Northern Illinois University
Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The center's 24 faculty associates offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in Latino and Latin American Studies within their disciplines.

Name	Affiliation	Office
Dana Bardolph, Ph.D.	Department of Anthropology	Stevens Building 271
Gregory Beyer, D.M.A.	School of Music: non-western instruments	Music Building 468
Ximena Burgin, Ed.D.	Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) Research Interests; Assessment, culturally responsive classroom.	Gabel Hall 204
James Cohen, Ph.D.	Literacy Education: bilingual and ESL education, literacy instruction of immigrant and non-native English speakers, non-parallel schooled immigrant students, and undocumented immigrants.	Gabel Hall 147
Christine D'Alexander, D.M.A.	School of Music: instrumental music education	Music Building
Ricela Feliciano-Semidei, Ph.D.	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Watson Hall 365
Aaron Fogleman, Ph.D.	History: early America, Atlantic world	Zulauf 613
Ibis Gómez-Vega, Ph.D.	English: ethnic American literature, Caribbean and Cuban literature, women’s studies	Reavis Hall 215
Anne Hanley, Ph.D.	History: Brazil, economics, municipal finance	Zulauf Hall 715
Beatrix Hoffman, Ph.D.	History: U.S. history, history of medicine, constitutional history, research methods, Latino history	Zulauf Hall 715
Kristin Huffine, Ph.D.	History: science, race, and power in colonial Latin America	Zulauf Hall 715
Frances Jaeger, Ph.D.	World Languages and Cultures: Contemporary Spanish American literature (mid-twentieth century to the present), especially poetry. Women writers, the African diaspora in Latin America, Latin American revolutions in literature. Areas of interest: Central American (including Panama) and the Caribbean	Watson Hall 311
Laura Ruth Johnson, Ph.D.	Research: introduction to qualitative research in education, advanced technologies in qualitative research, advanced field methods, interpretive research, qualitative interview methods in education	Gabel Hall 204
Melissa Lenczewski, Ph.D.	Geology and Environmental Geosciences: lacustrine clays from Chalco Basin, Mexico, biodegradation and sorption of MTBE and ethanol in fine grain materials from Illinois and Mexico	Davis Hall 312
Anita Maddali, J.D.	Director of clinics and associate professor of law	Swen Parson, 197A
Leila Porter, Ph.D.	Anthropology: Bolivia, South American monkeys Area of interest: South America	Stevens 104A
Mariana Ricklefs, Ph.D.	Department of Curriculum and Instruction	Graham Hall 119B
Linda Saborío, Ph.D.	World Languages and Culture: Latina/o and Mexican theater, performance studies, culture studies and film Area of interest: Mexico	Watson Hall 111
Kerry Sagebiel, Ph.D.	Anthropology: archaeology of Mesoamerica and of the American Southwest	Grant Tower South 513
Christopher Scanlon, D.M.A	School of Music Trumpet, Brass Techniques	Music Building
Mark Schuller, Ph.D.	Anthropology: NGOs, globalization, disasters	Stevens 181
Francisco Solares, Ph.D.	Foreign Languages and Literature: Spanish language and literature, 19th century historical novels and modernismo	Watson Hall 111
John Evar Strid, Ph.D.	Department of Curriculum and Instruction	Gabel Hall 147D
Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg, Ph.D.	World Languages and Culture: Second language acquisition and psycholinguistics	Watson Hall 117
Stephen Vilaseca, Ph.D.	20th- and 21st-century Spanish peninsular literature and film	Watson Hall 315
Rodrigo Villanueva, M.M.	School of Music: jazz studies	Music Bldg 111
Simon Weffer, Ph.D.	Sociology: race and ethnicity, social movements and collective behavior, sports and society, Latino and Latin American civilization	Zulauf 808