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Administration

Juan Cobo Betancourt

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Juan Cobo Betancourt is a historian of colonial Latin America and a scholar and practitioner of digital humanities and digital public history. He is associate professor of History at UCSB, where he serves director of the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program and Center for Latin American and Iberian Research. He is also co-founder of the Colombian non-profit Neogranadina. Learn more.

Camilla Falanesca

AMPL lab manager

Camilla Falanesca is PhD student in the Department of History. Her historical research explores the intersection of political economy and memory studies, with a regional focus on Tunisia and Algeria between the 19th and 20th centuries. Her digital humanities work focuses on archival preservation and community-engaged work in Latin America, and especially Colombia. She is also a member of Neogranadina. Learn more.

Researchers and collaborators

Adelaida Ávila

UX/UI, web design/development, and digital communication specialist, Neogranadina

Alicia Boswell

Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, UCSB

María Lumbreras

Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, UCSB

Jairo Melo Flórez

Digital Humanities Research Facilitator, UCSB Library

Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez

Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin; Co-founder, Neogranadina

Jeff O’Brien

Curator, Material / Image Research Lab (MIRL), Department of History of Art and Architecture, UCSB

Graduate Students

Lee Leal-Ramírez

Research Assistant, Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library

Liz Marchante

MA student, Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, UCSB

Pilar Ramírez Restrepo

PhD candidate, Department of History, UCSB

Undergraduate Students

Olympia Marino

Research Assistant, Memories of the City Project, Winter 2025-

Kepa Neesen

Research Assistant, Memories of the City Project, Winter 2025-

Maggie O’Sullivan

Research Assistant, Collaborative Cataloging Project, Fall 2024-

Piya Rao

Research Assistant, Memories of the City Project, Winter 2025-

Jermaine Smith

Research Assistant, Collaborative Cataloging Project, Winter 2024-

Noemi Ung

Research Assistant, Collaborative Cataloging Project, Fall 2024-

Roland Vásquez

Research Assistant, Collaborative Cataloging Project, Winter 2024-

Alumni

Undergraduates

Jennifer Ortiz

Research Assistant, Collaborative Cataloging Project, Fall 2024

Nicolás Sama

Research Assistant, Collaborative Cataloging Project, Fall 2024