Latin American Studies

Sebastiaan Faber, Professor of Hispanic Studies; chair

Alysia Ramos, Associate Professor of Dance
Jefferson (Zé) Wille Kielwagen, Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Affiliated Faculty/Staff
Yveline Alexis, Associate Professor of Africana Studies
Ana María Díaz Burgos, Eric and Jane Nord Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Meredith M. Gadsby, Professor of Africana Studies
Sergio C. Gutiérrez Negrón, Irvin E. Houck Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Lemle Center
Evan P. Kresch, Associate Professor of Economics
Kristina Mani, Professor of Politics
Kathryn A. Metz, Director of Musical Studies, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Administrative Coordinator, and Senior Lecturer of Comparative American Studies and Musicology
Pablo R. Mitchell, Professor of History
Gina M. Pérez, Professor of Comparative American Studies
Ana C. Perry, Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History
Baron L. Pineda, Professor of Anthropology
Matthew F. Rarey, Associate Professor of African and Black Atlantic Art History
Claire T. Solomon, Professor of Hispanic Studies
Joshua D. Sperling, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media and Creative Media Director of Arts and Sciences

Visit the program web page for up-to-date information on program faculty, visiting lecturers, and special events.

The Latin American Studies Program at Oberlin College is an interdisciplinary program designed to encourage the examination of Latin America and the Caribbean: their people, cultures, society, languages, literature, traditions, history, economy, and relations with other areas.

Majors, Minors, and Integrative Concentrations

• Latin American Studies Major  

Courses

• LATS 100 - What is Latin America? Issues in Latin American Studies
• LATS 400 - Latin American Studies Capstone
• LATS 401 - LAST Honors I
• LATS 402 - LAST Honors II