Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department

Frederick R Chavaria Chair, Administration of Justice/Fire Science Department Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department B.A., San Francisco State University; M.P.A., Golden Gate University; Ph.D., Walden University

Biography is unavailable at this time.

Jose B Cuellar Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

Gregory P Landau Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Mr. Landau has been teaching at CCSF since 1994.

His educational goal is to provide students with the "tools for living" and critical thinking skills that will allow them to understand the social and economic forces around them.

He is on the Board of Governors of NARAS, the Board of Directors of Brava Theater and the Advisory Board of Accion Latina.

Mr. Landau is also a music producer and a video producer. He has produced thirty CD's. Mr. Landau has won three Grammy nominations and has produced five films and five TV commercials.

Monica F Landeros Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

Marco A Mojica Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department City College of San Francisco B.A. International Relations, San Francisco State University MAIA Latin American Studies, Ohio University Ph.D candidate in Politics at University of California at Santa Cruz.

Professor Mojica has been teaching at CCSF since 2001.

His educational philosophy focuses on stregthening the students' abilities to critically analyze their world and to become active and engaged participants in their education. In the classroom, he promotes the idea of a "learning community," a safe space where students can share their ideas, opinions and life histories as important to enriching the community's knowledge. Furthermore, students are asked to work individually and collaboratively in the classroom, as forms of learning and processing the course materials and their overall educational experience. Finally, his goal is to provide students with important tools necessary for enabling their success at the City College of San Francisco, the University and beyond...

Mentor, Men's Support Group, Latino Services Network. Faculty Advisor, La Raza Unida, Spring 2002-Spring 2003.

CONFERENCE PAPERS
Mistica, Memoria y Nostalgia: The Construction of the Sandinista Political identity in Nicaragua. Latin American Studies Conference, Montreal, Canada. September 6-8, 2007.
Mistica, Memoria y Nostalgia: The Construction of the Sandinista Political Identity in Nicaragua. 48th International Studies Association Conference, Chicago, IL, February 28, 2007.
Nicaraguans in Miami: Forging a Transnational Politics. Latin@/Americans in a Global Context Conference. UC Santa Cruz, May 12, 2006.
Nicaraguans in Miami: Forging a Transnational Politics, Latin American Studies Association Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 15, 2006. “Con Díos y con el Diablo” Sandinista Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua. Presented at the CLRC Mini Grant Colloquium, University of California at Santa Cruz, October 14, 2005
Nicaraguans in Miami: Developing a Transnational Civil Society. Presented at Mid-Atlantic Congress of Latin American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University. April 8, 2005.
Adding diversity: What's the difference? Panel at the Independent Sector conference in Kansas City, MO, November 1997

PUBLISHED WORKS
Mojica, Marco. "Los Nicaraguenses en Miami: Forjando una Politica Transnacional". L'Ordinaire Latino-Americain. (Forthcoming)
Perla, Hector, Marco Mojica & Jared Bibler. "tactics and Strategies: The Continued Relevance of the Central American Left." In The Resurgence of Latin American Radicalism: Between Cracks in the Empire and an Izquierda Permitida. Edited by Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr. (Forthcoming)
Mojica, Marco and Diego Ferreyra, eds. “TLC y Sociedad Civil Centroamericana” CRIES, No 1-9, 2000.
Mojica, Marco. “El Teléfono,” Cipactli. La Raza Studies: San Francisco State University. Winter/Spring 1995.
Mojica, Marco, et al. “International Terrorism.” Issues of the 45th Session Charter Review. Model United Nations of the Far West: San Francisco State University, 1994.

TRANSLATIONS
Liliana Castro & Marco Mojica. Guia para escribir propuestas The Foundation Center, 2001. 3rd Edition. P. 252

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Latino Educational Association (LEA)

Professor Mojica loves music and plays guitar and congas.

Mark Piper Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department B.A. in History from San Francisco State University M.A. in History with a concentration in Latin America, San Francisco State University

Professor Piper has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

In his own words:
"My years as a student were valuable beyond knowledge as that I was able to fine-tune my approach to history and education in my work as a TA in the History Department at SFSU. This simply means that I found some of my instructors dull or uninterested, while I found others that I admired and have sought to combine in my teaching the best of my experiences. Thus I seek a more much dynamic approach to Latin America. History should not be dry and boring; I present history instead as a narrative, a story, meant to instruct and fascinate. My personal goal as a teacher is to reduce the general ignorance about Latin America one generally finds in the US. Beyond simple dates, names and places, I use a behind the scenes approach to show why historical events have occurred and how we can see ourselves in the history of our past. I seek to work with all levels of students both in traditional classroom and electronic settings. My courses are not easy grades; I require effort and commitment. However, over 80 percent of my students achieve A or B grades. My syllabus is a contract I make with my students to support them in their quest for knowledge. Though I am a teacher that delivers intense lectures, I am also the type of instructor that will take an hour or two to work with a challenged student. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and in cuss words in about another ten languages."

Professor Piper is a member of various philatelic and historical societies. He has a long history of volunteer participation with various local non-profits whose goals he seeks to empower. He was an early volunteer with Shanti, and later worked as an assistant for attorney Martha Ball Price at AIDS Benefits Counselors. ABC assisted HIV clients in processing their social security benefits; without ABC, claims often tooks years and were achieved after the client had died, making a usually un-involved family member the beneficiary of a windfall payment they were not entitled to. In the 1990s he was a volunter with CHAMP, a medical marijuana dispensary. During the 2008 election, he was a volunteer with the NO on 8 campaign.

Professor Piper's publications:
Master's Thesis: Guantanamo, Different Visions of Empire, 2008
Undergraduate: The Holy Office of the Inquisition in the New World: Sorceres and Plants in the New World. Published in the SFSU History Department journal Ex Post Facto, 2006
Graduate: The Cuban Convertible Peso: A Redefinition of Dependence. Published in the SFSU History Department journal Ex Post facto, 2008.
Sugar, 2002 Congress Book
Numerous articles in philatelic journals in the US and South Africa
Recipient as co-author of vermeil prize for literature at the Cuban National Stamp Exposition, Havana, 2005

Beyond being a rather decent cook, Professor Piper is also known as a pre-eminent stamp collector with a focus on the US, Cuba and Latin America. He likes to garden and has a passion for Western memorabilia.

Indiana G Quadra Chair, Career Development & Placement Center Latin American/Latino/a Studies Department B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., University of San Francisco

Ms. Quadra has been a faculty member of CCSF since 1978. She currently is the Chair of the Career Development and Placement Office. She teaches and counsels in Career and Job Success. She is also a current faculty member of the Latin American and Latina/o Studies Department.

Ms. Quadra is a strong advocate for students, student services and quality education. As a bilingual, bicultural Latina, she supports diversity and multicultural perspectives.

Ms. Quadra is presently the Vice-President of LEA, Latino Educators Association of CCSF.

She is also an active participant of American Association of University Women, HOPE, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality, LLN, Latina Leadership Network, LULAC, MANA, National Council of La Raza, and the National Association for Hispanic Women.

Edgar L Torres Chair, Latin American & Latino/a Studies Department A.A., City College of San Francisco A.B., University of California at Berkeley M.A., University of California at Berkeley C.P.I.L., University of California at Berkeley

Professor Torres has been teaching at CCSF since 2002.

He is Department Chair of the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Department.