EXPERT SERIES: Cuba and the U.S.: Making Up is Hard to Do

Department: Latin American Studies

Date and Time: February 25, 2016 | 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Event Location: Social and Behavioral Science Gateway, Room 1517

Event Details

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Panelists: 
Rubén G. Rumbaut Riera, Distinguished Professor, Sociology, UCI 
Hanna Garth, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, UCI
Mrinalini Tankha, Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion, UCI 
Todd Work, Agent-Manager, Cuba Travel Services

Moderator: Anita Casavantes Bradford, Associate Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI





Anita Casavantes Bradford, Associate Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI Areas of expertise include transnational and comparative Latina/o history; Cuban and Cuban-American history; the history of immigration, race and ethnicity; and the history of childhood and the family. 
Hanna Garth, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Anthropology, UCI Areas of expertise include Cuba's changing food provisioning system and its effects on family and social relationships.
Mrinalini Tankha, Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion, UCI
Areas of expertise include Cuba's dual currency system and the workings of the country's informal economy.
Rubén G. Rumbaut Riera, Distinguished Professor, Sociology, UCI A native of Havana, Rumbaut's research has focused on multiple aspects of immigration to the U.S., as well as the Cuban diaspora and the history of
U.S.-Cuba relations. 
Todd Work, Agent-Manager, Cuba Travel Services Located in Cypress, Cuba Travel Services is a full service travel agency specializing in enjoyable and hassle-free travel to Cuba.

For further information, or to RSVP, please contact Rosemarie Swatez, rswatez@uci.edu or 949.824.2511.