- Faculty List
Professors
Anne-Emanuelle Birn (International Development & Public Health)
Gustavo J. Bobonis (Economics)
Laura Colantoni (Spanish and Portuguese)
Kevin L. O'Neill (Religion)
Ana Teresa Pérez-Leroux (Spanish and Portuguese)
Jeffrey M. Pilcher (History)
Rosa Sarabia (Spanish and Portuguese)
Judith Teichman (Political Science)Associate Professors
Christian Abizaid (Geography & School for the Environment)
Susan Antebi (Spanish and Portuguese)
Kevin P. Coleman (Historical Studies)
María Cristina Cuervo (Spanish and Portuguese)
Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández (OISE)
Gustavo Indart (Economics)
Eva-Lynn Jagoe (Spanish and Portuguese, Centre for Comparative Literature)
Teresa Kramarz (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)
Christopher Krupa (Anthropology)
Mariana Mota Prado (Law)
Valentina Napolitano (Anthropology)
Melanie J. Newton (History)
Alejandro Paz (Anthropology)
Néstor E. Rodríguez (Spanish and Portuguese)
Luisa Farah Schwartzman (Sociology)
Edward R. Swenson (Anthropology)
Sanda Munjic (Spanish and Portuguese)Assistant Professors
Martha Balaguera (Political Science)
Laura Doering (Rotman)
Jerry Flores (Sociology)
Ryan Isakson (Geography and Planning)
Suzi Lima (Linguistics)
Sharlene Mollet (Critical Development Studies & Human Geography)
Lena Mortensen (Anthropology)
Jeff Packman (Music History and Culture)
Victor Rivas (Spanish and Portuguese)
Luis van Isschot (History)Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Manuel Ramírez (Spanish and Portuguese)Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Juan Carlos Rocha Osornio (Spanish and Portuguese)Sessional Lecturers
Bernardo García Domínguez (New College & Latin American Studies)
Donald Kingsbury (Political Science & Latin American Studies)Professors Emeriti
Albert Berry (Economics)
Peter Blanchard (History)
Ricardo Sternberg (Spanish and Portuguese)
Introduction
The Latin American Studies program at the Department of Spanish & Portuguese is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program that provides students with the opportunities to deepen their understanding of Latin America/ Abiayala. This vast, biodiverse region with massive natural resources is home to heterogenous populations with unique cultural expressions and histories and with complex economic, political and social issues.
Courses that lead towards a Latin American Studies program (a Major, a Minor or a Certificate) encourage students to pursue their special academic and professional interests while becoming proficient in the contemporary debates about Latin America within a broad and flexible interdisciplinary framework. Students engage with faculty of varied academic backgrounds and a broad disciplinary range of texts; this engagement trains them in critical readings of colonial histories, literary and anthropological genres, comparative politics, politics of indigeneity and human rights, geography and urban planning, and public health, as well as in environmental policies and the political economy of Latin America and the Americas as a transnational whole. Such knowledge is increasingly necessary for Canada, as the country enters new trade, political, environmental, and academic agreements with our hemispheric partners.
Curricular and co-curricular activities in some of the advanced level courses offer important career-development opportunities as well as personal and academic enrichment through experiential learning in Latin America. The program is ideal for students intending to pursue a variety of careers, be they in academic, public, cultural and intellectual work, diplomacy and policy making, journalism and reporting, or business and commerce, among many others.
For any questions regarding courses and programs, feel free to email the Program Director, at las.program@utoronto.ca.
Note About Program Completion
Students can complete only one program type – Specialist, Major, or Minor – in an individual area referenced with the same four-digit program code.
The Latin American Studies programs impacted by this policy: ASMAJ0552 and ASMIN0552