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Spanish Faculty

Pilar Alcalde
Associate Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 1998

    B.A. (1988), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    M.A. (1994), The University of Southern California
    Ph.D. (1999), The University of Southern California

Areas of Interest: Spanish Golden Age Literature, Early Modern Spanish Women Writers, Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature, Pedagogy

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Jones Hall Room 201F
901-678-3152

Vania Barraza Toledo
Assistant Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2008

    B.A. (1998), Universidad Austral de Chile
    M.A. (2000), The Catholic University of America
    Ph.D. (2005), The University of Arizona

Areas of Interest: Latin American Literature, Women's Writing, Hispanic Cinema, Cultural Studies

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Jones Hall Room 201A
901-678-4207

Dora Berry
Instructor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2007

M.A. (1981), Facultade Paulistina de Ciencias e Letras, Sao Paolo, Brazil
M.A. (2000), The University of Memphis

Jones Hall Room 217
901-678-3147

Fernando Burgos
Professor of Spanish
Director of Graduate Studies
The University of Memphis - 1981

B.A. (1970), Universidad de Chile
Ph.D. (1981), The University of Florida

Areas of Interest: Nineteenth- & Twentieth-Century Spanish American Narrative

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Jones Hall Room 201C
901-678-3158

Sara Cepeda
Instructor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2006

B.A. (2002), The University of Memphis
M.A. (2004), The University of Memphis

Jones Hall Room 201G
901-678-3156

Diana Ruggiero
Assistant Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2012

    B.A. (2002) The Ohio State University
    M.A. (2004), The Ohio State University
    Ph.D. (2010), The Ohio State University

Areas of Interest: CSL: Community based learning, Spanish for the professions, Second Language acquisition and Hybrid Spanish (metacognition and communicative approach), Latinos in the US. Immigration issues, Afro-Ecuadorian folkloric musical practices and the politics of place, Interdisciplinary approaches to Latin-American popular culture: visual anthropology, ethnography, documentary film, reading, and music, Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture

Jones Hall Room 221
901-678-2509

Inmaculada Gómez-Soler
Assistant Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2012

B.A. (2006) Universidad de Sevilla
M.A. (2009)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D. (2012) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of Interest: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, Hispanic Linguistics, , Generative Grammar (syntax-semantics and syntax-pragmatics interface), Languages Across the Curriculum, Heritage Speaker Acquisition

Jones Hall Room 201G
901-678-1381

Jennifer Lynn Johnston
Instructor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2005

    B.A. (1993), University of Florida
    M.A.(2001), University of Memphis

Jones Hall Room 201I
901-678-3156

Dustin Williams
Instructor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2012

B.A. (2008) University of North Alabama
M.A. (2011) Louisiana State University

Areas of Interest: Second Language Aquisition, Historical Linguistics, and Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Jones Hall Room 219
901-678-2508

Fatima Nogueira
Assistant Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2005

    B.A. (1977), Universidade Catolica de Campinas
    M.A. (2000), The University of Memphis
    Ph.D. (2007), Vanderbilt University

Areas of Interest: Latin American Literature, Latin American Studies, Brazilian Cinema, Latin American Women Writers

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Jones Hall Room 201B
901-678-3047

I ván Ortega-Santos
Assistant Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2008

   B.A. (1999), Universidad de Deusto
   M.A. (2003), University of Arizona
   Ph.D. (2008), University of Maryland at College Park

Areas of Interest: Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Generative Grammar, Applied Linguistics

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Jones Hall Room 219
901-678-3153

Romar F. Rodriguez-Leon
Instructor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2009

    B.A. (1995), Universidad Santa Maria, Venezuela
    M.A. (2008), The University of Memphis

Jones Hall Room 201J
901-678-3147

R. Clay Tanner
Instructor of Spanish
Director of Language Media Center
The University of Memphis - 1997

    B.A. (1985), Baker University
    M.A. (1988), The University of Iowa
    A.B.D., The University of Iowa

Jones Hall 220A
901-678-3157

Francisco Vivar
Professor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 1996

    B.A. (1979), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    M.A. (1990), California State U., Los Angeles
    Ph.D. (1993), University of California, Los Angeles

Areas of Interest: Golden Age, Cervantes, Quevedo, Spanish Cinema

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Jones Hall Room 201D
901-678-3151

Lindsey Aston

Instructor of Spanish
The University of Memphis - 2011

B.A. (2008), The University of Memphis
M.A. (2010), University of Memphis

Jones Hall Room 202B
901-678-3155

Isadora Belmonte

Instructor of Spanish
Undergraduate Advisor
The University of Memphis - 2012

B.A. (2000) Unifacs – Universidade Salvador (Brasil)
M.A. (2012) University of Memphis

Jones Hall Room 108H
901-678-4273

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Last Updated: 11/13/12