Profiles in "Latin American History" Expertise Area

  • 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. https://vimeo.com/334097767
  • 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.
  • AviƱa'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.