Faculty Voices

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
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Faculty Voices is produced by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Hear what Harvard faculty think about relevant topics that impact Latin America.

  1. 11/16/2025

    Episode 78: Gareth Doherty on Urban Ecologies of Afro-Brazilian Sacred Groves

    Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design and an affiliate at the Department of African and African American Studies, discusses his most recent book, Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design. He tells us a fascinating story about the secret gardens, islands of green, that he wrote about in the chapter "Gathering Leaves: Urban Ecologies of Afro-Brazilian Sacred Groves.

    31 min

  2. 04/23/2025

    Episode 77: Raquel Jimenez and David Guerra on the Arts in Puerto Rico

    How does art make a difference? Students in Raquel Jimenez’s Arts and Cultural Organizing Intensive course at the Harvard School of Education got to see how in a learning experience in Puerto Rico. In Faculty Voices, Jimenez, a lecturer on education and co-chair of the Arts and Learning Concentration at HGSE, and David Guerra, a curator and Harvard Law School alum, discuss the impact of the experience and what Puerto Rico can teach us.

    34 min

  3. 03/25/2025

    Episode 76: Louis E. Caldera on the Panama Canal and DEI under Trump's Administration

    Louis E. Caldera, a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, chaired the Panama Canal Commission the year the Canal was returned to Panama, 1999. He was also the first (and only) Latino to serve as Secretary of the Army. He talks on issues ranging from President Trump's threat to "take back" the Canal to the implications of the ban of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) on the nation's military and security.

    29 min

  4. 03/07/2025

    Episode 75: Aitor Bouso-Gavín on the importance of Latinx Studies

    As we head into a new era under President Donald Trump, migration and rights are very much in the news, even as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Threatened deportations and the end of some existing paths to legal status, as well as the Supreme Court decision against university use of affirmative action, create new challenges. Aitor Bouso Gavín, a lecturer of Latinx Studies at Harvard's Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR) and the faculty coordinator for the Latinx Studies Working Group, discusses the important role of Latinx Studies.

    31 min

  5. 03/03/2025

    Episode 74: Tomomichi Amano on Colombian Markets

    Tomomichi Amano is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Market Unit at Harvard Business School. Recently he's been researching a large Colombian retailer.

    30 min

  6. 02/22/2025

    Episode 73: Amber Henry on Black History Present and Past

    In honor of Black History Month, Amber Henry, an assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard, discusses the importance of Black history past and present. An anthropologist of Latin America and the Caribbean, her latest book focuses on San Basilo de Palenque in Colombia, a community founded by runaway formerly enslaved people.

    36 min

  7. 02/12/2025

    Episode 72: Gabrielle Oliveira on Trump's Hardline Immigration Policies

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    30 min

  8. 02/05/2025

    Episode 71: Vesall Nourani on Education for Community Development

    Vesall Nourani, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, will be teaching a course on Education for Community Development this semester. With a disciplinary background in development economics, he talks about his research on education and development in both Colombia and Uganda,

    34 min
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Faculty Voices is produced by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Hear what Harvard faculty think about relevant topics that impact Latin America.

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  • Creator
    David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Faculty Voices