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MSU Denver has more than 200 knowledgeable faculty experts who can address a variety of local, national and international news topics and current events.
Search below by topic, faculty expert or keyword to identify sources who can provide important insight and perspective for your stories.
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Adriana Nieto
Chair, Associate Professor
Chicana/o Studies
Expertise:
- Latina spiritualities and practices
- Women of color feminisms
- Mental health among Xicanas
- Chicana protestants in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
- Acequia culture and practices in southern Colorado
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Adriann Wycoff
Professor - Chicana/o Studies, Co-Principal Investigator - College Assistance Migrant Program, Director - Family Literacy Program
Chicana/o Studies
Expertise:
- Community-based education programs
- Family literacy
- Migrant education issues
- Nontraditional education
- Latino literature (poetry emphasis)
- Women and poverty
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Andrea Borrego
Chair
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Expertise:
- Fatal police-citizen encounters
- Policing
- Tasers/CEDs
- Incarceration
- Prisons/jails
- Body worn cameras
- Intimate partner violence/domestic violence
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Antonio C. Bellisario
Professor of Geography-Planning
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise:
- Sustainability
- Sustainable planning
- Water and land (agricultural) policy in Latin America
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Chalane E. Lechuga
Associate Professor
Chicana/o Studies
Expertise:
- Race (race/racial inequality, US Census)
- Education (academic achievement/discipline disparities)
- Latina/o sociology
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Cristina Miguez Cruz
Associate Professor
Modern Language
Expertise:
- Latin American culture
- Literature
- Cinema
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David Piacenti
Associate Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
Expertise:
- Globalization
- Immigration and culture change
- Transnationalism
- Sociological and anthropological theory
- Qualitative methods and ethnography
- Yucatec-Mayan culture
- Latin America
- Globalization in Peru
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Graham Stefan Ignizio
Professor and 2023 Presidential Faculty Fellow
Modern Language
Expertise:
- U.S. Latin/x and Hispanic Studies
- Cuban-American Literature
- Caribbean Literature
- Border Studies
- Service and Experiential Learning
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Jose Quintana
Senior Lecturer
Chicana/o Studies
Expertise:
- Cultural studies topics
- Literature
- Foodways
- Folklore
- Music
- Language issues
- General Chicana/o history
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Lisa Badanes
Professor and Department Chair
Psychological Sciences
Expertise:
- Depression/anxiety
- Stress
- Child development
- Risk and resilience
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