About
Faculty Advisory Board
![Beatriz Padilla](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/beatriz-padilla.jpg)
Dr. Beatriz Padilla
Director of the Institute of Latin American and the Caribbean Studies, and Associate
Professor of Sociology
![roberto](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/roberto-jimenez.jpg)
Roberto Jiménez
Hailing from Puerto Rico, Roberto is a Senior Instructor of Spanish, currently serving
as Undergraduate Director of Spanish
![adriana](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/adriana.jpg)
Dr. Adriana Novoa
Professor of History
Dr. Novoa is a cultural historian whose specialty is science in Latin America.
![Barbara Cruz](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/cruz-barbara.jpg)
Dr. Bárbara Cruz
Professor of Social Science Education, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses,
conducting research on global and multicultural issues.
![elizabeth](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/ehf.jpg)
Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
Associate Professor of Sociology
![Luis Mantilla](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/mantilla-luis.jpg)
Dr. Luis Felipe Mantilla
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Political Science, St. Petersburg campus.
![Aaron Augsburger](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/augsburger-aaron.jpg)
Dr. Aaron Augsburger
Assistant Professor of the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies.
![Fenda Akiwumi](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/fenda-akiwumi.jpg)
Dr. Fenda Akiwumi
Director of the Institute on Black Life, Professor in the Geography, Environmental
Science and Policy Program
![Diana Leon-Boys](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/diana-leon-boys.jpg)
Dr. Diana Leon-Boys
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. Her research and teaching
interests are in critical media and cultural studies, Latinx studies, and girlhood
studies.
![Anabela Villach](/arts-sciences/institutes/islac/images/people/photo-anabelavillach-large.jpg)
Anabela Villach
ISLAC Staff Assistant