Faculty Profiles

María Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles
Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of The Americas Initiative
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

Leslie Arboleda
Senior Instructor of Spanish M.A.,
Florida Atlantic University

Mauricio Almonte
University Instructor of Spanish
M.A., Bowling Green State University; C.Phil., Vanderbilt University

Prisca Augustyn
Professor of German and Linguistics
Program Head, German
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Eric L. Berlatsky
Interim Chair
University of Maryland, College Park
Ph. D. in English Literature

Géraldine Blattner
Professor of French and Linguistics
Coordinator, French Basic Language Program
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Julia Brown
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Carla Calargé
Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Ph.D., The University of Iowa

Yolanda Gamboa
Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Purdue University

Nuria Godón-Martínez
Associate Professor of Spanish
Program Head, Spanish
Ph.D., The University of Colorado at Boulder

Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilín
Professor of Spanish and Caribbean Literature
University Honors Coordinator
Ph.D., Yale University

Michael David Hamilton
Associate Chair 
Program Head for Linguistics & Director of the ESL Studies Certificate 
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D., McGill University

Lina Henao
Senior Instructor of Spanish
M.A., Florida Atlantic University

Michael J. Horswell
Dean of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Viktor Kharlamov
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Director of Graduate Studies 
Ph.D., University of Ottawa

Kristen Lindbeck
Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
Ph.D., Jewish Theological Seminary

Julissa Mansilla-Bjalme 
University Instructor of Spanish
M.A., Florida Atlantic University

Martha Mendoza
Professor of Linguistics and Spanish
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Emanuele Pettener
Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies; Writer-in-Residence
Ph.D., Comparative Studies, Florida Atlantic University

Rosemary Rahill
Senior Instructor of French
Coordinator, French Online Minor
M.A.T., Florida Atlantic University

Michael Rapoport
Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Director, Arabic Studies Program
Ph.D., Yale University

Ramona Rendon
University Instructor of Spanish
Coordinator, Spanish Online Minor
M.A., Florida Atlantic University; C.Phil., Florida International University

Romain Rivaux
Senior Instructor of French and Linguistics
Director, Continuing Education Language Program
Ph.D., University François-Rabelais, Tours, France

Roberto A. Rodríguez Acevedo
Instructor of Spanish
M.A. - Latin American & Peninsular Literature, University of Central Florida (2021)
B.A. - Spanish Literature - Certificate in Translation and Interpretation,
University of Central Florida (2019)

Ilaria Serra
Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies
Director, Italian Studies Program
"Laurea," University of Venice Ca' Foscari; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

Sumiko Uo
Senior Instructor of Japanese
M.A., New York University

Justin White
Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Director of the Spanish Basic Language Program 
Ph.D., Florida State University

Myriam Swennen Ruthenberg
Professor Emerita of Italian and Comparative Literature
Ph.D., New York University

Nancy Poulson
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Former Director, Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Marcella Munson
(Retired) Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles