Amy Sara Carroll, Ph.D. Duke University, 2004, MFA, Cornell University, 1995.  Assistant Professor, American Culture/Latina/o Studies and English.  Research Interests: Latina/o American contemporary cultural production, including performance, art, video, and literature, feminist, queer, and postcolonial theory, visual culture, cultural studies, inter-American studies, border studies, and critical creative writing. amysara@umich.edu

Maria Eugenia Cotera, Ph.D. Stanford, 2000. Assistant Professor, American Culture and Women's Studies. Research Interests: U.S./Third-World feminist theory, women of color intellectual geneologies, Latina feminism, comparative ethnic studies, American modernism, history of anthropology. mcotera@umich.edu

Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, Ph.D. Princeton, 2002. Asociate Professor, American Culture and History. Research Interests: Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o history, international migrations, music and popular culture, community research, and oral history.

Selected Courses: The History of Latinos in the U.S., The History of Latinos in Michigan, The Latin Tinge: Latin Music in Social Context in The U.S. and Latin America. jessehg@umich.edu

Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Ph.D. Columbia, 1999. Assistant Professor, American Culture/Latino Studies and Spanish. Research Interests: Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latina/o literature and culture; theater and performance studies; queer, lesbian, and gay studies; women's and gender studies. lawrlafo@umich.edu

Anthony P. Mora, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2002. Assistant Professor of American Culture and History. Research Interests: Chicana/o history, nationalism, race, and sexuality. apmora@umich.edu

Silvia Pedraza, Ph.D., Chicago, 1980. Interim Director of Latina/o Studies, and Professor, Sociology. Research Interests: The sociology of immigration, race, and ethnicity in America; the labor market incorporation of immigrants and ethnics in America; immigrants and refugees as social types; the sociology of the Cuban revolution and exodus; and comparative studies of immigrants and ethnics in America, historical and contemporary. spedraza@umich.edu