Staff
Faculty
Lourdes Gouveia, Ph.D.
OLLAS Director and Professor of Sociology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Latin American Migration, US Latino Populations, and Latino American Societies in the Globalization Era, Global Development and Food and Agriculture.
Email: lgouveia@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
Juan Casas, Ph.D.
OLLAS Associate Director and Professor of Psychology
Research and Teaching Interests:
Relational Aggression and Victimization, Peer Relationships, Friendships and Dual Language.
Email: jcasas@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.2548
Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, Ph.D.
OLLAS Associate Director for Engagement and Professor of Political Science.
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative Politics/Sustainable Development in Latin America, Inter-American Politics and Latino Politics.
Email: jalvarado@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4859
Yuriko Doku, M.S.
OLLAS Project Coordinator
Email: ydoku@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
Christian Espinosa, B.S.
OLLAS Research and Community Engagement Associate
Email: cespinosatorres@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
María Teresa Gastón, M.A.
OLLAS Graduate Research Assistant
mgaston-sw@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
Clare Maakestad, B.A.
OLLAS Research Assistant
Email: cmaakestad@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
Isis Hernandez
OLLAS Student Worker
Email: ihernandez@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
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María Arbelaez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History.
Research and Teaching Interests: South America, Modern Mexico, Borderlands, Latino/Chicano Studies and Mexican Americans in the Midwest.
Email: marbelaez@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3649
Timi Barone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Epidemiology/Evolution of Human Disease, Ethnomedicines and Heath Care Utilization.
Email: tbarone@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3372
Theresa Barron-Mckeagney, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor of Social Work.
Research and Teaching Interests: Community Service, Latino Advocacy and Women's Issues.
Email: tbarronm@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.2923
Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, Ph.D.
OLLAS Assistant Director for Research and Outreach and Professor of Political Science.
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative Politics/Sustainable Development in Latin America, Inter-American Politics and Latino Politics.
Email: jalvarado@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4859
Michael Carroll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Goodrich Scholarship Program and English.
Research and Teaching Interests: Indian Poetry, Chicano/a Literature, Multicultural Education and African American Cultural Studies.
Email: mcarroll@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3458
Juan Casas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Relational Aggression and Victimization, Peer Relationships, Friendships and Dual Language.
Email: jcasas@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.2548
Olga Celle, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Sociology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Latin American Political Economy, Urban Latin America, and Race, Ethnicity and Change in Latin America.
Email: ocelledebowman@gmail.com
Phone: 402.554.3835
Ann Coyne, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work.
Research and Teaching Interests: Developmental Disabilities, Child Welfare, Public Welfare, Program Evaluation and Grant Writing and Research.
Email: acoyne@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.2798
Ana Cruz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication.
Research and Teaching Interests: Marriage and the Family, Race, Ethnicity and Culture.
Email: anacruz@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4847
Jerry Deichert, M.A.
Director and Senior Research Associate of Center for Public Affairs Research.
Email: jdeicher@unomahaedu
Phone: 402.554.2134
Claudia García, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages.
Research and Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American Literature, Guatemalan Narrative and Cultural Studies.
Email:csgarcia@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4837
Lourdes Gouveia, Ph.D.
OLLAS Director and Professor of Sociology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Immigration, Global Development, Food and Agriculture and Latin American/Latino Sociology.
Email: lgouveia@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3835
Ramón Guerra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English.
Research and Teaching Interests: Chicano/Latino Literature, Ethnic Literature and 20th Century American Literature.
Email: rguerra@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3323
Mary Ann Powell, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Family, Sex and Gender and Quantitative Methodology.
Email: maryannpowell@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.2632
Barbara Robins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English.
Research and Teaching Interests: Contemporary Native American Literature, Southwestern Literature and Visual Arts.
Email: brobins@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3326
Troy Romero,Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Goodrich Scholarship Program and Psychology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Organizational Justice and Organizational Diversity.
Email: tromero@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.2274
Sandra Rodríguez-Arroyo, D.Ed.
Assistant Professor of Education.
Research and Teaching Interests: Language Teacher Education (ESL, Bilingual, and World Languages), Critical Analysis of Language Policies and Applying Reading and Writing in the Content Areas.
Email: srodriguezarroy@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3676
Thomas Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology.
Research and Teaching Interests: Ethnic/Race Relations, Sociological Theory and Ethnic Identity Formation.
Email: thomassanchez@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4977
Jonathan Santo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology. Adolescent Development, Statistics and
Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Email: jsanto@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4056
Joanne Sowell, Ph.D.
Professor of Art and Art History.
Research and Teaching Interests: Medieval Architectural History, Pedagogy of Art History, Art Education and Cross-Cultural Art History.
Email: jsowell@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3762
Steven Torres, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages.
Research and Teaching Interests: Modern Spanish and Latin American Literature, Cultural Studies and Metacultural Discourse, Film Studies and Sociology of Literature.
Email: sltorres@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.3749
María Elvira Villamil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages.
Research and Teaching Interests: 20th-Century Spanish-American Literature, Colombian and Mexican Narrative and Spanish-American Cinema.
Email: mvillamil@unomaha.edu
Phone: 402.554.4844
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