Staff
Nicole Fabricant, Co-Executive Editor nfabricant@towson.edu
Nicole Fabricant is associate professor of anthropology at Towson University in Maryland. She is author of Mobilizing Bolivia’s Displaced: Indigenous Politics and the Struggle over Land (UNC Press, 2012).
Bret Gustafson, Co-Executive Editor gustafson@wustl.edu
Bret Gustafson teaches anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is author of Bolivia in the Age of Gas (Duke, 2020) and New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia (Duke 2009).
Marisol LeBrón, Co-Executive Editor malebron@ucsc.edu
Marisol LeBrón is associate professor in Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author of Against Muerto Rico: Lessons from the Verano Boricua/Contra Muerto Rico: Lecciones del Verano Boricua (Editora Educación Emergente, 2021) and Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico (University of California Press, 2019).
Heather Gies, Managing Editor hgies@nacla.org
Heather Gies is a journalist who has written about politics and social issues in Latin America, particularly human rights, inequality, and resource conflicts in Central America. Her writing has appeared in Al Jazeera, In These Times, The Guardian, and other outlets.
Liza Schmidt, Special Projects Editor lschmidt@nacla.org
Liza Schmidt is the former NACLA web editor and recent graduate from New York University's Global Journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies dual master's program. She has written about politics, social issues, and conflict in Colombia for NACLA and Latin America News Dispatch.
Julianne Chandler, Web Editor jchandler@nacla.org
Julianne is a writer and educator based out of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Currently she is a graduate student at New York University, pursuing a dual master's in Global Journalism and Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Her research and reporting interests include gender and feminist studies and extractivism in Latin America.
Liliana Torpey, Development Associate ltorpey@nacla.org
Liliana is a Development professional and writer from Oakland, California. She received her B.A. in International Studies with a concentration in Literature and a regional specialization in Latin America from the University of California, San Diego.
Board of Directors
Thomas Kruse, Board Chair Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Pierre LaRamée, Executive Director, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
Marcial Godoy-Anativia, Managing Director, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
Dylon Robbins, Director, NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Christy Thornton, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Nicole Fabricant, ex-oficio
Editorial Committee & Contributing Editors
Dan Beeton
Michelle Chase
Melissa del Bosque
Nicole Fabricant, co-executive editor
Adriana Garriga-López
Hilary Goodfriend
Bret Gustafson, co-executive editor
Marisol LeBrón, co-executive editor
Hilda Lloréns
Christopher Loperena
Pablo José López Oro
Dawn Paley
Keisha-Khan Perry
Deborah Poole
Jayson Porter
Christy Thornton
Alejandro Velasco