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