Appointments

Professor Susan Tiano Named to Advisory Council of the Inter-American Foundation

Susan Tiano, professor of sociology and director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico, was appointed to the Advisory Council of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF). The IAF is an independent government agency that was created by Congress in 1969. Its aim is to direct developmental assistance grants to nations in Latin American and the Caribbean. Since 1972, the IAF has awarded more than 4,600 grants with a value of more than $600 million.

Professor Tiano holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Colorado State University. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

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