In order to ensure that CRE2 is including in our design an infrastructure to catalyze research on Latinx and Latin American race and/or ethnicity, we have convened a rapid, focused advisory group of leading scholars to advise us. The group has the following charge:

Latinx | Latin American Race & Ethnicity Research Advisory Group (LLARER)

This advisory group is charged with making recommendations to the CRE2 leadership team on how to bolster support for and catalyze innovative research initiatives on race, ethnicity & equity across Latin America and throughout the Latinx diaspora. The group will also explore how to best support cutting-edge learning opportunities with research components as well as community connections (across the University, within the STL region, or on a national/international scale) that may enhance CRE2’s and Washington University’s capacity for Latinx- and Latin American-focused scholarship. The group will present its recommendations for strengthening and expanding research in these areas in a final research design & initiatives document by December 1, 2020. The document will include research design, development of innovative frameworks and methodologies, and specific proposals and action steps that can help position the University as a global leader in Latinx & Latin American race, ethnicity & equity research.

Leopoldo Cabassa, Co-Chair
Ariela Schachter, Co-Chair
William Acree, Ex-officio / CRE2 lead

Leopoldo Cabassa

Leopoldo Cabassa

Associate Professor of Social Work; Co-Director, Center for Mental Health Services Research

Ariela Schachter

Ariela Schachter

Assistant Professor of Sociology​, Arts & Sciences

William Acree

William Acree

Co-director, CRE2; Professor of Spanish; American Culture Studies (Affiliate) and Performing Arts (Affiliate)

Latin American Cultural History; Popular & Material Culture; Global Street Cultures; Public Space & State Formation; Afro-Latin America

Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, Ph.D.

Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, Ph.D.

Psychiatry; Health & Behavior Research Center; Institute for Public Health, Washington University School of Medicine

Javier García-Liendo

Javier García-Liendo

Associate Professor of Spanish, Arts & Sciences

Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies in Arts & Sciences

Ila Sheren

Ila Sheren

Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Arts & Sciences

 Elzbieta Sklodowska

Elzbieta Sklodowska

Randolph Family Professor of Spanish, Arts & Sciences