The new CLACS Steering Committee for 2024-2026 has officially been selected! Following a survey sent out to all CLACS faculty and affiliate faculty members, 4 nominees were chosen to represent the department. Additionally, 4 members were nominated by the Director of CLACS, Professor Serafin Coronel-Molina.
The 8 new faculty members joining our Steering Committee hail from various departments around IU Bloomington: Eduardo S. Brondizio and Shane Greene from the Anthropology Department, Rebecca Dirksen and Solimar Otero from the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Lucia Guerra-Reyes from the School of Public Health, Javier León from the Jacobs School of Music, Carmen Medina from the School of Education, and Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa from the Department of American Studies.
Our Ex-Officio Steering Committee members will remain the same for this term: Serafin Coronel-Molina (Director of CLACS), Sonia Manriquez, (Associate Director of CLACS), Quetzil Castañeda (Senior Lecturer), César Félix-Brasdefer (Director of Mexico Gateway), and Luis González (CLACS Librarian).
We also have two new Student Representatives serving on the Steering Committee! Eddy Rafael Santiago Huamani will serve as the Graduate Student Representative, while Zoe Ellis will serve as the Undergraduate Student Representative.
To learn more about the 2024-2026 CLACS Steering Committee and their research interests, visit the brand new Steering Committee page on our website.