International Center University of Florida

Trained at the University of Chicago in poststructuralist theory and the humanities (BA with Honors, 1980) and in African history and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD, 1992), Dr. Hunt has been teaching history and African studies at the University of Florida since 2016.

Her project, “Ideation as History: Dream Collectors and Picture Archives from Post-1968 Urban Congo” seeks to join images and words to dreaming in the ex-Belgian Congo. Her approach uses both history and anthropology to consider how text-image links to Congo’s postwar period.

She will use two archives of Congolese-created pictures and text to think about the history of daydreaming,...

GAINESVILLE, FL – The UF Center for Latin American Studies (LAS) is proud to announce the winner of the 2018 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) Junior Faculty Teaching Award is Dr. Rosana Resende. Created in 2013, the award seeks to “recognize excellence in teaching Latin American Studies designated courses.” This is the second time that a LAS faculty member has received this award; Dr. Ieva Jusionyte was the 2015 award recipient.

Dr. Resende is a cultural anthropologist and Latinamericanist. She is a lecturer at the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies and an affiliate of the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Gender, Sexualities,...

Dr. Sandra L. Russo, Director of the Office for Global Research Engagement (OGRE) in the University of Florida's International Center (UFIC), was recognized by the UF Association of Academic Women as AAW Woman of Distinction 2018. Dr. Russo was presented with the award at the Women's History Month Awards Reception on March 14th, at the Earl and Christy Powell University House.

The Woman of Distinction Award is given to a UF faculty member or administrative/professional woman who have made significant contributions to the quality of life of women. At UF, Dr. Russo was one of the co-founders of the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, helping establish it legally in its...