LACC Administration
Directors
Anthony Pereira, PhD | Director
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email:antperei@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Liesl Picard, MA | Associate Director
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: picardl@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Jose Miguel Cruz, PhD | Director of Research
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 352
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, DM 350B
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, DM 488C
Email: nandre@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2908
Simone Athayde, PhD | Associate Professor, Brazilian Studies Program of Excellence
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
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, DM 353
Email: fleger@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Nadève Ménard, PhD | Visiting Professor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
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
Tawona Adedokun, MS | Undergraduate Programs Academic Advisor
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 513
Email: tadedoku@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2226
Marielena Armstrong | Budget Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: marielena.armstrong@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Kevin Calcagno | Academic Programs Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: kcalcagn@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Beatriz Cariello, MA | South Florida K-12 Portuguese Consortium Curriculum Specialist
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: bcari001@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Isabel Carretero, MMC | Outreach Program Coordinator
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
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, DM 353
Email:aakuntz@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.5149
Fiorella Milano | Research Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: fmilano@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, DM 353
Email:lroelly@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Josue Sanchez, MA | Research Fellow
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: josusanc@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Diana Solano | Research Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: dsola024@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Marin Zarate | Academic Programs Intern
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: mzara023@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Student Assistants
Victor Cajina | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: vcajina@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
David Diaz | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: davdiaz@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Erik Hernandez | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: erhernan@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Thaly Marcu | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: tmarcu@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Armando Torres | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: aarestor@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894
Rhobie Toussaint | Student Assistant
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353
Email: rhtoussa@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2894