Program Tracks
Names of Program Committee members are provided for information only. Direct your correspondence to the LASA Secretariat ONLY.
AFR / Afro-Latin/Indigenous Peoples
Joanne Rappaport, Georgetown University
AGR / Agrarian and Rural Life
Wendy Wolford, Cornell University
Leonilde Servolo de Medeiros, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BIO / Biodiversity, Natural Resources and Environment
Mary Finley-Brook, University of Richmond
CHI / Children, Youth and Cultures
Gonzalo Saraví, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social
CIT / Cities, Planning and Social Services
Ben Goldfrank, Seton Hall University
Egon Montecinos, Universidad de Los Lagos
CRJ / Citizenship, Rights and Justice
Enrique Peruzzotti, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Merike Blofield, University of Miami
CSS / Civil Society and Social Movements
Aldo Panfichi, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
CUL / Culture, Power and Political Subjectivities
Ana Wortman, Universidad de Buenos Aires
DEF / Defense, Violence and (In)security
Anthony Pereira, King’s College London
Leigh Payne, University of Oxford
DEM / Democratization
Juan Pablo Luna, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
ECO / Economics and Development
Patrice Franko, Colby College
Augusto de la Torre, World Bank
EDU / Education, Pedagogy and Educational Policies
Elías García Rosas, Universidad Autónoma del
Estado de México
FIL / Film Studies
Ana Serra, American University
GEN / Gender Studies
María Isabel Belausteguigoitia Rius, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
HEA / Health, Medicine and Body Politics
Marcos Cueto, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Raul Necochea, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
HIS / History and Historiographies/Historical Processes
Elías Palti, Universidad de Buenos Aires
HUM / Human Rights and Memories
Alexander Wilde, American University
INT / International Relations
Maxwell Cameron, University of British Columbia
William Stanley, University of New Mexico
LAB / Labor Studies and Class Relations
Joel Stillerman, Grand Valley State University
LAT / Latino(as) in the United States and Canada
Ben Sifuentes, Rutgers University
LAW / Law, Jurisprudence and Society
Catalina Smulovitz, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
LSN / Literary Studies: Colonial and 19th Century
Santa Arias, University of Kansas
Mariselle Meléndez, University of Illinois
LST / Literary Studies: Contemporary
Rubí Carreño, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Paula Miranda, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
LTC / Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Carmen Millán, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Eyda Merediz, University of Maryland
MAS / Mass Media and Popular Culture
Silvia Ares de Kurlat, Independent Scholar
MLD / Migration and Latin American Diasporas
María Amelia Viteri, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador
PER / Performance, Art and Architecture: Critical and Historical Perspectives
Lillian Manzor, University of Miami
PIP / Political Institutions and Processes
Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh
Jorge Lanzaro, Universidad de la República
PPP / Politics and Public Policy
Ken Shadlen, London School of Economics and Political Science
Andrew Schrank, University of New Mexico
REL / Religion and Spirituality
Matt Samson, Davidson College
SLS / Sexualities and LGBT Studies
Guillermo de los Reyes, University of Houston
SMP / States, Markets and Political Economy
Marcus Kurtz, Ohio State University
Sarah Brooks, Ohio State University
TRA / Transnationalism and Globalization
Margaret Keck, Johns Hopkins University