Faculty Members
![]() | Eduardo S. BrondizioDistinguished Professor Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Amazon, Brazil, Latin America, Environmental and Economic Anthropology, Land Use and Ladscape History, Sustainability Sciences, Institutions and Collective Action, Household Economy and Demographics
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![]() | Rebecca DirksenAssociate Professor Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Research Interests: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, ecomusicology, sacred ecologies, environmental justice, grassroots development, creative responses to crisis, intangible cultural heritage and cultural policy, hidden archives, Haitian classical art and music
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![]() | Shane GreeneProfessor Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Peru, Amazonia/Andes, social theory, social movements, race, urban subcultures, music and society, indigenous and afro-descendent rights, political ecology
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![]() | Lucia Guerra-ReyesAssociate Professor School of Public Health
Research Interests: Access to sexual and reproductive health and care for marginalized communities, national policies, culturally appropriate care, care of underserved communities
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![]() | Javier LeónDirector Latin American Music Center at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Research Interests: Music and nationalism, the intersection of popular and art music traditions, African and indigenous musical heritage safeguarding, and the history of cultural policy and music research institutions in the region
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![]() | Bárbaro Martínez-RuizAssociate Professor Department of Art History
Research Interests:African and African diaspora art; aesthetics and culture; graphic writing systems; rock painting; Afro-Latin American and Caribbean visual culture, art and aesthetics; theories of the avant-garde; contemporary theory
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![]() | Solimar OteroProfessor Departments of Folklore & Ethnomusicology and Gender Studies Director of Latino Studies
Research Interests: gender, sexuality,Afro-Caribbean spirituality, and Yoruba traditional religion in folklore, literature, and ethnography
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![]() | Olga Rodriguez-UlloaAssistant Professor Department of American Studies, Latino Studies Program
Research Interests: Race and feminist theory, Indigenous, Latinx and Latin American studies, visual culture, popular music
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