Richard Albert's research interests are constitutionalism, democracy, and the rule of law, with specific focus on constitutional reform, constitution-making, and comparative constitutionalism.
Darlene Bhavnani's research interests include conducting research on infectious disease transmission, strengthening health and surveillance systems and the design and evaluation of public health interventions.
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Sergio Castellanos' technical interests include analyzing pathways for decarbonizing the electrical grid and evaluating how equitable are the policies and deployment strategies for technologies that can get society to net-zero-emissions economies.
Law, Human Rights and Justice, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Jewish Studies
Ariel Dulitzky is a leading expert in human rights, particularly in Latin America and the United Nations and regional (particularly the inter-American) human rights system and enforced disappearances. Dulitzky has published extensively on human rights, the inter-American human rights system, racial discrimination, indigenous rights, the rule of law in Latin America, enforced disappearances, and sports and human rights.
Government, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Michael Findley's research addresses civil wars, terrorism, and development. Findley uses field experiments, statistical and computational models, and interviews.
Edmund Gordon's teaching and research interests include culture and power in the African Diaspora, gender studies (particularly Black males), critical race theory, race education, and the racial economy of space and resources.
Art and Art History, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Julia Guernsey's research and publications focus on the Middle and Late Pre-classic periods in ancient Mesoamerica, in particular on the dynamics of urbanism and social and political identity. Guernsey also continues to participate on the La Blanca Archaeological Project, which is exploring this large site that dominated the Pacific coastal and piedmont region of Guatemala during the Middle Pre-classic period.
Raymond Harshbarger's clinical interests are in treating both adult and pediatric craniomaxillofacial conditions, with specific interest in ear reconstruction, temporomandibular joint reconstruction, complex facial trauma and cranial reconstruction. He also maintains an interest in clinical and basic science research, conducting grant-funded research in the genetics of craniosynostosis.
Geography and the Environment, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Sheryl Luzzader-Beach specializes in physical geography, hydrology and geomorphology, water chemistry, geoarchaeology, geostatistics, and gender, science and human rights.
Heath Prince is a research scientist and has written, published, and presented extensively on domestic and international employment, training programs and policies, post-secondary education, and poverty reduction.
Nestor Rodriguez’s research focuses on Guatemalan migration, U.S. deportations to Mexico and Central America, the unauthorized migration of unaccompanied minors, evolving relations between Latinos and African Americans/Asian Americans, and ethical and human rights issues of border enforcement.
Art and Art History, Anthropology, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
David Stuart's research includes the traditional cultures of Mesoamerica with a focus on the archaeology and epigraphy of ancient Maya civilization, decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing, and the art and epigraphy at Copan (Honduras), Palenque (Mexico), Piedras Negras, La Corona, and San Bartolo (Guatemala).
Geography and the Environment, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Amy Thompson uses transdisciplinary approaches of geospatial methods with traditional archaeological techniques to assess wealth inequality, differential access to resources, and community formation among the ancient and modern Maya communities. With the help of geographic information systems, she models smaller social communities of the past, such as neighborhoods and districts that existed within ancient cities.