Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies

Expertise: Archaeology, bioarchaeology, complex societies, writing systems, material culture, comparative aesthetics, Mesoamerica

Mangok Bol, born in South Sudan, has been a staff at Brandeis University since January 2008. Mangok came to United States in 2001 through the Lost Boys/Girls from Sudan program. He has a BS in business administration from the University of New Hampshire (2006) and MS in finance from Brandeis International Business School (2013). He has been a program administrator for the Mandel Center for the Humanities since 2010 and an academic administrator for LACLS since summer 2020. He was previously a program administrator for International and Global Studies (IGS), 2008-20.

Brandie Garcia is a senior and an MLK Fellow majoring in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and and an independent interdisciplinary major in Black Music Studies with a Theater Arts minor. Originating from Chelsea, one of the most densely Latinx communities in Massachusetts, Brandie felt a calling to investigate Latinidad. Their interests lies in race and racism in the Latinx diaspora, Latin American and Caribbean musics, and Latinx Theater history in the United States. Brandie can also be found as the development and events assistant at the Black arts nonprofit Castle of Our Skins.