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Faculty

Chair

Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles            
Professor            
NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities (2021-2024)            
Historical Hispanic Linguistics; Mozarabic; Al-Andalus; Language Change and Contact            
Office: Centennial 214B           
Phone: 512.245.7271            
E-mail: yb10@txstate.edu

 

French Faculty

Dr. Jennifer Forrest. Ph.D., Yale University            
Professor            
Division Coordinator            
19th-Century French Literature; 19th-Century Circus Culture; Film Studies            
Office: Centennial 219            
Phone: 512.245.2493            
E-mail: jf05@txstate.edu

Dr. Peter Golato. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Professor            
French Linguistics; Applied Linguistics            
Office: Centennial 132            
Phone: 512.245.3070            
Email: pgolato@txstate.edu

Dr. Carole Martin. Ph.D., New York University            
Professor            
18th-Century French Literature; Cinema Studies            
Office: Centennial 224E            
Phone: 512.245.2489            
E-mail: cm25@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Mª Luisa Gómez-Ivanov. Ph.D., Boston College            
Senior Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 130            
Phone: 512.245.2488            
E-mail: mg91@txstate.edu

Dr. Moira Di Mauro-Jackson. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Senior Lecturer            
Late 19th- and 20th-Century French and Italian Literature; Comparative Literature; Italian            
Office: Centennial 150            
Phone: 512.245.1352            
E-mail: md11@txstate.edu

Dr. Gyongyi Pisak. Ph.D., Emory University            
Senior Lecturer            
19th-Century Comparative Literature (French, Russian and American); Translation            
Office: Centennial 123            
Phone: 512.245.2491            
Email: g_p55@txstate.edu

 

Ms. Claire Talarczyk. M.A., Université Rennes 2 
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial Hall 136            
E-mail: zkt28@txstate.edu

 

German Faculty

Dr. Dona Reeves-Marquardt. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Professor Emeritus            
Medieval German Language and Literature; Germans from Russia Studies; German-Americana            
E-mail: dr03@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Valentina Glajar. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Professor            
ACLS Fellow            
Division Coordinator            
Post-1945 German, Eastern, and Central European Studies            
Office: Centennial 224H            
Phone: 512.245.3073            
E-mail: glajar@txstate.edu

Dr. Andrea Golato. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Dean of the Graduate College            
Professor            
German Applied Linguistics, Conversation Analysis            
Office: JC Kellam 280            
Phone: 512.245.2581            
E-mail: agolato@txstate.edu

Dr. Lisa Haegele. Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis            
Associate Professor            
Interim Fulbright Program Adviser            
20th- and 21st-Century German and Austrian Cinema; the Sixties in Art, Literature, and Film; Comparative Studies            
Office: Centennial 146            
Phone: 512.245.6250            
E-mail: haegele@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Michael Conner. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Senior Lecturer            
Webmaster and University Calendar Manager, World Languages and Literatures            
19th- and 20th-Century German and Austrian Literature; Pedagogy            
Office: Centennial 224D          
Phone: 512.245.7494            
E-mail: conner@txstate.edu

Dr. Ewa Siwak. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Senior Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 119            
Phone: 512.245.7285            
E-mail: ewasiwak@txstate.edu

 

Ms. Kayla Hill. M.A., University of New Mexico            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 131            
Phone: 512.245.7927            
E-mail: kah214@txstate.edu

 

Italian Faculty

Dr. Moira Di Mauro-Jackson. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Senior Lecturer            
Late 19th- and 20th-Century French and Italian Literature; Comparative Literature; Italian            
Office: Centennial 150            
Phone: 512.245.1352            
E-mail: md11@txstate.edu

 

Japanese Faculty

Dr. Seth Jacobowitz. Ph.D., Cornell University            
Assistant Professor            
Office: Centennial 148            
Phone: 512.245.2360            
E-mail: sethjacobowitz@txstate.edu

Dr. Mayumi Moriuchi. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
TSUS Regents' Teacher            
Senior Lecturer            
Division Coordinator            
Office: Centennial 127            
Phone: 512.245.1347            
E-mail: mm18@txstate.edu

 

Ms. Emiko Miyagawa Linville. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 151            
Phone: 512.245.1353            
E-mail: el1049@txstate.edu

 

Spanish Faculty

Dr. James J. Champion. Ph.D., University of Michigan            
Professor Emeritus            
Spanish Linguistics            
Office: Centennial 118            
Phone: 512.245.2488            
E-mail: jc04@txstate.edu

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

Dr. Miriam Balboa Echeverría. Ph.D., University of Washington            
Professor Emerita            
Presidential Distinction Scholar            
Honorary Professor of International Studies            
Women's Studies; Latin American Literature; Modern Spanish Literature            
E-mail: me01@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles            
Professor          
Department Chair          
NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities (2021-2024)            
Historical Hispanic Linguistics; Mozarabic; Al-Andalus; Language Change and Contact            
Office: Centennial 214B           
Phone: 512.245.7271            
E-mail: yb10@txstate.edu

Dr. Agustín Cuadrado. Ph.D., University of Arizona            
Professor            
Spanish Graduate Advisor            
Contemporary Spanish Narrative; Spanish Cinema; Literary and Cinematic Theory            
Office: Centennial 224D            
Phone: 512.245.2254            
E-mail: ac41@txstate.edu

Dr. Lucy Harney. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin            
Professor of Spanish and Liberal Arts Associate Dean            
Professional Spanish Internship Coordinator            
Office: Centennial 224G           
Phone: 512.245.2360            
E-mail: harney@txstate.edu

Dr. Luis Intersimone. Ph.D., Rutgers University            
Professor            
19th- and 20th-Century Latin American Literature            
Office: Centennial 133            
Phone: 512.245.1416            
E-mail: li12@txstate.edu

Dr. Catherine Jaffe. Ph.D., University of Chicago            
Professor          
Division Coordinator        
18th-20th Century Spanish and Comparative Literature; Gender and Reading            
Office: Centennial 145            
Phone: 512.245.2492            
E-mail: cj10@txstate.edu

Dr. Sergio Martínez. Ph.D., University of Arizona            
Professor            
Associate Chair      
Academic Program Director, Quito, Ecuador            
Mexican and Mexican-American Literature            
Office: Centennial 222            
Phone: 512.245.3071            
E-mail: sm55@txstate.edu

Dr. J. Yuri Porras. Ph.D., Ohio State University            
Professor            
Spanish Literature and Theater of the Golden Age; Spanish Culture; Zarzuela            
Office: Centennial 152            
Phone: 512.245.2466            
E-mail: porras@txstate.edu

Dr. Sharon Ugalde. Ph.D., Stanford University            
University Distinguished Professor            
20th- and 21st-Century Poetry of Spain; Gender Studies            
Office: Centennial 141            
Phone: 512.245.3072            
E-mail: su01@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Carlos Abreu Mendoza. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill            
Associate Professor            
Modern Latin American literature            
Office: Centennial 137            
Phone: 512.245.1983            
E-mail: cam366@txstate.edu

Dr. Antonio Gragera. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts            
Associate Professor            
Second Language Acquisition; Computer Assisted Language Learning            
Office: Centennial 125            
Phone: 512.245.2494            
E-mail: ag20@txstate.edu

Dr. Matthew Juge. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley            
Associate Professor            
Linguistics, Historical Morphology and Semantics            
Office: Centennial 122            
Phone: 512.245.7724            
E-mail: mj13@txstate.edu

Dr. Blake Locklin. Ph.D., Cornell University            
Associate Professor            
20th-Century Spanish American Literature; Comparative Literature            
Office: Centennial 142            
Phone: 512.245.1350            
E-mail: blocklin@txstate.edu

Dr. David Navarro. Ph.D., Western University (London, Ontario, Canada)            
Associate Professor            
Medieval Iberian Literature            
Office: Centennial 134            
Phone: 512.245.3070            
E-mail: davidnavarro@txstate.edu

Dr. Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins. Ph.D., University of Miami            
Associate Professor            
Undergraduate Spanish Advisor            
20th- and 21st-Century Latin American narrative; Theatre; Performance            
Office: Centennial 144            
Phone: 512.245.2490            
E-mail: agperkins@txstate.edu

Dr. María de las Nieves Pujalte. Ph.D., Ohio State University            
Associate Professor            
Coordinator of Second-Year Spanish            
18th- and 19th-Century Spanish Literature            
Office: Centennial 138            
Phone: 512.245.3069            
E-mail: mp42@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Beth Bernstein. Ph.D., University of New Mexico            
Senior Lecturer            
17th- and 20th-Century Peninsular Theater            
Office: Centennial 135            
Phone: 512.245.2079            
E-Mail: bethb@txstate.edu

Ms. María Diocares. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos            
Senior Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 224C            
Phone: 512.245.2486            
E-mail: md27@txstate.edu

Dr. Margaret Dunaway. Ph.D., Harvard University   
Senior Lecturer   
Office: Centennial 114   
Phone: 512.245.2360   
E-mail: md43@txstate.edu

Dr. Susana Villanueva Eguia Lis. Ph.D., Texas Tech University            
Senior Lecturer            
Mexican and Chicano literature; Latin American women writers; Modernist poetry; contemporary Maya writers of the Yucatan peninsula; Caribbean literature            
Office: Centennial 129            
Phone: 512.245.2488            
E-mail: slis@txstate.edu

Ms. Alba Melgar. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos            
Senior Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 153            
Phone: 512.245.1354            
E-mail: am39@txstate.edu

Dr. Lupita Limage-Montesinos. Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin            
Senior Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 120            
Phone: 512.245.8608            
E-mail: ll27@txstate.edu

Ms. Gloria Velásquez. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos            
Senior Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 149            
Phone: 512.245.1354            
E-mail: gv11@txstate.edu

Ms. Carolina Wilson. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos            
Senior Lecturer          
First-Year Spanish Coordinator             
Office: Centennial 129            
Phone: 512.245.6267            
E-mail: cw50@txstate.edu

 

Mr. Antonio Alfau. M.A., University of Texas at Austin            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 128            
Phone: 512.245.2496            
E-mail: aa35@txstate.edu

Dr. Leah Arreguin. Ph.D., University of Arizona            
Lecturer            
E-mail: laa96@txstate.edu

Ms. Lauren Dungan. M.A., Texas State University            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 136            
Phone 512.245.2360            
E-mail: led81@txstate.edu

Mr. Wyatt Ince. M.A., Texas State University            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial Hall 116    
E-mail: wli2@txstate.edu

Ms. Cecilia McMahon. M.A., Texas State University    
Lecturer    
Office: Centennial Hall 224A    
E-mail: scm168@txstate.edu

Dr. Claire M. Parrish. Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin   
Lecturer   
E-mail: cm1605@txstate.edu

Mr. José Rivera. M.A., Texas State University            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial Hall 116            
Phone 512.245.2360            
E-mail: jrr162@txstate.edu

Ms. Luann Williams. M.A., Texas State University            
Lecturer            
Office: Centennial 151            
E-mail: lw1255@txstate.edu

 

American Sign Language Faculty

Mr. James Gardner. M.A., Gallaudet University            
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 116            
E-mail: jgardner@txstate.edu

Mr. Corey Gember. M.S., McDaniel College            
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 116            
E-mail: cjg252@txstate.edu

Ms. Jill Kowalsky, M.A., American University            
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 118            
Phone: 512.245.5149            
E-mail: jk55@txstate.edu

 

Arabic Faculty

Ms. Noha Mohama-Akkari. MSIS, Texas State University            
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 124            
Phone: 512.245.2496            
E-mail: nm22@txstate.edu

 

Chinese Faculty

Ms. Li Yu. M.A., Sichuan University 
Chinese Language & Literature, Teaching Chinese as a Second-Language 
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 124            
Phone: 512.245.1353            
E-mail: fws30@txstate.edu

 

Latin Faculty

Dr. Matthew Juge. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley            
Associate Professor            
Office: Centennial 122            
Phone: 512.245.7724            
E-mail: mj13@txstate.edu

 

Portuguese Faculty

Dr. Lydia Marques. Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin            
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 126            
E-mail: lm16@txstate.edu

 

Russian Faculty

Ms. Anastasia Maltseva. M.A., Altai State University (Russia)            
Extension Educator            
Office: Centennial 123            
Phone: 512.245.2491            
E-mail: a_m1664@txstate.edu