Latin American Studies

      Matias Fontenla, Associate Director for Academic Programs
      Room 204, Latin American and Iberian Institute
      MSC02 1690
      1 University of New Mexico
      Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
      (505) 277-7047, FAX (505) 277-5989
      http://laii.unm.edu

      Professors
      Melissa Axelrod, Linguistics 
      Rebecca Blum-Martinez, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
      Raul de Gouvea, Management
      Les Field, Anthropology 
      Miguel Gandert, Communication and Journalism
      Phillip Gonzales, Sociology
      Linda Hall, History
      Hillard Kaplan, Anthropology
      Enrique Lamadrid, Spanish and Portuguese
      Antoinette Sedillo López, Law
      Lois Meyer, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
      Jennifer Moore, Law
      Mark Peceny, Political Science
      Elizabeth Rapaport, Law
      James Richardson, Community and Regional Planning
      Jose Rivera, Community and Regional Planning
      Andrew Schrank, Political Science, Sociology
      Christine Sierra, Political Science
      William Stanley, Political Science
      Susan Tiano, Sociology

      Associate Professors
      Holly Barnet-Sanchez, Art History
      Judy Bieber, History
      Melissa Binder, Economics
      Patricia Covarrubias, Communication and Journalism
      Susan Dever, Media Arts
      Dante DiGregorio, Management
      William Fleming, Community and Regional Planning
      Matias Fontenla, Economics
      Manuel Garcia y Griego, History
      Kimberly Gauderman, History
      Michelle Hall Kells, English
      Frances Hayashida, Anthropology
      Raymond Hernandez-Duran, Art History
      Mala Htun, Political Science
      Elizabeth Hutchison, History
      Celia Iriart, Family Community Medicine
      Claudia Isaac, Community and Regional Planning
      Tamara Kay, Sociology
      Leila Lehnen, Spanish and Portuguese
      Celia López-Chávez, University Honors
      Kimberle López, Spanish and Portuguese
      Miguel López, Spanish and Portuguese
      Nancy López, Sociology
      Kathryn McKnight, Spanish and Portuguese
      Margo Milleret, Spanish and Portuguese
      Suzanne Oakdale, Anthropology
      Keith Prufer, Anthropology
      Barbara Reyes, History
      Ilia Rodriguez, Communication and Journalism
      Enrique Sanabria, History
      Gabriel Sanchez, Political Science
      Eleuterio Santiago-Diaz, Spanish and Portuguese
      Douglas Thomas, Management
      Ruth Trinidad Galvan, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
      Sam Truett, History
      Richard Wood, Sociology

      Assistant Professors
      Ronda Brulotte, Anthropology
      Sarita Cargas, University Honors
      Jorge Colon, Architecture
      Erin Debenport, Anthropology
      Chris Duvall, Geography
      Richard File-Muriel, Spanish and Portuguese
      Moises Gonzales, Community and Regional Planning
      Margaret Jackson, Art History
      Jeremy Lehnen, Spanish and Portuguese
      Manuel Montoya, Management
      Anna Nogar, Spanish and Portuguese
      Suzanne Schadl, University Libraries
      Naomi Shin, Linguistics and Spanish and Portuguese
      Lindsay Smith, Anthropology
      Harold Toro Tulla, Sociology
      Cristóbal Valencia, Anthropology
      Santiago Vaquera, Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese
      Rosa Vallejos Yopán, Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese


      Introduction

      This is an interdepartmental program offering a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Latin American Studies. The program is academically supervised by the Interdisciplinary Committee on Latin American Studies (ICLAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences and administered by the Latin American and Iberian Institute.


      Latin American Studies (LTAM)

      Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary program. In addition to the courses listed below, Latin American content courses can be found under the following departmental headings: Anthropology, Art History, Communication and Journalism, Community and Regional Planning, Economics, History, International Management, Law, Philosophy, Political Science, Portuguese, Public Health, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Spanish.


      Courses

      LTAM 354. Introduction to Latin American Society I: Social Sciences. (3)



      LTAM 355. Introduction to Latin American Society II: Humanities. (3)



      LTAM 400. Topics in Latin American Studies. (3, no limit Δ)



      LTAM 497. Independent Studies. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



      LTAM 499. Senior Honors Thesis. (3)



      LTAM 500. Topics in Latin American Studies. (3, no limit Δ)



      LTAM 504. Seminar in Latin American Studies. (3, no limit Δ)



      LTAM 510. Pro-Seminar in Latin American Studies. (3)



      LTAM 551. Master's Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



      LTAM 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



      LTAM 699. Latin American Studies Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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