As part of 10th Anniversary events for the Alabama-Cuba Initiative, 34 UA faculty members traveled to Cuba in February to explore future academic and research collaborations with their Cuban counterparts as part of a week-long series of meetings. Those faculty are listed below.
Topic | UA Faculty | Cuban Scholars |
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Literature: Hemingway, Valdés, Whitman | Department of English Emily O. Wittman Philip Beidler Nikhil Bilwakesh |
School of Foreign Languages Ida Maria Ayala Astrid Santana Pedro Aragonés Samual FuréDirector of Museo Hemingway Ada Rosa Alfonso RosalesPatricia Motola |
Chemistry | Department of Chemistry Robert Melville Metzger |
University of Havana (UH) School of Chemistry Luis Montero Margarita Suárez Roberto Cao José Manuel Nieto |
Cuban and Cubamerican Literature | Department of Modern Languages and Classics Ignacio F. Rodeño Ana Corbalán Alvaro Baquero-Pecino Karina Vázquez |
UH School of Arts and Letters Ariel Camejo Ana Cairo |
Law | Academic Affairs/School of Law Stanley Murphy |
CEHSEU Rosa López Oceguera Raúl Rodríguez Carlos AlzugarayUH Law School Juan Mendoza Mayda Goite |
Cuba and U.S. South | Department of History Lisa Lindquist Dorr |
CEHSEU Rosa López Oceguera Raúl Rodríguez Carlos AlzugaraySan Gerónimo Félix Julio Alfonso |
Theatre | Department of Theatre and Dance Seth Panitch |
Vice-Minister of Culture Julian González ToldeoPresident, National Council of the Arts Gisela González CerdenaVice President, National Council of the Arts Bárbara Rivero SánchezProducer Erich CartayaAssistant Director Allianne Portundo |
Ceramics | Department of Art and Art History W. Lowell Baker |
Angel Oliva Llorett Carlos Enrique Prado Carlos Alberto PérezDirector of the Cuban National Museum of Ceramics Alejandro Alonso |
History of Cuban Theatre | Modern Languages and Classics William Worden |
Cuban discussion |
Music, Trumpet | School of Music Eric Yates |
Cuban Musicians |
Conversation of Music and Text | Department of English/Academic Affairs Hank LazerNew College/School of Music Andrew Dewar |
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Music, Oboe and Guitar | School of Music Shelly Meggison Tom Wolfe |
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Semester in Cuba | Director, Semester in Cuba Mike Schnepf |
University of Havana Raúl Rodriquez Mayra Heydrich |
Cartography | Department of Geography W. Craig Remington |
University of Havana School of Geography Nancy Pérez Julia de León Ricardo Seco Ricardo Remond |
Religious Healing | Department Gender and Race Studies Maha Marouan |
UH School of Arts and Letters Lázara Menéndez National Library Tomás Fernández RobainaISA Bárbara Balbuena |
Tropical Geography | Department of Geography David Brommer |
Institute of Tropical Geography Enrique Rodríguez-Loeches Diaz ArgullesUH School of Geography Juan Manuel Fernández Lorenzo José Evelio Gutiérrez Ivan González Piedra Karel Aguilar Mujica |
Cuban Plant Diversity | Department of Biological Sciences John Clark |
Director of the Cuban Academy of Sciences in the Institute of Ecology and Systematics Mayra Fernández ZequeiraHolguín Botanist Sara Suárez TeranUH Biology School Alejandro Barro Lourdes Mujica Ana María SuárezJardines Botanicos Nacionales Rosalina Berazain Rosa Rankin |
Sustainable Infrastructure | College of Engineering Steven Jones |
Instituto Superior Politécnico in Cuba José Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE) José Ma. Amereiros Martínez Norberto V. Marrero de León Rosa María Valcarce Ortega María Caridad Cruz |
Archaeology | Department of Anthropology Jim Knight |
Roberto Valcárcel Rojas Elena Guarch Rodríguez Lourdes Pérez Iglesias Racso Fernández Ortega Dany Morales Valdés Liamne Torres La Paz Armando Rangel |
Nutrition in Pregnancy | Human Nutrition Yasmin Neggers Kristi Crowe |
Vanessa Vázquez Ma. Elena Díaz Sánchez |
Heritage Education | Department of English Karen H. GardinerNew College and Anthropology Marysia GalbraithNew College and American Studies Ellen Griffith Spears |
Ailet Vega Alicia Reyes Beatriz Revuelta José Vázquez Rodriguez |
Accounting | Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Walter A. Robbins |
UH School of Accounting Lissi Campos Francisco Borras Julia Ilena Deas Marisela Reyes |