Virtual Workshop Series: Mobilization of Community for Health - Case Study

Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE Collaborative), in collaboration with the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, is excited to introduce a three-part virtual workshop series dedicated to amplifying voices within Latin American and Caribbean communities working on public health related issues through the lens of community engagement.

 

Mauricio González

Mauricio González

Executive Director- Goldring Institute

Professor of Practice- School of Business
A. B. Freeman School of Business
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Associated Faculty

Nicole Katin

Nicole Katin

Senior Professor of Practice- Anthropology

School of Liberal Arts
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty
Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies

Research

Sociocultural anthropology, environmental anthropology, ethnobiology, ethnobotany, conservation-induced displacement/displacement studies, traditional environmental knowledge/indigenous knowledge/local knowledge, biodiversity conservation

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Tulane University, 2017
  • M.A., Tulane University, 2012
  • M.S., Florida International University, 2007
  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2001

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Senior Professor of Practice, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, 2023-
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, 2020-
  • Professor of Practice, Tulane University, 2017–2023
  • Instructor of Record, Tulane University. 2015-2017, 2012-2013

Distinctions

  • Tulane CELT Faculty Mentored Research Grant, 2024
  • Tulane CELT Classroom Enhancement Grant, 2021
  • Tulane CELT Faculty Development Grant, 2020
  • Fulbright IIE, U.S. Student Fellowship, Brazil, 2014
  • American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research, 2013
  • Society for Economic Anthropology, Halperin Memorial Fund, 2013

Languages

  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

Overseas Experience

  • Brazil
  • Ecuador

Related Experience

  • TIERA Senior Researcher, FCAT ((Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales), 2023-
  • TIERA Program Faculty, FCAT (Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales), Esmeraldas, Ecuador, 2022-
  • Biologist, Audubon of Florida’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Western Everglades Research Program. Naples, FL 2006-2008
  • Naturalist, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, School Programs Department. Naples, FL 2000-2004

Selected Publications

  • 2020. Katin, N. Exploring the Ecological Dimensions of Displacement in Núcleo Itariru (Serra do Mar State Park): an Ethnobotanical Study of Peasant/Landscape Relations in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Journal of ethnobiology, 40, 21-38.
  • 2007. Liston, SE, NM Katin & JJ Lorenz. 2007. Sampling Aquatic Fauna in Cypress Forests, Big Cypress National Preserve. In Development and Testing of Protocols for Sampling Fishes in Forested Wetlands...

Jeni Stolow

Jeni Stolow

Clinical Assistant Professor- Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Tulane University, Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, 2020
  • M.P.H., Tulane University, Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, 2016
  • B.A., University of Rochester, 2014

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2022
  • Assistant Professor of Instruction, Temple University, 2020-2022

Distinctions

  • Stefan Killer Excellence in Teaching Award, 2022
  • Pennsylvania Department of Health, Office of Operational Excellence, 2022
  • Association of Teachers of Maternal Child Health, Innovative Teaching Award, 2021
  • Changemaker Catalyst Award, 2019

Joséphine Lechartre

Joséphine Lechartre

Post-Doctoral Fellow- Center for Inter-American Policy and Research

Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
CIPR
People Classification
Postdoctoral Fellows
Tulane Affiliation
Visiting
Region
  • Central America
  • General Latin America

Research

Political Violence, Indigenous Politics, Political Behavior, Migration, Rebel Governance and Extractive Economies

Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Political Science and Peace Studies, 2024
  • M.A., cum laude, Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France, International Security, 2017
  • B.A. Political Science, Latin American Studies, Sciences Po Paris, Poitiers, France, 2014

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research, Tulane University, 2024-
  • Instructor of Record, University of Notre Dame, 2021

Distinctions

  • Shaheen 3 Minutes Thesis Competition, University of Notre Dame, United States – Second place, 2024
  • Fellow (non residential), Civil War Paths, The Civil War Centre, University of York, 2024-2025
  • Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (spring 2023), Montréal Centre of International Studies (CERIUM). Université de Montréal, Canada, 2023.
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, University of Notre Dame, United States, 2022
  • Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, United States, 2018
  • Darby Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, United States, 2018
  • Visiting Fellowship, Sciences Po Paris, France, 2017

Languages

  • Spanish
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Arabic

Overseas Experience

  • Guatemala
  • Mexico
  • Brazil
  • Colombia
  • France
  • Canada

Selected Publications

  • 2023. “Who Has the Edge in Guatemala’s Presidential Race?” Featured Q&A, Latin America Advisor, The Dialogue, 11 April 2023.
  • 2022. Johnson, A. Lechartre, J. Mart, S. Robison, M. and Hughes, C. (2022). ‘Peace Scholarship and the Local Turn. Hierarchies in the Production of Knowledge about Peace’, Journal of Peace Research.
  • 2021. Lechartre, J. “La Juridiction Spéciale pour la Paix colombienne: juge impartial ou institution politisée?” Délibérée 9(1) – The Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia: impartial judge or politicized institution?
  • 2017. Lechartre, J. Linares, C. and Ospina, J.C. La participación de las víctimas en el Sistema integral de verdad, justicia, reparación y no repetición, Comisión Colombiana de Juristas, “Las víctimas en el centro del Acuerdo” series, Bogotá: Colombia.

Nicolás de la Cerda

Nicolás de la Cerda

Post-Doctoral Fellow- Center for Inter-American Policy and Research

Stone Center Departments
CIPR
People Classification
Postdoctoral Fellows

Research

Political Psychology, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Psychology, Latin American Politics, Public Opinion, Party Politics

Degrees

  • Ph.D., The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Political Science, 2024.
  • M.A., The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Political Science, 2020.
  • B.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Sociology,2016

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Tulane University, 2024-
  • Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019-2024
  • Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021
  • Instructor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2015-2018

Distinctions

  • Uhlman Fellow, UNC Department of Political Science ($3,275), 2023.
  • MPSA Graduate Student Travel Scholarship ($500), 2023.
  • James W. Prothro Award for Outstanding Research, Best Graduate Student Paper, UNC Department of Political Science, 2022.
  • Carolina Latinx Center Innovation Award, UNC Carolina Latinx Center, 2022.
  • Mellon Dissertation Award, UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas ($3,000), 2022.
  • Summer Research Fellowship, UNC Department of Political Science ($3,000), 2022.
  • Thomas F. Ferdinand Summer Research Fellowship, UNC Graduate School ($5,000), 2022.
  • Summer Research Collaboratory Program, UNC Department of Political Science ($5,000), 2021.
  • Graduate Research Award, UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas ($1,500), 2020.
  • Uhlman Fellow, UNC Department of Political Science ($2,250), 2020.
  • Pre-dissertation Field Research Grant, UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas ($1,500) [Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic].
  • John Frechione award support for lodging, Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference (LASPP) [Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic].

Languages

  • Spanish

Overseas Experience

  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • Peru

Selected Publications

  • 2024. de la Cerda, Nicolás, Jonathan Hartlyn, and Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo. “Ideological and Populist Bases of Partisan Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America”. Journal of Politics in Latin America. 16(2), 252- 271.
  • 2024. de la Cerda, Nicolás and Jacob Gunderson.“Are Party Families in Europe Ideologically Coherent Today?”. European Journal of Political Research. 63(3), 1208–1226.
  • 2023. Martínez-Gallardo, Cecilia, Nicolás de la Cerda, et al., “Revisiting Party System Structuration in Latin America and Europe: Economic and Socio-Cultural Dimensions”. Party Politics. 29(4), 780-792.
  • 2022. de la Cerda, Nicolás and Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo. “Mexico: A Politically Effective Populist Pandemic Response”. Book chapter in Populists and the Pandemic... Lucio Renno and Nils Ringe, eds. Routledge.
  • 2022. de la Cerda, Nicolás. “Unstable Identities: The Decline of Partisanship in Contemporary Chile.” Journal of Politics in Latin America. 14(1), 3-30.
  • 2019. Bargsted, Matías and Nicolás de la Cerda. 2019. “Ideological Preferences and Evolution of the Religious Cleavage in Chile, 1998–2014.” Latin American Research Review. 54(2), 348–365.
  • 2013. Nicolás de la Cerda et al., “Participación ciudadana en las elecciones municipales 2012: diagnóstico y propuestas en torno al sistema de voto voluntario...” In Propuestas para Chile, chapter 1, pages 23–50.

Gonzalo Contreras Aguirre

Gonzalo Contreras Aguirre

Post-Doctoral Fellow- Center for Inter-American Policy and Research

Stone Center Departments
CIPR
People Classification
Postdoctoral Fellows
Tulane Affiliation
Visiting

Research

Political Representation, Citizen Involvement in Politics, Political Participation, Clientelism.

Degrees

  • DPhil., University of Oxford, Politics, 2024
  • MSc. Oxford University, Politics Research, 2019
  • B.A., Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, Political Science, 2012

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research, Tulane University, 2024-
  • Seminar Instructor, University College London, 2021-2024
  • Lecturer, Universidad Diego Portales, 2016-2017
  • Senior Adviser. Home Office, Chilean Government, Santiago, Chile. 2014-2018.

Distinctions

  • Excellence in Student Feedback Award. University College London, Department of Political Science. 2024
  • Virginia Gray Graduate Student Research Award for the APSA Annual Conference 2023, Los Ángeles, United States, in the Political Organizations and Parties section. 2023.
  • APSA Organized Section Support Grant for the APSA Annual Conference 2023, Los Ángeles, United States, in the Comparative Politics section. 2023.
  • APSA First Generation Scholars in the Profession Annual Meeting Travel and Accessibility Grant. Awarded by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs of the American Political Science Association.
  • APSA Graduate Student Member Support Grant. APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession.
  • Travel Grant funded by Ms Julia Poschinger-Bray, St. Hugh’s College alumna. University of Oxford. Grant to attend APSA Annual Meeting 2023.
  • Vacation Course and Travel Grant. St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Grant to conduct fieldwork in Santiago, Chile. 2021.
  • Barbinder Watson Travel Fund. St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Grant to conduct fieldwork in Santiago, Chile. 2021.
  • Marco Villani Graduate Research Grant Fund. St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Travel grant to participate at CEISAL conference, Helsinki, Finland. 2022.

Languages

  • Spanish

Overseas Experience

  • Chile
  • United Kingdom

Selected Publications

  • 2024. Contreras, G. ”Outsourcing Machines. How programmatic parties include clientelistic strategies.” Comparative Political Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241271310.
  • 2024. Contreras, G. and M. Morales. “Masking Electoral Turnout. Invalid Voting and Class Bias When Compulsory Voting is Reinstated.” Electoral Studies (92): 102878.
  • 2023. Belmar, F., G. Contreras, M. Morales, C. Troncoso. 2023. “Demanding non-programmatic distribution: evidence from local governments in Chile”. Policy Studies, Vol. 44(2).
  • 2018. Contreras, G. and Morales, M. 2018. "Ethnic solidarity and the vote: Mapuche candidates and voters in Chile". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1371582.
  • 2017. Cantillana C., Contreras, G., Morales, M., Oliva, D. and Perelló, L. 2017. "Malestar con la representación democrática en América Latina". Política y Gobierno, vol. 24 (2): 245-274.
  • 2017. Contreras, G. and Morales, M. 2017. "Why was the voluntary vote approved in Chile? Reasons and arguments that drove the reform". Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, vol 8 (2), 1-37

Daniel Friess

Daniel Friess

Cochran Family Professor- Earth and Environmental Sciences

School of Science & Engineering
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty

Additional Info

Number of Theses or Dissertations Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 4 

Research

Mangrove Forest Dynamics, Conservation, Restoration, Changes in Ecosystem Services Under Various Conditions, Ecosystems Services Policy, Habitat Restoration

Degrees

  • University Annual Teaching Excellence Award, Honour Roll, National University of Singapore, 2019-2022.
  • Dean’s Chair, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), NUS, 2019-2022

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Cochran Family Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2023-
  • Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Geography, 2018-2022
  • Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Geography, 2012-2017
  • Postdoctoral fellow, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance & Biological Sciences, NUS, 2009-2011

Overseas Experience

  • Mexico
  • United Kingdom
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • China
  • Australia
  • Thailand
  • Germany
  • Philippines
  • Vietnam
  • Indonesia
  • Taiwan

Selected Publications

  • In press. Friess. The diversity of mangrove forests and geographical biases in their research. In press. Bulletin of Marine Science.
  • 2024. Friess et al., Mangrove forests: their status, threats, conservation and restoration. Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science 2nd Ed
  • 2023. Friess. Global mangrove mapping has gone mainstream. Science Bulletin 68, 2145-2147. [invited]
  • 2023. Friess. The potential for mangrove and seagrass blue carbon in Small Island States. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 64, 101324. [invited]
  • 2023. Friess, et al., Mangrove forests and climate change: impacts and interactions. In: Kennish, Paerl & Crosswell (Eds). Climate Change and Estuaries. CRC Press

Cynthia Ebinger

Cynthia Ebinger

Professor- Earth and Environmental Sciences

School of Science & Engineering
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty

Research

Geophysics, Rifts, Seismic Monitoring, Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics, West Africa

Degrees

  • Ph.D., MIT/WHOI, Joint Program in Oceanography, Marine Geology, Geophysics, 1988
  • M.A., MIT, Geophysics, 1986
  • B.S., Duke University, Geology, 1982

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Marshall-Heape Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 2017-
  • Professor, University of Rochester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2006-2016
  • Adjunct Professor, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2006-2010

Distinctions

  • American Geophysical Union Distinguished Lecturer, Tectonophysics Section, 2023-2024
  • NASEM Jefferson Science Fellow, Bureau of African Affairs and Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State 2022-23
  • Woollard Award, Geophysics and Geodynamics Section, Geological Society of America, 2021
  • Tulane Honors Professor of the Year, 2021

Overseas Experience

  • Ecuador
  • Peru
  • United Kingdom
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Australia

Selected Publications

  • 2024. Sullivan*, G., C. J. Ebinger, M. Musila*, M. Perry^, E.R. Kraus*, Kinematics of Rift Linkage between the Eastern and Ethiopian rifts in the Turkana Depression, Africa, submitted to Basin Research, March, 2024
  • In press. Murray^, K., C. J. Ebinger, Active deformation in the central sector of the East African rift zone from tectonic, volcanic and hydrologic processes, J. African Earth Sciences, in press.
  • 2024. Joseph*, D.Y., M. K. Savage, A. D. Jolly, C. J. Ebinger, Time-varying crustal anisotropy at Whakaari/White Island Volcano, Geophys. Res. Letts., https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106473
  • 2024. C. Ebinger, et al., ariations in subsidence along the Gulf of Mexico passive margin from Airborne-LiDAR data and time series InSAR, J. Geophysical Research - Earth Surfaces, 129,e2023JF007406
  • 2024. Ebinger, C. J.,M. Reiss, I. Bastow, M. M. Karanja* (2024), Shallow sources of upper mantle seismic anisotropy in East Africa, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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