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The Cuban Research Institute draws upon the expertise of sixty faculty members, the largest nucleus of specialists on Cuba or the Cuban American community of any university in the United States. Specializing in twenty-two different disciplines, CRI's faculty associates come from various colleges and schools throughout the university, from the humanities and social sciences, to the natural sciences and the professional schools. Every year, CRI's faculty associates teach courses and conduct research on diverse topics such as Cuban politics, history, geography, music, literature, and biology.
Sebastián A. Arcos, Associate Director, Cuban Research Institute
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 447
Email: arcoss@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.7250
Miguel Asencio, Engagement Project Manager
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library (GL) 310B
Email: masencio@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3008
Bradley C. Bennett, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, AHC1-319B
Email: bennett@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3586
Juan Antonio Bueno, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, PCA 389
Email: buenoj@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.0003
Erik Camayd-Freixas, Professor, Department of Modern Languages
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 229
Email: camayde@fiu.edu or Erik.Camayd@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.6222
Jaime Canavés, Professor, Department of Architecture
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, PCA 388A
Email: canavesj@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3031
Julio Capó Jr., Associate Professor, Department of History, and Deputy Director, Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 312
Email: jcapo@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1535
Phillip M. Carter, Associate Professor, Department of English, & Director, Center for Humanities in an Urban Environment
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 461A
Email: pmcarter@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2874
Rita M. Cauce, Head, Cataloging Department, FIU Libraries
Office: Biscayne Bay Campus, Hubert Library, 224A
Email: caucer@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.919.4052 / 305.348.0547
Veronica Diaz, Assistant Director of Academic Advising Services, College of Arts, Sciences, & Education
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, ZEB 210
Email: diazver@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2978
Grenville Draper, Professor, Department of Earth & Environment, and Associate Director, Liberal Studies Program
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, PC 316
Email: draper@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3087
Jorge Duany, Director, Cuban Research Institute, and Professor, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 446
Email: joduany@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1991
Alain Durán, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, OE 247
Telephone: 305.348.3097
Email: alduran@fiu.edu
Juan Carlos Espinosa, Dean and Fellow, Honors College
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 237
Email: espinosj@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.4100
Jorge Luis Esquirol, Professor, College of Law
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 2061
Email: esquirol@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.8343
Javier Francisco-Ortega, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, OE 242
Email: ortegaj@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2080
Personal Webpage
Angelique Ortega Fridman, Associate Dean of Students and Assistant Professor, College of Law
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 2015
Email: afridman@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2384
José M. Gabilondo, Professor and Associate Dean for Accreditation & Reporting, College of Law
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 2042
Email: jose.gabilondo@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.5943
Amy Galpin, Chief Curator, Frost Art Museum
Office: Frost Art Museum, room 310
Email: agalpin@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2890
Eduardo Gamarra, Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 409
Email: gamarrae@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1718
Guadalupe García, Associate Professor, Department of History
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 300
Email: guagarci@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2328
Orlando Jacinto García, Professor, Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts
Office: Miami Beach Urban Studios (MBUS) 439
Email: garciao@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.535.2617
Personal Webpage
Jennifer Gebelein, Visiting Research Professor, Department of Earth & Environment, and Director, Academic Initiatives
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SASC 421
Email: gebelein@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1859
Personal Webpage
Juan Carlos Gómez, Director, Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 1010
Email: jcagomez@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.7541
Annia González, Special Collections Librarian, Special Collections and University Archives
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 424
Email: aalfonso@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2412
Verónica A. González, Librarian, Sound and Image Resources Department, Green Library
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 510
Email: gonzalev@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2818
Guillermo J. Grenier, Professor, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 331
Email: grenierg@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3217
Gail Hollander, Associate Professor, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 319
Email: gail.hollander@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3217
Sherry Johnson, Professor Emerita, Department of History
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 388B
Email: johnsons@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3363
Santiago Juan-Navarro, Professor, Department of Modern Languages
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 236
Email: navarros@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2044
Qing Lai, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto Maidique Campus, SIPA 313
Email: qlai@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.6663
Brian S. Latell, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate, Jack Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, LC 220
Email address: blatell@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2977
Ronald M. Lee, Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RB 250
Email: leerm@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.4709
Francis Xavier Luca, Chief Librarian, The Wolfsonian–FIU, and Adjunct Professor, Department of History
Office: The Wolfsonian–FIU, MB01 324A; Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 371A
Email: lucaf@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.535.2641
Sarah J. Mahler, Associate Professor, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 307
Email: mahlers@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2995
Anthony P. Maingot, Professor Emeritus, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Email: maingota@FIU.EDU
Niurca Márquez, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Honors College
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 233
Email: niumarqu@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.4100
Félix E. Martín, Associate Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 426
Email: martinf@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1858
Lourdes Martin, Clinical Instructor and HELP Social Work Coordinator
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, AHC5 596
Email: martinl@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.6680
Catherine Mas, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 333
Email: cmas@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.6212
Ana Menéndez, Associate Professor, Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and Department of English
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 464A
Email: ana.menendez1@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.1962
Frank O. Mora, Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations, & Senior Researcher, Gordon Institute
Email: moraf@fiu.edu
Maite Morales, Program Manager, CasaCuba
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, PC 100H
Email: maimoral@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.0335
Dario V. Moreno, Associate Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 408
Email: dario.moreno@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3854
Marilys R. Nepomechie, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Professor, Deparment of Architecture
Office: PCA 281B
Tel. 305.348.1887
Email: nepomech@fiu.edu
Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Professor Emerita, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 301
Email: stablem@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2258
Andrea Jean Queeley, Associate Professor, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, LC 303B
Email: aqueeley@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.6289
Ediberto Román, Professor, College of Law
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 2040
Email: romane@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2444
Gene Rosenberg, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Email: grosenbe@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2201
Eugenio M. Rothe, Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, FIU Health Miami
Email: erothe@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3627
Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, Professor, Department of Economics
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 319B
Email: Jorge.Salazar-Carrillo@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3283
Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Department Head, Special Collections Department, Green Library
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 422
Email: silverav@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.3136
Emma M. Sordo, Adjunct Professor, Department of History
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 397
Email: sordoe@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2328
Alex Stepick, Professor Emeritus, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies
Email: Alex.Stepick@fiu.edu
Maida Watson, Professor, Department of Modern Languages
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA II 231
Email: watsonm@fiu.edu
Telephone: 305.348.2043
