Chair and Administrative Staff
Nanci Buiza
Associate Professor
Spanish
Latin American & Latino Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Interests: Latin American literature, Central American and Mexican cultural studies, U.S. Latino/a studies, and diasporic and transnational community formations.
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Jessica Bawgus
Administrative Assistant II, Modern Languages; Administrative Assistant, Division Chair Support, Modern Languages
Spanish
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Modern Languages & Literatures-Arabic
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Faculty and Instructional Staff
María Luisa Guardiola
Professor
Department Chair, Spanish
Spanish
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Interests: Nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first century Iberian Literature; women writers; turn of the century (19th to 20th) literature and cultural developments; Iberian cinema; urban studies; Catalan women writers.
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Luciano Martinez
Professor
Division Chair, Arts and Humanities
Spanish
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Interests: Latin American literatures and cultures; higher education administration; literary theory; second language pedagogy; LGBTQ+ studies
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Desiree Diaz
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Comparative Literature
Spanish
Comparative Literature
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Interests: Latin American literature and cultural studies, Caribbean literature and visual culture, US Latino/a studies, film studies, performance studies, popular and material culture, urban studies.
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Jaime Hernandez
Visiting Assistant Professor
Spanish
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Interests: Spanish Middle Ages; Early Modern literature and culture; Colonial Latin American literature; Transatlantic, Mediterranean, and Lusophone studies.
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Beatriz Ramirez
Instructor of Spanish
Spanish
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Interests: Second language acquisition, foreign language teaching, foreign language teaching methodologies, Hispanic applied linguistics, Spanish proficiency exams.
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Eduardo Martin Macho
Instructor of Spanish
Spanish
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Interests: Teaching Spanish as a foreign language, English/Spanish translation, Spanish Middle Ages literature and culture, Golden Age literature, Picaresque literature.