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Program Head

  • Jeff Barnett
    Professor of Spanish
    Tucker 313
    (540) 458-8950
    barnettj@wlu.edu

    Interim Chair 2012-2013

    Latin American Narrative and Cultural Studies, with regional emphasis on Mexican, Central American, and Pan-Caribbean cultures.

    Professional Website

Core Faculty

  • Mónica Botta
    Associate Professor of Spanish
    Tucker 317
    (540) 458-8297
    bottam@wlu.edu

    Latin American Theater, emphasis on the transmission of history and memory in the theater of the Southern Cone. Human rights and post-dictatorial literatures and, Staging in the Academe.
  • Tyler Dickovick
    Associate Professor of Politics
    Huntley 311
    (540) 458-8174
    dickovickt@wlu.edu

    Professional Website | Curriculum Vitae
  • Matthew Gildner
    Assistant Professor of History
    Newcomb 223
    (540) 458-8772
    gildnerm@wlu.edu

    Teaching: Colonial Latin America, Modern Latin America, U.S.-Latin America Relations
  • Jonathan Eastwood
    Associate Professor of Sociology
    Newcomb 225
    540-458-8777
    eastwoodj@wlu.edu

    Research Interests: nationalism and national identity (with a particular focus on Latin American cases); sociology of religion; sociology of literature; Venezuelan politics and society
  • Andrea Lepage
    Assistant Professor of Art History
    Wilson Hall 3014
    (540) 458-8305
    lepagea@wlu.edu
  • Ellen Mayock
    Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish
    Tucker 206
    (540) 458-8816
    mayocke@wlu.edu

    Interim Program Head, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (2012-2013)

    The Novel in Spain and Latin America; Literary Naturalism: Women Writers of Spain, Latin America, and the U.S.; Feminist Theory; Immigrant Populations in the U.S.

    Professional Website | Curriculum Vitae

Affiliate Faculty