Afanador-Pujol specializes in the art, material culture and architecture of the Indigenous people of Ancient and Colonial Latin America. Professor Afanador-Pujol’s research interests include indigenous agency and the social function of art as it intersects with race and ethnic relations, justice, political interests, and consumption in early sixteenth-century Mexico.
Professor Afanador-Pujol is the academic director of the ASU-LACMA fellowship in Art History which pairs academic instruction and on-the-job work experience.