2012 Faculty & Staff

Spanish School - Vermont Director:

Jacobo Sefamí

Professor, University of California, Irvine PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Assistant Director (Graduate Studies):

Antonio Carreño

Professor Emeritus, Brown University PhD, Yale University

Assistant Director (Undergraduate Studies and Non-Academic Issues):

Manel Lacorte

Associate Professor, University of Maryland PhD, University of Edinburgh

Faculty – Vermont

Francisco Álvarez Diaz Professor, Conservatorio Superior de Música de Granada.

Master of Music, Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX.

Malena Barreiro Armstrong

Instructor, Cervantes Institute in Munich DML, Middlebury College

Teresa Bordón Professor of Spanish Linguistics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Carlos Cabrera Morales

Associate Professor, Universidad de Salamanca PhD, Universidad de Salamanca

Juan Camacho SUNY Instituto Internacional, Madrid

Licenciatura, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Ricardo Chávez Castañeda

Visiting Professor, Middlebury College MA, New Mexico State University

Emily Colbert Cairns Assistant Professor, Salve Regina University

PhD, University of California-Irvine

Jorge Cubillos Associate Professor, University of Delaware

PhD, Penn State University

Carmen de la Guardia-Herrero

Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Bibiana Díaz PhD Candidate, University of California-Irvine

Peter Elmore Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder

PhD, University of Texas-Austin

Eduardo Espina Professor, Texas A&M University

PhD, Washington University

Mercedes Fernández Isla

Professor, Middlebury College, Madrid PhD, Boston University

Mariano Gómez Aranda Professor, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid

PhD, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Jose Gomez Asencio Professor, Universidad de Salamanca

PhD, Universidad de Salamanca

Manuel González de la Aleja Barberán

Professor, Universidad de Salamanca

PhD, Universidad de Salamanca

Aníbal González Peréz

Professor, Yale University

PhD, Yale University

Carl Good

PhD, University of California-Irvine

Rocío Gordon

PhD Candidate, University of Maryland

Visiting Instructor, Lafayette College

Mariluz Gutiérrez Araus

Professor, Middlebury College, Madrid PhD, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Nalei Gúzman

Instructor, University of California-Irvine

MA, University of California-Irvine

Esther Hernández

Instructor, Claremont McKenna College MA, University of the Arts in Havana

Jose Luis Herrero Ingelmo

Professor, Universidad de Salamanca

PhD, Universidad de Salamanca

Christina Isabelli Professor, Illinois Wesleyan

PhD, University of Texas-Austin

Norohella Isabel Huerta Flores

Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

MA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Jorge Jiménez

Universidad Europea de Madrid MA, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid

Tamara Kamenszain Professor, NYU- Universidad de Buenos Aires

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Francisco Layna Ranz

Professor, Middlebury Program, Madrid PhD, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Dolores Lima Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America

PhD, University of Maryland

Alicia Lorenzo García

Lecturer, Vanderbilt University

MA, Universidad de Valladolid

Arturo Marquez Gomez

PhD Candidate, Brown University

Visiting Instructor, Gettysburg College

Priscilla Meléndez

Visiting Professor, Trinity College

PhD, Cornell University

Maria Verónica Muñoz PhD, University of Maryland

Luis Ortiz

Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

PhD, University of New Mexico

Sara Poot-Herrera

Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara

PhD, El Colegio de México

Giannina Reyes-Giardiello

PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rafael Rojas Gutierrez

Professor, Centro de Investigacion y Direccion Economicas (CIDE)

PhD, El Colegio de México

Raquel Roman Morfin

Instructor, University of California, Irvine

PhD Candidate, University of California-Irvine

Fanny Roncal Ramírez

Instructor, University of Iowa

Assistant Professor, Concordia College

Jorge Ruffinelli Professor, Stanford University

PhD, University of Uruguay

Patricia Saldarriaga Professor, Middlebury College

PhD, University of Washington

Marta Sánchez Millán

Instructor, Middlebury College, Madrid Licenciatura, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Rafael Sanchez Sarmiento Professor, Universidad de Salamanca

PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Lena Santillana Assistant to the Director, Middlebury College, Madrid

MA, Middlebury College

Ana María J. Wiseman

Dean of International Programs, Wofford College

DML, Middlebury College

Administrative Staff

Audrey LaRock

Spanish School Graduate Coordinator (Six-week Program)

Barbara Walter

Spanish School Coordinator (Seven-week Program)

BA, University of Missouri-Columbia

Summer Staff

Laura Cabrera-Rodriguez, Bilingual Office Intern

Diplomatura, Universidad de Salamanca

Joseph Casillas, Bilingual Sports Assistant

Graduate Student, University of Arizona

M.A., Middlebury College Spanish School

Chiara Donà, Linguistic Assistant

FES Ascatlán, UNAM, Mexico

Edna Echevarria, Linguistic Assistant

Linguistic Assistant, IES Fray Luis de León

DML, Middlebury College

Carmen Granda, Bilingual Theater Assistant

PhD Candidate, Brown University

M.A., Middlebury College Spanish School

Andrés Peralta, Bilingual Technical Assistant

Diploma, Arte 7

Andrea Ruy Sánchez, Bilingual Graphic Design Assistant BA, ITAM

Luis Martín Solís Reynoso, Theater Director

Independent Theater Director, Mexico City

Erika Torres Polanco, Dance Director

Choreographer, Mexico City

Secondary Licenciatura, Instituto Tecnologico de Merida

Spanish School - Middlebury at Mills

Associate Director (Middlebury at Mills):

Robert Davis

Associate Professor, University of Oregon.

PhD, University of North Carolina

Faculty - Middlebury at Mills

Milvet Alonso

Professor, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Querétaro

PhD, University of California-Riverside

Silvia Amigo Silvestre

Instructor, Cornell University

MA, University of Oregon

Carmen Carballo Sanchiz

Instructor, Middlebury Program, Madrid Licenciatura, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Adrianna Delgadillo

Visiting Instructor, Willamette University

MA, University of Oregon

Margarita Muñoz Piña

Instructor, University of Virginia-Charlottesville

MEd, Universidad de Salamanca

Erika Nava

Instructor, Clark College MA, University of Oregon

Kim Potowski

Associate Professor, University of Illinois-Chicago

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Heather Quarles

Instructor, University of Oregon MA, University of Oregon

Marda Rose

Instructor, Indiana University

PhD Candidate, Indiana University

Carmen Serrano

Visiting Instructor, Bates College PhD, University of California, Irvine

Administrative Staff

Barbara Walter Spanish School Coordinator (Seven-week Program)

Summer Staff Hugo Nava-Sánchez, Bilingual Technical and Artistic Assistant

Erin Gallo, Bilingual Assistant

PhD Candidate, University of Oregon

Faculty – Buenos Aires, Argentina

On-Site Director (Graduate Studies):

Liria Evangelista

Middlebury College in Buenos Aires

Associate Professor, Universidad de Belgrano

PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Susana Brauner

Professor, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) and Universidad Nacional Tres

de Febrero (UNTREF)

PhD, Universidad del Salvador

Álvaro Fernández

Assistant Professor, Queens College, Queens, NY

PhD, State University of New York-Stony Brook

Jose Kozer

Independent poet and author

PhD, Queens College

Eva Nuñez-Mendez

Associate Professor, Portland State University, OR

PhD, Universidad de Salamanca

David Oubiña

Professor, University of Buenos Aires, University of Cinema and New York University

PhD, Universidad of Buenos Aires

Veronica Perera

Assistant Professor, State University of New York-Purchase

PhD, New School for Social Research, New York City

Haralambos Symeonidis

Professor, University of Kentucky

PhD, University of Muenster, Germany

Administrative Staff Audrey LaRock

Spanish School Graduate Coordinator (Six-week Program)