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Adela Pineda Appointed as Director of Latin American Studies Program

in Faculty News

Adela E. Pineda, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Romance Studies Department in the college of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed as the new director of the Latin American Studies Program, one of the four regional studies programs offered by the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. Professor Pineda succeeds Professor James Iffland, […]

News From the Field: Student Research Grants

in Student News

Tyler Boone, PhD candidate in Political Science I used my $1,000 LASP Travel Grant to do an election observation mission in El Salvador during their elections for President in 2014. I completed an election observation mission as well as had informal conversations with ordinary Salvadorans on the relationships they had with their political parties in […]

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

The Center for Latin American Studies at Boston University is proud of BU’s history of diversity and inclusion. BU’s founders opened the University’s doors to all students without regard to religion, race, or gender, and building and sustaining a vibrant community of scholars, students, and staff remains essential to its mission of contributing to and preparing students to thrive in, an increasingly interconnected world.

Success in a competitive, global milieu depends upon our ongoing commitment to welcome and engage the wisdom, creativity, and aspirations of all peoples and the Center for Latin American Studies is vital to the University’s mission of preparing global citizens. We forge concrete initiatives to integrate faculty and students across the university in the promotion of antiracism, diversity, and inclusion from a Latin American Studies perspective. Through our in-depth and interdisciplinary academic programs, as well as through a rich array of talks, lectures, round-table discussions, conferences, and other educational and cultural events, we assist the University in its efforts to create environments for learning, working, and living that are enriched by racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

At the Center for Latin American Studies, we believe in and practice respect for individual differences in life experience, sexual orientation, and religious belief, and we aspire to be free of intellectual parochialism, barriers to access, and ethnocentrism. We appreciate and deeply value the contributions and talents of every member of the Boston University community and invite you to learn more about us.