Affiliate Faculty
Cisneros Affiliate Faculty are members of the GW faculty who are Latino/a/x and/or whose work focuses on issues related to Latinos in the United States. In addition to generating research, affiliate faculty serve as mentors and participants in the Institute’s leadership development programs.
![Herman Aguinis](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Aguinis-Herman_Faculty-Profile_2017.jpg?h=e3e2ff68&itok=Kwds07an)
The GW School of Business
![Paula Alonso](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/FacultyPaulaAlonso.jpg?h=df0454d5&itok=T9wzAs6O)
Elliott School of International Affairs; Columbian College
![Lorena Barba](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2022-06/dr._lorena_barba_headshot.png?h=6e93dd64&itok=QLcIjG8l)
School of Engineering and Applied Science
![Nicole Bartels](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2022-06/nicole_bartels_headshot.png?h=6e93dd64&itok=LHrT60rb)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![Barbara Benitez-Curry](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/downloads/barbarabenitezcurry_2.jpg?h=fd156817&itok=Hlt82llX)
School of Media and Public Affairs
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/downloads/carlosbustamante_0.jpg?h=6e93dd64&itok=2yUhL6lc)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/uriyoancolonramos.jpg?h=038a9462&itok=6Eo9f0_A)
Milken Institute of Public Health
![Manuel Cuellar](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2022-06/dr._manuel_cuellar_headshot.png?h=6e93dd64&itok=T3S4Fpo_)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![Alt Text](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Temp%20Trey%20Headshot.png?h=9b0746b8&itok=TZVt9Zs0)
![Gema Kloppe-Santamaría](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2023-08/gema.png?h=bc7eb2a8&itok=4mAvBi2k)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![Tony Lopez](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Antonio_Lopez_English_UP_2019-WLA_3468_720x1080.jpg?h=990ec0ad&itok=GEzD6oxa)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![Tahina Headshot](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-01/montoya_headshot.png?h=b1e4cf4f&itok=O3K58Ncb)
Elliott School of International Affairs
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/downloads/dianapardopedraza_0.jpg?h=6e93dd64&itok=EEmpYVOS)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![Elaine Peña](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2022-06/e.a.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=k_dkUhf5)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Perera%2C%20Fabiana%20%282018%29-2.jpg?h=57024e64&itok=aGZWgxm-)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![Marie Price](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2022-06/dr._marie_price_headshot.png?h=6e93dd64&itok=_ztlVZr-)
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Acosta%20Price%2C%20Olga_250x250.jpg?h=038a9462&itok=Jun9HRbj)
Milken Institute of Public Health
![Elvira Maria Restrepo](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2022-06/elvira_maria_0.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=F-UABaRj)
Elliott School of International Affairs
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Kathleen%20Roche_Square.jpg?h=57024e64&itok=SRgRREgy)
Milken Institute of Public Health
![](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/downloads/sotomayor-headshot_0.jpg?h=6e93dd64&itok=VGVGv6Sj)
Elliott School of International Affairs
![Alt Text](https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4786/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/downloads/Elizabeth%20Vaquera_0.jpeg?h=9a609254&itok=Elfr3dt1)
Executive Director, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy & Public Administration
Faculty Spotlight: Manuel Cuellar
Manuel Cuellar is a professor of Spanish and Latinoamerican Literatures and Cultures at the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. We sat down with him to talk about undocumented essential workers, and the role they continue to play during a global pandemic.