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Meet the Latin American Studies Faculty
The concentration in Latin American Studies draws upon Knox faculty expertise in several areas related to Latin America—history, language, literature, Black studies, political science, women's studies, sociology, anthropology and art history. Their academic field is listed below, with additional information and e-mail contacts on each person's linked profile page.
Karen Kampwirth, Chair
Professor of
Political Science Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1993
"Throughout my career, I have been interested in people's attempts to radically transform their societies, why those attempts sometimes succeed, and what impact participating in such movements has on the participants."
Frederick HordProfessor of
Black Studies Ph.D., Union Graduate School, 1987
"My most immediate projects are in the areas of Black Studies theory, African American literary criticism, Black psychology traditions, and the status of Blacks in Latin America."
Timothy FosterAssociate Professor of
Modern Languages and Literatures Campus Director, Barcelona Program
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1994
"One of my greatest satisfactions as a teacher is empowering my students to speak with reasoned authority."
Gregory GilbertAssociate Professor of
Art Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1998
"I am currently researching the relationship between Pragmatist philosophy and the American avant-garde, specifically the Pragmatist background for the early Abstract Expressionist art of Robert Motherwell."
Jerome MinerAssociate Professor of
Modern Languages and LiteraturesDirector, Language Learning Center
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1995
"My current research is in computer-assisted instruction, translation, and 20th-century Latin American narrative."
Robin RaganAssociate Professor in
Modern Languages and Literatures Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001
"Thorough analysis of medical journals, hygiene manuals, midwifery journals, advertisements for medicine, and illustrations in fashion magazines have complemented my understanding of women's writing and how their portrayals of sick women work against the overall cultural understandings of women's bodies by focusing on the social causes rather than the biological sources of women's illness."
Catherine DenialAssistant Professor of
History Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005
"I am particularly interested in the ways in which contact between cultures took place in different times and places."
Fernando GomezAssistant Professor of Modern Languages-
Spanish On-Site Director, Barcelona Program
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
"In the classroom, I hope to foster an appreciation of what an important role the medium of literature plays in our lives and how it provides a space in which we can imagine, hypothesize, and negotiate such enigmatic issues as these in a way other mediums cannot."
Antonio PradoAssistant Professor of
Modern Languages and Literature Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 2006
"I am interested in texts that testify gender and class positions of political struggle in times of State crisis."Apply to KnoxundefinedAcademic News
Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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