Faculty & Staff

  • Sharon K. Elkins

    Professor of Religion

    B.A., Stetson University; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Harvard University

    Scholar of the history of Christianity and contemporary Catholicism with special attention to the Virgin Mary and to women’s spiritual writings.

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  • Evelina Gužauskytė

    Assistant Professor of Spanish

    B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

    Interested in questions of language and representation in the colonial, trans-Atlantic, and trans-Pacific realms.

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  • Koichi Hagimoto

    Assistant Professor of Spanish

    B.A., Soka University of America, M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

    Specialized in nineteenth-century Latin American and Caribbean literature and culture; also interested in trans-pacific studies.

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  • Nancy Abraham Hall

    Senior Lecturer in Spanish

    B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

    Specialized in 19th- through 21st-century literature with a focus on Hispanic American narrative and the literary and cultural history of modern Mexico, I am a bilingual scholar, book editor, translator and teacher.

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  • Peggy Levitt

    Professor of Sociology

    B.A., Brandeis University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Studies international migration, transnational studies, development, religion, globalization, global arts and culture.

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  • Patrick J. McEwan

    Associate Professor of Economics

    B.A., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

    The economics of education, applied econometrics, impact evaluation of education programs, and education policy in Latin America and Africa.

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  • Jay Oles

    James Oles

    Senior Lecturer in Art

    B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Virginia; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

    Specialist in Latin American art, focusing on modern Mexican art and architecture, through museum as well as academic projects.

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  • Joy Renjilian-Burgy

    Associate Professor of Spanish

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College; A.M., Harvard University

    Language & Literature Pedagogy; social justice- race and class; Print & Audiovisual  Interactive Resources; immersion; study abroad; I am a teacher, author, editor and teacher-trainer

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  • Carlos Alberto Vega

    Professor of Spanish

    A.B., Columbia University; A.M., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Harvard University

    Spanish literature, hagiography, gender issues, study-abroad theory and practice.

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  • Lois Wasserspring

    Senior Lecturer in Political Science

    B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Princeton University

    Fascinated by the richness and complexity of Latin American culture and politics.

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Contact Us

 

Latin American Studies Program

Founders Hall 31
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 0248

Tel: 781.283.2202
Fax: 781.283.3644

Lois Wasserspring (Political Science)
Co-Director

Joy Renjilian-Burgy (Spanish)
Co-Director