Latin American Studies

William Stanley, Interim Associate Director for Academic Programs
Room 201, Latin American and Iberian Institute
MSC02 1690
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-2961, FAX (505) 277-5989
http://laii.unm.edu

Professors
Melissa Axelrod, Linguistics 
Rebecca Blum-Martinez, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Raul de Gouvea, Anderson School of Management
Les Field, Anthropology
William Fleming, Community and Regional Planning
Miguel Gandert, Communication and Journalism
Phillip Gonzales, Sociology
Linda Hall, History 
Elizabeth Hutchison, History
Hillard Kaplan, Anthropology
Lois Meyer, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Jennifer Moore, School of Law
Mark Peceny, Political Science
Elizabeth Rapaport, School of Law
James Richardson, Community and Regional Planning
Jose Rivera, Community and Regional Planning
William Stanley, Political Science
Douglas Thomas, Anderson School of Management
Richard Wood, Sociology

Associate Professors
Judy Bieber, History
Melissa Binder, Economics
Ronda Brulotte, Anthropology
John Carr, Geography and Environmental Studies
Patricia Covarrubias, Communication and Journalism
Susan Dever, Cinematic Arts
Chris Duvall, Geography and Environmental Studies
Matias Fontenla, Economics
Ruth Trinidad Galvan, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Manuel Garcia y Griego, History
Kimberly Gauderman, History
Frances Hayashida, Anthropology
Raymond Hernandez-Duran, Art and Art History
Mala Htun, Political Science
Celia Iriart, Family and Community Medicine
Claudia Isaac, Community and Regional Planning
Tamara Kay, Sociology
Michelle Hall Kells, English
Maria Lane, Geography and Environmental Studies
Leila Lehnen, Spanish and Portuguese
Kimberle López, Spanish and Portuguese
Miguel López, Spanish and Portuguese
Nancy López, Sociology
Kathryn McKnight, Spanish and Portuguese
Anna Nogar, 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
Suzanne Schadl, University Libraries and Learning Sciences
Sam Truett, History

Assistant Professors
Sarita Cargas, Honors College
Kency Cornejo, Art and Art History
Erin Debenport, Anthropology
Richard File-Muriel, Spanish and Portuguese
Moises Gonzales, Community and Regional Planning
Laura Harjo, Community and Regional Planning
Margaret Jackson, Art and Art History
Jeremy Lehnen, Spanish and Portuguese
Manuel Montoya, Anderson School of Management
Sara Niedzwiecki, Political Science
Jami Nunez, Political Science
Levi Romero, Community and Regional Planning
Naomi Shin, Linguistics; Spanish and Portuguese
Lindsay Smith, Anthropology
Harold Toro Tulla, Sociology
Cristóbal Valencia, Anthropology
Santiago Vaquera, Linguistics; Spanish and Portuguese
Kira Villa, Economics
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 651. Latin American Doctoral Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 15 Δ [1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ])



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



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1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: (505) 277-8900
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