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Dr Johanna Amaya-Panche
Johanna Amaya Panche

Lecturer (Teaching) in Latin American Studies

Programme Director: MA Latin American Studies
Joint Faculty Library Committee Representative

j.amaya-panche@ucl.ac.uk

Fields or research: Political science | International relations | Humanitarian disasters, conflict and peacebuilding Public policy | Latin and South American history | Context learning | Political theory and political philosophy

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Professor Jonathan Bell 
Professor Jonathan Bell

Professor of US History

jonathan.bell@ucl.ac.uk

Recipient of Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship: On research leave until September 2024

Fields of research: Historical studies | Gender and politics | Welfare, insurance, disability and social security law Sexualities | North American history

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Dr Sophie Brockmann 
Sophie Brockmann

Lecturer in Latin American History

s.brockmann@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Latin and South American history | Environmental history | History and philosophy of science

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Dr Grace Carrington
Dr Grace Carrington

Research Fellow

g.carrington@ucl.ac.uk

Research fields: Global and world history | Comparative government and politics | Political economy and social change | History of empires, imperialism and colonialism | Transnational history | International history 

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Dr Néstor Castañeda
Dr Néstor Castañeda

Associate Professor of Latin American Political Economy

Director of Research

Deputy Director, UCL Social Data Institute

n.castaneda@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Economic development policy | Data management and data science | Comparative government and  politics | Political economy and social change | Public economics - taxation and revenue | Artificial intelligence

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Dr Enrique Castañón Ballivián
Dr Enrique Castañón Ballivián

Lecturer in International Development

Programme director: MSc international Development in the americas

Undergraduate Board of Examiners Chair

e.castanon@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political economy and social change | Development studies | Environmental politics | Sustainable agricultural development

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Dr Mercedes Crisóstomo
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Associate Lecturer (Teaching) Gender, Politics and Society in the Americas

m.crisostomo@ucl.ac.uk 


Professor Gareth Davies
Professor Gareth Davies

Professor of American History

Departmental Graduate Tutor: Research 

Programme Director MA United States Studies

gareth.davies@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Historical studies | Policy and administration

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Professor Paulo Drinot
Professor Paulo Drinot

Professor of Latin American History

paulo.drinot@ucl.ac.uk

Recipient of Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship: on research leave until September 2024

Fields of research: Historical studies | Latin and South American history | Biography

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Dr Par Engstrom
Dr Par Engstrom

Associate Professor of Human Rights

Careers Liaison Tutor

p.engstrom@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Policy and administration | Sociology | Development studies | International humanitarian and human rights law | Human rights and justice issues (excl. law) | Latin and South American history

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Dr Malu Gatto
Dr Malu Gatto

Associate Professor of Latin American Politics

m.gatto@ucl.ac.uk

On maternity leave until September 2024

Fields of research: Political science | Gender and politics | Gender studies | Gender, policy and administration | Policy and administration

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Dr Nadia Hilliard
Dr Nadia Hilliard

Associate Professor in US Politics

Chair of Postgraduate Taught Board of Examiners

n.hilliard@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Policy and administration | Political science | Political theory and political philosophy

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Dr Joshua Hollands  
Dr Joshua Hollands

Lecturer (Teaching) in United States History

Director of Education

Chair of Departmental Staff Student Consultative Committee

Chair of Departmental Teaching Committee

j.hollands@ucl.ac.uk

 


Dr Zoe Hyman
Dr Zoe Hyman

Lecturer in US History

Chair of Postgraduate Taught Board of Examiners

Departmental Tutor and Undergraduate Programme Director

z.hyman@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Cultural studies | Historical studies

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Dr Andre Jockyman Roithmann
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Lecturer (Teaching) in Latin American History

Joint Year Abroad Tutor

a.roithmann@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: History of ideas | Latin and South American history | Global and world history | Transnational history

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Dr Sophie Joscelyne 
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Lecturer (Teaching) in the History of the United States and the World

Admissions Tutor and Widening Participation/Outreach Tutor

s.joscelyne@ucl.ac.uk

 


 

 


Dr Francesca Lessa
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Associate Professor in the International Relations of the Americas

Programme Director: MSC International Relations of the Americas

Joint Year Abroad Tutor
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f.lessa@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Human rights and justice issues (excl. law) | International relations | Development studies | Latin and South American history | International humanitarian and human rights law

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Dr Tony McCulloch
Dr Tony McCulloch

Associate Professor of North American Studies

Programme Director: Canadian Studies

tony.mcculloch@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Historical studies | Policy and administration

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Professor Maxine Molyneux
Professor Maxine Molyneux

Emeritus Professor of Sociology

m.molyneux@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Policy and administration | Sociology | Development studies | Gender studies

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Professor Iwan Morgan 
Professor Iwan Morgan (Emeritus)

Emeritus Professor of United States Studies

i.morgan@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Historical studies | North American history

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Dr Kate Quinn
Dr Kate Quinn

Associate Professor of Caribbean History

programme Director: MA Caribbean and Latin American Studies

Department Graduate Tutor: Taught

katherine.quinn@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Political science | Literary studies | Historical studies | Anthropology

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Dr Katherine Saunders-Hastings
Dr Katherine Saunders-Hastings

Lecturer in Latin American Studies

k.saunders-hastings@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Anthropology | Social and cultural anthropology | Urban sociology and community studies | Crime and social justice

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Dr Kimberly Schreiber
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

kimberly.schreiber.16@ucl.ac.uk 

Fields of research: Art history, theory and criticism | Visual arts | Cultural studies

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Dr Nick Witham
Dr Nick Witham

Associate Professor of United States History

Head of Department

n.witham@ucl.ac.uk

Fields of research: Historical studies | North American history | Cultural studies | Peace studies | Humanitarian disasters, conflict and peacebuilding

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