Course Offerings
190 Uris Hall
Website: lasp.einaudi.cornell.edu/
Faculty
Raymond Craib, History, Director, Latin American Studies; Héctor Abruña, Chemistry; Gerard Aching, Romance Studies; Arthur Agnello, Entomology; Andrea Bachner, Comparative Literature; John Barcelo, Law; Ernesto E. Bassi Arevalo, History; Bruno Bosteels, Romance Studies; Mary Pat Brady, English; Judith Byfield, History; Lourdes Casanova, Director, Emerging Markets Institute; Debra Ann Castillo, Comparative Literature; Julia Chang, Johnson School of Business; Ronnie Coffman, Plant Breeding and Genetics; Ananda Cohen-Suarez, History of Art; Alonso Colmenares, Architecture; Lance Compa, Labor Relations, Law, and History; Maria Lorena Cook, International and Comparative Labor, Labor Relations, Law and History; Angela Cornell, Law; Stephen De Gloria, Crop and Soil Sciences; Timothy John Devoogd, Psychology; Ella Maria Diaz, English; Mary Jo Dudley, Development Sociology, Director, Farmworker Program; John Duxbury, Soil and Crop Sciences; Locksley Edmondson, Africana Studies and Research Center; Pedro Erber, Romance Studies; Timothy Fahey, Natural Resources; Jane Fajans, Anthropology; Richard Feldman, Director, Language Resource Center; Maria Fernandez, History of Art; Gary Fields, International Labor Relations; Economics; Alexander Flecker, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Gustavo Flores-Macias, Government; William Fry, Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology; Maria Gandolfo, Plant Biology; Chris Garces, Anthropology; Maria Antonia Garcés, Romance Studies; Maria Cristina García, History; Frederic Gleach, Anthropology; Michelle Goman, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Miguel Gomez, Applied Economics and Management; Angela Gonzales, Development Sociology; Douglas Gurak; Development Sociology; Jere Haas, Human Ecology, Nutritional Science; Director, Human Biology Program; John S. Henderson, Anthropology; Peter Hobbs, Crop and Soil Sciences; Eduardo Iñigo-Elias, Applied Ecology; Michael Jones-Correa, Government; Teresa Jordan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Jan Hack Katz, Management and Organizational Behavior; Barbara Knuth, Natural Resource Policy and Management; Steven Kyle, Applied Economics and Management; James Lassoie, Natural Resources; Cecilia Lawless, Romance Studies; David Lee, Applied Economics Management; Johannes Lehmann, Soil Biochemistry and Soil Fertility; William Lesser, Applied Economics and Management; Alejandro Madrid, Musicology; Nilsa Maldonado-Mendez, Romance Studies; Veronica Martinez-Matsuda, Labor Relations, Law and History; Barry Hamilton Maxwell, Comparative Literature; Shawn McDaniel, Romance Studies; Tom McEnaney, Comparative Literature; Ian Merwin, Horticulture; Rebecca Nelson, Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology; Jura Oliveira, Romance Studies; Pilar Parra, Human Ecology, Nutritional Science; Edmundo Paz Soldán, Romance Studies; Alice Pell, Animal Science; Gretel Pelto, Human Ecology, Nutritional Sciences; Pedro David Pérez, Applied Economics and Management; Max Pfeffer, Development Sociology; Jane Mt. Pleasant, Horticulture; Steven Pond, Musicology; Alison Power, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Science & Technology Studies; Kathleen Rasmussen, Nutritional Sciences; Mary Kay Redmond, Romance Studies; Kenneth Roberts, Government; Eloy Rodriguez, Plant Biology; Jeannine Routier-Pucci, Romance Studies; Arturo Sanchez, Urban Planning; Vilma Santiago-Irizarry, Anthropology, Latino Studies; Roberto Sierra, Department of Music, Composition; Margaret Smith, Plant Breeding, Genetics; Tammo Steenhuis, Biological and Environmental Engineering; Rebecca Stoltzfus, Nutrition; Brisa Teutli, Romance Studies; Harold Van Es, Soli and Water Management; Amy Villarejo, Performing and Media Arts; Sofia Villenas, Anthropology; Helena Maria Viramontes, English; Monroe Weber-Shirk, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Wendy Wolford, Development Sociology; Stephen Younger, Food and Nutrition Policy Program; Kelly Zamuido, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Program
Cornell’s Latin American Studies Program (LASP), founded in 1961, has become one of the nation’s premier Latin American centers. Today, as part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, LASP provides a focus for all activities on the Cornell campus oriented toward Latin America. Latin Americanists are active in most of Cornell’s colleges and schools, with diverse strengths including agricultural sciences, anthropology, art history, business, city and regional planning, government, history, labor relations, law, languages, literature, and nutrition, among others.
LASP’s mission is to stimulate learning about Latin America by supporting Cornell’s Latin America curriculum; nurturing faculty and student research; sponsoring events on and off campus; sponsoring visiting scholars from Latin America; and establishing relationships with universities and other institutions in Latin America. LASP offers a minor in Latin American Studies for undergraduate and graduate students, fellowships, summer programs, and more.
Undergraduate Minor
The undergraduate minor in Latin American Studies is earned with a minimum of 15 credits in Latin American Studies courses and with acquired facility in Spanish or Portuguese. Language facility is demonstrated by successful completion of SPAN 2095 or PORT 2020 or the equivalent. Course selections must represent at least two fields, including one course at an advanced level. The complete list of approved courses is available at lasp.einaudi.cornell.edu/latin-american-studies-minor (scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Approved Courses for the UG minor for students link). This list includes all LATA courses and others across colleges and schools with at least 50 percent Latin American content.