Leadership

PRESIDENT (2024-2025)

Lisa Maya Knauer
Sociology and Anthropology
UMass Dartmouth
lknauer@umassd.edu

VICE PRESIDENT (2024-2025)

Robert Alegre
Latin American History
University of New England
ralegre@une.edu

SECRETARY TREASURER (2024-25)

Koichi Hagimoto
Spanish
Wellesley College
khagimot@wellesley.edu

Hope Bastian
Anthropology
Wheaton College
bastian_hope@wheatoncollege.edu

Gina Canepa
Independent Scholar
National Coalition of Independent Scholars
ginacanepa@gmail.com

Nayelli Castro-Ramirez
Latin American/ Iberian Studies
UMass Boston
nayelli.castro@umb.edu

Kenneth Erickson
Political Science
CUNY, Hunter College
kerickso@hunter.cuny.edu

Bridget Franco 
Latin America Film Studies
College of the Holy Cross
bfranco@holycross.edu

Rocío Fuentes  
Spanish
Central Connecticut State University
rocio.fuentes@ccsu.edu

John Galante
Latin American History
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
jsgalante@wpi.edu

Wendy Godek 
Department of Politics and International Relations
Roger Williams University
wgodek@rwu.edu

Courtney Kurlanska
Department of Integrative and Global Studies
Worcester PolytechnicInstitute
cbkurlanska@wpi.edu

Julia A. Kushigian
Hispanic Studies Department
Connecticut College
jakus@conncoll.edu

Elizabeth Rivero
Humanities
United States Coast Guard Academy
elizabeth.g.rivero@gmail.com

Cynthia Stone
Spanish
College of the Holy Cross
cstone@holycross.edu

Autumn Quezada-Grant
History/Latin American Studies
Roger Williams University
aquezada-grant@rwu.edu

David Tavárez
Anthropology
Vassar College
tavarez@vassar.edu

M. Gabriela Torres
Anthropology & Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
Rhode Island College
mtorres1@ric.edu

Scott Weintraub
Hispanic Studies
University of New Hampshire
scott.weintraub@unh.edu

Maria Woolson
Spanish
University of Vermont
maria.woolson@uvm.edu

2023-24: Mary Ann Mahony 
History and Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Center
Central Connecticut State University
mahonym@ccsu.edu

2022-23: Elizabeth Rivero
Humanities
United States Coast Guard Academy
elizabeth.g.rivero@gmail.com

2021-22: Danilo Antonio Contreras
Political Science
Wellesley College
dc101@wellesley.edu

2020-21: Grant Burrier
Political Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
gburrier@gmail.com

2018-19: Julia Kushigian
Latin American and Latino Studies
Connecticut College
jakus@conncoll.edu