Faculty List
Omoniyi Afolabi
Associate Professor
afolabi@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4510 | BEN 3.110
Education
Ph.D., Luso-Brazilian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Afro-Brazilian Cultural Studies, Afro-Latin American and African Studies;Yoruba Diaspora Studies;Lusophone African Literature ;Comparative African Diaspora Studies;Latin American Cultural StudiesHeather Allen
Visiting Assistant Professor
hallen@austin.utexas.edu | BEN 4.116
Education
PhD, University of ChicagoEmilia Arce
Lecturer
emiarce@mail.utexas.edu | 232-4533 | BEN 3.142
Education
PhD, University of TexasArturo Arias
Professor
arturo_arias@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4518 | BEN 4.146
Interests
Latin American Studies; Central American lit.; Indigenous literatures; social and critical theory; race, gender and sexuality in postcolonial societies; cultural studies, ethnographic approaches.Jossianna Arroyo-Martinez
Associate Professor
jarroyo@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4536 | BEN 3.120
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California at Berkeley
Interests
Latin American, Caribbean, Luso-Brazilian & Afro-Diasporic Literatures & Cultures; race, gender & sexuality in colonial & postcolonial societies; Latin American literature, ethnography and sociology.Jason Borge
Associate Professor
jason.borge@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4535 | BEN 3.136
Education
Ph.D.-Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Latin American Literature and Film; Inter-American Cultural Studies; Focus on early 20th century, avant-gardeCristina Cabello De Martinez
Senior Lecturer
cabellodemartinez@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 3.122
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Pre-Colonial México; MariologyLuis Carcamo-Huechante
Assistant Professor
carcamohuechante@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 3.146
Education
PhD, Cornell University
Interests
Sound Studies; Indigenous Studies; Literary and Cultural Economies; Poetry and Poetics; Urban Chronicle; Gender and Sexualities; Cultural Theory. Current Research Project: Poetry, Radio, and Music in Contemporary Mapuche Culture.Rocio C Del Aguila
Faculty
rociodelaguila@gmail.com | Benedict -3.102
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
19th & 20th Century Latin American Literature, Postcolonial Subjectivities, National Identities, Gender Issues and Women Writers, Recipe Books and Cooking TechnologiesHector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba
Associate Professor
hectordominguez@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 3.130
Education
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Interests
Queer Studies, Studies of Violence, Border Studies in Literature, Film, and the Arts.Zachary T Erwin
Visiting Assistant Professor
zerwin@austin.utexas.edu | 232-4511 | BEN 4.106
Education
Ph.D., Duke University
Interests
Modern Peninsular Literature, The Realist Novel, Gender and Masculinity Studies, Galician StudiesVivian Flanzer
Lecturer
vflanzer@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4522 | MEZ 4.138
Interests
Acquisition of Portuguese as an L2 and L3VICENTE FORES-LOPEZ
Visiting Associate Professor
Vicente.Fores@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-4532 | BEN 4.104
Education
Ph.D., English Philology, Universidad de ValenciaJorge M Gomez-Bocanegra
Lecturer
jgomez@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-4535 | BEN 4.142
Education
Ph.d., University of Guadalajara
Interests
Language and Latin American LiteratureMichael P Harney
Associate Professor
harney@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 3.148
Education
Ph.D.-Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Literature, Comparative literature, literary theory, cultural theory.Frederick G Hensey
Professor
f.hensey@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4531 | BEN 4.128
Interests
Language contact, codeswitching, translation and interpretation theory.Amy J. Hornby Uribe
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
auribe@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 3.102
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas
Interests
Foreign Language Education, Second Language Acquisition, Secondary Teacher TrainingJane A Johnson
Lecturer
jane.span@gmail.com | MEZ 4.114
Education
Ph.D.- Medieval Spanish literature, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Service learning in Foreign Language courses; death and related issues in literature.Orlando R. Kelm
Associate Professor
orkelm@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4534 | MEZ 4.146
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
The teaching of foreign language for professional purposes, Use of technology in foreign language education, Portuguese and Spanish phonetics, Applied linguistics.Dale A. Koike
Professor
d.koike@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4508 | BEN 3.108
Education
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Interests
Pragmatics in Native and Non-native Talk; Second and Third Language Acquisition; Interaction in SLALorraine Marina Leu
Associate Professor
lorraine.leu@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4549 | BEN 4.130
Education
Ph.D., King's College, University of LondonNaomi E. Lindstrom
Professor
lindstrom@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 4.144
Education
Ph. D., Arizona State University
Interests
Gender and the Study of Latin American Literature, Latin American Jewish Studies, On-Line Scholarly Resources, and Sociology of the Arts.Marta E. Lujan
Professor Emeritus
dracula@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 3.138
Interests
Hispanic and Romance Linguistics; Syntactic and Semantic Theories; Bilingualism.Delia L Montesinos
Sr Lecturer
admontesinos@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4541 | MEZ 4.134
Education
PhD, University of Texas at AustinMelissa D Murphy
Lecturer
mmurphy@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4540 | MEZ 4.142
Education
Ph.D. Romance Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Diachronic Romance linguistics; grammaticalization; tense, mood and aspect; second-language acquisitionI. Celina Nevarez
Lecturer
celina@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.1686 | MEZ 4.108
Education
M.Ed. Concentration in Cognitive Development, Instituto Tecnólogico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, MéxicoChiyo Nishida
Associate Professor
cnishida@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-4514 | BEN 3.124
Education
Ph.D.-Linguistics, University of Arizona
Interests
Spanish morphosyntaxMina Ogando Lavin
Lecturer
mogando@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.5726 | BEN 4.142
Education
M.A.-Spanish Language and Literature, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, SpainLucia Osa-Melero
Senior Lecturer
losamele@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4528 | MEZ 4.140
Education
Ph.D.-Language Teaching, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Interests
Foreign Language EducationGabriela Polit
Associate Professor
gabriela@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4539 | BEN 4.118
Education
Ph.D., New York University
Interests
Contemporary Latin American narrative. Gender and the politics of literary writing. The representation of the traffic of Illegal drugs, and violence in the region.Silvia D Ramirez
Lecturer
ramirsil@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.4520 | MEZ 4.132
Education
Licenciado en Psicología, UNAM, MéxicoCory A Reed
Associate Professor
creed@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 4.140
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests
Cervantes, Early Modern Spanish Drama, Transatlantic Studies, and Comparative LiteratureJill Robbins
Professor
jillrobbins@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7284 | BEN 2.116
Education
Ph.D.-Spanish Literature, University of Kansas
Interests
20th Century Spanish Culture, Spanish Poetry, Trans-Atlantic Studies, Ethics, GenderSonia Roncador
Associate Professor
roncador@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4525 | BEN 3.132
Education
Ph. D., New York University
Interests
Lusophone literatures and cultures; gender and race; questions of servitude, domesticity, and women’s education; Brazilian and transatlantic cultural studies.M. Rafael Salaberry
Professor
salaberry@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7126 | BEN 4.136
Education
Ph.D.-Spanish Applied Linguistics, Cornell University
Interests
Second Language Acquisition, Tense-Aspect development, Language Teaching Methodology, Second Language Testing, Technology-based second language learning.Nicolas Shumway
Professor Emeritus
512.471.4936 | BEN 2.116
Education
Ph.D.-Spanish Language and Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
Interests
Spanish-American literature, Intellectual History.David Solodkow
Associate Professor
dsolodko@uniandes.edu.co | BEN 4.126
Education
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Interests
Colonial Literature, Ethnographic Writing, Cultural Studies, Latinamerican LiteratureMadeline Sutherland-Meier
Associate Professor
madelinesm@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4513 | BEN 4.134
Education
Ph.D.-Spanish Literature, University of California, San Diego
Interests
The Romancero, Medieval and Golden Age literature, the Spanish periodical press, disability studiesJacqueline Toribio
Professor
toribio@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 3.150
Education
Ph.D., 1993, Cornell University
Interests
Bilingualism and Language Contact, Morphology, Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Caribbean Studies, US Latino and Border Studies, Afro-Latin American and African StudiesStanislav Zimic
Professor
nszim@aol.com | 512.232.4526 | BEN 3.128
Education
Ph.D.-Romance Languages, Duke University
