A historian of Brazil, Prof. Goodman teaches a variety of courses on Brazil and Latin America. His research focuses on race, ethnicity, and nation in Brazil through the lens of German migrants and their descendants.

Dillingham's research examines anti-colonial politics, educational and development policy, and labor and youth-led social movements in the Americas.

Jian Gao specializes in the history of U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Asian American history, migration studies, and global Asias studies.