ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAM

Faculty

• Alice Bach, Ph.D. (Union Theological Seminary)
  Archbishop Hallinan Chair of Catholic Studies and Associate Professor of Religion
• Gabriela Copertari, Ph.D. (Georgetown University)
  Assistant Professor of Spanish (Latin American Literature and Film)
• Gilbert Doho, Ph.D. (University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III)
  Associate Professor of French (African Literature and Film)
• Atwood D. Gaines, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), M.P.H
  (University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health)
  Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Biochemical Ethics, School of Medicine
  (Medical and Psychiatric anthropology; religion, aging; cultural studies of sciences; bioethics; social identity; United States, the Mediterranean)
• Kurt Koenigsberger, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University)
  Assistant Professor of English (Postcolonial Studies)
• Marixa Lasso, Ph.D. (University of Florida), Assistant Professor of Latin American History (Latin American Studies)
• Katherine Lavelle, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
  Assistant Professor of Political Science (African Politics)
• Jacqueline Nanfito, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
  Associate Professor of Spanish (Latin American Studies)
• Constantine Petridis, Ph.D. (Ghent University)
  Assistant Professor of Art History (African Art)
• Jonathan Sadowsky, Ph.D. (The John Hopkins University)
  Associate Professor of History (Africa)
• Cheryl Toman, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Champaign)
  Assistant Professor of French (Francophone Studies)
• Rhonda Y. Williams, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
  Associate Professor of History (African American History and Culture)
• Damaris Punales-Alpizar (University of Iowa)
  Associate Professor of Spanish