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Department of

Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Faculty Directory

Ann Abbott
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Director of Advanced Spanish Language (SPAN 202, 208, 228, 232), Acting Director of Intermediate Spanish Language (SPAN 141 & 142), and Spanish & Illinois
Ericka Beckman
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latin American Literature/Culture
Melissa Bowles
Assistant Professor of Spanish and SLATE
Carlos Buesa García
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Linguistics
Laura Callegari-Hill
Lecturer of Italian and Acting Director of Basic Italian Language
Brenden Carollo
Coordinator of Spanish 142
William Castro
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latin American Literature/Culture
Beth Chasco
Undergraduate Academic Advisor for Spanish
Luisa-Elena Delgado
Associate Head, Associate Professor of Spanish, Spanish Literature/Culture
Eda Derhemi
Visiting Lecturer of Italian
Anna María Escobar
Associate Professor of Spanish, Linguistics
Rebecca Foote
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Linguistics
Teresa Fuentes Peris
Instructor of Spanish
Dara Goldman
Associate Professor of Spanish, Latin American literature/Culture; Latina/o Studies
Viktoria Hackbarth
Lecturer of Spanish, Coordinator of SPAN 200
Brent Hart
Coordinator of Spanish 103
José Ignacio Hualde
Professor of Spanish, Linguistics
Javier Irigoyen-García
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Early Modern literature and culture
Pilar Martínez-Quiroga
Instructor of Spanish
Mariselle Meléndez
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Spanish, Latin American literature/culture
Silvina Montrul
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of Spanish, Linguistics and SLATE
Diane Musumeci
Head, Associate Professor of Italian
Rolando Romero
Associate Professor of Spanish, Latina/o Studies, Latin American literature/culture
Emanuel Rota
Assistant Professor of Italian
Robert Rushing
Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative and World Literature
Eleonora Stoppino
Assistant Professor of Italian
Joyce Tolliver
Associate Professor of Spanish, Spanish Literature/Culture
Luciano Tosta
Assistant Professor of Brazilian Literature & Culture
Melanie Waters
Director of Introductory Spanish Language (SPAN 122 and 103), Coordinator of SPAN 122
John Wilcox
Professor of Spanish, Spanish Literature/Culture

Afiliated Faculty

R. Jovita Baber, Assistant Professor, History

Rakesh Bhatt, Associate Professor, Linguistics

Corina Girju, Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Robert La France, Krannert Art Museum

Elizabeth Lowe, The Center for Translation Studies

Areli Marina, Assistant Professor, Architectural History

Heather Hyde Minor, Assistant Professor, Art & Design (Architecture)

Vernon Minor, Visiting Adjunct Professor/Research Scholar, Art & Design

Michael Palencia-Roth, Emeritus Professor of Comparative and World Literature

Ryan Shosted, Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Oscar Vázquez, Associate Professor, Art & Design