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Becky Boling
Professor of Spanish, she received her Ph.D. from Northwestern. Her
teaching and research focus on contemporary Latin American narrative
and theater with a strong interest in women's writings. Among the courses
she teaches are "Women Writers in Latin America and Recent Trends
in Latin American Narrative: Testimony and Pop Culture." She has
published on authors such as Griselda Gambaro, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel
Garcia Marquez, Ana Lydia Vega, and Luisa Valenzuela. She has been co-coordinator
of Latin American Studies and has on occasion led the Spanish winter
seminar in Morelia, Mexico. Her other travel experiences include Argentina,
Guatemala, and Spain.
Jorge Brioso Bascó
His area of specialization is 20th century Spanish
literature (essay, novel and poetry) and film. Other fields of interest
are literary theory, rhetoric, philology and the relationship between
literature and philosophy. He has taught semiotics, literary theory
and narratology at the University of La Havana.
José Cerna-Bazán
Associate Professor of Spanish, he obtained his Licenciatura at the
University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, and his Ph.D. at the University
of Minnesota. His research and his teaching focus on the relationship
between literary experimentation and cultural discourses in contexts
marked by social heterogeneity, particularly in the Andean area. He
has published articles on contemporary Latin American poetry and narrative,
and a book, Sujeto a cambio, on the work of César Vallejo. He
is currently working on a project on society, politics, and representation
in Peru (1960-2000).
Jeane DeLaney
A joint appointment between the Carleton and St. Olaf History Departments,
she earned her Ph.D. at Stanford University. Her research interests
remain focused on twentieth-century Argentine intellectual history,
and she has published articles on Argentine cultural nationalism, the
Argentine gaucho, and responses to immigration in various scholarly
journals and edited volumes. Currently she is working on a book-length
manuscript that examines changing ideas about nationhood and national
identity in Argentina from independence through the 1930s. In recent
years she has developed a secondary interest in Cuba, and has organized
a St. Olaf off-campus study program in Cuba which she leads every other
year. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the NYC-based Center
for Cuban Studies.
Maria Elena Doleman
Adjunct Instructor in Spanish, she was born in La Habana, Cuba. Her
main interests are Foreign Language Education and Cuban studies, especially
Cuban American Literature. She has traveled to Spain, Central and South
America and the Caribbean. In 1994 she returned to Cuba after 34 years,
where she still has family and friends.
Paul Dosh
Paul Dosh graduated from Carleton in 1996 and is completing his Ph.D.
in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent
the past year in Peru and Ecuador working on his dissertation, "Urban
Social Movements and Local Politics in Metropolitan Latin America."
As a visiting instructor during Winter and Spring 2003, he will teach
Latin American Politics, Global Resurgence of Democracy, and Urban Politics
in Latin America. Recent publications include "Peace After Terror:
Reconciling Justice and the Rule of Law in Argentina, El Salvador, and
Guatemala," (LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES), "Expecting More
while Pressuring Less: Deep Assessment, Standards without Stratification,
and Classroom Egalitarianism" (POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATOR), and
"No Such Thing as a Precision Bomb" (AN EYE FOR AN EYE MAKES
THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND: POETS ON 9/11). Students visiting the Twin Cities
may find Paul performing at the Minneapolis Poetry Slam, dancing salsa
at the Quest, or rollerblading around Lake Harriet.
Humberto Huergo
Associate Professor in Spanish, he received his Ph.D. in Romance Languages
and Literatures from Princeton University. He has a broad knowledge
of both Latin American and Peninsular literature. His major area of
specialization is the Spanish Golden Age.
Jerome Levi
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (M.Phil. Cambridge, Ph.D. Harvard),
he is interested in the ethnography of the Greater Southwest and Mesoamerica.
In Mexico, he has conducted research among the Tarahumara of Chihuahua,
Tzotzil of Chiapas, and Yuman groups in Baja California. His current
research focuses on the politics of identity, symbolism, and interethnic
relations in the Sierra Tarahumara of northwest Mexico. At Carleton,
he teaches courses on the comparative history of native peoples and
that state in Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.; ethnicity, gender, and exchange
in Latin America; and anthropological approaches to the study of religion,
economics, and indigenous rights.
Silvia López
Her main areas of research include nineteenth-century
Latin America, Centrall American literature and more broadly critical
and aesthetic theory. She is the co-translator of Néstor García-Canclini's
Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Exiting Modernity.
Professor López will be on sabbatical 2001-2002.
Alfred P. Montero
Assistant Professor of Political Science, a native of Miami, Florida,
who received his Ph.D. at Columbia University. His dissertation examined
subnational industry policy in Brazil and Spain and is currently under
review for publication as a book. He has published several scholarly
articles, including contributions to Comparataive Politics, Current
History, and the Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
(now titled, Latin American Politics and Society). In addition
to his book, Professor Montero is working on two multiple-author volumes;
one on decentralization in Latin America in comparative perspective
and a second on subnational economic governance. He is fluent in both
Spanish and Portuguese, and has done field research in Brazil, Spain,
and Mexico. His courses for Latin American Studies include Latin American
Politics, comparative democratization ("The Global Resurgence of
Democracy"), and research seminars on the political economy of
Latin American and an innovative course, Comparing Mexico and China,
that leads students through field work in Mexico.
Beverly Nagel
Professor of Sociology/Anthropology, she received her Ph.D. in Sociology
from Stanford University. Her research interests concern rural development,
grassroots action, and social change. Currently, her research focuses
on agricultural development, ethnic relations, and social movements
on Paraguay's eastern frontier. She has also conducted research on rural
development and migration patterns in Mexico, and has served as a consultant
on both urban and rural devlopment projects for the Inter-American Devlopment
Bank and the Fundacion Intermon. At Carleton, she teaches courses on
Third World development, population and global hunger, social movements,
and the ethnography of Latin America.
Diane Pearsall
Senior Lecturer in Spanish, she did her graduate work at the University
of Michigan. She specializes in foreign language pedagogy, oversees
the Language Assistant Program and is largely responsible for implementation
of activities related to the Beginning and Intermediate levels of Spanish.
She regularly directs the Carleton Program in Morelia.
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