Faculty Profiles
Mar铆a Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles
Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of The Americas Initiative
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
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Mauricio Almonte
University Instructor of Spanish
M.A., Bowling Green State University; C.Phil.,听Vanderbilt University

Prisca Augustyn
Professor of German and Linguistics
Program Head, German
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Eric L. Berlatsky
Interim Chair
University of Maryland, College Park
Ph. D. in English Literature

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G茅raldine Blattner
Professor of French and Linguistics
Coordinator, French Basic Language Program
Ph.D.,听Pennsylvania State University
Professor of Comparative Literature (French, Spanish)
Ph.D., The University of Colorado at Boulder
Yolanda Gamboa
Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Purdue University
Nuria God贸n-Mart铆nez
Associate听Professor听of Spanish
Program Head, Spanish
Ph.D., The University of Colorado at Boulder

Mary Ann Gosser-Esquil铆n
Professor of Spanish and Caribbean Literature
University Honors Coordinator
Ph.D., Yale University
Michael David Hamilton
Associate Chair听
Director of the ESL Studies Certificate听
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D., McGill University

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Michael J. Horswell
Dean听of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

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Viktor Kharlamov
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Director of Graduate Studies听
Ph.D., University of Ottawa

Julissa Mansilla-Bjalme听
University Instructor of Spanish
M.A., 大象传媒
Martha Mendoza
Professor of Linguistics and Spanish
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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Emanuele Pettener
Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies; Writer-in-Residence
Ph.D., Comparative Studies, 大象传媒

Rosemary Rahill
Senior Instructor of French
Coordinator, French Online Minor
M.A.T., 大象传媒

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Michael Rapoport
Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Director, Arabic Studies Program
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., Yale University
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Ramona Rendon
University Instructor of Spanish
Coordinator, Spanish Online Minor
M.A., 大象传媒; C.Phil., Florida International University
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Romain Rivaux
Senior Instructor of French and Linguistics
Director, Continuing Education Language Program
Ph.D., University Fran莽ois-Rabelais, Tours, France

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Roberto A. Rodr铆guez Acevedo
Instructor of Spanish
M.A. - Latin American & Peninsular Literature, University of Central Florida (2021)
B.A. - Spanish Literature - Certificate in Translation and Interpretation,
University of Central Florida (2019)

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Ilaria Serra
Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies
Director, Italian Studies Program
"Laurea," University of Venice Ca' Foscari;听Ph.D., 大象传媒

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Justin White
Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Director of the Spanish Basic Language Program听
Ph.D., Florida State University
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Emeritus Faculty & Retired听

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Myriam Swennen Ruthenberg
Professor Emerita of Italian and Comparative Literature
Ph.D., New York University

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Nancy Poulson
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Former Director, Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Marcella Munson
(Retired) Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles