Latin American Studies Faculty

Fares’ topics of research include Latin American cultural studies, legal studies, visual arts, and border studies.  

I teach courses in development economics, the economics of altruism and effective altruism, economic growth, poverty traps, Latin American economic development, and advanced econometrics.

Jake Frederick specializes in colonial Mexican history. He is the author of "Riot!

Spanish and Latin American film and 20th-century Spanish literature. National Chief Academic Consultant for AP Spanish.

Timothy X. Troy (playwright & stage director) is the Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama at Lawrence University.