Our Mission
The Latino Research Center at the University of Nevada, Reno serves as a nexus between the Latino community and the university. Its mission is to foster research, student achievement, faculty collaboration, advocacy, and outreach in a manner that best meets the educational needs and goals of the State of Nevada and best honors the intellectual and cultural capital of the Latino presence in our state.
Publications
Do You Hear My Accent When I Write?:
The Voice Of A Latina Immigrant
Border-Lines
Journal of the LRC
About Us
Director
Emma Sepulveda Pulvirenti
Staff
Iris Soledad West, Assistant to the Director
iwest@unr.edu
Rachel Breithaupt, Outreach Assistant
rachelann@unr.edu
Andrea Linardi de Minten, Research Assistant
aminten@unr.edu
Janelle Kaufer, Front Desk
jkaufer@unr.edu
Steering Committee
Carina Black, Ph.D.
Deborah Boehm, Ph.D.
Susan Chandler, Ph.D.
Louis Forline, Ph. D.
Michelle Johnson, M.A.
Darrell Lockhart, Ph.D.
Federico Guerrero, Ph.D.
Mar Inestrillas, Ph.D.
Linda Curcio, Ph.D.
Michelle Wilson, Ph.D.
Patricia Berninsone, Ph.D.
Fred de Rafols, Ph.D.
Beatriz Robinson, Ph.D.
Joseba Zulaika, Ph.D.
Nelson Rojas, Ph.D.
Melanie Duckworth, Ph.D.
Advisory Board
Nancy Fennell
Mario de La Rosa
Sheila Leslie
Steve Trounday
Karen Ross
Valerie Cooke
Theresa Navarro
Sean Savoy
Bob Fulkerson
John Drakulich