OSU LATIN AMERICANIST FACULTY AND TEACHING STAFF

The following list includes both core faculty and faculty in non-Latin American studies disciplines who are professionally active in/with the region in some meaningful way, e.g. through their research, publications, collaborative projects with Latin American scholars and universities, conference presentations, study abroad programs, student and faculty exchanges, support of Latin American/Latin@ student programs and activities. Faculty names below are linked to department/personal websites.

COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

Art

Tony Mendoza
Professor
           
Art Education

Christine Ballangee-Morris
Associate Professor

Dance

Nora Zuniga-Shaw
Assistant Professor

COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES

Undergraduate International Studies Program

Anthony Mughan
Director
Professor, Political Science

COLLEGE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant Biology

Erich Grotewold
Professor, Department of Plant, Cellular, & Molecular Biology
Associate Professor, Dept. Horticulture & Crop Science

Entomology

John Wenzel
Professor

Roger Williams
Professor
OARDC, Wooster

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN ECOLOGY          

Consumer Sciences

Golden Jackson-Mergler
Associate Professor

School of Teaching and Learning

Patricia Enciso
Associate Professor, Integrated Teaching & Learning
Past-director, Latino/a Studies Program

Marcia Farr
Professor, Language, Literacy and Culture

Charles Hancock
Associate Dean, Diversity, Urban, and International Affairs
Professor

Merry Merryfield
Professor, Language, Literacy & Culture
Professor, African-American & African Studies

Department of Human Nutrition

Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
Assistant Professor

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Knowlton School of Architecture

Burkhard Von Rabenau
Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Roberto Rojas-Terán
Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science

Raul Herrera
Associate Professor

Industrial, Welding, and System Engineering

José Castro
Professor
Associate Provost, Office of Academic Affairs

COLLEGE OF FOOD, AGRICULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Claudio González-Vega
Professor

Fred Hitzhusen
Professor Emeritus

Jerry Ladman
Professor Emeritus
Past Associate Provost of International Affairs

Donald W. Larson
Professor Emeritus

Douglas Southgate
Professor, Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics
Professor, School of Natural Resources

Thomas Sporleder
Farm Income Enhancement Professor

Animal Sciences

Herbert Ockerman
Professor

Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering

Jay Martin
Associate Professor

Food Science and Technology

Valente Alvarez
Professor

Mónica Giusti
Assistant Professor

Luis E. Rodríguez-Saona
Assistant Professor

Horticulture and Crop Science

Pablo Jourdan
Associate Professor, Horticulture & Crop Science
Associate Professor, Plant Biotechnology Administration

Claudio Pasián
Associate Professor

Human and Community Resource Development

Jamie Cano
Associate Professor

William Flinn
Professor

David Hansen
Professor Emeritus
Past Associate Dean

Linda Lobao
Professor, Human and Community Resource Development
Professor, Sociology
Professor, Geography

Cathy Rakowski
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Women's Studies

International Programs in Agriculture

David Hansen
Past-Director

School of Natural Resources

Rattan Lal
Director, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Professor

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

Comparative Studies

Katherine Borland
Associate Professor

Theresa Delgadillo
Assistant Professor

Lindsay Jones
Professor

Franklin Proaño
Professor

Daniel Reff
Professor

Ruby Tapia
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies

English

Frederick Aldama
Professor
Director, Latino/a Studies Program

Manuel Martínez
Associate Professor

History

Leslie Alexander
Associate Professor, History
Associate Professor, African-American and African Studies

Kenneth Andrien
Professor

Alcira Dueñas
Assistant Professor

Lilia Fernandez
Assistant Professor

John Guilmartin
Professor

Donna Guy
Professor

Geoffrey Parker
Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History

Stephanie Smith
Assistant Professor

Linguistics

Neil Jacobs
Professor, Linguistics
Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures

Judith Tonhauser
Assistant Professor

Spanish and Portuguese

Maureen Ahern
Professor

Samuel Amell
Associate Professor

Jonathan Burgoyne
Assistant Professor

Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza
Assistant Professor

Vicente Cantarino
Professor

Christine Cloud
Senior Lecturer

Ignacio Corona
Associate Professor

Lucia Costigan
Associate Professor

Elizabeth Davis
Associate Professor

Ana del Sarto
Assistant Professor

Jenny Fourman
Media Program Coordinator

Salvador Garcia
Associate Professor

Richard Gordon
Assistant Professor

John Grinstead
Assistant Professor

Javier Gutierrez-Rexach
Professor

Rebecca Haidt
Associate Professor

Donald R. Larson
Associate Professor

Donna Long
Associate Professor

Janice Macian
Director, Academic Program

Laura Martin
Adjunct Professor

Fernando Martinez-Gil
Associate Professor

Arantxa Martin-Lozano
Senior Lecturer

Terrell Morgan
Associate Professor

Pedro Pereira
Assistant Professor

Laura Podalsky
Associate Professor

Wayne Redenbarger
Associate Professor

Edward Riedinger
Adjunct Professor

Robert Robison
Academic Program Manager

Ileana Rodriguez
Professor
           
Eugenia Romero
Assistant Professor

Scott Schwenter
Associate Professor

Stephen Summerhill
Associate Professor

Abril Trigo
Professor

Fernando Unzueta
Associate Professor, Chair

Dionisio Viscarri
Associate Professor

Lisa Voigt
Visiting Associate Professor

Dieter Wanner
Professor
Interim Associate Provost of International Affairs

Jill Welch
Senior Lecturer

Ulises Juan Zevallos-Aguilar
Associate Professor

Women’s Studies

Guisela Latorre
Assistant Professor

Cathy Rakowski
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Human and Community Resource Development

Ruby Tapia
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies

COLLEGE OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Earth Science

Anne Carey
Associate Professor
Associate Dean

W. Berry Lyons
Professor
Director, Byrd Polar Research Center

Lindsay Schoenbohm
Assistant Professor

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Anthropology

Jeffrey Cohen
Associate Professor

Douglas Crews
Professor

Barbara Piperata
Assistant Professor

Geography

Mathew Coleman
Assistant Professor

Nancy Ettlinger
Associate Professor

Bryan Mark
Assistant Professor, Geography
Researcher, Byrd Polar Research Center

Kendra McSweeney
Associate Professor

Ellen Mosley-Thompson
Professor, Geography
Senior Research Associate, Byrd Polar Research Center

Darla Munroe
Assistant Professor

Joel Wainwright
Assistant Professor

Political Science

Sarah Brooks
Assistant Professor

Marcus Kurtz
Associate Professor

Sociology

Reanne Frank
Assistant Professor

Kammi Schmeer
Assistant Professor

FISHER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Mona Makhija
Associate Professor, Management and Human Resources

Stephen Hills
Academic Director, International Programs Office
Faculty Emeritus, Management and Human Resources

Marcus Sandver
Professor, Management and Human Resources

Melissa Torres
Director, CIBER

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

John Bennett
Assistant Curator, Rare Books Collection

Edward Riedinger
Professor and Head, Latin America, Hispanic, Spanish, and Portuguese Library Collection

OTHER CLAS-AFFILIATIED FACULTY

Diane Birckbichler
Director, Foreign Language Center

Laura Martin
Adjunct Faculty, Spanish and Portuguese
Professor Emerita, Cleveland State University

Sara Schatz
Assistant Professor for Latin American Studies