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LACC Administration

Directors

Anthony Pereira, PhD | Director
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II, 342
Email:antperei@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Liesl Picard, MA | Associate Director
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 341
Email: picardl@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Jose Miguel Cruz, PhD | Director of Research
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 345
Email: jomcruz@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Gabriela Hoberman, PhD | Director of Academic Programs and Faculty Director, LACC Society, Politics & International Relations in Argentina
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 358
Email:ghoberma@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Research Faculty, Post-Doctoral Research Fellows and Visiting Scholars

Nicolas André, MA | Associate Teaching Professor and Haitian Studies Certificate Director
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 208
Email: nandre@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2908

Simone Athayde, PhD | Associate Professor, Brazilian Studies Program of Excellence
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 347
Email: sathayde@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Faidherbe (Fedo) Boyer | Visiting Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: fboyer@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

José Félix Colón Burgos, DrPH | Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: jcolonbu@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Mauro Galetti, PhD | Courtesy Associate Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email:mgaletti@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Joseph Holbrook, PhD | Adjunct Faculty
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email:jholbroo@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Clinton Jenkins, PhD | Associate Professor, Brazilian Studies Program of Excellence
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA
Email: cljenkin@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Frenand Léger, PhD | Visiting Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: fleger@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Nadève Ménard, PhD | Visiting Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Mark Padilla, PhD, MPH | Professor & Principal Investigator, Syndemics Project & Research Network for Health and Society
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 320
Email: mark.padilla@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2247

Randy Pestana, MA | Lecturer and Assistant Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, LC 315
Email: rpestana@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.0114

Bianca Premo, PhD | 2021-2022 LACC Faculty Development Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 300-B-1
Email: premob@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1862

Jean Rahier, PhD | Professor, Founding Director of OJALA (Observatory of Justice for Afrodescendants in Latin America), and Chief Editor of the Journal LACES (Latin American & Caribbean Ethnic Studies)
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 328
Email: jrahier@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2246

Armando Matiz Reyes, DMD | Research Community Engagement Specialist
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: amatizre@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Phillip Rincon, MA | Lecturer
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: phillip.rincon1@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Jonathan Rosen, PhD | Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: jonathan.rosen@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Pamela Ruiz, PhD | Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Chantalle Verna, PhD | Associate Professor, Haitian Studies Program of Excellence
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 385-A
Email: verna@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.0180

Yulia Vorobyeva, PhD | Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: yulia.vorobyeva@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Staff

Manuel Nino, MA | Undergraduate Programs Academic Advisor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II
Email: manunino@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.4580

Marielena Armstrong | Budget Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 354
Email: marielena.armstrong@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Claudia Battistel Tomada | Ph.D. Program Manager
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 346
Email: cbattist@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2856

Beatriz Cariello, MA | South Florida K-12 Portuguese Consortium Curriculum Specialist
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: bcari001@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Isabel Carretero, MMC | Outreach Program Coordinator
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: icarrete@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Eric Feldman | LACC Latin American and Caribbean Internship Program Coordinator
Office: FIU in DC
Email: ericf@fiu.edu
Telephone: 202.558.3481

Aaron Kuntz, PhD | Internal Evaluator
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email:aakuntz@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.5149

Fiorella Milano | Research Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: fmilano@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Elizabeth Reyes | Coordinator of Administrative Services 
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 337
Email: elireyes@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Kariela Rivera-Bustelo | Research Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: kriverab@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Joshua Rivera Custodio | Research Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: joshrive@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Lucila Roelly | Grant Administrator 1
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 352
Email:lroelly@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Josue Sanchez, MA | Research Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 353
Email: josusanc@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Diana Solano | Research Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: dsola024@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Carlos Tinoco | Coordinator of Academic Programs
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 357
Email: ctinoco@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.0967

Student Assistants

Victor Cajina | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: vcajina@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

David Diaz | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: davdiaz@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Erik Hernandez | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: erhernan@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Armando Torres | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email:  aarestor@fiu.edu 
Telephone: 305.348.2894