politics and
Durée in the Chicama Valley, Peru”. 61st Agricultural Workers.” American Journal of Economics in the Public Sector Blog. October
Annual Meetings of the Institute of Andean Public Health (2021) 111:571-573. (2) Chicas R. et 6, 2020. (2) Janusz, Andrew. “Thousands of
Studies, Berkeley, CA, January 2021. (virtual) al. "Cooling Interventions Among Agricultural Brazilian candidates ‘switched’ racial identities
(3) Daniel A. Contreras, Benjamin Vining, and Workers: Qualitative Field-Based Study.” this year” The Washington Post - Monkey Cage
Aubrey Hillman. "Regional Climates, Local Hispanic Health Care International (2021) Blog. December 8, 2020. (3) Janusz, Andrew.
Consequences: Downscaling Climate Data DOI: 10.1177/1540415321993429. (3) Mac V. “Thousands of Brazilians who won elections
in the Chicama Valley, Peru”. Session on et al. "Risk Factors for Reaching Core Body as Black candidates in 2020 previously ran for
Local Manifestations of Climate Change for Temperature Thresholds in Florida Agricultural office as white” The Conversation. January 8,
Archaeological Research, 85th Annual Meeting Workers.” Journal of Occupational and 2021. Awards: Winner of the Rodney Higgins
of the Society for American Archaeology, Environmental Medicine (2021) DOI: 10.1097/ Best Faculty Paper Award for “Candidate Race
Austin, TX, April 2020 (virtual). JOM.0000000000002150. (4) Mac V. et and Campaign Resources in Brazilian Mayoral
al. "A Modified Physiological Strain Index Elections,” at the National Conference of Black
Joel Correia (LAS) was awarded an American for Workplace-based Assessment of Heat Political Scientists 2021 Meeting.
Council on Learned Societies Fellowship for the Strain Experienced by Agricultural Workers.”
book project, "Disrupting the patrón: Unsettling American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2021) Philip Janzen (History)
racial geographies in pursuit of Indigenous 64:258-265. (5) Flocks J. "The Potential Impact Publication: "Looking Forward Always to
environmental justice.” Publications: (1) of COVID-19 on H-2A Agricultural Workers.” Africa': William George Emanuel and the
Correia, J.E. Reworking recognition: Indigeneity, Journal of Agromedicine (2020) 25(4): 367-369. Politics of Repatriation in Cuba, 1894”“1906,”
land rights, and the dialectics of disruption The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin
in Paraguay's Chaco. Geoforum. 119: 227- Laura Gonzales (English) American History 78, no. 1 (2021): 37-59.
237. (2) Correia, J.E. All the land was stolen: Forthcoming edited collection: Latina
Following countertopographies of Indigenous Leadership: Language and Literacy Karen Kainer (LAS / School of Forests,
rights through legal geography and critical Education across Communities. press.syr.edu/ Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences)
environmental justice. In Handbook on Space, supressbooks/3944/latina-leadership/ Publications: (1) Staudhammer, C.S., L.H.O.
Place, and Law. Bartel, R. and Carter, J. eds. Wadt, K.A. Kainer, T.A. da Cunha. 2021.
Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar Publishing. Rebecca Hanson (LAS) Comparative models disentangle drivers of fruit
Lectures: (1) "Between flood and drought: How Publications: Hanson, Rebecca. 2020. production variability of an economically and
the production of new waterscapes produces "Popularity Contests Deepen Venezuela's ecologically important long-lived Amazonian
environmental racism in South America's Deadly Stalemate”. NACLA 53(1):15-18; tree. Scientific Reports 11:2563. (2) Violato
Chaco.” University of Florida Department of Hanson, Rebecca and Patricia Richards. 2020. Espada, A.L. and K.A. Kainer. 2020. Fellowship
Geography. March 4. (2) "Indigenous water "La etnografía corporizada en tiempos de report. Tropical Forest Update 29(3):20-24.
justice in Paraguay's Chaco.” University of pandemia: ¿A dónde vamos desde aquí?” International Tropical Timber Organization
Florida Water Institute. February 3. LASA Forum 52(1): 24-28; Presentations: (1) (ITTO). Yokohama, Japan. Talk: Delivered
"Harassed: Gender, Bodies, and Ethnographic an invited presentation and led a discussion
Carlos de la Torre (LAS) Research”. Temple Department of Sociology. - "Collaboration, shared learning, and long-
Publications: "What do we mean by populism?” Co-sponsored by Anthropology; Center for the term conservation with local communities”
in The Routledge Companion to Media Humanities; Gender, Sexuality, and Women's - with 15 scientists and staff of Conservation
Disinformation and Populism, edited by Studies; Geography and Urban Studies; Initiatives, a leading conservation NGO in
Howard Tumble and Silvio Waisbord, New York: Public Policy Lab; and Science, Technology, Northeast India (10 Nov 2020). Award: CALS
Routledge, 2021, 29-38. and Society Network. February 24, 2021; (2) Graduate Teacher/Advisor of the Year, 2020-
"Harassed: Gender, Bodies, and Ethnographic 21. Nominated by my graduate students,
Max Deardorff (History) Research”. Workshop on Ethnographic representing one of two awards selected from
Invited Talk: "Theory and Practice: Laws of Methods, University of Michigan. February 25, UF's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Domicile and Municipal Citizenship in the 2021 professoriate.
15Bette Loiselle (LAS / Department of Movement,” Almanack Guarulhos 2020, no. 26 Antonio Lopez and Dr. Alana Jackson. "Disaster
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation) Epub January 2021. & the Body" is sponsored by SoTD, CAME,
Publications: (1) Montaño-Centellas, F., M. CHPS, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, Creative
Tinley, and B. A. Loiselle. 2021. Ecological Susan Paulson (LAS) Campus Catalyst Grant, and the Office of
drivers of avian community assembly along a Publication: Decolonizing technology and Research.
tropical elevation gradient. Ecography 44:1-15. political ecology futures, Political Geography
doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05379 Talks: (1) Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar Maya Stanfield-Mazzi (School of Art and
(2) Villegas, M., B. A. Loiselle, R. T. Kimball, (Quito), Un diálogo Norte-Sur Sumak Art History)
and J. G. Blake. 2021. Ecological niche Kawsay y Decrecimiento; Centro de Análisis New book: Clothing the New World Church:
differentiation in South American Chiroxiphia SocioAmbiental (Santiago), El Caso de Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America,
and Antilophia manakins (Aves, Pipridae). PLOS Decrecimiento; (2) University of California 1520–1820, published in February 2021 by the
ONE: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243760 (Davis), Decolonize, deracialize, depatriarchize; University of Notre Dame Press.
(3) The Beacon School (NYC), Environmental The book provides the first broad survey
Lucas Majure (FLMNH) action; (4) Degrowth/Environmental Justice of church textiles of Spanish America and
Publications: (1) Majure, L.C., D. Barrios, E. School (Barcelona), Disentangling coloniality, demonstrates that, while overlooked, textiles
Díaz, B. Zumwalde*, W. Testo, and V. Negrón- racialization, gender; (5) Concordia College were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic
Ortiz. 2021. Pleistocene drying underlies the (Moorehead), Political economy, religion and Church.
evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, degrowth; (6) UF Center for Latin American undpress.nd.edu/9780268108052/clothing-the-
insular giant, Consolea (Opuntioideae). Studies Latin American and Indigenous new-world-church/
American Journal of Botany 108: 1–16. perspectives on degrowth and Degrowth
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1610 and other Postdevelopment Pathways; (7) Catherine Tucker (LAS / Anthropology)
(2) Majure, L.C., T. Clase, Y. Encarnación*, DegrowUS National Meeting, Alliances to Publications: (1) Steger, C., J. A. Klein, R. S. Reid,
B. Peguero, K. Ho*, and D. Barrios. 2021. move through and beyond COVID with care. S. Lavorel, C.M. Tucker, et al. 2021. Science with
Phylogenetics of Leptocereus (Cactaceae) Public Media: (1) Brave New Europe (Brussels) Society: Evidence-based Guidance for Best
on Hispaniola: clarifying species limits in the Degrowth in EU and the world; (2) Radio Practices in Environmental Transdisciplinary
L. weingartianus complex and a new species WNUR (Chicago) This is Hell! Chuck Mertz Work. Global Environmental Change 68:102240.
from the Sierra de Bahoruco. Phytokeys 172: interviews Susan Paulson, Giorgos Kallis; (3) (2) Gonzalez Tovar, J., A. Larson, G. Barnes,
17–37. doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.172.59497 The Ecopolitics Podcast (Canada) Growth, and C. M. Tucker. 2020. Can multi-stakeholder
Awards: National Science Foundation (DEB- degrowth, a-growth. forums empower indigenous and local
SBS #2002270). Collaborative Research: A communities and promote forest conservation?
phylogenomics approach to resolving one of Juliana Restrepo Sanín (Political Science) Conservation Science and Practice. doi.
the world’s most diverse, tropical angiosperm Publications: (1) Restrepo Sanín, J. (2020). org/10.1111/csp2.326 (3) Thorn, J., J. A. Klein, C.
radiations: Melastomataceae. PI: L.C. Majure, Criminalizing Violence against Women Steger, K. A. Hopping, C. M. Tucker, et al. 2020.
Co-PIs: N. Cellinese, W.S. Judd, and F. in Politics: Innovation, Diffusion, and Envisioning Mountain Futures: A systematic
Michelangeli. Aug. 2020 – Jul 2024. $1,108,780. Transformation. Politics & Gender, 1-32. review of scenario planning in mountain
doi:10.1017/S1743923X20000173 (2) Krook, M., social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society
Carmen Martínez Novo (LAS) was invited & Restrepo Sanín, J. (2020). The Cost of Doing 25(3):6. Tucker, CM. “Estudio de Caso: Manejo
to be an international observer in Ecuador's Politics? Analyzing Violence and Harassment de microcuencas a nivel de comunidades para
general elections, February 7, 2021. She was against Female Politicians. Perspectives producción de café” & “Manejo de Recursos
interviewed in the Ecuadorian magazine on Politics, 18(3), 740-755. doi:10.1017/ de Uso Comun” (by Zoom). Invited Lectures:
Vistazo and in the Ecuadorian program La S1537592719001397 CREHO-RAMSAR Workshop on Water
Regla del Pomodoro, Fundamedios, Quito, Management in Panama, Oct. 21-22, 2020.
Ecuador. Publication: Undoing Multiculturalism: Mary Risner (LAS)
Resource Extraction and Indigenous Rights Publication: Risner, M. (2021). Building Global Paola Uparela (Spanish and Portuguese)
in Ecuador. Pittsburgh University Press, April Competence and Language Proficiency through Conference: “Güergüenzas, Reproduction,
2021. Presentations: (1) “Derechos indígenas Virtual Exchange. Hispania 104(1), 6-10. and Regeneration in Guaman Poma’s Buen
en Ecuador en la década de Rafael Correa muse.jhu.edu/article/786593. Invited talk: gobierno”. Colonial Biopolitics sponsored panel,
(2007-2017)” symposium Rodas da Rosa 16, "Proficiency and Career Pathways through MLA (January 9, 2021).
Ecuador: renovaçao e polarizaçao no campo Business Portuguese" for the FIU CIBER Invited presentation: “Gyneco-Scopic Regimes
da esquerda, Universidade Federal de Rio de workshop: Integrating Business Portuguese & of Modernity: Erotism and Putrefaction in the
Janeiro and Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, Spanish in the Secondary Curriculum. Representation of the Spanish Anatomical
March 2021. (2) “The Politics of Decolonial Sculpture La Parturienta,” Center for Medical
Scholarship” in symposium “Entangled Colleen Rua (School of Theatre and Dance) Humanities & Social Medicine and Dep. of the
Ontologies: Decoloniality and Decolonization." and Dr. Rachel Carrico (Dance Studies) have History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Virginia Tech University, March 4 and 5, 2021. spent the 2020-2021 academic year curating (February 7, 2021).
"Disaster & the Body," a yearlong series of
Crystal Marull (Spanish and Portuguese) engagements with performing artists from the Heather Vrana (History)
Publication: Gonzalez*, P., Kinsella*, B., Caribbean and Gulf Coast to explore questions New book: Out of the Shadow: Revisiting the
Marull*, C, & Campbell, N. (2021). The Effect of of healing and recovery through the arts in Revolution from Post-peace Guatemala. Edited
Perceptions: Instructor-Student Dynamics in disaster-impacted communities. Yari Helfeld by Julie Gibbings and Heather Vrana. Austin:
the Heritage Classroom. Languages, 6(1), 46. and Julio Morales of the San Juan-based University of Texas Press, 2020.
*Co-First-Authors Award: “CLAS Teaching theatre collective Y no habia luz were joined by doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8897854 Publication:
Award”, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dallas based choreographer Michelle Gibson. Heather Vrana, “The Precious Seed of Christian
University of Florida All engaged with UF students as part of their Virtue: Charity, Disability, and Belonging in
creative processes which resulted in screenings Guatemala, 1871-1947.” Hispanic American
Jeffrey D. Needell (History) of two new works, El Circo de la Ausencia Historical Review 101, no. 2 (2021): 265-295.
Publication: "The Abolitionist Movement of (YNHL) and Attend to My Prayer (Gibson) at an
1879-1888. Lessons from a Popular Reform April 19 webinar. Panelists included the artists,
Drs. Rua and Carrico, and faculty partners Dr.
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