Faculty Profiles
MarÃa Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles
Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of The Americas Initiative
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
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Mauricio Almonte
University Instructor of Spanish
M.A., Bowling Green State University; C.Phil.,ÌýVanderbilt University
Prisca Augustyn
Professor of German and Linguistics
Program Head, German
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Eric L. Berlatsky
Interim Chair
University of Maryland, College Park
Ph. D. in English Literature
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Géraldine Blattner
Professor of French and Linguistics
Coordinator, French Basic Language Program
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Professor of Comparative Literature (French, Spanish)
Ph.D., The University of Colorado at Boulder
Yolanda Gamboa
Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Purdue University
Nuria Godón-MartÃnez
Professor of Spanish & Hispanic Studies
Ph.D., The University of Colorado at Boulder
Mary Ann Gosser-EsquilÃn
Professor of Spanish and Caribbean Literature
University Honors Coordinator
Ph.D., Yale University
Michael David Hamilton
Associate ChairÌý
Director of the ESL Studies CertificateÌý
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D., McGill University
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Michael J. Horswell
DeanÌýof the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
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Viktor Kharlamov
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Director of Graduate StudiesÌý
Ph.D., University of Ottawa
Julissa Mansilla-BjalmeÌý
University Instructor of Spanish
Ph.D., ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Martha Mendoza
Professor of Linguistics and Spanish
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
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Emanuele Pettener
Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies; Writer-in-Residence
Ph.D., Comparative Studies, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Rosemary Rahill
Senior Instructor of French
Coordinator, French Online Minor
M.A.T., ³Ô¹ÏÍø
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Michael Rapoport
Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Director, Arabic Studies Program
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., Yale University
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Ramona Rendon
University Instructor of Spanish
Coordinator, Spanish Online Minor
M.A., ³Ô¹ÏÍø; C.Phil., ³Ô¹ÏÍø International University
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Romain Rivaux
Senior Instructor of French and Linguistics
Director, Continuing Education Language Program
Ph.D., University François-Rabelais, Tours, France
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Roberto A. RodrÃguez Acevedo
Instructor of Spanish
M.A. - Latin American & Peninsular Literature, University of Central ³Ô¹ÏÍø (2021)
B.A. - Spanish Literature - Certificate in Translation and Interpretation,
University of Central ³Ô¹ÏÍø (2019)
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Ilaria Serra
Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies
Director, Italian Studies Program
"Laurea," University of Venice Ca' Foscari;ÌýPh.D., ³Ô¹ÏÍø
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Justin White
Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Director of the Spanish Basic Language ProgramÌý
Ph.D., ³Ô¹ÏÍø State University
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Emerita FacultyÌý
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Myriam Swennen Ruthenberg
Professor Emerita of Italian and Comparative Literature
Ph.D., New York University
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