PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Associate Professor of Anthropology Jessaca Leinaweaver has been appointed the new director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown's Watson Institute, effective July 1. A recognized scholar of Latin America with expertise in family, gender, and migration, Leinaweaver is taking on the leadership position at "a time in which the center’s reputation is at an all-time high across the Americas," says Watson Director Edward Steinfeld.