Faculty
Jump to: Academic Staff, Affiliated Faculty, Faculty Emeriti
| Name | Contact | Specialties |
Office Hours Fall 2020
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| Sophia Beal Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies |
206D Folwell Hall 612-625-2331 sfbeal@umn.edu |
Brazilian literature and cultural studies, Lusophone-African Literature and cultural studies, urban studies, postcolonial studies |
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:45 am – 12:45 pm Please schedule your appointment on Google calendar here
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| Timothy Face Professor on leave Fall 2020 |
203E Folwell Hall 612-625-1328 facex002@umn.edu |
Intonation and prosody, laboratory phonology, phonetics, phonological theory, second language phonology |
On sabbatical |
| Ofelia Ferrán Associate Professor on leave 2020-2021 |
203D Folwell Hall 612-625-6883 ferra007@umn.edu |
Autobiography, contemporary Spanish peninsular literature, contemporary Spanish women writers, exile literature, feminist theory, literary theory and criticism, narrative constructions and representations of memory |
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| Ana Paula Ferreira Professor |
206C Folwell Hall 612-626-6909 apferrei@umn.edu |
Decolonial Studies of Lusophone Literatures and Cultures
“Race” and Coloniality in the Global Portuguese and Spanish South
Women, Feminisms and Late Empire/Post empire
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Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:15 – 6:00 pm by Zoom appointment
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| Ana Forcinito Professor Department Chair |
205D Folwell Hall 612-625-1014 aforcini@umn.edu |
19th and 20th century Latin American literature with an emphasis on the Southern Cone, testimonial practices, Latin American film, gender studies and feminist theory, cultural theory and critica cultural, memory studies and human rights |
Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:00 pm by Zoom appointment |
| Osiris A Gomez Assistant Professor |
214N Folwell Hall
ogomezve@umn.edu |
Contemporary Mexican literature and culture, Indigenous literature, translation studies, linguistic rights. |
Thursdays 4:00 – 5:00 pm by Zoom appointment |
| Michelle Hamilton Professor |
209 Folwell Hall 612-625-6661 hamilton@umn.edu |
Cultural contact in medieval Iberia, literary theory and cultural studies, Hebrew and Arabic cultures of Europe, the medieval Mediterranean and its legacy, Sephardic traditions, Mediterranean studies |
Thursdays 1030 Heller Hall 3:00 – 3:40 pm and Wednesdays 209 Folwell Hall 1:30 – 2:30 pm
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| Jaime Hanneken Associate Professor |
214M Folwell Hall 612-625-1837 hanne045@umn.edu |
Contemporary Latin American literature, culture Francophone literature, culture postcolonial studies, globalization, Latin American vanguardias, discursive appropriations of Paris in Caribbean, Latin American, and African contexts, uses and limitation of metropolitan literary, cultural theory in peripheral contexts |
Tuesdays 2:00 – 3:30 pm
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| Carol Klee Professor |
205C Folwell Hall 612-625-9521 klee@umn.edu |
Spanish language contact, sociolinguistics, content-based language instruction |
Mondays & Wednesdays 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm by Zoom appointment.
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| Raúl Marrero-Fente Professor |
203F Folwell Hall 612-626-8029 rmarrero@umn.edu |
Trans-Atlantic studies, colonial Latin American literature and culture, early modern Spanish literature and culture, colonial and post-colonial studies, global studies, feminist and gender studies, critical race studies, human rights, law and literature |
Tuesdays 3:45 – 4:45 pm by Zoom appointment |
| Mandy Menke Associate Professor Director of Language Programs |
214K Folwell Hall 612-626-6889 menkem@umn.edu |
Spanish second language acquisition, second language phonology, language immersion education, second language teaching |
Mondays 10:00 – 11:00 am; Wednesdays 2:30 – 3:30 pm, or by appointment Please schedule your appointment on Google calendar here
menkem@umn.edu for appointments outside of office hours |
| Francisco Ocampo Associate Professor |
203C Folwell Hall 612-625-5822 focampo@umn.edu |
Language and ideology, language variation, relationship between syntax, cognition and discourse, word order in spoken Spanish |
Tuesdays 2:15 – 3:15 pm, and by appointment |
| Eva Palma Visiting Assistant Professor |
palma045@umn.edu |
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| Luis Ramos-Garcia Associate Professor |
211 Folwell Hall 612-625-3039 laramosg@umn.edu |
Human rights and politics: Latin America and Spain; human rights across the disciplines: theater, art, political science and literature; United States Latino theater and cultures; contemporary Latin American and peninsular theaters; Latin American shantytown cultural manifestations: music, literature and popular discourse; Latin American popular music; cultural studies: Spain and Latin America; contemporary Latin American and peninsular literature: novel, poetry, cultural discourses; Andean studies and Indigenous literature: concentration in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia; gender and women studies; Caribbean Spanish studies: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic |
Span 3512: Wednesdays 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. Students need to send an email first to make a zoom appointment.
Span 5590: Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:00 pm. Students need to send an email first to make a zoom appointment.
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| William Viestenz Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies |
214L Folwell Hall wviesten@umn.edu |
Contemporary Iberian literature and culture, post-secularism and the sacred, film studies, philosophy of history, Catalan studies |
Wednesday 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Students need to send an emial first to make a zoom appointment. |
Academic Staff
| Name | Contact | Office Hours Fall 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Anderson Senior Teaching Specialist |
207B Folwell Hall 612-625-0823 ande2901@umn.edu |
Fridays 12:30 – 2:00 pm Link to office hours
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| Michael Arnold Lecturer Supervisor, SPAN 3015/3011 |
214D Folwell Hall 612-624-5529 arno0055@umn.edu |
Mondays and Thursdays 8:00 – 9:00 am. Contact via canvas mail or email |
| Kristin Beamish-Brown Senior Teaching Specialist |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 beam0018@umn.edu |
Thursdays 1:00 – 2:00 pm and by appointment. Please email to schedule an appointment. |
| Cecily Brown Senior Lecturer Coordinator, SPAN 1001 and 1002 |
214C Folwell Hall 612-625-3391 brown016@umn.edu |
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30 pm – 3:30pm and by appointment |
| Zach Campbell Lecturer |
zcampbel@umn.edu |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Thursdays, or by appointment. Please E-mail to schedule an appointment |
| Cristina Castro Senior Teaching Specialist |
205A Folwell Hall 612-625-4317 cast0139@umn.edu |
Mondays from 2:00 – 3:00 and by appointment |
| Joy Collman Senior Teaching Specialist |
207B Folwell Hall 612-625-0823 jcollman@umn.edu |
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| Beatriz DeSantiago-Fjelstad Lecturer |
desan069@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 8:00 – 9:00 pm |
| Dora Dias Teaching Specialist |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 diasx006@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:00 pm or by appointment |
| Edward Eiffler Senior Teaching Specialist |
207 Folwell Hall 612-624-5529 eiffl002@umn.edu |
Monday 10:10 – 11:00 am by Zoom meeting drop-in |
| Guiomar Fages Lecturer |
gfages@umn.edu | |
| Sara Finney Lecturer Supervisor, SPAN 1003 |
214B Folwell Hall 612-626-8713 sfinney@umn.edu |
Mondays 11:15 am – 12:15 pm |
| Marisol Galicia Estevez Senior Teaching Specialist |
206A Folwell gali0025@umn.edu |
Wednesdays from 11:15 am – 12:15 pm and by appointment |
| Kathleen Ganley Senior Teaching Specialist |
214D Folwell Hall 612-625-2459 ganle001@umn.edu |
Wednesdays 12:20 – 2:30 pm or by appointment. Please email to make an appointment |
| Anne Hoffman-Gonzalez Senior Lecturer Coordintor, SPAN 3107W |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 hoffm826@umn.edu |
Tuesdays from 11:15 am – 12:15 pm. I am also available by appointment! Student can sign up for office hours at this Google Calendar link. |
| Elizabeth Lake Senior Teaching Specialist |
214A Folwell Hall 612-625-2840 lake0030@umn.edu |
Mondays from 10:00 – 11:00 AM. Please email to schedule an appointment. |
| Sara Mack Senior Lecturer Supervisor, SPAN 1004 |
214B Folwell Hall 612-626-8713 mack@umn.edu |
Wednesdays 9:00 – 10:00 am and all other days/times by appointment. Please email to schedule an appointment. |
| Erma Nezirevic Lecturer Coordinator, SPAN 3105W |
304A Folwell Hall nezir001@umn.edu |
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| Alicia Ocampo Senior Lecturer |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 ocamp001@umn.edu |
Wednesday 12:30 – 2:00 pm. Please email first to make a zoom appointment. |
| Begoña Orive-Abad Senior Teaching Specialist |
206A Folwell Hall 612-626-1371 orive001@umn.edu |
Tuesday and Thursday from 12 – 12:30 pm with prior appointment set via email |
| Mary Pogatshnik Senior Teaching Specialist |
203A Folwell Hall 612-626-7436 poga0002@umn.edu |
Thursdays 9:00 – 11:00 am by Zoom appointment |
| Adriana Sanchez-Vargas Senior Teaching Specialist |
203A Folwell Hall 612-626-7436 bradf015@umn.edu |
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| Vanessa Santana Senior Teaching Specialist |
Wednesday and Thursdays 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm or by appointment. Please check the Canvas calendar for your section to find the availability for Check-In Hours (office hours). To make an appointment that does not follow the specified days/times, please contact me via email at: sant0091@umn.edu
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| Marisol Soto Teaching Specialist |
sotor019@umn.edu |
Tuesdays at 5:00 pm. Please email to schedule an appointment. |
| Gustavo Vargas Lecturer |
varga181@umn.edu |
Thursdays 2:30 – 3:30pm |
| Andrew Wiesinger Senior Teaching Specialist |
207 Folwell Hall 612-624-5529 wiesi001@umn.edu |
Affiliated Faculty
| Name | Contact |
|---|---|
| Alejandro Baer Associate Professor Department of Sociology |
113 Social Sciences Building 612-624-7548 abaer@umn.edu |
| Martha Bigelow Professor Department of Curriculum & Instruction (CEHD) |
125 Peik Hall 612-624-787 mbigelow@umn.edu |
| Sarah Chambers Professor Department of History |
1218 Heller Hall 612-625-6376 chambers@umn.edu |
| Barbara Frey Senior Lecturer Institute for Global Studies |
214 Social Sciences Building 612-624-9007 freyx001@umn.edu |
| Amy Kaminsky Professor Emerita Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies |
kamin001@umn.edu |
| Kendall King Professor Department of Curriculum & Instruction (CEHD) |
125 Peik Hall 612-625-3692 kendall@umn.edu |
| Patrick McNamara Associate Professor Department of History |
1212 Heller Hall 612-624-6531 pjm@umn.edu |
| Elaine Tarone Director Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) |
140 University International Center 612-625-8882 etarone@umn.edu |
Faculty Emeriti
| Name | Contact | Speciality | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joanna O'Connell Professor Emerita |
oconn001@umn.edu | Latin-American literature and culture, issues of colonialism, race and nationalism, women's writing, feminism and feminist theory, Mexico, indigenous revitalization movements and writing, the Caribbean, African and Caribbean writing in French and English | |
| Antonio Ramos-Gascon Professor Emeritus |
ramos006@umn.edu | ||
| Constance Sullivan Professor Emerita |
sulli002@umn.edu | ||
| Barbara Weissberger Professor Emerita |
weiss046@umn.edu | Ethnicity, gender, Isabella the Catholic, Spanish literature, Spanish romance | |
| Nicholas Spadaccini Professor Emeritus |
spada001@umn.edu | Comparative literature, colonial Spanish-American literature, Cervantes' novel and theater, early modern Spanish literature and culture, postcolonial theory, sociohistorical approaches | |
| Anthony Zahareas Professor Emeritus |
zahar001@umn.edu |