Simone Athayde, Associate Professor, LACC & Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Brazilian Studies Program of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and Associate Professor at Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II.
Contact: 305.348.2894 | sathayde@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Biodiversity conservation, interdisciplinary research, integrative science, indigenous knowledge systems, ethnobotany and ethnoecology, and participatory research and management of social-ecological systems.
Jose Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Director of Research, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II.
Contact: 305.348.2894 | jomcruz@fiu.edu | Website
Areas of expertise: Criminal violence, gangs, police, democratization and public opinion in Latin America.
Gabriela Hoberman, Director of Academic Programs, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Director of Academic Programs, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Faculty Director, LACC Society, Politics & International Relations in Argentina
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II.
Contact: 305.348.2894 | ghoberma@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Comparative politics, disaster risk policy, genocide, Latin American politics.
Clinton Jenkins, Associate Professor, LACC & Department of Earth and Environment
Brazilian Studies Program of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment.
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, AHC5-376
Contact: 305.348.2894 | cljenkin@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Conservation ecology; Brazil, Atlantic Forest, Amazon; biodiversity and endangered species; spatial analysis, conservation planning.
Anthony Pereira, Director, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Director, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations
Office: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II.
Contact: 305.348.2894 | antperei@fiu.edu
Areas of expertise: Authoritarianism and democracy, human rights, public security policy, environmental issues, and international relations in Latin America and the Caribbean.