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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

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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History

Music

Spanish and Portuguese