Staff Directory
Christine Fisher
Academic Advisor I
Christine answers questions regarding:
Study Abroad, the Honors Program, and the Spanish and Portuguese Majors program.
Office: BEN 2.108B
Phone: 512-232-4503
fisher@mail.utexas.edu
Elizabeth Hastings
Academic Advisor III
Liz answers questions regarding:
Study Abroad,the Honors Program, and the Spanish and Portuguese Majors program. She also oversees the Undergraduate Advising Office and represents the Department and the College at functions involving undergraduate students/activities.
Office: BEN 2.108B
Phone: 232-4506
eyhastings@mail.utexas.edu
Derrick Davis
Senior Office Assistant
Derrick serves as the receptionist for the department. He opens and closes the main office, greets/announces visitors, provides general information and directs customers to appropriate offices. He also sorts and distributes incoming/outgoing mail, creates and maintains departmental directories, maintains office equipment, handles room reservations, and assists with special projects and events as needed. He sets up catering, performs web searches, creates and disseminates announcements for upcoming lectures, is in charge of maintaining the bulletin boards, and purchases departmental office supplies.
Office: BEN 2.116
Phone: (512) 471-4936
ddavis1@austin.utexas.edu
Katherine ''Niki'' Garcia-Holmes
Administrative Assistant
Niki handles all fiscal matters, *DEFINE processes, APS, travel arrangements for faculty and visitors, accounting: posting/reconciliation/filing/reports, speaker process, budgets: faculty grants, conferences, awards; equipment inventory and surplus, purchasing, reimbursements, deposits, ProCard.
Office: BEN 2.116
Phone: 471-9298
katholmes@mail.utexas.edu
Lisa Mailloux
Administrative Associate
Assistant to the Chair and the Executive Assistant. Maintains Chairs calendar,
coordinates departmental events, maintains committee and volunteer lists, handles
special faculty processes, handles appointments, visas, HR documentation for
temporary/visiting faculty/scholars, handles the proximity and list serve security
processes, handles web page maintenance, oversees Work-Study staff, assists with
special projects, conduct web searches, maintains events calendar.
Office: BEN 2.116
Phone: 512-471-8336
lmailloux@austin.utexas.edu
Mary Kleba
Executive Assistant
Office Manager. Oversees the Department's office: staff, budgets, and assists the Chair. Also handles personnel appointments, Human Resource matters, faculty appointments, recruitment, promotions, meetings, fiscal matters, policies and procedures, and serves as liaison with various administrative offices.
Office: BEN 2.116C
Phone: 471-4936
mkleba@mail.utexas.edu
Victor Martinez
Administrative Associate
Victor schedules courses and final exams, orders textbooks, schedules classrooms, produces class rosters, updates and maintains undergraduate catalog including course descriptions. He also coordinates Course Instructor Surveys and produces faculty workload reports.
Office: BEN 2.122
Phone: 232-4507
vemartinez@mail.utexas.edu
Anne Fitzgerald
Administrative Assistant
Anne schedules 153 lower-division courses, handles the hiring of TAs and AIs, prepares and processes appointments, handles desk assignments, works with the Lower-Division Coordinator, the Lab Director and L-D supervisors, serves as liaison with Human Resources, Graduate Dean's Office and other administrative offices, prepares various lower-division reports/directories and assists with special projects.
Office: BEN 2.124
Phone: 232-4505
afitzgerald@mail.utexas.edu
Laura Rodriguez
Graduate Program Coordinator II
Laura assists the Graduate Advisor, the Graduate Studies Chair and coordinates student advising, financial aid, registration, GAFA and GSC meetings, graduate policies and procedures; liaises with the Graduate Dean's Office and other administrative offices; posts position vacancies, conference announcements and scholarships.
Office: BEN 2.128
Phone: 232-4502
rodriguez@mail.utexas.edu
George Fahlund
IT Spanish Designated Staff
George maintains the departmental language lab computers, Assistant Instructor desk computers and printers and also handles software upgrades.
Office: MEZ 4.106
Phone: 232-4529
g.fahlund@mail.utexas.edu
Sergio Acosta
IT Spanish Designated Staff
Sergio maintains faculty and staff computers, servers, printers, handles software upgrades, and provides technical advice.
Office: MEZ 4.106
Phone: 232-4529
sacosta@mail.utexas.edu