Core faculty of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies hold regular faculty appointments, engage in research in Latin America, and teach one or more Latin American content courses or direct M.A. theses or Ph.D. dissertations on the area. Associate faculty are regular faculty who engage in research in Latin America or teach Latin American content courses. Affiliate faculty are regular faculty or administrators with demonstrated research interests in Latin America. Visiting faculty occupy post-doctoral, adjunct, or visiting faculty positions and have demonstrated research interests in Latin America.

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Elizabeth Boone
Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Studies
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Victoria Bricker
Professor Emerita - Anthropology
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Pierre Buekens
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Michael Burke
Professor - Business
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Carolina Caballero
Senior Lecturer - Spanish & Portuguese
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Hortensia Calvo
Doris Stone Director - The Latin American Library
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Director - Middle American Research Institute, Professor - Anthropology
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Arachu Castro
Senior Associate Research Fellow - Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America
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CIPR POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
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John Charles
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
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Eugene Cizek
Professor Emeritus - Architecture
;all;;School of Architecture;;;;General Latin America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Mary Clark
Associate Professor - Political Science
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Emily Clark
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Adrienne Colella
Professor, A.B. Freeman Chair - Business
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Felipe Fernandes Cruz
Assistant Professor - History
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;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;North America;;Associated Faculty;
Roxanne Dávila
Lecturer - Spanish & Portuguese
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Christopher Dunn
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John Edwards
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Patrick Egan
Assistant Professor - Political Science
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Ludovico Feoli
Executive Director - Center for Inter-American Policy & Research
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George C. Flowers
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Guadalupe García
Assistant Professor - History
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Ana Maria Ochoa Gautier
Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Professor
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Amy George-Hirons
Language Program Director - Spanish & Portuguese
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Annie Gibson
Administrative Assistant Professor - Department of Global Education
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Antonio Gómez
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Southern Cone;South America;;Core Faculty;
Daniel Gough
Zemurray-Stone Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
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Eduardo Guzmán Saenz
Visiting Professor - Business
;all;;A. B. Freeman School of Business;;;;General Latin America;;Visiting;
Benjamin M. Han
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;General Latin America;Asia;;Core Faculty;
Günther Handl
Professor - Law
;all;;School of Law;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Dan M. Healan
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;North America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Christine Hernández
Curator of Special Collections
;all;;;;Latin American Library;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Yuri Herrera-Gutiérrez
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;North America;;Core Faculty;
Claudia Herrera
Research Professor
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Tropical Medicine;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Robert Hill
Professor - Anthropology
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Laila Hlass
Affiliate Professor
;all;;School of Law;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Oliver Houck
Professor - Law
;all;;School of Law;;;; North America;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Harry Howard
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Iberian Peninsula;;Core Faculty;
James D. Huck, Jr.
SCLAS Assistant Director for Graduate Programs
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;Latin American Studies;;North America;;Staff;Core Faculty;
Martha Huggins
Professor Emerita - Sociology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;; North America;South America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Laura-Zoë Humphreys
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;General Latin America;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Katharine Jack
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;; Central America;South America;;Core Faculty;
Marky Jean-Pierre
Visiting Assistant Professor- French and Italian
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;French & Italian;;Caribbean;Europe;;Visiting;
Jordan Karubian
Associate Professor - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;South America;Australia;;Core Faculty;
Carl Kendall
Professor - Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;;General Latin America;Africa;North America;;Core Faculty;
Thomas A. Klingler
Associate Professor - French & Italian
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;French & Italian;;West Indies;Europe;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Kris Lane
France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;; South America;Andes;;Core Faculty;
Amalia Leguizamón
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;;Southern Cone;South America;;Core Faculty;
Camilo Arturo Leslie
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Paul Lewis
Professor Emeritus - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;Southern Cone;South America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Jack C. Ling
Emeritus Clinical Professor - International Health & Development
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;;General Latin America;Asia;Africa;;Emeritus Faculty;
Jana Lipman
Associate Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Caribbean;North America;Asia;;Core Faculty;
Ana M. López
Director - Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute, Professor - Communication, Associate Provost - Office of Academic Affairs
;all;; School of Liberal Arts;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;;Communication;; North America;South America;Caribbean;; Staff;Core Faculty;Administrator;
M. Casey Kane Love
Senior Professor of Practice - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;North America;;Associated Faculty;
Megwen Loveless
Senior Professor of Practice
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;;;Associated Faculty;
Nora Lustig
Senior Associate Research Fellow - Director of the CEQ Institute (CEQI) - Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Latin American Economics
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Economics;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Colin M. MacLachlan
Emeritus - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;North America;South America;Iberian Peninsula;Central America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Judith Maxwell
Louise Rebevva Schawe and Williedell Schawe Memorial Professor- Linguistics and Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;; North America;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Vicki Mayer
Professor - Communication
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;South America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Sabia McCoy-Torres
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Africa;Caribbean;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Marilyn Miller
Associate Professor and Chair - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;; South America;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Nancy Mock
Associate Professor - International Health & Development
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;;General Latin America;Africa;Asia;;Affiliated Faculty;
Tatsuya Murakami
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Laura Murphy
Clinical Associate Professor - Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences (GCHB)
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;;General Latin America;Africa;Asia;;Core Faculty;
Rachel Navarre
Former CIPR Post-Doctoral Fellow (2016-2017)
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Stephen A. Nelson
Associate Professor - Earth & Environmental Science
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Earth & Environmental Science;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Jason S. Nesbitt
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Andes;;Core Faculty;
Pamela Jane Neumann
Zemurray-Stone Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
;all;;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;;Latin American Studies;;;;Visiting;
Richard Oberhelman
Professor and Chair - Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences;; Africa;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Alfredo Ocampo
Adjunct Professor - International Development
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;International Health & Development;;General Latin America;Colombia;;Affiliated Faculty;
Virginia Oliveros
Associate Research Fellow - Assistant Professor - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;Southern Cone;;Core Faculty;
Tatjana Pavlovic
Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Iberian Peninsula;;Affiliated Faculty;
Valerie Paz-Soldán
Associate Professor, Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Dept
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences;; Africa;South America;; Administrator;Core Faculty;
Scott Pentzer
Associate Dean for Global Education
;all;;;;;;Central America;;Associated Faculty;
Claudiney Pereira
Professor of Practice - Economics
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Economics;;General Latin America;;Associated Faculty;
Stephanie Porras
Assistant Professor - Art History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Art History;;South America;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Mauro Porto
Associate Professor - Communication
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Jessica J. Price
CIPR Post-Doctoral Fellow
;all;;;;;;;;Visiting;
Lance Query
Director Emeritus - Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
;all;;;;;;General Latin America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Wayne Reed
Professor - Physics
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Physics;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Thomas F. Reese
SCLAS Executive Director. Professor - Art History
;all;; School of Liberal Arts;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;;Art History;; Iberian Peninsula;South America;Central America;North America;;Staff;Core Faculty;Administrator;
Carol McMichael Reese
Associate Professor - Architecture
;all;;School of Architecture;;;; South America;Central America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Fernando Rivera-Díaz
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;; South America;Andes;;Core Faculty;
Christopher Rodning
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;North America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Diego Rose
Professor - Public Health & Tropical Medicine
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Community Health Sciences;; Africa;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Brad Rosenheim
Adjunct Professor - Earth & Environmental Science
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Earth & Environmental Science;;Caribbean;;Associated Faculty;
Oana Sabo
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;French & Italian;;Europe;;Affiliated Faculty;
Stanley Samarasinghe
Adjunct Associate Professor - International Development
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Ana Sánchez-Rojo
Assistant Professor
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Music;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Aaron Schneider
Former Visiting CIPR Research Fellow
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;; South America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Susan Schroeder
Professor Emerita - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Mesoamerica;;Emeritus Faculty;
Daniel Sharp
Assistant Professor - Music
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Maureen E. Shea
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Central America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Thomas Sherry
Professor - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;; Caribbean;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Dale Shuger
Assistant Professor- Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Europe;General Latin America;;Associated Faculty;
G. Eduardo Silva
Senior Associate Research Fellow - Friezo Family Foundation Chair in Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
David Smilde
Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations and Senior Associate Fellow at CIPR
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Nanette Archer Svenson
Adjunct Assistant Professor - International Development
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Raymond Taras
Professor - Political Science
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Caz Taylor
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Lorena Torres Martinez
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;Colombia;;Visiting;
John M. Trapani, III
Professor - Business
;all;;A. B. Freeman School of Business;;;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Beverley Trask
Associate Professor - Theatre & Dance
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Theatre & Dance;;Caribbean;;Affiliated Faculty;
Constantino Urcuyo
Academic Director - Centro de Investigación y Adiestramiento Político Administrativo
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Sunshine A. Van Bael
Assistant Professor - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;Central America;;Core Faculty;
John Verano
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Dawn Wesson
Associate Professor - Public Health & Tropical Medicine
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Edward D. White
Associate Professor - English
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Toby Wikström
Assistant Professor - French and Italian
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Edith Wolfe
SCLAS Assistant Director for Undergraduate Programs
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;; Latin American Studies;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;; Central America;North America;South America;; Core Faculty;Staff;
Justin Wolfe
Associate Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;General Latin America;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Ralph Lee Woodward
Professor Emeritus - History
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Marc Zender
Visiting Assistant Professor - Anthropology
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Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé
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Apply for the Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba

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Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
Havana, Cuba | June 23 July 7, 2018
Program Application
Application Deadline: March 2, 2018

Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane University join forces with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies to take K-16 educators to Cuba. This is our fourth year running the Cuban Culture & Society K-16 Educator Institute and we are excited about this year’s itinerary. The institute will approach Cuban society and culture form a multidisciplinary perspective focused on the arts, the geography, and history of the country. Innovative programming and annual summer teacher institutes over the past three years provide the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and studying the region. Taking advantage of Tulane’s relationship with the University of Havana and Cuba’s National Union of Writers and Artists, the institute equips teachers with multidisciplinary content, curricular resources, and methods of inquiry for developing that approach in their K-16 classrooms. Conducted in English by Professor Carolina Caballero, the institute will explore current trends and issues in Cuban culture and society through readings, films, and lectures. The program includes a series of talks by prominent Cuban intellectuals and local field trips to important political and cultural sights throughout Havana.

This two-week program provides the unique opportunity to work on developing lesson plans while exploring the sights and sounds of a nation and country that remain obscured behind political rhetoric and misinformation. Recent economic changes on the island have provoked a series of social and cultural transformations that have left Cubans and the entire world wondering what could be next for the island and the Revolution. Don’t miss the chance to witness some of these challenges and triumphs firsthand and get the opportunity to bring your experience back to your students in the classroom.

The trip will include a pre-departure orientation and two weeks in Cuba. The institute incorporates visits to local museums and exposes participants to arts organizations, schools, and teachers from the country’s national literacy campaign. Participants will stay within walking distance of the Malecón, the university, and many cultural venues. There will be group excursions to the historic Che Guevara monument, a visit to the site of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and a special visit to the town of Hershey, the town developed by Milton Hershey to begin his chocolate enterprise with the sugar from Cuba’s plantations. There will also be group excursions to the historic cities of Trinidad and Cienfuegos, Playa Girón, and Viñales, focusing on their role in the development of the economy and culture of the country

PROGRAM COST: $3,500
The cost will include a shared room and two meals a day, medical insurance, airfare to/from Havana from Tampa, Florida*, airport transportation in Havana to/from residence, OFAC-licensed academic visa, and specialized tours and outings.

*Airfare to/from Tampa, Florida, a one-night hotel stay in Tampa, incidental costs, and extra meals and expenses are not included in the program cost. You are responsible for your own air flight to/from Tampa, FL.

PROGRAM APPLICATION
Those interested in applying must be a K-16 educator or librarian. There is no Spanish language requirement for this program. The application deadline is March 2, 2018, at 5:00 PM.

Please note: This program is only open to K-16 educators who are currently teaching, are pre-service teachers or are serving in a school or public library.

PROPOSED ITINERARY 15 DAYS
Please be advised that this itinerary is subject to change based on availability in Cuba. The itinerary below is the schedule from the 2017 institute.

Day 1 U.S./HAVANA, CUBA
Depart from Tampa, FL, Upon arrival, enjoy dinner and a welcome reception followed by an informal walk and people watching on the Malecón.
Day 2 HAVANA
Habana Vieja (Old Havana) Tour with local preservation experts to discuss in depth the history of local landmarks, historical preservation efforts, and future plans. Visit Muraleando Lawton, a community art project in the Lawton neighborhood of Havana. Hear from the founders of this project on how the neighborhood developed to promote skills in the community and support the local economy and meet with local community leaders, students and elderly folks at the community center.
Day 3 HAVANA
Lecture with Professor Carlos Alzugaray on Cuba Since the Special Period. Visit the elementary school Sergio Luis Ferriol in Habana Vieja. Connect with teachers and administrators about their experiences in the classroom.
Day 4 HAVANA
Visit the Museo Nacional de la Alfabetización (National Museum of the Literacy Campaign) and connect with members of the literacy brigade, teachers from the literacy campaign.
Day 5 HAVANA
Visit and explore Ernest Hemingway’s house. Have lunch in the infamous fishing village of Cojimar. In the afternoon, explore art by taking a tour of the Cuban Collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes accompanied by a curator then visit with artists at the Taller de Gráfica.
Day 6 HERSHEY
Day trip to the Hershey, Cuba and nature park. The site where famous chocolatier Milton Hershey developed his chocolate business by setting up sugar mills in the early 1900’s. Explore the natural side of Cuba in this country town.
Day 7 HAVANA
Learn about children’s literature and the book publishing business in Cuba by visiting Cuba’s national publisher UNEAC and hear first hand from children’s book authors. We will hear from children’s book author Olga Marta Pérez about the children’s/ youth Literacy Scene in Cuba today.
Day 8 HAVANA/REGLA
Take the ferry across the bay in Havana to the town of Regla to learn about Afro-Cuban dance and music from musicologist Cari Diez and an Afro-Cuban dance performance group.
Day 9 SANTA CLARA, TRINIDAD
Travel to Trinidad via Santa Clara, a town founded by 175 people on July 15, 1689. It is the site of the last battle in the Cuban Revolution in 1958. Visit to the Che Mausoleum in Santa Clara. Also visit the historic sugar plantation of Manaca Iznaga before arriving in Trinidad.
Day 10 TRINIDAD
Explore this UNESCO World Heritage site, founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuellar. Trinidad was a central piece of Cuba’s sugar-based economy. Guided city tour with the city historian. Visit the Trinidad library to learn about the importance of libraries and debate questions of intellectual freedom with the staff.
Day 11 PLAYA GIRON (SITE OF BAY OF PIGS) Ciénega de Zapata, Playa Larga
Day excursion to the historic site of the Bay of Pigs, one of the landing sites for the 1961 US-backed invasion. Visit the Finca Fiesta Campesina farm, the Playa Girón museum, the Parque Ciénaga de Zapata, the Laguna del Tesoro, and the Taino Indian village. Snorkel in the Bay of Pigs!
Day 12 HAVANA
Visit the U.S. Embassy and hear first-hand about the state of current relations between the U.S. and Cuba. In the afternoon, we head over to meet up with the famous hip-hop group, Obsesión to hear about their music and experience as hip-hop artists in Cuba.
Day 13 MATANZAS/VARADERO
Take a day trip to Matanzas, the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, we will explore the Triunvirato Plantation and the Castillo San Severino where we will hear about the history of slavery in Cuba. The rest of the afternoon we relax and explore the beautiful beaches of Varadero, a popular resort town covering Cuba’s narrow Hicacos Peninsula.
Day 14 HAVANA
Wrap-up curriculum workshop followed by a free afternoon ending in a celebratory dinner.
Day 15 HAVANA/U.S.
Morning departure for the U.S.

Explore our past trips through these photos and curricula:

View photos taken during the Summer 2015, 2016, and 2017 institutes.
Check out the curricula developed by workshop participants.
The newest set of curricular resources, Race, Power and Identity in Cuba: Past and Present Primary Source Activities- developed in collaboration with Primary Source inspired by the 2017 institute.

Program Application

For more information, please contact Denise Woltering-Vargas at dwolteri@tulane.edu or call the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at 504-862-3143.

Apply for the Summer 2018 Teaching Brazil Teacher Institute

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Teaching Brazil: Expanding Perspectives on Colonial History
K-12 Educator Summer Institute

Salvador, Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo, Brazil | July 7 – July 17, 2018

DEADLINE TO APPLY AS A CURRICULUM WRITER EXTENDED: MARCH 9, 2018

The centers for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, Vanderbilt University, with support from the University of Georgia will take K-16 educators in various disciplines to Brazil. The institute will approach Brazilian culture from a multidisciplinary perspective focused on colonialization. The trip will include a pre-departure orientation and two weeks of overseas travel. The institute will explore the cities of Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo to focus on their respective role in colonial history.

Innovative programming and annual summer teacher institutes over the past five years by the three institutes provide the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and studying the region. Taking advantage of each institution’s strength, the institute equips teachers with multidisciplinary content, curricular resources, and methods of inquiry for deploying that approach themselves in their K-12 classrooms, creating a model that is generative of innovative approaches to K-12 education more broadly.

Objectives:

Advance and disseminate knowledge of Brazil by providing opportunities fro K-12 educators to experience first-hand the history, politics, language, and culture of Brazil;
Provide introductory Portuguese language training that emphasizes regional linguistic variations;
Contribute to the development of internationalizing curriculum that accurately and effectively brings Brazil into the classroom through standards-based approaches.

REGISTRATION

Thanks to a U.S. Department of Education National Resource Center grant, this program is able to provide a special opportunity for educators to participate as Curriculum Writers at a reduced program cost. There are limited spots to participate as a curriculum writer so please get your applications submitted early! Please note that curriculum writers are responsible for submitting a curriculum by August 1, 2018. See the Curriculum Writer Guidelines for more information and check below on how to apply.

Curriculum Writer program cost: $1373 + internal airfare estimated at $300
Deadline to Register as a Curriculum Writer EXTENDED: MARCH 9, 2018

Regular Program Cost: $2,744 + internal airfare (approximately $300)
Deadline to Register: MARCH 15, 2018

PROGRAM COST INCLUDES:

10 nights lodging;
2 meals a day;
gratuities;
in-country transportation;
internet;
liability insurance;
medical evacuation insurance

NOT INCLUDED:

International round-trip airfare TO Brazil (we meet in Salvador and leave from Sao Paulo)
Hotel extras;
Meals not included in itinerary
Optional activities covered by individuals;
Individual travel insurance;
Visa fees

Cards will be charged 50% on March 19, 2018 and the remainder April 19, 2018.

In order to register, please:

1) Complete the registration form
2) Apply to be a Curriculum Writer (see instructions below).

Deadlines:

February 26, 2018: Deadline to apply for Curriculum Writer Scholarship
February 28, 2018: Winners of Curriculum Writer Scholarships will be notified
March 5, 2018: Deadline to accept conditions of Curriculum Writer Scholarship and return letter of commitment to Denise Woltering Vargas [dwolteri@tulane.edu] and Colleen McCoy [colleen.e.mccoy@vanderbilt.edu]
March 15, 2018: Final Deadline to Register for Brazil Institute 2018

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLY FOR THE CURRICULUM WRITER SCHOLARSHIP
Thanks to a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant, Tulane University, Vanderbilt University, and The University of Georgia are able to provide funding for K-16 teachers interested in developing a curriculum as part of their participation in this 2018 summer teacher institute to Brazil. Curriculum writers will be charged a discounted in-country program fee of $1373 + internal airfare (apx. $300) and international airfare. You must commit to writing a curriculum project – check out the Curriculum Writer Guidelines here. There are limited spots for this opportunity, please apply early. If you would like to apply to be a curriculum writer for this summer’s teacher institute in Brazil, please:

1) fill out the contact form HERE
2) submit the CURRICULUM WRITER APPLICATION by FEBRUARY 26, 2018 to crcrts@tulane.edu or mail to Denise Woltering Vargas at Tulane University, 100 Jones Hall, 6801 Freret Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118.
Please call 504-862-3143 with any questions.

La Hora del Cuento: Summer Bilingual Story Hour at the Pebbles Center

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This summer, join us for La hora del cuenta bilingual readings series at the Pebbles Centers of the New Orleans Public Libraries!

On the first and last Saturday of every month, we will read a bilingual book at the Algiers Regional Library and the Children’s Resource Center Library beginning on Saturday April 28 until Saturday, August 25. Children and parents welcome!

Story Hours Dates and Locations

Algiers Regional Branch
Saturday, May 5
2:30 PM

Saturday, June 2
2:30 PM

Saturday, July 7
2:30 PM

Saturday, August 4
2:30 PM

Children’s Resource Center Library
Saturday, April 28
12:00 PM

Saturday, May 26
12:00 PM

Saturday, June 30
12:00 PM

Saturday, July 28
12:00 PM

Saturday, August 25
12:00 PM