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Professors

Raúl Bueno, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Saint Augustine University, Perú, 1971
Field: Spanish American Literature and Latin American Literary Theory and Cultural Studies
Raul.Bueno@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-2822

John Carey, Ph.D (Government)
University of California, San Diego, 1994
Field: Comparative Politics, Political Institutions, Elections, Legislative Politics, Latin American Politics
John.M.Carey@Dartmouth.edu (603)646-1130

Deborah L. Nichols, Ph.D. (Anthropology)
Pennsylvannia State University, 1980
Field: Archaeology, ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica, U.S. Southwest
Deborah.L.Nichols@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-3033

Beatriz Pastor, Ph.D.(Spanish and Portuguese)
University of Minnesota
Field: Contemporary Latin American Literature and the Literature of the Conquest
Beatriz.Pastor@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-2016

Keith L.Walker, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Princeton University, 1977, Romance Languages
Field: 19th and 20th Century French Literature; the intersection of French and Francophone literary cultures with a focus on the
vision and legacy of the literary generation of the Martinican writer, theoretician and political figure Aime Cesaire.
Keith.L.Walker@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-2409

Richard Wright, Ph.D.(Geography)
Indiana University, 1985
Field: Immigration and Labor markets in the United States, Immigration, racism and nativism
Richard.A.Wright@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-3523

Associate Professors

Lisa Baldez, Ph.D  (Government)
University of California, San Diego
Field: gender and politics, social movements, women's movements, legislative politics, revolution, Chile and Mexico
Lisa.Baldez@Dartmouth.edu (603)646-0762

David G. Becker, Ph.D. (Government) (Pre-retirement leave)
B.S. and M.A., Physics, Columbia University;M.A., C.Phil., Ph.D., Political Science, UC Los Angeles
Field: Law, lawyers and the judiciary in Latin America ,Democracy and constitutionalism in Latin America,
Business in Latin America ,
Transnational class formation and behavior in the globalized world order.
David.G.Becker@attglobal.net (603)646-3337

Rebecca Biron, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
University of Iowa
Field: Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies, Literary Theory and Gender Studies, Mexican Cultural Criticism
Rebecca.E.Biron@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-2140

Rodolfo A. Franconi, Ph.D.(Spanish and Portuguese)
Vanderbilt University
Field: Luso-Brazilian Literature and Contemporary Latin American Literature
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Rodolfo.A.Franconi@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-1448

Israel Reyes, Ph.D.(Spanish and Portuguese)
Chair of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
University of Iowa
Field: Latino Studies
Israel.Reyes@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-3246

Silvia D. Spitta, Ph.D.(Spanish and Portuguese)
University of Oregon
Field: Twentieth Century Latin American Literature
Silvia.D.Spitta@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-3715

John M. Watanabe, Ph.D.(Anthropology)
Harvard University, 1984
Field: ethnicity; religion; 19th- and 20th-century relations between indigenous communities, states, and nations;
Maya Indians of Guatemala and Mexico
John.Watanabe@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-2040

Assistant Professors

Francine A'Ness, Ph.D (Spanish and Portuguese)
University of California, Berkeley
Field: 19th and 20th Century Latin American Literature, Theatre and Performance Studies
Francine.M.A'Ness@Dartmouth.EDU, (603) 646-2863

Mary Coffey, Ph.D (Art History)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Field: North American and Latin American Art
Mary Coffey@Dartmouth.EDU, (603) 646-4066

Michael Dorsey, Ph.D. (Environmental Studies)
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources
Field: Andes, Amazon, political ecology, indigenous knowledge(s), social movements, globalization processes
Michael.K.Dorsey@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-0544

Antonio L. Gómez, Ph.D.(Spanish and Portuguese
University of Granada; University of Colorado
Field: Contemporary and Modern 20th Century Spanish Literature, Transatlantic and Film Studies
Antonio.Gomez@dartmouth.edu (603) 646-2687

Lourdes Gutierrez Najera, Ph.D (Anthropology and LALACS)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Field: Cultural anthropology, Zapotec indigenous politics, Latino transnational migration, U.S.-Mexican Borderlands
Lourdes.Gutierrez.Najera@Dartmouth.edu (603)646-1626

Sharlene Mollett, Ph.D (Geography)
University of Toronto
Field: Human Geography, Race, Land and Property Rights in Central America
Sharlene.Mollett@Dartmouth.edu (603)646-3378

Ana Merino, Ph.D (Spanish and Portuguese)
University of Pittsburgh
Field: Contemporary Latin American Literature & Culture, Transatlantic
Cultural Studies, Spanish Literature, Womens Studies and comic/graphic novels criticism
Ana.Merino@Dartmouth.edu

Tanalis Padilla, Ph.D. (History)
University of California, San Diego, 2001
Field: Mexico, agrarian movements, social mobilizations of 20th century.
Tanalis.Padilla@Dartmouth.edu (603) 646-9352

Lecturer

Douglas Moody, Ed.D (Spanish and Portuguese)
University of California, Berkeley
Field: Foreign Language Aquisition, Latino Studies, Technology and Education
Douglas.Moody@Dartmouth.edu  (603) 646-1450

Dennis Runnels, Ph.D (Native American Studies)
Senior Instructor
University of Washington
Field:Spanish and indigenous literature of the Conquest and Colonial period, Chicano autobiography,
and Native American languages and literatures
Dennis.Runnels@dartmouth.edu (603) 646-0323

Visiting Faculty

Patricia Herrera, Ph.D (LALACS, Theater)
University of New York, Ph.D
Dartmouth College, B.A. Theatre and Latino Studies
Field: Theatre as social change, Latina/o Theatre and Performance, Performance of Self and Communities,
Hip Hop Theatre/Performance
Patricia.Herrera@Dartmouth.edu (603)646-2541

Christina Gomez, Ph.D. (LALACS and Sociology)
University of Chicago, B.A.,
University of Chicago, M.B.A., Harvard University, Ph.D. in Sociology
Field: Ethnic Relations, Inequality/Discrimination, Identity Construction
Christina.Gomez@Dartmouth.EDU (603) 646-2552

Daniel Mato, Ph.D (LALACS)
Universidad Central de Venezuela  
Field: Global Information Technologies and Latin American intellectual practices
Daniel Mato@Dartmouth.edu (603) 646-0326

                                                                                                                                                               

Last Updated: 7/3/08