Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro is governed by a board of directors of Columbia University senior administrators and receives guidance from a university-wide Faculty Advisory Committee. The distinguished Faculty Advisory Committee is formed by experts from different fields on Latin America to provide insights and strategic consulting to the Centers in Rio and Santiago. The Committee seeks to maximize scholarly collaboration across Latin America and to provide guidance for both Centers on key issues.

Rio-Santiago FSC
Nara Milanich
Associate Professor of History | Barnard College; Chair, Rio de Janeiro & Santiago Faculty Steering Committee
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Gustavo Azenha
Director | Lemman Center for Brazilian Studies; Director of Graduate Studies | Institute of Latin American Studies
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Walter Baethgen
Senior Research Scientist | International Research Institute for Climate and Society
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Kartik Chandran
Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Amy E. Chazkel
Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Department of History
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Cristiane Duarte
The John P. Lambert, M.D. Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry | Columbia University Medical Center
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Nelson Fraiman
Professor of Professional Practice | Columbia Business School; Director | W. Edwards Deming Center
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Daniel Friedrich
Associate Professor of Curriculum, CUSD/CUED, Teachers College
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Pablo Goldberg
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
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Soulaymane Kachani
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning | School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Jose A Luchsinger
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, General Medicine
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Yamile M. Marti
Associate Professional of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Social Work, School of Social Work
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Maria V. Murillo
Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Department of Political Science
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Richard Peña
Professor of Professional Practice | School of the Arts
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Rodrigo Soares
Lemann Professor of Brazilian Public Policy and International and Public Affairs | School of International and Public Affairs
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Rio-Santiago FSC
Mariana Souto-Manning
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education | Teachers College
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Maya Tolstoy
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory