LACC MA Admissions Committee
Simone Athayde, Associate Professor, LACC & Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Brazilian Studies Program of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and Associate Professor at Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Contact: 305.348.2894 | sathayde@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: biodiversity conservation, interdisciplinary research, integrative science, indigenous knowledge systems, ethnobotany and ethnoecology, and participatory research and management of social-ecological systems.
Jose Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Director of Research, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 352
Contact: 305.348.2894 | jomcruz@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Criminal violence, gangs, police, democratization, and public opinion in Latin America.
Gabriela Hoberman, Director of Academic Programs, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Director of Academic Programs, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Faculty Director, LACC Society, Politics & International Relations in Argentina
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 350B.
Contact: 305.348.2894 | ghoberma@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Political science and the study of natural disasters in Latin American and Caribbean countries, public policy, governance, and accountability.
Clinton Jenkins, Associate Professor, LACC & Department of Earth and Environment
Brazilian Studies Program of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment.
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA
Contact: 305.348.2894 | cljenkin@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Conservation ecology; Brazil, Atlantic Forest, Amazon; biodiversity and endangered species; spatial analysis, conservation planning.
Anthony Pereira, Director, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and Professor, Politics & IR
Director, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Professor, Politics & International Relations
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 354.
Contact: 305.348.2894 | antperei@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: The political drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, the rise and transformation of the Federal Police as an actor in Brazil’s democracy, and the rise of national populism and its impact on democracy in Brazil and Brazil’s role in international politics.
Maria-Luisa Veisaga, Director of Andean Studies, LACC & Biomolecular Science Institute
Director of Andean Studies Program at Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and Senior Teaching Lab Specialist at Biomolecular Science Institute.
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 352
Contact: 305.348.4232 | veisaga@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: As a Quechua from Bolivia, her research focuses on the chemical properties of medicinal plants.
