Ernesto Bassi is an associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research interests coalesce around two significant questions: How do people develop geographic and cultural identifications?

Carole Boyce-Davies is Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters and Professor of  Africana Studies and Literatures in English.

Lourdes Casanova is the Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute.

Debra Castillo is Emerson Hinchliff Chair of Hispanic Studies, professor of comparative literature, and former director of the Einaudi Center's Latin American Studies Program.

Raymond Craib's research and teaching interests revolve around the intersections of space, politics, and everyday practice.

Mary Jo Dudley is a faculty member in the Department of Development Sociology.