Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialties | Office Hours - Fall 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Beal Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies |
206D Folwell Hall 612-625-2331 sfbeal@umn.edu |
Brazilian literature and cultural studies, Luscophone-African Literature and cultural studies, urban studies, postcolonial studies | Please email before stopping by Tuesday and Thursdays 2:15pm-3:15pm |
| Timothy Face Professor |
203E Folwell Hall 612-625-1328 facex002@umn.edu |
Intonation and prosody, laboratory phonology, phonetics, phonological theory, second language phonology | Mondays and Wednesdayds 10:00am 11:00am and by appointment |
| Ofelia Ferrán Associate Professor |
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 | |
| Ana Paula Ferreira Professor On leave 2019-2020 |
206C Folwell Hall 612-626-6909 apferrei@umn.edu |
Feminist and gender studies, Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, critical race studies, colonial/postcolonial studies, medieval and renaissance literatures | |
| 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 | Mondays 1:00pm - 2:00pm and by 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 | Wednesday in Folwell 209, 8:45am - 9:30am and Thursdays in 1030 Heller Hall 3:00pm - 3:30pm |
| 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 | |
| Carol Klee Professor |
205C Folwell Hall 612-625-9521 klee@umn.edu |
Spanish language contact, sociolinguistics, content-based language instruction | Mondays 12:45pm-1:45pm, Wednesdays 3:50pm-4:50pm and by appointment. |
| 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 2:15pm - 3:15pm |
| Mandy Menke Assistant 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 | Tuesdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm and Thursdays 10:00am-11:00am or by appointment |
| 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 2:00pm-3:00pm |
| Luis Ramos-Garcia Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies |
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 | Wednesdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm or by Appointment |
| Nicholas Spadaccini Professor |
204C Folwell Hall 612-625-0732 spada001@umn.edu |
Comparative literature, colonial Spanish-American literature, Cervantes' novel and theater, early modern Spanish literature and culture, postcolonial theory, sociohistorical approaches | Tuesday and Thursdays 10:15am - 11:00am |
| William Viestenz Associate Professor |
214L Folwell Hall wviesten@umn.edu |
Contemporary Iberian literature and culture, post-secularism and the sacred, film studies, philosophy of history, Catalan studies | Wednesdays 12:00pm - 2:00pm or by appointment |
Academic Staff
| Name | Contact | Office Hours - Fall 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Anderson Teaching Specialist on leave Spring 2020 |
207B Folwell Hall 612-625-0823 ande2901@umn.edu |
Fridays 1:30pm - 3:00pm or by appointment |
| Michael Arnold Lecturer Interim Supervisor, SPAN 3015/3011 |
214D Folwell Hall 612-624-5529 arno0055@umn.edu |
Thursday 11:15-12:15pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5pm
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| Kristin Beamish-Brown Senior Teaching Specialist |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 beam0018@umn.edu |
Thursdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm or by appointment |
| Cecily Brown Senior Lecturer Coordinator, SPAN 1001 and 1002 |
214C Folwell Hall 612-625-3391 brown016@umn.edu |
Mon. - Thurs. 12:30pm - 1:00pm and by appointment |
| Cristina Castro Senior Teaching Specialist |
205A Folwell Hall 612-625-4317 cast0139@umn.edu |
Thursdays 9:30am - 10:30am |
| Joy Collman Senior Teaching Specialist |
207B Folwell Hall 612-625-0823 jcollman@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 12:10pm - 1:10pm |
| Craig Conrad Senior Teaching Specialist |
203A Folwell Hall 612-626-7436 conra014@umn.edu |
Mondays from 3:30-4:30 or by appointment |
| Dora Dias Teaching Specialist |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 diasx006@umn.edu |
Wednesdays 8:00am - 9:00am or by appointment |
| Edward Eiffler Senior Teaching Specialist |
207 Folwell Hall 612-624-5529 eiffl002@umn.edu |
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| Sara Finney Lecturer Coordinator, SPAN 1003 |
214B Folwell Hall 612-626-8713 sfinney@umn.edu |
Mondays and Tuesdays 12:15pm - 1:15pm |
| Marisol Galicia Estevez Senior Teaching Specialist |
206A Folwell gali0025@umn.edu |
Thursdays 10:10am - 11:10am or by Appointment |
| Kathleen Ganley Senior Teaching Specialist |
214D Folwell Hall 612-625-2459 ganle001@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 11:10am - 1:00pm or by Appointment |
| Anne Hoffman-Gonzalez Lecturer |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 hoffm826@umn.edu |
Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm or by appointment |
| Elizabeth Lake Senior Teaching Specialist |
214A Folwell Hall 612-625-2840 lake0030@umn.edu |
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| Maria Emilce Lopez Senior Teaching Specialist |
206A Folwell Hall 612-626-1371 lopez008@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 2:30pm - 3:30pm or by appointment |
| Sara Mack Lecturer Coordinator, SPAN 1004 |
214B Folwell Hall 612-626-8713 mack@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am and by appointment |
| Frances Matos Senior Lecturer Coordinator, SPAN 1022 |
214A Folwell Hall 612-625-2840 matos001@umn.edu |
Monday & Wednesday 10:00am - 11:00am and by appt (or by Zoom) |
| Erma Nezirevic Lecturer |
304A Folwell Hall nezir001@umn.edu |
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| Alicia Ocampo Senior Lecturer |
204A Folwell Hall 612-625-6367 ocamp001@umn.edu |
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| Begoña Orive-Abad Senior Teaching Specialist |
206A Folwell Hall 612-626-1371 orive001@umn.edu |
Mondays and Wednesdays 12:45pm to 1:15pm and by appointment |
| Eva Palma Adjunct Assistant Professor |
304A Folwell palma045@umn.edu |
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| Mary Pogatshnik Senior Teaching Specialist |
203A Folwell Hall 612-626-7436 poga0002@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Adriana Sanchez-Vargas Senior Teaching Specialist |
203A Folwell Hall 612-626-7436 bradf015@umn.edu |
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| Vanessa Santana Senior Teaching Specialist |
205A Folwell Hall 612-625-4317 sant0091@umn.edu |
Mondays 2:30pm - 3:30pm |
| Gustavo Vargas Teaching Specialist |
304A Folwell varga181@umn.edu |
Tuesdays 2:30pm-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 |
| Anthony Zahareas Professor Emeritus |
zahar001@umn.edu |