Congratulations to Professor William Robinson (Sociology) on the publication of his new book, The Global Police State (Pluto Press, 2020). The Global Police State highlights the ways in which governments create stratification in their societies through […]

Jennifer Amador is a second year LAIS Masters Student. In this interview she talks about her passion for studying Latin America, her current research and future goals. Read on to learn […]

Iryna Zdanovich, LAIS Financial and academic Manager, joined us to talk about her work with LAIS faculty and students. Read below to learn more!  What do you like most about […]

LAIS alumni Jorge Gonzalez (2012) shares his experiences in the LAIS graduate program and how his studies influence his work in activism. Read on to learn more!  What spurred your […]

LAIS undergraduate major, Lee Leal-Ramirez, join us to talk about what motivates her to study Latin America and her work with Neogranadina. Read on to learn more!  What motivated you […]

r. Anabel Ford (Anthropology) and colleagues Sherman Horn, Thomas Crimmel, Justin Tran, and Jason Woo, have a new article in Popular Archaeology, “Modeling Ancient Maya Landscapes”. In this article Dr. Ford […]

Professor G. Reginald Daniel’s (Sociology) book, Machado de Assis: Multiracial Identity and the Brazilian Novelist (2012), is featured in the New York Review of Books as part of an article on the Brazilian writer Joaquim […]

Marisol Ramos has received a grant from the Librarians Association of the University of California. This grant will support proofreading, editing, and translation of one chapter for a book she is […]

Professors San Juanita Garcia and Erika Arenas Velazquez, and Dr. Emiko Saldivar have been awarded the 2021 UCSB Migration Initiative Grant to support their project, “UndocuAging in Times of COVID-19: Stress, Mental Health, and Resistant […]

Professor Alicia Boswell has been awarded the Hellman Family Fellowship which will fund archaeological fieldwork in the Piura valley of Northern Peru focusing on the sociopolitical implications of the gilding methods used […]