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Advisory Board

KJCC Advisory Board Membership (2023-2025)

EX-OFFICIO - Dean of Humanities, FAS
Antonio Merlo

EX-OFFICIO - Divisional Dean at Large, Arts and Science, NYU
Susan Antón

EX-OFFICIO - Director, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU
Jordana Mendelson, Associate Professor,Department of Spanish and Portuguese

EX-OFFICIO - Chair, Spanish & Portuguese:
Gabriela Basterra Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

EX-OFFICIO - Interim Director of Creative Writing in Spanish
Rita Indiana, Global Distinguished Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

EX-OFFICIO - Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Dylon Robbins, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

EX-OFFICIO - Director, NYU Madrid
James Fernández, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

EX-OFFICIO – Director, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
Stephen Gross, Associate Professor, History and European Studies

Miriam Basilio, Associate Professor, Museum Studies & Department of Art History

Lori Cole, Director and Clinical Professor, XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement

Arlene Dávila, Professor, Founding Director of the Latinx Project; Department of Anthropology and Department of Social and Cultural Analysis

Clara Fernández-Vara, Associate Arts Professor, NYU Game Center
(Chair, Advisory Board, 2023-2026)

Sophie Gonick, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis

Eduardo Matos-Martín, Clinical Assistant Proefessor, Liberal Studies

Sarah Pearce, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Julia Solomonoff, Chair, Graduate Film, Tisch

Diana Taylor, Univesrity Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Department of Performance Studies

Alejandro Velasco, Associate Professor, Gallatin and Department of History

Zeb Tortorici, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Additional members (non-Dean appointed, 2024-2025):

Graduate Student Representative (1 year appointment) – non-voting member
Luisa Marinho, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Undergraduate Student Representative (1 year appointment) – non-voting member
Camila Tiburcio, Department of Spanish and Portuguese