Texas State University
 
Department of Modern Languages
Centennial Hall, Rm 214
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666

Dr. Robert Fischer, Chair
Ph: (512) 245-2360
Fax: (512) 245-8298
info@modlang.txstate.edu
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Chair

Dr. Robert A. Fischer. Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Professor
Professor of French
Executive Editor, CALICO

 

Spanish Faculty

Dr. James J. Champion. Ph.D., University of Michigan
Professor Emeritus
Spanish Linguistics

Dr. Roberto Galván. Ph.D., Tulane University
Professor Emeritus
Spanish Linguistics

 

Dr. Miriam Balboa Echeverría. Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor
Women¹s Studies; Latin American Literature; Modern Spanish Literature

Dr. Catherine Jaffe. Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor
Graduate Advisor
18th-20th Century Spanish and Comparative Literature; Gender and Reading

Dr. Sharon Ugalde. Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor
Section Coordinator
20th- and 21st-Century Poetry of Spain; Gender Studies

 

Dr. Antonio Gragera. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Associate Professor
First Year Section Coordinator
Second Language Acquisition; Computer Assisted Language Learning

Dr. Lucy Harney. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor
19th- and 20th-Century Hispanic Literature and Culture; Business Spanish

Dr. Blake Locklin. Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor
20th-Century Spanish American Literature; Comparative Literature

 

Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor
Historical Hispanic Linguistics; Mozarabic; Al-Andalus; Language Change and Contact

Dr. Matthew Juge. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor
Linguistics, Historical Morphology and Semantics

Dr. Sergio Martínez. Ph.D., University of Arizona
Assistant Professor
19th- and 20th-Century Spanish-American Literature

Dr. George Yuri Porras. Ph.D., Ohio State University
Assistant Professor
Spanish Literature and Theater of the Golden Age; Spanish Culture; Zarzuela

Dr. Tanya Weimer. Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor
Contemporary Caribbean, Mexican and Latino Film and Narrative; Diaspora Studies

 

Ms. María Diocares. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer

Dr. Lupita Limage-Montesinos. Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer

Alberto Méndez. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Mexican Cinema

Ms. Jo Ann Perro. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer

Dr. María de las Nieves Pujalte. Ph.D., Ohio State University
Senior Lecturer
18th- and 19th-century Literature of Spain

Mr. Armando Valtierra. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer

 

Mr. Antonio Alfau. M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer

Ms. Karolina Aznar-Lantermann. M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lecturer

Mr. Daniel P. Frouman. M.A., Texas State University - San Marcos
Lecturer

Dr. Ane Gamechocoicoechea-Llopis. Ph.D., University of Valladolid
Lecturer

Ms. Albertina Law. M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer

Ms. Alba Melgar. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer

Dr. Rocío Ocón-Garrido. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer

Ms. Cecilia Tocaimaza-Hatch. M.A., Brigham Young University
Lecturer

Ms. Gloria Velásquez. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer

Ms. Emily Zarria. M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer

 

French Faculty

Dr. Robert A. Fischer. Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Professor
Chair
Executive Editor, CALICO

 

Dr. Jennifer Forrest. Ph.D., Yale University
Professor
Section Coordinator
19th-Century French Literature; 19th-Century Circus Culture; Film Studies

 

Dr. Carole Martin. Ph.D., New York University
Associate Professor
18th-Century French Literature; Cinema Studies

 

Ms. Moira Di Mauro-Jackson. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Website Design & Maintenance
Late 19th- and 20th-Century French and Italian Literature; Italian through Extension

 

German Faculty

Dr. Louis Brister. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Professor Emeritus
German Literature; German Presence in Mexico

Dr. Dona Reeves-Marquardt. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Professor Emeritus
Medieval German Language and Literature; Germans from Russia Studies; German-Americana

 

Dr. Valentina Glajar. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor
Section Coordinator
Post-1945 German, Eastern, and Central European Studies

 

Dr. Ulrich Bach. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor
Late 19th- and early 20th-Century Austrian and German Literature; History of the Book & Emigration; Post-War German Cinema.

 

Dr. Michael Conner. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
19th- and 20th-Century German and Austrian Literature; Pedagogy

Ms. Christine Schoen Wood. M.A., Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
Senior Lecturer
German Language and Culture in Fayette County, Texas

 

Japanese Faculty

Dr. Mayumi Moriuchi. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Section Coordinator