Hannah Stewart-Gambino, Professor of Political Science and founding Director of Lehigh University's Global Citizenship Program, is longstanding observer of religion and politics in Latin America. She has published widely on the role of the Catholic Church in 20th century Latin American political development, the rise of Pentecostalism in the region, and the role of base Christian communities in mobilizing grassroots women's activism during the Chilean dictatorship. She is a former President of the Mid-Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS), and she has created and led a number of student study abroad programs - including Great Britain and Chile.