Faculty Advisory Board
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Daniel Levy Daniel Levy received his PhD from Columbia University. He is Professor of Sociology. As a political sociologist he is interested in issues of globalization, collective memory studies and comparative-historical sociology. He has been exploring the global diffusion of human rights norms and their impact on questions of nation-state legitimacy. Most of his publications revolve around global themes with a geographical focus on Europe. His current project explores conceptual and manifestations of solidarities in the Global Age. His interest in memory studies is also reflected in the Memory Studies Portal, which he co-founded (with Prof. Andrew Newman). |
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Liliana Davalos I’m interested in the forces shaping biodiversity in time and space. We focus on the evolution of species and trait diversity, and on how to conserve ecosystems today and into the future. Download: curriculum vitae , articles on deforestation as M.D. Álvarez , hard-to-find publications , and recent presentations . Links: citations. |
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Shimelis Gulema Shimelis Gulema specializies in modern and contemporary Africa; the African Diaspora, urbanization (urban space and its production, youth, urban cultural production, rural-urban ties), modernity/modernization, migration, national and transnational identities and ideologies (local, national, and diasporic), political economy, governance, development, and the politics of knowledge production. Dr. Gulema received his Ph.D. in African History (Post-Colonial Formations), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). |
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Nancy Hiemstra Nancy Hiemstra is a political and cultural geographer whose interests include global migration, immigration enforcement practices, detention and deportation, homeland security, borders, gender, race, Latin America, and feminist epistemology and methodologies. Hiemstra's research examines how state policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility, with a focus on restrictive border and immigration policies. Her recent book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime (2019, University of Georgia Press) explores the operation and consequences of the U.S. detention and deportation system through research in Ecuador. |
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Lena Burgos-Lafuente Lena Burgos-Lafuente specializes in Caribbean literatures, poetry, Latin American essay writing, sound studies, and transatlantic literary crossings in the first half of the twentieth century. She was named a recipient of the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2014-2015 and is the former director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center. She is also co-editor of The Puerto Rico Reader: History, Culture, Politics, under contract to Duke University Press. Burgos-Lafuente was named the 2019-20 Wilbur Marvin Scholar of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University for her current project, A la izquierda de la izquierda: Cosmopolitan Communisms in Early to Mid-Twentieth Century Caribbean (1920-1959). |
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Eric Zolov Eric Zolov's research and teaching interests focus on the interplay between culture, politics, and international relations in 20th century Latin America, with a particular emphasis on the Cold War period, as encompassed by the phrase "Global Sixties." His research is highly interdisciplinary; Zolov seeks to make connections between ideological articulations, consumptive practices, and broadly defined notions of power. His current book manuscript is "The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties" (Duke University Press), and it explores the implications of Mexico's efforts to fashion itself as a Cold War interlocutor. |
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Jeffrey Santa Ana Jeffrey Santa Ana's interests include transnational American studies, Asian American and Pacific Islands studies, colonialism and critical empire studies, environmentalism and ecocriticism, migration and diaspora, queer studies, and memory studies. In particular, his research examines Asian American and Pacific Islands cultural expressions to show how histories of imperialism, colonialism, militarism, and global capitalism are integral to understanding representations of environmental violence that are revealed both as ongoing imperialist projects and as ecological ruin in regions of Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas. |
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Benjamin Tausig Benjamin Tausig's research focuses on music, sound, and political protest in Bangkok, Thailand, New York City, and the American midwest, among other places. With a particular emphasis on urban space, Tausig has given attention to sonic media in contexts of political upheaval. He has published and taught about the musical activity of military psychological operations units, on "protest music" as a genre, and on dissent and neoliberalism, among other topics.Tausig's interdisciplinary interests combine ethnomusicology, sound studies, media studies, and geography. He has taught classes on sound studies, rock music history, music and protest, and the ethics and methods of fieldwork. |
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Sohl Lee Sohl Lee specializes in modern and contemporary art and visual culture of East Asia,
and her interdisciplinary research interests include aesthetics of politics, activist
art, vernacular modernism, postcolonial theory, historiography, and curatorial practice.
She received her PhD in Visual and Cultural Studies from University of Rochester in
2014. Her English publications have appeared in Yishu: Journal for Contemporary Chinese Art, Art Journal, and InVisible Culture, and she has curated exhibitions in both the U.S. and South Korea. |
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Katheryn Twiss Katheryn Twiss' research focuses on social and economic practices in early agricultural and urban societies. As a zooarchaeologist, she uses faunal remains to study past human-animal interactions. Current research foci include (a) the ecological and cultural ramifications of animal production for ancient cities, and (b) the political and ideological implications of differential animal consumption in "complex" societies. Her geographic focus is southwest Asia.
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