Central American Resource Group

Faculty

Robert H. Barth
Department of Integrative Biology (Zoology)
Current Research: Animal Behavior, Avian Behavioral Ecology and Ornithology (Central and South America )
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George Blanco
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Current Research: Bilingual Education; Cultural Orientation in Education (Mexico; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic)
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Claud Bramblett
Department of Anthropology
Current Research: Physical Anthropology; Primate Behavior (Costa Rica)
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David Cannatella
Department of Integrative Biology (Zoology)
Current Research: Systematics and Biodiversity of Reptiles and Amphibians (mainly frogs); Latin American organisms ( Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Ecuador; Peru; Costa Rica)
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Donna DeCesare
Department of Journalism
Current research: Youth violence; Violence prevention programs (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala)
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Mercedes de Uriarte
Department of Journalism
Current research: U.S. press crisis coverage of Latin American events; and third world communication issues (Mexico; Guatemala; Salvador; Nicaragua)
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Nora England
Department of Linguistics
Director, Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America of LLILAS
Current Research: Linguistic Description; Descriptive Syntax; Comparative Mayan Language and Culture; Bilingualism, Language and Identity; Language Politics; Language Ideologies; Mayan Linguistics; American Languages; Mesoamerica (Guatemala; Mexico)
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Virginia Garrard-Burnett
Department of History
Current research: Religious movements and ethnic identity in Latin America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil)
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Lawrence E. Gilbert
Department of Integrative Biology (Zoology)
Current Research: Rainforest Structure and Animal-Plant Interactions; Insect Population Biology; Basic Ecology of Pest Organisms that Affect Overall Biological Diversity (Costa Rica; Brazil; Argentina)
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Edmund T. Gordon
Department of Anthropology
Current Research: African-American Anthropology; Economic Anthropology; Maritime Anthropology; Ethnicity and Social Stratification (Caribbean; Central America)
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Charles R. Hale
Department of Anthropology
Current Research: Race/ethnicity, identity politics, consciousness and resistance, activist anthropology (Guatemala; Nicaragua; Bolivia)
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Juliet Hooker
Department of Government
Current Research: Democratization Processes in Latin America; Indigenous and Afro-Latin Politics; Central American Politics; Nationalism and Social Movements in Latin America (Central America)
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Amarante Lucero
Department of Theatre and Dance
Current Research: Theater and Dance in Central America; Intelligent Lighting; Cyberspace; Virtual Reality (Costa Rica; Ecuador; Mexico)
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Chandler Stolp
Lynbdon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Director, Center for Inter-American Policy Studies
Current Research: Western Hemispheric Economic Integration; Regional Economics; Public Sector Productivity (Mexico; Central America; Chile; Southern Cone)
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Brian Stross
Department of Anthropology
Current Research: Mayan Iconography & Epigraphy and Language Prehistory Research; Linguistic Anthropology; Middle American Indians; Symbolism and Iconography (Mexico; Guatemala; Belize)
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Fred Valdez
Department of Anthropology
Director, Programme for Belize Archaeological Project
Current Research: Maya Tombs in Belize; Study of Material Culture; Settlement Patterns and Small Site Studies (Belize)
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Kenneth Young
Department of Geography and the Environment
Current Research: Landscape Ecology; Biogeography; Conservation; Tropical Environments in Central and South America (Peru; Central America; Brazil)
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