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 Rosales Patricia 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 Cerdena Vice President, National Council of the Arts Producer 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 Robaina ISA |
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 Teran UH Biology School Jardines Botanicos Nacionales |
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 Galbraith New College and American Studies |
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 |