textbooks & pre-trip Readings

Required Text

You will need to purchase the following book ahead of time and bring it with you:

Emil' Keme: Le Maya Q'atzij/Our Maya Word

All of your other course materials will be provided in reading packet form once you are in Central America

Pre-Trip Reading 

We encourage you to read the following book before the program begins:

Booth, John. Understanding Central America. 7th edition. 2020

You may also find it helpful to read:

• • Grande, Reyna. The Distance Between Us: A Memoir. NY: Washington Square Press, 2012

  • Mechú, Rigoberta. I, Rigoberta Menchú; An Indian Woman in Guatemala. NY: Verso, 1987. ISBN: 0860917886

  • Nessan, C. L. (2017). Liberation Theologies in America. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Available here: https://oxfordre.com/religion/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-493

  • Galeano, Eduardo. Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking- Glass World.  London: Picador, 2001. ISBN: 0312420315