Biography Mércia Santana Flannery, PhD, is the Director of the Portuguese Language Program at the University of Pennsylvania. She has a PhD in Linguistics, with a specialization in Sociolinguistics (Narrative Analysis, Discourse Analysis), from Georgetown University. She also has a degree in Letras (Literature, Portuguese and English), and a Master’s in Linguistics, from Universidade Federal…
Biography Jorge Santiago-Avilés conducts his research at the interface between electrical engineering and materials science, focusing on materials and devices for energy storage, nano-scale composites by electro-spinning and electronic sensing/actuating. He is currently exploring the synthesis, characterization and utilization of nano-structured carbon based materials for super-capacitor electrodes and design/fabrication of coupling super-capacitors. His group is working on…
Biography Azahara Palomeque, PhD, is the Associate Director of the MS in Social Policy at the School of Social Policy & Practice. Her research engages Spanish, Latin American and Brazilian politics and cultures, focusing on postcoloniality, politics of modernity and underdevelopment, sovereignty and governmentality, social movements, identity and memory – topics on which she has…
Biography Antonia M. Villarruel, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Director of the School’s WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership. As a bilingual and bicultural researcher, Dr. Villarruel has extensive research and practice experience with Latino populations, health promotion and…
Biography Catherine Bartch, PhD, is the Associate Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include Latin American politics, democratic theory, civic education and participation, international development and identity politics. She has taught an array of courses on these topics and others, including Latin American Politics and Culture,…
By: PLAC Steering Committee The Penn in Latin America and Caribbean (PLAC) Steering Committee will host the 6th annual PLAC conference on September 23, 2022 at Perry World House. Varied artistic expressions in music, painting, literature, graffiti, cinema, and others have the potential to promote reflection and critical thinking. They can also be powerful tools…