Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
Chair: Carlos Decena
Undergraduate Chair: Katheen Lopez
Lucy Stone Hall, A268
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Livingston Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8040
Phone: 732-445-3820
Fax: 732-445-0012
Website: http://latcar.rutgers.edu/
The Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies (LHCS) offers an interdisciplinary program of study that examines the diverse histories, politics, social experiences, and cultural representations of Caribbean nations and of communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin in the United States. Students are exposed to a wide range of perspectives drawn from the social sciences and the humanities. LHCS works closely with other departments to foster a more comprehensive learning experience for its students.
The department's interdisciplinary structure supports collaborative research and a coordinated and coherent curriculum that draws from diverse perspectives. Our course offerings are structured around five general thematic clusters, although some of our courses integrate more than one of these approaches:
• Historical and Political Studies
• Migration, Society and Community
• Race, Ethnicity and Identity
• Cultural Studies and Cultural Production
• Gender and Sexuality studies
Core Faculty:
Ulla Berg, (Ph.D. in Anthropology from New York University, 2007). Assistant Professor, joint appointment in Anthropology. Her research focuses on membership, sociality, and communicative practices in the context of Peruvian migration to the US. ([email protected])
Yarimar Bonilla (Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, 2008) Assistant Professor with a joint appointment with Anthropology. Her research focuses on social movements, political imaginaries, and colonial legacies in the non-sovereign Caribbean and the French Outremer.
Carlos Decena (Ph.D. in American Studies, New York University, 2004). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with the Women’s & Gender Studies Department. Professor Decena is an interdisciplinary social scientist and cultural critic whose interests include hemispheric American Studies, migration, gender and sexuality. ([email protected])
Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores (Ph.D. in Public Policy and Sociology from the University of Michigan, 2005). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on the social impact of urban design policies, particularly how space and the built environment shape race, class, and urban inequality in the context of the Caribbean. ([email protected])
Tatiana Flores (Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University, 2003). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with the Art History Department. She specializes in twentieth century Latin American art and contemporary art, with emphasis in the development of avant-gardism in post-revolutionary Mexico. ([email protected])
Aldo Lauria Santiago (Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago, 1992). Professor I with a joint appointment in History. He specializes in the history of Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Latinos in the U.S.. Most of his research has focused on the history of peasants and workers, state formation, agrarian history, and rural revolt. ([email protected])
Kathleen López (Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan, 2005). Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in History. She specializes in the historical intersections between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on post-emancipation Caribbean societies, race and ethnicity in the Americas, international migration, and the history of the Chinese diaspora. ([email protected])
Nelson Maldonado-Torres (Ph.D. in Modern Contemporary Religious Thought and a Certificate of Distinction in Africana Studies from Brown University, 2002). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with Comparative Literature.His main research interests are Caribbean critical theorizing, decolonial thinking, ethical and political theory, and comparative ethnic studies. ([email protected])
Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel (Ph.D. in Latin American literatures from the University of California, Berkeley, 1996) Professor I with a joint appointment with Comparative Literature. She studies Colonial Latin American discourses and contemporary Caribbean and Latino narratives, colonial and postcolonial theory, migration, and cultural studies. ([email protected])
Michelle Stephens (Ph.D. in American Studies, Yale University, 1999). Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the English Department. Her scholarship focuses on the impact of diasporic conceptions of identity on the writings and thought of black intellectuals from the English-speaking Caribbean and the United States.
Camilla Stevens (Ph.D. in Latin American Literatures from the University of Kansas, 2000) Associate Professor with a joint appointment with Spanish and Portuguese and Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies. She researches contemporary Caribbean and Latin(o) American drama, theater and performance theory, migration, and cultural studies. ([email protected])
Chair: Carlos Decena
Undergraduate Chair: Katheen Lopez
Lucy Stone Hall, A268
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Livingston Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8040
Phone: 732-445-3820
Fax: 732-445-0012
Website: http://latcar.rutgers.edu/
The Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies (LHCS) offers an interdisciplinary program of study that examines the diverse histories, politics, social experiences, and cultural representations of Caribbean nations and of communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin in the United States. Students are exposed to a wide range of perspectives drawn from the social sciences and the humanities. LHCS works closely with other departments to foster a more comprehensive learning experience for its students.
The department's interdisciplinary structure supports collaborative research and a coordinated and coherent curriculum that draws from diverse perspectives. Our course offerings are structured around five general thematic clusters, although some of our courses integrate more than one of these approaches:
• Historical and Political Studies
• Migration, Society and Community
• Race, Ethnicity and Identity
• Cultural Studies and Cultural Production
• Gender and Sexuality studies
Core Faculty:
Ulla Berg, (Ph.D. in Anthropology from New York University, 2007). Assistant Professor, joint appointment in Anthropology. Her research focuses on membership, sociality, and communicative practices in the context of Peruvian migration to the US. ([email protected])
Yarimar Bonilla (Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, 2008) Assistant Professor with a joint appointment with Anthropology. Her research focuses on social movements, political imaginaries, and colonial legacies in the non-sovereign Caribbean and the French Outremer.
Carlos Decena (Ph.D. in American Studies, New York University, 2004). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with the Women’s & Gender Studies Department. Professor Decena is an interdisciplinary social scientist and cultural critic whose interests include hemispheric American Studies, migration, gender and sexuality. ([email protected])
Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores (Ph.D. in Public Policy and Sociology from the University of Michigan, 2005). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on the social impact of urban design policies, particularly how space and the built environment shape race, class, and urban inequality in the context of the Caribbean. ([email protected])
Tatiana Flores (Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University, 2003). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with the Art History Department. She specializes in twentieth century Latin American art and contemporary art, with emphasis in the development of avant-gardism in post-revolutionary Mexico. ([email protected])
Aldo Lauria Santiago (Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago, 1992). Professor I with a joint appointment in History. He specializes in the history of Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Latinos in the U.S.. Most of his research has focused on the history of peasants and workers, state formation, agrarian history, and rural revolt. ([email protected])
Kathleen López (Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan, 2005). Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in History. She specializes in the historical intersections between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on post-emancipation Caribbean societies, race and ethnicity in the Americas, international migration, and the history of the Chinese diaspora. ([email protected])
Nelson Maldonado-Torres (Ph.D. in Modern Contemporary Religious Thought and a Certificate of Distinction in Africana Studies from Brown University, 2002). Associate Professor with a joint appointment with Comparative Literature.His main research interests are Caribbean critical theorizing, decolonial thinking, ethical and political theory, and comparative ethnic studies. ([email protected])
Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel (Ph.D. in Latin American literatures from the University of California, Berkeley, 1996) Professor I with a joint appointment with Comparative Literature. She studies Colonial Latin American discourses and contemporary Caribbean and Latino narratives, colonial and postcolonial theory, migration, and cultural studies. ([email protected])
Michelle Stephens (Ph.D. in American Studies, Yale University, 1999). Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the English Department. Her scholarship focuses on the impact of diasporic conceptions of identity on the writings and thought of black intellectuals from the English-speaking Caribbean and the United States.
Camilla Stevens (Ph.D. in Latin American Literatures from the University of Kansas, 2000) Associate Professor with a joint appointment with Spanish and Portuguese and Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies. She researches contemporary Caribbean and Latin(o) American drama, theater and performance theory, migration, and cultural studies. ([email protected])
