Bunche Hall UCLA

Leadership and Staff

LAI Leadership

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Rubén Hernández-León

Professor of Sociology; Director, Latin American Institute

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Bryan Pitts

Assistant Director

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Bonnie Taub

Associate Director, Latin American Institute; Co-Chair, Academic Programs - Latin American Studies M.A.

Staff

Ariatne Barrera
Program Representative
Marcelo Jatoba
Publications Manager
Veronica Zavala
Outreach Coordinator

Library Staff

Jennifer Osorio
Head, International Studies, Interim Librarian for Latin American Studies and Spanish/Portuguese; Asian American Studies

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)

Orchid Mazurkiewicz
Editor and Director, HAPI
Michael Scott
Associate Editor, HAPI

Latin American Studies Interdepartmental Degree Program

Yumi Kinoshita
Academic Counselor

Research Programs

Center for Mexican Studies

Gaspar Rivera Salgado
Director, Center for Mexican Studies; Project Director, UCLA Labor Center

Center for Brazilian Studies

Susanna Hecht
Director, Center for Brazilian Studies; Professor of Urban Planning

Program on Caribbean Studies

Jorge Marturano
Director, Program in Caribbean Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Andean Working Group

Stella Nair
Director, Andean Working Group; Associate Professor, Department of Art History

Central American Working Group

Patricia Arroyo Calderón
Associate Professor

10343 Bunche Hall
315 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1447

(310) 825-4571
lai@international.ucla.edu