Graduate Student List
Jesse L Abing
Assistant Instructor
abingjes@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 52b
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Syntax, Semantics, Grammaticalization, Language Variation, Language ChangeQing Ai
Graduate student
qing@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 5th floor, desk 45A
Interests
19th and 20th Century Spanish Literature, Travel Literature, Exoticism, and Intercultural Studies.Joao V Alfredo
Graduate student
valentino@mail.utexas.edu | 512 788-6429 | BEN 5th floor, desk 49
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Brazilian Literature.Marco Alves
Assistant Instructor
mpalves@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 48b
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Trans-oceanic bridge. Pre-construction anxiety and the "toll bridge," post-construction identity politics. Trade winds. Industrial climax and ahistoricity. Maritime memorials.Marcos Amengual Watson
Assistant Instructor
markamengual@gmail.com | (512)123-4567 | BEN 5.100; Desk 47a
Education
MA, The Pennsylvania State University
Interests
Research Interests: Phonology, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Language Contact, Sociophonetics, Bilingualism, Language and Identity, Language Revitalization, Language Change, Dialectology, English, Spanish and Catalan Linguistics.Miriam Baechle
Teaching Assistant
miriam.baechle@gmail.com | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 44b
Education
BA, The University of New Mexico
Interests
Caribbean Literature, Alejo CarpentierBrandon O Baird
Assistant Instructor
bobaird@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 34a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Mayan Linguistics, Language ContactBrian J Bobbitt
Graduate student
bobbitt.brian@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 39b
Education
M.A., Spanish, Sacramento State University
Interests
Migration between Spain and Africa in post-Franco SpainSamuel S Cannon
Assistant Instructor
samcannon@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 30b
Education
MA, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Interests
20th & 21st century Latin American literature, mass media and culture, film and television, cultural studies, urban spaces, violence, representations of Mexico City in literature and film, graphic novels and historietas, celebrity studies, Roberto BolañoRene Carrasco
Assistant Instructor
recarrasco@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 29b
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial/Postcolonial Studies; pre-Columbian Mexico; Historiography; Guerrilla Movements in Latin America; Marxist Thought in Latin America.Cuitlahuac Chavez
Assistant Instructor
cuitlahuac@mail.utexas.edu | (512)212-6322 | BEN 5.100; Desk 28b
Education
MA, California State University, Sacramento
Interests
Twentieth Century Spanish American Literature, Literature of the Mexican Revolution, Myth in Literature, Construction of Masculinity Through Literature and Cinema.Meredith G Clark
Assistant Instructor
meridiana0@hotmail.com | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 27b
Education
MA Hispanic Literature, University of Texas at AustinAdam W Coon
Assistant Instructor
adan916@mail.utexas.edu | 4.102
Education
MA, University of Utah
Interests
Contemporary Indigenous Literatures; Contemporary and Colonial Nahuatl Literary Production; Twentieth Century Latin American Narrative; U.S. Latino/a StudiesMegan Coxe
Teaching Assistant
megan.coxe@utexas.edu | (281)840-9787 | BEN 4.102 desk 19b
Education
BA in Spanish Literature and International Studies, Kenyon College
Interests
19th and 20th Century Southern Cone Literature, Latin American Poetry, Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies,Adele M Douglin
Assistant Instructor
AdeleMD@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 17B
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Second Language AcquisitionJoseph C Fees
Assistant Instructor
jcfees@hotmail.com | (512) 232-4546 | Benedict 4.102, Desk 9b
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Medieval, Golden Age, Poetry, Religion,Gender and Sexuality Studies, Jarcha StudiesJoshua Frank
Assistant Instructor
jfrank18@utexas.edu | (512) 232-4548 | 5th Floor Benedict, desk 50
Education
MA, Purdue University
Interests
Heritage language development, Bilingualism, Syntax, Second language acquisitionAshwini Ganeshan
Teaching Assistant
ashwinig@mail.utexas.edu | (512)-232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 14a
Education
MA, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Interests
Syntax, Lexical Semantics, Argument RealizationMeredith Gleason
Teaching Assistant
megleason@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 3b
Education
BA, University of RichmondEnrique Gonzalez-Conty
Assistant Instructor
egonzalezconty@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 2b
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Cuban Literature and Film of the 1960s, Puerto Rican Literature, Film Studies, Archive and Neo-baroque Theories, and Studies on Literary JournalsChristian J Greaser
Graduate student
cgrease@utexas.edu | BEN 5th floor Desk 51b
Education
PhD, Hispanic Linguistics, University of TexasMatthew Jk Hill
Assistant Instructor
matthew.jk.hill@gmail.com | (512) 232-4548 [shared office number] | BEN 5.100; Desk 32a
Education
MA, Brigham Young University
Interests
Colonial Latin America: New Spain-Philippines, Book Trade and Literary Culture, Poetry, Historiography, Crónicas, Race and Ethnicity, Cultural Identity, Nation BuildingDorian L Jackson
Assistant Instructor
dorianleej@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 51a
Education
MA, The University of Georgia
Interests
Violence, Gender Representations, Drug Trafficking, Fiction, Short StoryMemoria C James
Assistant Instructor
memoryj@utexas.edu | 512-767-5642 | BEN 5th Floor, Desk 48b
Education
Master of Arts in Spanish Linguistics, University of Texas at AustinSoohyun Jung
Assistant Instructor
soohyun_jung@utexas.edu | (512) 228-9215 | BEN 4.102 Desk 21B
Education
MA, Seoul National University
Interests
Nationality, Landscape, and Geological Aesthetics in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Paintings and LiteratureMin Suk Kim
Assistant Instructor
kimminsuk@utexas.email.edu | (512)579-1364 | BEN 5.100; Desk 48a
Education
MA, Kyung Hee University
Interests
Latin American Studies, Cultural Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Women Writers, Identity, Human Rights, Asians in Latin AmericaJennifer R Lang
Assistant Instructor
jlang@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 27a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Sociolinguistics, PhoneticsJuan C Lopez
Assistant Instructor
jclopez@utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 45a
Education
MA 19th and 20th Century Hispanic Literature, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Caribbean Literature, 19th Century, Brazilian Literature, Narrative, Modernity, Modernism, Cultural StudiesSilvia Regina Lorenso Castro
Assistant Instructor
silvialorenso@gmail.com | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 26a
Interests
20th and 21st Century Brazilian Poetry and Poetics, especially their relationship to race, gender, class, sexuality and performance studies; African Diaspora Literature and Culture (Brazil, US, Puerto Rico); Harlem Renaissance, Black Arts Movement, Sarau of Cooperifa in the periphery of Brazilian cities.Stephanie A Malak
Assistant Instructor
smalak@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 42a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Medieval and Early Modern Spanish LiteratureSean Manning
Assistant Instructor
somanning_es@yahoo.com | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 41a
Education
MA, University of North Texas
Interests
20th Century Spanish and Latin American Poetry, Prose Poetry, Genre StudiesChristina I McCoy
Graduate student
christinaines@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 5.100; Desk 38a
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Golden Age literature; Orientalism; Queer theory; Gender and Sexuality; CervantesJocelly Guie Meiners
Assistant Instructor
jocelly@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 4.102; Desk 1b
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Second Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Linguistic Emotivity, Emotion in SLABelinda Mora Garcia
Assistant Instructor
mora@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 40b
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial Brazil and Spanish-America, Medieval SpainJose E Navarro Serrano
Assistant Instructor
navarro@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 4b
Education
MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Interests
20th and 21st Century Peninsular and Spanish American Fiction, Transatlantic Studies, Print Culture, Digital Humanities, Theater.Amy Olen
Graduate student
Education
MA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interests
Central American Literature, Cultural StudiesRodrigo Oliveira
Assistant Instructor
veraguth@gmail.com | 512-232-4548 | BEN 5th floor, D36
Education
MA, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Interests
avant-garde, literary theory, DadaDaniel J Olson
Assistant Instructor
dolson (at) utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 (office) | BEN 5.100 Desk 43a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Phonetics & Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism, Intonation and ProsodyAdriana M Pacheco Roldan
Graduate student
apacheco@utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 4.100 Desk 46a
Education
MA, Universidad Ibero-Puebla, Mexico
Interests
Devocionarios, novenarios, Catholic texts and other periodicals: the moral and social construction of Mexican women in the Nineteenth CenturyPaula C Park
Assistant Instructor
parkpaula@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100; Desk 29A
Interests
20th century Latin American literature, Hispanic Orientalism, Travel LiteratureDanielle Patterson
Graduate student
dpatter4@emich.edu | (512)232-4548 | BEN 5.100
Education
MA, Eastern Michigan University
Interests
19th and 20th Century Peninsular and Latin American FictionJoseph M Pierce
Assistant Instructor
jpierce@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 5.100; Desk 27a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
19th and 20th Century Southern Cone Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Family in Literature, IntimacyVeronica Rios
Assistant Instructor
veronicarios@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 1a
Education
MA, Universidad de Costa Rica
Interests
Nation building, Central American Cultural Studies, Costa Rican literatureIngrid Robyn
Graduate student
ingridrobyn@live.com | BEN 4.102, desk 24A
Education
MA Luso-Brazilian Literature, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Cuban Intellectual History, Literature and Culture; Comparative Studies in Caribbean and Brazilian Literatures; Avant-Garde Literature and Visual Arts; NeobarroqueMarcy Rodriguez
Teaching Assistant
marcy.rodriguez@gmail.com | (512) 232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 23a
Education
BA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial and 19th Century Latin American LiteratureJessica J Sanchez
Assistant Instructor
jessica.sanchez46@gmail.com | (512) 232-4548 | BEN 4.124 Desk 21A
Education
MA Hispanic Literature, Universtiy of Texas at Austin
Interests
Golden Age Literature, Medieval StudiesRobert Sauveur
Assistant Instructor
rsauveur@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 4.102, Desk 20a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Spanish second language acquisition, experimental second language pragmatics, 'socio-cognitive approaches'Shelly McCraw Smartt
Assistant Instructor
smsmartt@utexas.edu | 512-232-4548 | BEN 5.100 Desk 38B
Education
MA, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Interests
Contemporary Peninsular Literature, Historical Novel, Women's and Gender StudiesSandra E Sotelo-Miller
Assistant Instructor
sandra.sotelo@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 17a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Gender Studies, Borderlands, Performance, Popular culture, Body, Violence in Latin AmericaJames Staig Limidoro
Graduate student
jamesstaig@utexas.edu | (512) 232 4548 | BEN 5.100 Desk 40a
Education
Master in Literature., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Interests
Literatura Oral y Popular, Monstruos y otros constructos imaginarios en la literatura. Poesía Latinoamericana, procesos de construcción de nación y representación urbana.Jillian M Striker
Assisstant Instructor
JStriker@utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102 desk 16a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Medieval prose and poetry, Jews in Medieval Spain, Women writersChristine M Tamayo
Assistant Instructor
ctamayo@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 12a
Rebecca L Thompson
Assistant Instructor
becky@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 4.102, desk 11
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
20th Century Latin American Literature, Contemporary Andean Literature, Quechua Speaking Cultures, Indigenous Identities, Nation, Alternative Racial ParadigmsNancy J Tille Victorica
Assistant Instructor
ntillevictorica@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 5.100 - desk 42b
Education
MA, Herbert H. Lehman College CUNY
Interests
20th Century Latin American narrative, feminist approaches in literature, gender studies, literary theoryLorna J Torrado
Assistant Instructor
ltorrado@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4546 | BEN 4.102, Desk 9a
Education
MA, University of Pennsylvania
Interests
Contemporary Spanish Caribbean, Popular Culture, Literature, Music, PerformanceOmar Vargas
Assistant Instructor
ovargas@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4546 | Ben 4.102, desk 8a
Interests
• Contemporary Caribbean Literature and Fractal theory • Mathematics and Literature • Neobarroque Theory, Literature and Visual Arts • Theoretical dialogues between Science, Intellectual History, Literature and Arts • The works of José Lezama LimaFrancis D Watlington
Assistant Instructor
eljefecito@mail.utexas.edu | BEN 5.100; Desk 33a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Vanguardismos and the Neo-Baroque; The Fantastic; Humor; The Picaresque; Fin de siècle; Spatial Theory; Mysticism & Spiritism; Existentialism; Race and Gender; The CityArthur Herman II Wendorf
Assistant Instructor
wendorf@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 5a
Education
MA, The Pennsylvania State University
Interests
Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Corpus Studies, Computer Assisted Language LearningJennifer Witte
Teaching Assistant
jennifer.l.witte@gmail.com | (513)256-3633 | BEN 4.102; Desk 4a
Education
BA Spanish Education, Latin American Studies, Miami University
Interests
Phonetics, Language Variation, Sociolinguistics (Language Policy, Language Rights and Language Ideology), Indigenous languagesRobyn Wright
Assistant Instructor
rwright@utexas.edu | (512) 232-4546 | BEN 4.102; Desk 3a
Education
MA in Hispanic Linguistics, The University of Arizona
Interests
Sociolinguistics, Variation and Change, Language Contact, Romance LinguisticsMaria Giulianna Zambrano
Assistant Instructor
gzambrano@mail.utexas.edu | (512)232-4546 | BEN 4.102; DESK 2a
Education
MA, The University of Texas at AustinMaria A Zambrano
Graduate student
alezambrano@mail.utexas.edu | (512)527-4341
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
