LALACS

Thia Cooper Assistant Professor

Professor Cooper teaches in the area of Religion, Culture, and Society. Her teaching and research interests include theology and liberation, theology and development, faith and practice in faith-based aid agencies, non-western Christianities, and religion in Latin America, particularly Brazil. Her background lies in Development Studies as well as Theology.…   (continue reading)

Hayden Duncan Associate Professor

Patrick Giesler Associate Professor

Nancy Hanway Associate Professor

Robert Irvin Associate Professor

Paschal Kyoore Professor

Sujay Rao Associate Professor

Sujay's research focuses on the political conflicts in Argentina's provinces from independence in 1810 to 1862. He is particularly interested in Argentina's littoral region, which lies along the rivers north of Buenos Aires. In addition to several shorter research trips, most recently in the summer of 2009, Sujay lived in Argentina during 1997-8.…   (continue reading)

Mary Solberg Associate Professor

Solberg teaches historical and contemporary Christian theologies, and ethics and medicine. Her teaching and research interests include constructive appropriation of Christian theological traditions; Luther; liberation theologies; God and gender; and bioethics. She also leads education, nursing, and pre-med students on January-term travel courses on…   (continue reading)

Suzanne Wilson Associate Professor

Linnea Wren Professor, Chair

For over thirty years, I have been studying Maya art, architecture and hieroglyphs. My fascination with the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica started when I was a high school student. By chance, a book by a 16th century missionary to Mexico fell into my hands. The account described the religion, customs and ceremonies of the Aztec people…   (continue reading)