The People in the Project
The Latin American History Workshop at UGA seeks to bring together faculty and students of multiple disciplines and time periods in order to better understand the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Latin America and its history.
Core Faculty
Oscar Chamosa | Argentina; race relations and politics of folkloreReinaldo Roman | Modern Caribbean; social and cultural historyPamela Voekel | Mexico, colonial to modern; religion and politicsThomas Whigham | Argentina and Paraguay, 18th and 19th c.Affiliated Faculty
Betina Kaplan | Contemporary Latin American LiteratureBethany Moreton | history of capitalism; transnational historyPatricia Richards | gender, class, and ethnicity in Chile, Bolivia, EcuadorLorgia García Peña | Hispanic Caribbean literary and cultural studiesLeslie Feracho | Afro-Latin American narrative and poetryDiane Batts-Morrow | multicultural history and African American historyKathleen Clark | race and gender in early 20th c. U.S.Derek Aldridge | African-American education and intellectual historyTim Cleaveland | Islamic West Africa; slavery studiesBob Pratt | History of the Civil Rights MovementRachel Gabara | Francophone African literature and film; postcolonial studiesDoris Kadish | 19th and 20th c. Francophone literature; slavery studiesGraduate Students
Derek Bentley | Student politics in Latin AmericaAlisha Cromwell | Enslaved women in the urban marketplaceJoshua Haynes | 18th c. southeastern IndiansTom Okie | Environmental and agriculturalTore Olsson | History of foodDaphney Pascal | Caribbean protest movements of the 1960sHannah Waits | Latino immigrants, Christianity in modern South