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.
Nara Milanich
Associate Professor of History | Barnard College; Chair, Rio de Janeiro & Santiago Faculty Steering Committee
Research Interest
Gustavo Azenha
Director | Lemman Center for Brazilian Studies; Director of Graduate Studies | Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interest
Walter Baethgen
Senior Research Scientist | International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Research Interest
Kartik Chandran
Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Dept Earth & Environmental Eng
Research Interest
Amy E. Chazkel
Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Department of History
Research Interest
Cristiane Duarte
The John P. Lambert, M.D. Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry | Columbia University Medical Center
Research Interest
Nelson Fraiman
Professor of Professional Practice | Columbia Business School; Director | W. Edwards Deming Center
Research Interest
Pablo Goldberg
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
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Malo A. Hutson
Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Director of the PhD in Urban Planning Program; Director, Project Development, Columbia World Projects
Research Interest
Soulaymane Kachani
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning | School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Paul Lagunes
Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs | School of International and Public Affairs
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Jose A Luchsinger
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Dept of Medicine General Med
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Maria V. Murillo
Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Dept 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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Ernest Sotomayor
Dean of Student Affairs | Graduate School of Journalism
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Mariana Souto-Manning
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education | Teachers College
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Maya Tolstoy
Interim Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University
Research Interest
Gisela Winckler
Lamont Research Professor | Earth Institute