Meet Our Staff

Christina Abreu, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor of History
815-753-1532
cabreu@niu.edu

Simon Weffer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
815-753-7954
sweffer@niu.edu

Darius Jackson, Ed.D.
Program Assistant
815-753-8281
djackson15@niu.edu

Ibette Valle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
815-753-0372
ivalle@niu.edu

Krystyna Kamka
Office Manager
815-753-1531
kkamka@niu.edu

Graduate Assistants

Alexandra Alcantar
aalcantar2@niu.edu 

Juliana Garcia
jgarcia22@niu.edu 

Johan Soto
jsoto4@niu.edu 

Gladys Puente

Contact Us

Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Northern Illinois University
515 Garden Rd.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-1531
latinostudies@niu.edu

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