Representative of the Sections\u00a0for\u00a0the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)<\/a>. Dr. Silva\u2019s\u00a0three-year\u00a0term\u00a0with\u00a0the organization\u2019s Executive Council\u00a0begins in June, following LASA2026, the Association\u2019s International Congress, which will be held in Paris, France.<\/p>\n\u201cIn this role, I will represent the 42 sections of LASA, whose mission is to promote the common interests of Association members in specific areas of Latin American studies; foster communication among scholars with shared research interests; and make the Association more participatory and responsive to its constituencies,\u201d Dr. Silva said. \u201cAs a voting member of the Executive Council, I will\u00a0participate\u00a0in monthly meetings and contribute to initiatives and projects that advance the\u00a0Association\u2019s\u00a0goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am honored to serve in this capacity and look forward to representing the sections and their members on the Council.\u201d<\/p>\n
LASA has more than 13,000 members spanning 60 countries, bringing together scholars from all disciplines and professional backgrounds.<\/p>\n
Dr. Silva has worked at the University since 2009. She received her undergraduate degree from the Universidad de\u00a0los\u00a0Andes,\u00a0Bogot\u00e1-Columbia, and her master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s largest professional organization dedicated to the study of Latin America will benefit in the coming years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[7120,80565,80566,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-180574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-faculty","tag-lasa","tag-latin-american-studies-association","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}