Both the Santiago and Rio Centers receive guidance from a university-wide Faculty Advisory Committee, which is formed by experts from different fields on Latin America who provide insights and strategic consulting on almost every scholarly discipline.

Rio-Santiago FSC
Nara Milanich
Associate Professor of History | Barnard College; Chair, Rio de Janeiro & Santiago Faculty Steering Committee
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Gustavo Azenha
Director | Lemman Center for Brazilian Studies; Director of Graduate Studies | Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Walter Baethgen
Senior Research Scientist | International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Kartik Chandran
Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Amy E. Chazkel
Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Department of History
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Cristiane Duarte
The John P. Lambert, M.D. Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry | Columbia University Medical Center
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Nelson Fraiman
Professor of Professional Practice | Columbia Business School; Director | W. Edwards Deming Center
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Daniel Friedrich
Associate Professor of Curriculum, CUSD/CUED, Teachers College
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Pablo Goldberg
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Soulaymane Kachani
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning | School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Jose A Luchsinger
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, General Medicine
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Yamile M. Marti
Associate Professional of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Social Work, School of Social Work
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Maria V. Murillo
Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Department of Political Science
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Richard Peña
Professor of Professional Practice | School of the Arts
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Rodrigo Soares
Lemann Professor of Brazilian Public Policy and International and Public Affairs | School of International and Public Affairs
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Mariana Souto-Manning
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education | Teachers College
Research Interest

Rio-Santiago FSC
Maya Tolstoy
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory