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Faculty

As a reflection of our research, our teaching is strongly based on an interdisciplinary approach to the topics we cover in the classroom. We bring our own research to the classroom as a way to challenge students and have them challenge us as well.

Patricio Boyer

  • E. Craig Wall, Jr., Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Humanities Program | Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
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Brandon Cannon

  • Lecturer | Lower-Division Language Program Coordinator

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Spanish Education
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Computer Assisted Language Learning
Brandon Cannon

Rosalba Esparragoza

  • Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
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Melissa González

  • Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer | Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies | Core Faculty in Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Latin American Studies | Resident Director of Davidson in Cádiz ʳɫ¹ÙÍø˜24
Melissa Gonzalez

Abril Jimenez

  • Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies | Director of Self Instructional Language Program
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Kyra Kietrys

  • Chair & Professor of Hispanic Studies | Vice Chair of the Faculty, pro tem | Director of Davidson in Madrid

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Literature and Culture of Contemporary Spain
  • Literary Translation
  • Memory Studies
  • Pedagogy
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Magdalena Maiz-Pena

  • Professor of Hispanic Studies
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Mili Paredes

  • Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
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Luis Peña

  • Professor of Hispanic Studies
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Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez

  • Professor of Hispanic Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Iberian Medieval Studies (Visual and Textual Cultures)
  • Pilgrimage Studies
  • Southern Studies (Spain)
  • Linguistics
  • Material Culture
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Lola Santamaria

  • Lecturer in Hispanic Studies | Resident Director of Davidson in Madrid ʳɫ¹ÙÍø˜23
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Ibis Sierra Audivert

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies | Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Queer Discourses and Practices
  • Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Diasporas
  • Latin American Visual Culture
  • Afro-latinidades and Black and Latina Feminisms
  • Dictatorships in the Americas

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Will Travers

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • L3 acquisition
  • Metalinguistic awareness
  • Multilingualism
  • Crosslinguistic influence
  • Linguistic abilities of heritage speakers
Will Travers

Angela Willis

  • Assistant Dean for Educational Policy | Professor of Hispanic Studies and Latin American Studies
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Staff

Vanessa Victor

  • Departmental Coordinator
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