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.


Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Fabiana Perera Columbian College of Arts & Sciences



Elliott School of International Affairs
Elvira Maria Restrepo Elliott School of International Affairs


Elliott School of International Affairs
Arturo Sotomayor Elliott School of International Affairs
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.