
Professor Tran is part of the TCF department at UA. While in Cuba in March 2015, Tran worked with Pablo Ayala, a 25 year member of the Cuban Journalists Union.

PhD student Geraldine Francisco Pons, Jose “Pepe” Vazquez Rodriguez, and Rolando Trujillo from the Centro de Servicios Ambientales de Matanzas (CSAM) took UA geography professor Dr. Matthew Therrell to see the “El Patriarcho”, a cactus that is believed to be hundreds of years old. 2015

Tagging on the streets of Havana, July 2015.

Historic square in Old Havana, July 2015

After a musical event at Hotel Inglaterra, Havana, July 2015.

Musical performance, Hotel Inglaterra, Havana

Tagging on the streets of Havana.

Cuban artist Ramón Vargas, Cafe Francesca, Havana, July 2015

View of Havana from atop the Castillo de la Real Fuerza

Entry to a Havana art exhibition

Cuban writers Rito Ramón Aroche and Caridad Atencio, Havana, July 2015.

Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, July 2015

From Karen Gardner and Brooke Champagne’s UA/UH writing class.

From Karen Gardner and Brooke Champagne’s UA/UH writing class.

Dr. Raul Rodríguez, Cuban Professor from CEHSEU, speaks at UA Nov. 18, 2015.

Planting corn in Trinidad, Cuba.

Julio Larramendi, Cuban ambassador to the Vatican and his wife, and Chip Cooper.

Photographers Chip Cooper and Julio Larramendi enjoy a moment with the cardenal of Cuba, Jaime Ortega, at their show in Rome.

Renowned Cuban novelist, Leonardo Padura, with Professor Steve Miller from The University of Alabama and its Cuba Center for Collaboration and Scholarship.

Professor Steve Miller from the UA Book Arts Program gives a lecture on his work in Cuba, where he has worked for years at the ‘Taller Experimental de Gráfica.’