LACC Leadership

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

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

Richard Feinberg, PhD | Distinguished Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 354
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Mauro Galetti, PhD | Courtesy Associate Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email:mgaletti@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Joseph Holbrook, PhD | Adjunct Faculty
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email:jholbroo@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Clinton Jenkins, PhD | Associate Professor, Brazilian Studies Program of Excellence
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
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

Kenneth MacLean, PhD | Distinguished Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 349
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Nadève Ménard, PhD | Visiting Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: nmenard@fiu.edu
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 I 320
Email: mark.padilla@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2247

Bianca Premo, PhD | 2021-2022 LACC Faculty Development Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 302
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 I 328
Email: jrahier@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2246

Martin Redrado, MA | Distinguished Fellow
Office: Modesto Maidique Campus, SIPA II 351
Email:  mredrado@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Armando Matiz Reyes, DMD | Research Community Engagement Specialist
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
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

Duilia Turner, MA | Visiting Lecturer
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 347
Email: duturner@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894

Chantalle Verna, PhD | Associate Professor, Haitian Studies Program of Excellence
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 314
Email: verna@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.0180

Yulia Vorobyeva, PhD | Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
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

Michelle Castro | LACC Latin American and Caribbean Internship Program Coordinator
Office: FIU in DC
Email: mimcast@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

Elizabeth Reyes | Coordinator of Administrative Services 
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 337
Email: elireyes@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: 305.348.8412

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

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