Faculty Profile

Dr. Luis J. Loyola-Cintrón Associate Professor of Sociology

Education:

• Ph.D. Graduate School and University Center -  C.U.N.Y., 1988
• M.Ph. Graduate School and University Center - C.U.N.Y., Anthropology, 1985
• M.A. Hunter College - C.U.N.Y., Anthropology, 1983
• B.A. University of Puerto Rico, Pre-Law, 1977

Professional Interests:

Mesoamerica, Spanish Caribbean, and South America.

Community Development, Political Economy, Peasants Studies, Applied Anthropology, Urbanism in Latin America, Race and Ethnic Relations, and Latinos Studies.

Publications:

Cognitive and Linguistic Abilities of Puerto Rican Bilingual Children: Implications for Assessment. Published in The Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students. Vol. 8 (Spring 1991): 31-52. Authors: Jaime L. Loyola, David F. McBride and Luis J. Loyola.

The Use of Alcohol Among Indians and Ladinos in Chiapas, Mexico. Published in Drugs in Third World Societies, Edmundo Morales, ed. Williamsburg, VA: Studies in third World Societies, 1988.

Individual Models of Social Behavior. Published in Journal of A Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 46, No. 6 (June 1984): 1389-1404. Authors: Harry C. Triandis, Chi-Chiu Harry Hui, Rosita Daskal Albert, Seung-Ming Leung, Judith Lisansky, Rosaldo diaz-Loving, Luis Plascencia, Gerardo Marin, Hector Betancourt and Luis J. Loyola-Cintron.

Courses Taught/Teaching:

• SOC 201: Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 202: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• SOC 204: Introduction to Urban Anthropology
• SOC 302: Race and Ethnicity
• SOC 315: Hispanic Caribbean Experience
• SOC 317: Anthropology of Drugs
• SOC 328: Societies and Cultures of Latin America
• SOC 335: Culture, Health & Illness
• LLRN 103: Global Origins of U.S. Society
• LLRN 122: Roots of Social Science: Sociology and Anthropology

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7128
• Office: Miguel 416
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail: luis.loyola@manhattan.edu

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