Faculty Voices

Faculty Voices

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Faculty Voices episodes

  • Episode 17: At the Southern Border
    Sabi Ardalan, director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, discusses the critical situation of asylum seekers at the southern border between the United States and Mexico. This is the first of a two-part series on immigration and asylum with Harvard faculty.
    30 min
  • Episode 16: Hispanic Heritage Month
    María Luisa Parra, Senior Preceptor in Spanish in Harvard’s Romance Languages and Literatures Department, tells us why Hispanic Heritage Month is important. She also discusses teaching Spanish to Latinx students and the other courses she has developed to promote Latino culture. And what terms does she prefer—Hispanic, Latino/a, Latinx or Latine? Listen to find out!
    31 min
  • Episode 15: Beyond Water Rights in Mexico

    Resources:

    https://sintesis.com.mx/hidalgo/2019/03/03/agua-apan-grupo-modelo/

    https://agua.org.mx/academicos-dicen-la-planta-modelo-en-hidalgo-tanto-halagan-dejara-pueblos-sin-agua-sinembargo/

    https://hidalgo.quadratin.com.mx/principal/desatienden-orden-federal-de-suspender-obras-del-grupo-modelo/

    36 min
  • Episode 14: The Nicaraguan Crisis
    Laura Alfaro, Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and former Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica, reflects on why the current crisis in Nicaragua with its draconian human rights abuses should matter to the region and the world
    33 min
  • Episode 13: Vaccine Inequity
    Paul Farmer, chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, looks at why some countries have lots of vaccines and others don’t...and our responsibility to improve the inequal situation.
    45 min
  • Episode 12: The Politics of Food in the Age of Covid-19
    Gabriela Soto-Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico at Harvard University, discusses how food insecurity and the challenges of food distribution in the pandemic have underscored already existing inequities.
    41 min
  • Episode 11: What to Make of the Peruvian Elections
    Steve Levitsky, Harvard Professor in the Government Department and director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, discusses the upcoming June 6 Peruvian elections. It’s a hot contest between Keiko Fujimori on the right and Pedro Castillo on the left.
    36 min
  • Episode 10: Education in Latin America

    Resources:

    Leading Education Through COVID-19: Upholding the Right to Education

    Leading Educational Change During a Pandemic: Reflections of Hope and Possibility

    Una calamidad educativa Aprendizaje y enseñanza durante la pandemia de COVID-19

    40 min

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Faculty Voices is produced by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Hear what Harvard faculty think about relevant topics that impact Latin America.