Tags: Spanish


Ningxian Li

I am a PHD candidate in Hispanic linguistics. The topic of my dissertation is about predicate fronting in Spanish and Chinese. My areas of interest include left periphery structure in Chinese and Spanish, the syntax and pragmatics of predicate fronting, precedural meaning, and argument structure in Chinese. In my spare time, I like trying new recipes. I love yarns and fabric. I enjoy making blankets and sweaters. I served as a Chinese instructor…


Angela Blash


Rachel Denae Harris


Patricia Padilla Diaz


Caitlin Samples

Caitlin E. Samples is a PhD candidate in Hispanic linguistics. Broadly, she is interested in morphosyntax and semantics, specifically, as they pertain to second and heritage language acquisition, linguistic theory, and language variation. Other interests include applied linguistics, L2 pedagogy, and language change. Her dissertation analyzes how learners of English and Spanish acquire possessive structures at the interfaces among…


Stacey Dolgin Casado

Stacey Dolgin Casado is a Professor of Spanish, specializing in modern and contemporary Spanish literature and culture.  Her research interests include:  the Spanish Novel from the Civil War to the Present; Jungian theory applied to the study of the novel; Postmodernism and its literary and cultural manifestations; the XIXth Century Spanish Realist and Naturalist Novels; and the novel as genre.  She is the author of two…


Milvet Alonso

  Ph.D., Hispanic Studies, University of California, Riverside, 2004 My research deals with the field of cultural studies applied to Mexican Indigenous literatures, film, and performances in which traditions of indigenous origins in Mexico and current political figures are interwoven, and with the connections between contemporary literature and Mexican culture and political life. My articles have been published in well-respected, refereed…


Mark Anderson

I specialize in contemporary Latin American literatures and cultures, with a focus on Mexican narrative. I teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses ranging from general surveys of Spanish American literature and cultural trends to specialized courses on contemporary Mexican cultural topics, ecocriticism, and disaster studies. Most of my research focuses on the cultural processes of modernity in Latin America, touching on topics…


Maria Mizzi

I teach several undergraduate courses on Spanish Language and Literature. My teaching methods aim to reinforce the use of both oral and written Spanish through practice and class discussions. It is also one of my goals to spark the student’s interest in the culture of Spain through the study of its literature and history. Starting from an interest in the field of the literary studies, both the theoretical approach and literary history, my…


Lesley Feracho

Dr. Lesley Feracho is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and the Institute of African-American Studies. Dr. Feracho specializes in contemporary Latin American narrative and in particular women's narrative of the Caribbean, as well as Afro-Latin American narrative and poetry. Her current research involves cross-cultural literary texts (in both narrative and poetry) of women writers of African descent from the Americas (…
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