Faculty
Anthropology
- Michael Chibnik
Michael Chibnik
Professor
Office: 233 Macbride Hall
Phone: (319) 335-0530 michael-chibnik@uiowa.edu
Professor Chibnik’s Latin American research interests include household economics, agricultural decision-making, craft production, and work organization in Mexico, Peru and Belize. His current work includes an examination of how environmentally sustainable Oaxacan wood carvings are produced and marketed. Course offerings on Latin America include: 113:131 Latin American Economy and Society. - Laura Graham
Laura R. Graham
Associate Professor
Office: 223 Macbride Hall/17A Macbride Hall
Phone: (319) 335-0517 laura-graham@uiowa.edu
Professor Graham’s Latin American research interests focus on indigenous peoples of lowland South America, specifically Xavante of central Brazil and Wayuu of Venezuela and Colombia, and address notions of cultural consciousness, cultural and intellectual property, representations of indigeneity in politics and advocacy, and indigenous media and human rights.
Art and Art History
- Isabel Barbuzza
Isabel Barbuzza
Associate Professor
Office: 1421B SA
Phone: 319-335-1789 isabel-barbuzza@uiowa.edu
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Communications
- Joy Elizabeth Hayes
Associate Professor
Office: 147 BCSB
Phone: 319-353-2265 joy-hayes@uiowa.edu
Professor Hayes’ Latin American research addresses the cultural history of broadcasting in Mexico, with a focus on radio and nationalism in the post-revolutionary period. Her current work examines the community radio movement in historical perspective. Course offerings include: 036:152 Latin American Media and 036:352 Seminar: Latin American Media.
English
- Claire Fox
Associate Professor
Office: 476 EPB
Phone: 319-335-0454 claire-fox@uiowa.edu
Professor Fox's Latin American research examines Mexican and U.S.-Mexican border arts and culture, as well as cultural policy, art, and literature during the Cold War period. Undergraduate course offerings on Latin America include: 008:113 Literature & Culture of the Americas; 008:133 Inter-American Studies; 008:082 Latina/o Studies.
- Phillip Round
Phillip Round
Associate Professor
Office: 317 EPB
Phone: 319-335-0476 phillip-round@uiowa.edu
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