Spotlight on Latin America and the Caribbean: Graduate Student Panel

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Program on Latin America and the Caribbean 

present 

Spotlight on Latin America and the Caribbean: Graduate Student Panel

Panelists: 

* Jamie C. Gagliano, Department of Geography

"Agroecology Feminisms: Paraguay's Conamuri Organizing against Industrial Agriculture"

* Maria Laura Veramendi Garcia, Department of Political Science

“The Political Economy of Healthcare in Latin America: Findings from a Preliminary Examination on the Participation of Private-Sector Firms in the Peruvian Health System”

* Akemi Inamoto Orellana,  Department of Geography

"Governing the Paddies: Gender, Race, and Environmental Governance among Rice Farmers in Colombia"

* Beatriz Rey, Department of Political Science

“Legislative Effectiveness in Latin America: The Role of Legislative Member Organizations in Brazil”

* Lucía Pérez Volkow, Environmental Science, SUNY-ESF

“Filling Gender Gaps: How Traditional Knowledge of Lacandon Maya Women Shape the Diet and Landscape in Lacanja Chansayab”   

Moderator:

Gail A. Bulman

Associate Professor of Spanish

Director, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA)

Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 

Sponsored by Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs and Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA)

Contact Havva Karakas-Keles for more information: hkarakas@syr.edu