Carolina CastellanosAssistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese (2010).Bosler Hall Room 12Mcastellc@dickinson.edu (717) 245-1834
Jeremy R. Ball (on leave 2012-13) Associate Professor of History (2005).ballj@dickinson.edu | Visit Web SiteB.A., Boston College, 1994; M.A., Yale University, 1998; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.He teaches courses in African political and ecological history, apartheid, the Atlantic slave trade, and human rights. His research focuses on the labor and business history of Angola, Portuguese colonialism, and oral history.
Sebastian BergerAssistant Professor of Economics (2011).Althouse Hall Room 216(717) 245-1782 | bergerse@dickinson.edu M.A., Chemnitz University of Technology, 2003; Ph.D., Bremen University, 2006.
Marcelo BorgesProfessor of History (1997).Denny Hall Room 111(717) 245-1186 | borges@dickinson.edu | Visit Web SiteLicenciado en Historia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1988; Profesor en Historia, 1988; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1997.He teaches Latin American, Iberian, and comparative history. His current research deals with transatlantic migration from Portugal to Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly to Argentina; and with migration, identity and community formation in the oil fields of Patagonia, Argentina.
Maria C. BrunoAssistant Professor of Archaeology (2011).Environmental Archaeology Lab (717) 245-1923 | brunom@dickinson.edu B.A., University of Nevada, 1998; M.A., Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, 2001; Ph.D., 2008.
Carolina CastellanosAssistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese (2010).Bosler Hall Room 12M(717) 245-1834 | castellc@dickinson.edu Literata, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, 2000; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.
Kjell I. EngeAssociate Professor of Anthropology (1984).Denny Hall Room 20(717) 245-1207 | enge@dickinson.edu | Visit Web SiteB.A., Northeastern University, 1964; Ph.D., Boston University, 1981.Prof. Enge's specialties include the design and use of monitoring systems to track the progress of education and health projects and the evaluation of projects, including formative, summative and the determination of sustainability into the future. His current work in education includes directing a three-year cross-national evaluation of the libraries donated to primary/secondary schools in Asia and Africa by Room to Read to determine the effects and attitudes toward reading and literacy involving both schools, parents and community leaders. The evaluation uses a multi-method combination of quantitative-qualitative methods and is being carried out in Laos, Nepal and Zambia. He is also in the process of completing a series of case studies in Rajasthan, India on private public partnerships (PPP) in education. These case studies involve CISCO, Educate Girls Globally, the Rajasthan ministry of Education, financed by USAID (under EQUIP1) and done in conjunction with the World Economic Forum. The objective is to determine what makes these partnerships successful and how access to and the quality of education can be improved. He uses examples from work in both education and health to show students the practical uses of the social sciences to address world problems.
Abraham Quintanar (on leave Spring 2013) Associate Professor of Spanish (2001).Bosler Hall Room 112(717) 245-1884 | quintana@dickinson.edu B.A., University of Scranton, 1993; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995, Ph.D., 2002.
J. Mark RuhlGlenn E. and Mary L. Todd Professor of Political Science (1975).Denny Hall Room 207(717) 245-1501 | ruhl@dickinson.edu | Visit Web SiteB.A., Dickinson College, 1970; M.A., Syracuse University, 1972; Ph.D., 1975.Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1988-1989; Ganoe Award for Inspirational Teaching, 2012-13He specializes in comparative politics. His research centers on the politics of democratization in contemporary Latin America with a special emphasis on civil-military relations.