Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Isabella Alcañiz Appointed Director of UMD Latin American Studies Center

Isabella Alcañiz is serving as the director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, effective July 1, 2021.

Dr. Isabella Alcañiz is appointed the new director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center. She is an Associate Professor of the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (UMD). Professor Alcañiz studies the politics of climate change, social inequality, disaster policy, and gender with a focus on Latin America and Latinx residents of the United States. Her research has been published widely, including in Global Environmental Politics, Journal of Cleaner Production, Water Policy, Environmental Science and Policy, World Politics, and the Latin American Research Review. Her book, Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South: How Skills Shape International Cooperation, was published by Cambridge University Press. She received a PhD from the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University and a Licenciatura in International Relations from the Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina).