About
Faculty Advisory Board
Dr. Beatriz Padilla
Director of the Institute of Latin American and the Caribbean Studies, and Associate
Professor of Sociology
Roberto Jiménez
Hailing from Puerto Rico, Roberto is a Senior Instructor of Spanish, currently serving
as Undergraduate Director of Spanish
Dr. Adriana Novoa
Professor of History
Dr. Novoa is a cultural historian whose specialty is science in Latin America.
Dr. Bárbara Cruz
Professor of Social Science Education, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses,
conducting research on global and multicultural issues.
Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. Luis Felipe Mantilla
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Political Science, St. Petersburg campus.
Dr. Aaron Augsburger
Assistant Professor of the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies.
Dr. Fenda Akiwumi
Director of the Institute on Black Life, Professor in the Geography, Environmental
Science and Policy Program
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
ISLAC Staff Assistant