Interdisciplinary:
Latin American Studies Faculty
(Board of Study)

John Gitlitz
Associate Professor of Political Science
School of Natural and Social Sciences
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Religion and politics in Latin America; Peru; political violence and human rights.
john.gitlitz@purchase.edu

Gari LaGuardia
Associate Professor of Spanish and Literature
School of Humanities
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Spanish and Latin American literature.
gari.laguardia@purchase.edu

Rex McKenzie
Assistant Professor of Economics
School of Natural and Social Sciences
B.A., Sussex University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research. Money; finance and banking; sustainable economic development; political economy of the Caribbean; history of economic thought.
rex.mckenzie@purchase.edu

Carolina Sanin
Assistant Professor of Spanish
School of Humanities
Licenciatura, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Medieval and early modern Spanish narrative; modern Latin American prose; translation theory and practice; creative writing in Spanish.
carolina.sanin@purchase.edu

Updated June 25, 2008