Course Offerings
190 Uris Hall
Website: www.einaudi.cornell.edu/latinamerica/
Faculty
Timothy John Devoogd, Psychology, Director, Latin American Studies; Bruno Bosteels, Romance Studies; Debra Ann Castillo, Comparative Literature; Maria Lorena Cook, International and Comparative Labor, Labor Relations, Law and History; Raymond Craib, History; Pedro Erber, Romance Studies; Jane Fajans, Anthropology; Maria Fernandez, History of Art; Gary Fields, International Labor Relations; Economics; Gustavo Flores-Macias, Government; Chris Garces, Anthropology; Maria Antonia Garcés, Romance Studies; Maria Cristina García, History; Frederic Gleach, Anthropology; Miguel Gomez, Applied Economics and Management; Angela Gonzales, Development Sociology; John S. Henderson, Anthropology; Eduardo Iñigo-Elias, Laboratory of Ornithology; Steven Kyle, Applied Economics and Management; Cecilia Lawless, Romance Studies; Veronica Martinez-Matsuda, Labor Relations, Law and History; Jura Oliveira, Romance Studies; Pilar Parra, Human Ecology, Nutritional Science; Edmundo Paz Soldán, Romance Studies; Pedro David Pérez, Applied Economics and Management; Mary Kay Redmond, Romance Studies; Kenneth Roberts, Government; Eloy Rodriguez, Plant Biology; Jeannine Routier-Pucci, Romance Studies; Vilma Santiago-Irizarry, Anthropology, Latino Studies; Rebecca Stoltzfus, Nutrition; Monroe Weber-Shirk, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Gerard Aching, Romance Studies; Jere Haas, Human Ecology, Nutritional Science; Director, Human Biology Program; Teresa Jordan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; David Lee, Applied Economics Management; Alison Power, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Science & Technology Studies; Roberto Sierra, Department of Music, Composition; Amy Villarejo, Performing and Media Arts; Gretel Pelto, Human Ecology, Nutritional Sciences; Wendy Wolford, Development Sociology.
Program
Cornell’s Latin American Studies Program (LASP), founded in 1961, has become one of the nation’s premier Latin American centers. Today, as part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, LASP provides a focus for all activities on the Cornell campus oriented toward Latin America. Latin Americanists are active in most of Cornell’s colleges and schools, with diverse strengths including agricultural sciences, anthropology, art history, city and regional planning, government, history, labor relations, languages, literature, and nutrition.
LASP’s mission is to stimulate learning about Latin America by supporting Cornell’s Latin America curriculum; nurturing faculty and student research; sponsoring events on and off campus; sponsoring visiting scholars from Latin America; and establishing relationships with universities and other institutions in Latin America. LASP offers a minor in Latin American Studies for undergraduate and graduate students, fellowships, summer programs, and more.
Undergraduate Minor
The undergraduate minor in Latin American Studies is earned with a minimum of 15 credits in Latin American Studies courses and with acquired facility in Spanish or Portuguese. Language facility is demonstrated by successful completion of SPAN 2190 or PORT 2020 or the equivalent. Course selections must represent at least two fields, including one course at an advanced level. The complete list of approved courses is available at http://lasp.einaudi.cornell.edu/courses. This list includes all LATA courses and others across colleges and schools with at least 50 percent Latin American content.