Horan's 10 books and 30+ essays span Latin American and U.S. literature and culture. She works in biography/life writing, translation and digital humanities.

Trained as a historian of Latin America (M.A. & Ph.D., Harvard University) with a background in economics (B.A., Swarthmore College), I am interested in food, drugs, commodities, capitalism, business, & ethnohistory.

Niebuhr's interests including global studies, travel history, languages, military studies, and diplomacy of the modern era.

Mings served as a professor at ASU from 1970 to 1997. His teaching included world regional geography, Latin America, recreation, and research methods. He helped found and remains active with the Arizona Geographic Alliance.

Aviña's research focuses on twentieth-century Mexican history.

Casey teaches History and Religious Studies courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. His research focuses on the history of religion and politics in Latin America.

Palka is an archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian of indigenous religions, art, and cross-cultural contact in Mexico and Central America.