CELAC Advisory Board

Edna Acosta-Belén

Director
Distinguished Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies, and Women Studies.

Areas of research: U.S. Latino(a) and Caribbean cultural studies; women's studies. Some book publications include: Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait (with C. Santiago), The Hispanic Experience (with B. Sjostrom), Researching Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (with C. Bose), Women in the Latin American Development Process (with C. Bose), and The Puerto Rican Woman: Perspectives on Culture, History, and Society. She is co-founder and editor of the Latino(a) Research Review and co-editor of the book series Latinos: Exploring Diversity and Change by Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Dr. Acosta-Belén received her Ph.D. from Columbia University. She has been a visiting Professor at Cornell University and a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton and Yale Universities.

Christine E. Bose

Professor
Sociology Department
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.4670
c.bose@albany.edu

José E. Cruz

Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.5377
conga@albany.edu

Susan Gauss

Associate Professor
Departments of History and Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.5345
sgauss@albany.edu

Glyne Griffith   

Fernando Leiva

Associate Professor
Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.4891
fleiva@albany.edu

Colbert Nepaulsingh

Professor
Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.4658
nepaulsi@albany.edu

Patricia Pinho

Assistant Professor
Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.4890
ppinho@albany.edu

Barbara Sutton

Assistant Professor
Women's Studies Department and affiliated with the Departments of Sociology and Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York
518.442.4319
bsutton@albany.edu