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Dept. of Modern Languages
Centennial Hall 214
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666

Dr. Robert Fischer, Chair
Phone: 512.245.2360
Fax: 512.245.8298
info@modlang.txstate.edu
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Faculty

Chair

Dr. Robert A. Fischer. PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Professor of French
Office: Centennial 214B
Phone: 512.245.2360
E-mail: rf02@txstate.edu

 

Chinese Faculty

Dr. Jennifer Ching-hui Hsiao. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer
Section Coordinator
Teaching Mandarin Chinese as a Foreign Language; Studies of Fangyan-speaking learners of Mandarin; Studies of Mandarin learners of heritage connections.
Office: Centennial 151
Phone: 512.245.1353
E-mail: ch64@txstate.edu

 

French Faculty

Dr. Robert A. Fischer. PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Professor
Chair
Executive Editor, CALICO
Office: Centennial 214B
Phone: 512.245.2360
E-mail: rf02@txstate.edu

Dr. Jennifer Forrest. PhD, Yale University
Professor
Section Coordinator
19th-Century French Literature; 19th-Century Circus Culture; Film Studies
Office: Centennial 152
Phone: 512.245.2493
E-mail: jf05@txstate.edu

Dr. Carole Martin. PhD, New York University
Professor
18th-Century French Literature; Cinema Studies
Office: Centennial 134
Phone: 512.245.2489
E-mail: cm25@txstate.edu

 

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

 

Ms. Elizabeth V. Mack. MA, University of Texas
Lecturer
18th-Century Libertine Literature; Business French
Office: Centennial 123
Phone: 512.245.2491
E-mail: em41@txstate.edu

 

German Faculty

Dr. Louis Brister. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Professor Emeritus
German Literature; German Presence in Mexico
E-mail: lb21@txstate.edu

Dr. Dona Reeves-Marquardt. PhD, 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. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor
Section Coordinator
Fulbright Program Adviser
Post-1945 German, Eastern, and Central European Studies
Office: Centennial 133
Phone: 512.245.3073
E-mail: vg10@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Ulrich Bach. PhD, 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
Office: Centennial 148
Phone: 512.245.7695
E-mail: ub10@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Michael Conner. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
First-Year German Coordinator
Website Design and Maintenance
19th- and 20th-Century German and Austrian Literature; Pedagogy
Office: Centennial 131
Phone: 512.245.7494
E-mail: conner@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Ewa Siwak. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer
University Mentor, Student Teachers
Office: Centennial 139
Phone: 512.245.7285
E-mail: ewasiwak@txstate.edu

 

Japanese Faculty

Dr. Mayumi Moriuchi. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Section Coordinator
Office: Centennial 124
Phone: 512.245.1347
E-mail: mm18@txstate.edu

 

Spanish Faculty

Dr. James J. Champion. PhD, University of Michigan
Professor Emeritus
Spanish Linguistics
Office: Centennial 145
Phone: 512.245.2488
E-mail: jc04@txstate.edu

Dr. Roberto Galván. PhD, Tulane University
Professor Emeritus
Spanish Linguistics

Dr. Miriam Balboa Echeverría. PhD, University of Washington
Professor
Women's Studies; Latin American Literature; Modern Spanish Literature
Office: Centennial 147
Phone: 512.245.2083
E-mail: me01@txstate.edu

Dr. Lucy Harney. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Professor
Associate Dean, Liberal Arts
19th- and 20th-Century Hispanic Literature and Culture; Business Spanish
Office: Centennial 127 / Flowers 313
Phone: 512.245.2490 / 512.245.9168
E-mail: harney@txstate.edu

Dr. Catherine Jaffe. PhD, University of Chicago
Professor
Graduate Advisor
18th-20th Century Spanish and Comparative Literature; Gender and Reading
Office: Centennial 142
Phone: 512.245.2492
E-mail: cj10@txstate.edu

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

 

Dr. Antonio Gragera. PhD, 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. PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Linguistics, Historical Morphology and Semantics
Office: Centennial 122
Phone: 512.245.7724
E-mail: mattjuge@txstate.edu

Dr. Blake Locklin. PhD, Cornell University
Associate Professor
20th-Century Spanish American Literature; Comparative Literature
Office: Centennial 138
Phone: 512.245.1350
E-mail: blocklin@txstate.edu

Dr. Sergio Martínez. PhD, University of Arizona
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Spanish Advisor
Co-Director, Letras Hispanas
19th- and 20th-Century Spanish-American Literature
Office: Centennial 146
Phone: 512.245.3071
E-mail: sm55@txstate.edu

Dr. George Yuri Porras. PhD, Ohio State University
Associate Professor
First Year Section Coordinator
Spanish Literature and Theater of the Golden Age; Spanish Culture; Zarzuela
Office: Centennial 137
Phone: 512.245.2466
E-mail: porras@txstate.edu

 

Dr. Heather Bamford. PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor
Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Literatures and Cultures; Manuscript Studies; Philosophy of History
Office: Centennial 118
Phone: 512.245.3070
E-mail: hbamford@txstate.edu

Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya. PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor
Historical Hispanic Linguistics; Mozarabic; Al-Andalus; Language Change and Contact
Office: Centennial 144
Phone: 512.245.7271
E-mail: yb10@txstate.edu

Dr. Agustín Cuadrado. PhD, University of Arizona
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Second-Year Spanish
Co-Director, Letras Hispanas
Contemporary Spanish Narrative; Spanish Cinema; Literary and Cinematic Theory
Office: Centennial 120
Phone: 512.245.2254
E-mail: ac41@txstate.edu

Dr. Luis Intersimone. PhD, Rutgers University
Assistant Professor
19th- and 20th-Century Latin American Literature
Office: Centennial 116
Phone: 512.245.1416
E-mail: li12@txstate.edu

Dr. María de las Nieves Pujalte. PhD, Ohio State University
Assistant Professor
18th- and 19th-century Spanish Literature
Office: Centennial 149
Phone: 512.245.3069
E-mail: mp42@txstate.edu

Dr. Tanya Weimer. PhD, Emory University
Assistant Professor
Contemporary Caribbean, Mexican and Latino Film and Narrative; Diaspora Studies
Office: Centennial 132
Phone: 512.245.3472
E-mail: tw22@txstate.edu

 

Ms. Ida Benavides. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 136
Phone: 512.245.8279
E-mail: ib14@txstate.edu

Ms. María Diocares. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 130
Phone: 512.245.2486
E-mail: md27@txstate.edu

Dr. Margaret Dunaway. PhD, Harvard University
Senior Lecturer
Assistant First-Year Coordinator
Office: Centennial 123
Phone: 512.245.2491
E-mail: md43@txstate.edu

Dr. Lupita Limage-Montesinos. Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 114
Phone: 512.245.8608
E-mail: ll27@txstate.edu

Ms. Jo Ann Perro. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 136
Phone: 512.245.8279
E-mail: jp46@txstate.edu

Ms. Gloria Velásquez. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 153
Phone: 512.245.1354
E-mail: gv11@txstate.edu

Ms. Emily Zarria. MA, University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 126
Phone: 512.245.2487
E-mail: ez11@txstate.edu

 

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

Ms. Rebecca Bowman. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 126
Phone: 512.245.2487
E-mail: rb59@txstate.edu

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

Ms. Melissa Jasso. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 129
Phone: 512.245.6267
E-mail: mj24@txstate.edu

Ms. Albertina Law. MA, University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 126
Phone: 512.245.2487
E-mail: al23@txstate.edu

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

Mr. Alberto Méndez. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer
Mexican Cinema
Office: Centennial 119
Phone: 512.245.1983
E-mail: am11@txstate.edu

Mr. Troy Newton. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 128
Phone: 512.245.2496
E-mail: tn1099@txstate.edu

Ms. Cecilia Tocaimaza-Hatch. MA, Brigham Young University
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 135
Phone: 512.245.2079
E-mail: ct22@txstate.edu

Ms. Carolina Wilson. MA, Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 129
Phone: 512.245.6267
E-mail: cw50@txstate.edu