Message from Chancellor Fox: One of UCSD’s greatest institutional strengths is the breadth and depth of faculty research on a range of important topics. Each month, Chancellor’s Corner will showcase cross-disciplinary faculty expertise in a specific area. I invite you to learn more about the work of these scholars, and I hope you share my pride in their achievements and their contributions to society.

LATIN AMERICA

Carlos H. Waisman, Professor of Sociology
Carlos Waisman is a comparative political sociologist whose research is focused on Latin America. Much of his work has dealt with Argentine case in a comparative perspective, and he is currently studying the economic and political dynamics of autarkic capitalism in the Southern Cone of Latin America. Waisman has published a number of books on modernization and the working class, the politics and the reversal of development in Argentina, and new democracies in Eastern Europe and Latin America. More…

Christine Hunefeldt-Frode, Professor of History
Christine Hunefeldt-Frode’s work focuses on Latin-American history, especially the Andean region. Hunefeldt-Frode researches and publishes on Latin-American history, particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She also publishes on rural history, slavery, and women in Latin America. More…

Roberto Tejada, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts
Roberto Tejada is a visual arts critic, photography historian, and curator, whose research looks at twentieth-century image-making from the perspective of interdisciplinary discourses in Latin American and Latino studies, cultural and critical theory, literary studies, art history, and visual culture analysis. More…

Peter H. Smith, Professor of Political Science,
Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies
Peter Smith’s areas of research include Latin American politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, and the position of Latin America in the changing global arena. Smith has researched and written on the dynamics of U.S.-Latin American relations, NAFTA in the new millennium, the unlikely alliance of East Asia and Latin America, women in Asia and Latin America, and democracy patterns and prospects in Latin America. More….

Ariana Hernandez-Reguant, Assistant Professor of Communications
Ariana Hernandez-Reguant’s expertise includes anthropology and cultural studies, the music business, and socialism. She is interested in Latin American societies, with emphasis on Cuba. Hernandez-Reguant has published on topics such as popular culture, mass media and cultural policy in revolutionary Cuba, arts, politics, commerce, value and subjectivity in late socialism, the Marxist theory and cultural production/circulation, as well as Latin American cultural studies. More…

Paul W. Drake, Dean of Social Sciences, Professor of Political Science
Paul Drake’s primary discipline is political science and history. He conducts research on politics in South America, with an emphasis on Chile - democracy, political parties, labor movements, financial developments, and relations with the United States. Drake has researched and written on socialism and populism in Chile and economic reforms in Latin America, and has co-edited works exploring the struggle for democracy in Chile and elections and democratization in Latin America. More…

Michael P. Monteón, Professor of History
Michael Monteon researches Latin American history, particularly, the modern evolution of Chile and Mexico, economics, labor, and politics. He has written on economic crises, labor history, and the political problems of the Latin American region. More…

Geoffrey E. Braswell, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Geoffrey Braswell is a Mesoamerican archaeologist whose primary research interests are Mayan culture and archaeology, Maya writing and art, the origins of early states and civilizations, and ancient trade and economies. Braswell has published articles and books in both English and Spanish on the development of trade in ancient Mesoamerican economies and the rise of ancient civilizations in Latin America. More…

** To learn more about other campus faculty scholars and areas of expertise, please visit the searchable UCSD Faculty Experts Database at: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/facultyExperts/