Latin America

Renowned evolutionary biologist Jonathon Losos has spent his storied career studying anole lizards in South America and the Caribbean. The small, primarily tree-dwelling creatures, a relation to the iguana, encompass some 400 species, and nearly half of them live on islands.

In October 2021, Andia Augustin-Billy, MA ’09, PhD ’15, became the first Black faculty member to receive tenure at Centenary College of Louisiana in its 196-year history.

Guillermo Rosas studies the economic consequences of political regimes and the effects of political institutions on political elite behavior, especially in Latin America.

WashU Spanish students collaborated on a joint research project with students from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Ciudad de México campus.

Having worked in Haiti for more than 30 years, Lora Iannotti has witnessed the country’s dire health problems and specifically, the lack of young child nutrition in resource-poor settings.

In her award-winning book, Diana Montaño explores the perspectives of users of electricity on the ground—people and their ambitions in how they employ technologies.

Washington University continues to increase its outreach across the globe with new programs that may help detect and treat Alzheimer’s.

Two scientists from Washington University are reconstructing past climate and cultural shifts in the Peruvian Andes.

“Bedlam in the New World” recounts the history of the Hospital de San Hipólito in Mexico City, the first hospital of the New World to specialize in the care of the mentally disturbed. Christina Ramos, assistant professor of history, has won the Bandelier/Lavrin Prize for her book “Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment.” Sponsored […]

Lauren Eldridge Stewart, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, is on research leave while she works on a book-length manuscript about Haiti’s classical music tradition.  Lauren Eldridge Stewart, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, has been awarded a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. This new award funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, […]