Faculty and Staff

• Maria Arbelaez
Editor, Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies and Associate Professor, History.
Email: marbelaez@mail.unomaha.edu

• Timi Barone
Associate Professor, Anthropology. Epidemiology/Evolution of Human Disease, Ethnomedicines and Heath Care Utilization.
Email: tbarone@mail.unomaha.edu

• Theresa Barron-Mckeagney
Director and Professor, Social Work. Community Service, Latino Advocacy and Women's Issues.
Email: tbarronm@mail.unomaha.edu

• Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado
OLLAS Assistant Director for Research and Outreach and Associate Professor, Political Science. Comparative Politics/Sustainable Development, Latin America, Inter-American Politics and Latino Politics.
Email: jalvarado@mail.unomaha.edu

• Michael Carroll
Professor, Goodrich Scholarship Program. Indian Poetry, Chicano/a Literature, Multicultural Education and African American Cultural Studies.
Email: mcarroll@mail.unomaha.edu

• Juan Casas
Assistant Professor, Psychology. Relational Aggression and Victimization, Peer Relationships, Friendships and Dual Language.
Email: jcasas@mail.unomaha.edu

• Olga Celle
Instructor, Sociology. Latin American Political Economy, Urban Latin America and Race, Ethnicity and Change in Latin America.
Email: Ocelle@gmail.com

• Ann Coyne
Professor, Social Work. Developmental Disabilities, Child Welfare, Public Welfare, Program Evaluation and Grant Writing and Research.
Email: acoyne@mail.unomaha.edu

• Ana Cruz
Instructor, Communications. Marriage and the Family, Race, Ethnicity and Culture.
Email: anacruz@mail.unomaha.edu

• Jerry Deichert
Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Public Affairs Research.
Email: jdeicher@mail.unomahaedu

• Charles Gildersleeve
Professor, Geography. Economic Geography, Urban, Latin America with Emphasis on Land Use, Location Theory and Urban Ethnicity.
Email: cgildersleeve@mail.unomaha.edu

• Lourdes Gouveia
OLLAS Director and Professor, Sociology. Global Development, Food and Agriculture, Latin American/Latino Sociology and Immigration.
Email: lgouveia@mail.unomaha.edu

• Mary Ann Powell
Associate Professor, Sociology. Family, Sex and Gender and Quantitative Methodology.
Email: maryannpowell@mail.unomaha.edu

• Shireen Rajaram
Chair and Professor, Sociology. Medical Sociology, Race/Ethnicity, Women and the Environment.
Email: srajaram@mail.unomaha.edu

• Barbara Robins
Assistant Professor, English. Contemporary Native American Literature, Southwestern Literature and Visual Arts.
Email: brobins@mail.unomaha.edu

• Troy Romero
Instructor, Goodrich Scholarship Program. Organizational Justice and Organizational Diversity.
Email: tromero@mail.unomaha.edu

• Thomas Sanchez
Assistant Professor, Sociology. Ethnic/Race Relations, Sociological Theory and Ethnic Identity Formation.
Email: thomassanchez@mail.unomaha.edu

• Joanne Sowell
Associate Professor, Art & Art History. Medieval Architectural History, Pedagogy of Art History, Art Education and Cross-Cultural Art History.
Email: jsowell@mail.unomaha.edu

• Angela Valle
Professor, Foreign Languages. Contemporary Latin American Literature, Latin American Civilization and Women in Latin American Literature.
Email: avalle@mail.unomaha.edu

• Maria Elvira Villamil
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages. 20th Century Spanish-American Literature, Colombian and Mexican Narrative and Spanish-American Cinema.
Email: mvillamil@mail.unomaha.edu

 

Our Staff

• Lourdes Gouveia
OLLAS Director and Professor, Sociology. Global Development, Food and Agriculture, Latin American/Latino Sociology and Immigration.
Email: lgouveia@mail.unomaha.edu

• Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado
OLLAS Assistant Director for Research and Outreach, and Associatet Professor, Political Science. Comparative Politics/Sustainable Development: Latin America, Inter-American Politics and Latino Politics.
Email: jalvarado@mail.unomaha.edu

• Maria Arbelaez
Editor, Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, Associate Professor, History.
Email: marbelaez@mail.unomaha.edu

•Lucy Garza
OLLAS Project Coordinator and Academic Advisor. Sociology of Education, Inequality and Latino Educational Attainment.
Email: lgarza@mail.unomaha.edu