Lehigh Launch: Semester in Chile
As the capital of Chile, a country with one of the strongest economies in Latin America, Santiago is the industrial and financial center. Home to more than 6.5 million people, Santiago provides an ideal backdrop for Lehigh Launch students to experience first-hand how historic and modern architecture, fine and folk arts, a dynamic business sector, and fascinating history come together in this thriving metropolis. Students will explore the intricacies of the Chilean landscape through place-based learning and collaborative, integrated coursework. Courses will include educational excursions in and around Santiago throughout the semester. Students will also visit several sites in other regions of the country.
Lead Faculty Member: Hugo Ceron-Anaya
Hugo Ceron-Anaya is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lehigh University. He received his B.A. in History from the National University of Mexico and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Ceron-Anaya’s research focuses on analyzing economic elites, primarily in Mexico and Brazil. He authored a book titled "Privilege at Play" (Oxford University Press, 2019), which examines social inequalities and privilege in contemporary Mexico. In 2020, his book won the "Outstanding Book Award" by the North American Society for the Study of Sports. In 2021, Ceron-Anaya became a Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) in Guadalajara, Mexico. During the fall semester, he conducted research on the role played by local elites in the transformation of urban life in Guadalajara. In 2023, he was granted a Fulbright Specialist award and became a visiting researcher at the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil, where he participated in a research project on elites and racial privilege in this nation. At Lehigh, he has taught courses on race and ethnicity in the Americas, sociology of sports, Latinx communities, social theory, and sociology of immigration.
Coursework Info
Lehigh Launch is led by Lehigh faculty and staff and is deeply connected to the Lehigh community. Students will earn 16 credit hours through classroom-based and experiential learning, while fulfilling distribution requirements in natural science, social science and the humanities, as well as the first-year seminar requirement.
● Biology: Exploring Chile with Darwin (fulfills natural science requirement)
● Sociology: Race and Ethnicity in the Americas (fulfills social science requirement)
● Spanish: Spanish language and culture course at the appropriate language level (fulfills humanities requirement)
● Integrative Seminar: Inquiry and Integrative Thinking (fulfills first-year seminar requirement)
Partner Information: International Education of Students (IES)
Founded in 1950, IES Abroad is a not-for-profit provider with 140+ study abroad and internship programs around the world for college/university students. In their program centers based in cities across the globe, they educate students to become global leaders through premier study abroad and internship programs, which offer students worldwide experiential learning opportunities that meet the highest standards of academic quality.
IES Abroad has a center located in Santiago, with full-time staff who will work in partnership with Lehigh University to deliver a high-quality program for students. The centers will serve as the academic base for students throughout the program and will also be accessible to students as a central place to meet up, hang out and have lunch, ask a question of the staff, or relax and mingle with other students between classes.
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