Robert Bye was the Antonio Madero/Fundacion Mexico Visiting Scholar. A scholar in ethnobotany, taxonomy, and the history of botany, he will develop a project entitled, Bridging a Mexican Scientific Gap to Strengthen its Biodiversity Programs: Ethnobotanical Continuity between Colonial Explorations and National Scientific Institutions. Currently, Bye serves as Senior Researcher at the Botanical Garden of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico. He holds a doctorate in Biology from Harvard University. He will be in residence in the spring term.
Rafael Dobado held a concurrent appointment as a DRCLAS Visiting Scholar, and Fellow of the Real Colegio Complutense. He is an expert in colonial history and, during his residency at Harvard, will develop the project Colonial Origins of Contemporary Problems in Latin America' An Enquire into the Mexican Case. Dobado holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Universidad Complutense, and is a faculty member at this institution. He will be in residence in the spring term.
Roquinaldo Ferreira was the Jorge Paulo Lemann Visiting Scholar. He was also a Fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. His research and teaching interests include Atlantic history, African history, colonial Brazilian history, and the African Diaspora. His stay at Harvard will be devoted to completing the book, Slaving and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Atlantic World: Angola, Brazil and Kongo, 1650-1830. Ferreira received his Doctorate in History from the University of California at Los Angeles. He was in residence in the spring term.
James Iffland joined the Center as the Central American Visiting Scholar. During his stay, he conducted research on the life and works of Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton. His project was entitled Culture and Revolutionary Politics in El Salvador: The Case of Roque Dalton. Iffland is currently Professor of Literature at Boston University. He holds a Ph.D. from Brown University. He was in residence the full year.
Salomon Kalmanovitz was the Santo Domingo Visiting Scholar. He is a former governor of the Board of the Colombian Central Bank, Banco de la Republica, and currently holds the post of special professor at the Universidad Nacional in Colombia. His project is entitled Introduction to the Economic History of Colombia. Kalmanovitz holds a masters degree from the New School University in New York. He will be in residence in the fall term.
Patricia Márquez was the Cisneros Visiting Scholar. She is currently Full Professor and Academic Dean at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) in Venezuela. She is a scholar in the area of social enterprise and corporate philanthropy. While at Harvard, Marquez conducted research on the role of leadership in developing business-run social initiatives. She holds a Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. She will be in residence in the fall term.
Arturo Navarro joined the Center as the Luksic Visiting Fellow. Currently, he is Executive Director of the Centro Cultural Estacion Mapocho and teaches Cultural Policies at the Universidad de Chile. He will be writing a book on the topic of Cultural Administration and the Creation of New Cultural Audiences. Navarro is a journalist and holds a graduate degree in Sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile. He will be in residence in the spring term.
Richard Salvucci was the Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholar. A respected historian of Latin America with a number of publications focusing on Mexico, Salvucci conducted research for a project entitled, La Deuda Eterna: A New Financial History of Mexico's London Debt, 1823-1887. Salvucci currently teaches at Trinity University in Texas. He holds a Ph.D. degree in History from Princeton University. He will be in residence in the spring term.
Ernesto Schargrodsky was a de Fortabat Visiting Scholar. An economist, he has published extensively on privatization, crime, and corruption. While at Harvard, he worked on a project entitled, Property Rights for the Poor: Effects on Investment, Health, Household Size, Education, Access to Credit, Beliefs, and Political Patronage. Schargrodsky is a Professor at the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Argentina, and holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Harvard University. He will be in residence in the spring term.
Graciela Silvestri was a de Fortabat Visiting Scholar. During her stay at Harvard, Silvestri will be working on a project entitled, The Relationship between Landscape and Architecture, in its Social and Symbolic Construction. Silvestri is a Researcher at the National Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires. She will be in residence in the fall term.
Silvio Torres-Saillant was the Wilbur Marvin Visiting Scholar. While at Harvard, he worked on a project entitled The Prenationals: Collective Identity, Belonging, and Citizenship in Dominican Society. He is Associate Professor of English and heads the Latino-Latin American Studies Program at Syracuse University. Torres-Saillant received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from New York University. He will be in residence the full year.
Kanako Yamaoka was an Academic Researcher based at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) in Japan. As a DRCLAS Visiting Scholar, she conducted research for the project entitled Stability of the Castro Regime after the Disintegration of the Soviet Union: A Comparison with Vietnam. She holds a graduate degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago. She will be in residence the whole year.