Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Mohamed Kamara
Department Head and Professor of Romance Languages; Campus Muslim Student Advisor
- Tucker Hall 306
- Email: kamaram@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8475
Professor Kamara holds degrees in French, English and Secondary Education. He teaches French courses in the Department of Romance Languages and also teaches in the university’s Africana Studies Program. As faculty advisor to campus Muslim students and the W&L African Society, he is a member of the Religious Staff in the Office of Inclusion and Engagement.
Matthew Bailey
Professor of Romance Languages
- Tucker Hall 302
- Email: baileym@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8160
Bailey teaches Spanish language, culture and literature. His research interests include medieval Spanish literature and culture, and more specifically, medieval epic narrative.
Jeff Barnett
S. Blount Mason Jr. Professor of Spanish
- Tucker Hall 304
- Email: barnettj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8950
Barnett teaches courses in Spanish language, translation, and Spanish-American literature and culture. His research deals with modern Latin American narrative and cultural studies as well as literary translation.
Mónica Botta
Professor of Spanish
- Tucker Hall 313
- Email: bottam@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8297
Botta teaches courses in Latin American Theater, literature and culture. She has researched Latin American culture with an emphasis on post-dictatorship periods.
Kelley Cordova
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
- Tucker Hall 303
- Email: kcordova@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8821
Jose Dominicci-Buzo
Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Tucker Hall 307
- Email: jdominicci-buzo@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8821
Dick Kuettner
Adjunct Professor of Romance Languages and Teacher Education; Director, Global Discovery Laboratories
- Ruscio Center for Global Learning 138
- Email: kuettnerd@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8995
In addition to his responsibilities at the Ruscio Center for Global Learning, Kuettner teaches courses on teaching methods for world languages.
James R. Leva
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
- Tucker Hall 314
- Email: levaj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-4729
Ellen Mayock
Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish
- Tucker Hall 305
- Email: mayocke@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8816
At Washington and Lee, Mayock has taught courses in Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research focuses on gender and its intersections in literature and film, feminist theories and practice, and representations of conflict and violence. Mayock also writes poetry and creative nonfiction.
Stephen P. McCormick
Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Associate Professor of French and Italian
- Tucker Hall 324
- Email: mccormicks@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8817
McCormick heads W&L’s Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program and teaches courses on French language and culture. He also supervises the French study abroad program. He has researched old French epic and medieval/early modern Italian cartography.
Seth Michelson
Associate Professor of Spanish; Program Head, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Tucker Hall 322
- Email: michelsons@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8818
Michelson teaches the poetry of the hemispheric Americas, as well as a diversity of courses on the literatures, cultures and languages of the region. His research focuses on poetry and state violence, and he is the author of numerous book chapters, articles and essays on the subject, among others.
Aroldo Nery Mora
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Jayne Reino
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Tucker Hall 318
- Email: jreino@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8716
Reino teaches Spanish language courses and is a faculty liaison for Community-Based Learning. Her research in contemporary Latin American literatures and cultures explores portrayals of gender and identity in historically marginalized figures in the U.S./Mexican border region.
Antonio Reyes
Associate Professor of Spanish
- Tucker Hall 315
- Email: reyesa@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8081
Reyes teaches courses on Political Discourse and Language Ideology, as well as a spring course in his native Cádiz, Spain. He has published a monograph: Voice in Political Discourse.
Kristina Roney
Assistant Professor of French
On Leave
- Tucker Hall 303
- Email: kroney@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8795
Affiliated Faculty
Domnica Radulescu
Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature
- Newcomb Hall 313
- Email: radulescud@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8030
Radulescu teaches upper-level French and Francophone literature, theater, and the representations of women, gender, and sexuality in literature. She researches feminist theater and is an award-winning novelist/playwright.
Emeritus Faculty
Alfred Garrett (A.G.) Fralin, Jr.
Professor of French, Spanish, and Italian
John Lambeth
Professor of French
Lambeth teaches courses on 20th and 21st century French language narrative in literature and film. He has researched French culture, Muslim immigration to French countries, and French detective fiction.
Staff
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