The Latin American and Latino Studies Faculty is comprised of professors from a number of different departments. Listed below are the names of faculty members who teach courses that fulfill LALS requirements and other individuals who support the LALS Program. Those with an asterisk (*) before their name are current members of the LALS Steering Committee. In addition, we are pleased that several members of the Louisville community also serve on the LALS Steering Committee.

• *Rhonda L. Buchanan, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies, Professor of Spanish. 502-852-2034; 502-852-0502; Humanities 329C. rhondabuchanan@louisville.edu
  

Brandeis School of Law (school web site)

• *Enid Trucios-Haynes, Professor of Law at the Louis B. Brandeis School of Law. 502-852-7694; ethaynes@louisville.edu

Anthropology (department web site)

• *Fabian Crespo, Assistant Professor. 502-852-2427; fabian.crespo@louisville.edu 
• Lisa Markowitz, Associate Professor. 502-852-2426; lisam@louisville.edu
  

 Business School (school web site)

• Dennis Menezes, Associate Professor. 502-852-4855; dennis@louisville.edu

Classical and Modern Languages (Spanish department web site)

• *Rhonda L. Buchanan, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies, Professor. 502-852-0502; rhondabuchanan@louisville.edu

• Aristófanes Cedeño, Associate Professor. 502-852-0486; aris.cedeno@louisville.edu

• Gregory Hutcheson, Associate Professor. 502-852-1635; gshutch@louisville.edu

• Manuel Medina, Associate Professor. 502-852-0501; manuel.medina@louisville.edu

• *Clare Sullivan, Associate Professor. 502-852-0485; clara.sullivan@louisville.edu

• Lisa C. Wagner, Associate Professor. 502-852-0498; lcwagn01@gwise.louisville.edu

Communication (department web site)

• *Joy Hart, Professor. 502-852-6976; joy.hart@louisville.edu

• Robert St. Clair, Professor. 502-852-3054; rnstcl01@louisville.edu

English (department web site)

• *Gabriela Nuñez, Assistant Professor. 502-852-3048; g.nunez@louisville.edu

Fine Arts (department web site)

• *Christopher Fulton, Associate Professor. 502-852-7629; cfulton@louisville.edu

History (department web site)

• *Christine Ehrick, Associate Professor. 502-852-6817; ehrick@louisville.edu

Kent School of Social Work (department web site)

• Edgardo Mansilla, Executive Director Americana Community Center (ACC). 502-366-7813; enmans01@gwise.louisville.edu

Pan African Studies (department web site)

• Theresa Rajack-Talley, Associate Professor. 502-852-4192; tatall01@louisville.edu

Political Science (department web site)

• *Julie Bunck, Associate Professor. 502-852-1659; julie@louisville.edu

• *Tricia Gray, Visiting Assistant Professor. 502-852-3309; tjgray01@louisville.edu

Sociology (department web site)

• *Clarence Talley, Associate Professor. 502-852-8038; ctalley@louisville.edu

Other Committee Members and Auxiliary Resource Group

• Robert Buchanan, Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Studies, Professor of Chemistry; 502-852-6580; bob.buchanan@louisville.edu

• José Neil Donis, Founding Editor of Al Día en America, Louisville Spanish Language Newspaper. 502-451-8489; aldiaenamerica@yahoo.com 
• Miguel Lagunas, Board Member of Latin American Club of Louisville, Hispanic Latino Coalition, Adelante Hispanic Achievers, and Metro United Way. 502-451-4034; MigLagunas@aol.com
• Reginald K. Meeks, Associate Director of External Programs for the College of Arts and Sciences. 502-852-3042; Reginald.Meeks@louisville.edu

• *Claudia Peralta-Mudd, International Program Specialist for the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs. 502-574-1457; claudia.peralta-mudd@louisvilleky.gov

• *Adolfo (Ben) Ruiz, Creative Director & CEO, Adhawks Advertising & Public Relations, Inc. 502-589-3229; 502-558-7083; 888-890-7865, Ext. 14; ben@adhawks.com

LALS Program Assistant

• Janna Tajibaeva, Project Coordinator of Liberal Studies, LALS Program Assistant. 502-852-2247; janna@louisville.edu
• Natalie Schuetz, LALS Program Coordinator. nmschu03@louisville.edu