{"id":461,"date":"2017-01-05T15:06:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/latin-american-studies\/?page_id=461"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:28:49","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/latin-american-studies\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty, Core and Associated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kristina Medina-Vilari\u00f1o, Director 2026-2027
<\/strong>Associate Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish; O.C. and Patricia Boldt Distinguished Teaching
Professor of the Humanities
Caribbean Studies; 20th- and 21st-century Latin American studies; contemporary Latino studies; race and
ethnic studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catalina Ahumada Escobar
<\/strong>Visiting Assistant Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
colonial Latin America, early Modern Latin America, 19th century Latin America, writing and daily life
practices, visual culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seth I. Binder
<\/strong>Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
environmental and natural resource economics and policy; development economics; sustainable
development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie A. Broner
<\/strong>National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Romance Language
Hispanic linguistics; culture; second language acquisition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xochizeltzin Casta\u00f1eda-Camacho
<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher L. Chiappari
<\/strong>Associate Professor of Sociology\/Anthropology
Guatemala; religion; immigration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kris A. Cropsey
<\/strong>Instructor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Hispanic linguistics; sociolinguistics; second language acquisition; teacher education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamison Garc\u00eda Ram\u00edrez
<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Hispanic sociolinguistics; sociophonetics; Caribbean Spanish; queer linguistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Haugsland
<\/strong>Visiting Instructor of Romance Languages – Spanish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am\u00e9rico Mendoza-Mori
<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
bridging of literary, linguistic, and cultural studies with a focus on Latin America, U.S. Latinidad, and Indigenous communities, particularly Quechua<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le\u00f3n Narv\u00e1ez
<\/strong>Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Hispanic culture, language and literature; Hispanic migration; race\/ethnic studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Norris
<\/strong>Visiting Assistant Professor of History<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan P. O’Conner
<\/strong>Associate Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Peninsular early modern\/golden age literature and cultures; cultural and intellectual histories; humanism;
colonial Latin America<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariana Reyes Pay\u00e1n
<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
20th- and 21st-century Mexican literature and cultural production; Mexican borders and migration studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Sepulveda Ortiz
<\/strong>Assistant Professor of English<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ariel T. Strichartz
<\/strong>Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
contemporary Latin American theater and narrative; Argentine theater; literary food studies; memory
studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kris E. Thalhammer
<\/strong>Professor of Political Science
comparative politics; Latin American politics; political tolerance; human rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brendon Westler
<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Latin American philosophy<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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