Hispanic Studies

Hispanic Studies offers opportunities for advanced study in the literatures of Spain and Spanish America with courses ranging from topics in Spanish and Latin American literature and culture to the possibility of studying literary and cultural theory or issues in second-language instruction.

Name Research Interests
Alvarez Moreno, Raul Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Literature and Culture (Celestina, picaresque novel, short story); Economy and Medieval Literature and Culture; Visual Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Spain; Relations between Language and Ideology; travel writing
Beasley-Murray, Jon Latin American studies, social and political theory
Beauchesne, Kim Literature and literary studies; Colonialism; Latin America; Trans-Pacific Studies; Globalization
Boccassini, Daniela Italian Verbal and visual arts, mediterranean cultural exchanges
Casas Aguilar, Anna Contemporary literatures; Spanish Cultural Studies; Catalan Literature and Culture; Gender Studies; Masculinities; Feminisms; Self-writing; Hispanic Cinemas
Fernandez Utrera, Maria Soledad Peninsular contemporary literature and culture
Lagresa-González, Elizabeth Languages and literature; Early modern Literature and Culture; Early Modern Drama; Early modern Visual and Material culture; Queer, Gender and Sexuality studies; Cross-cultural and Comparative studies
Mitchell, Tamara Contemporary Mexican Literature and Culture; Neoliberalism, Globalization, (Post-)National Politics; Political Philosophy, Critical Theory; Border and Diaspora Studies; Contemporary Central American Literature and Culture; Digital Humanities; Sound Studies
Santos, Alessandra Cinema studies; Film, television and digital media; Latin American history; Latin American literatures; Spanish language; Artistic and Literary Analysis Models; Artistic and Literary Theories; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts and Technologies; Brazilian Literature and Culture; Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies; Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Modern and Contemporary Literatures and Cultures
Testa, Carlo Italian literature, history of cinema, theory/film studies
Victoriano, Ramon Antonio Caribbean literatures; Latin American literatures; Contemporary literatures; Hispanic Caribbean Literatures and Cultures; Latin American Contemporary Novel and Short Story; Caribbean Literatures; Latin American literatures
Zhang, Gaoheng Globalization and culture; Media, visual and digital culture; Communication and media studies, n.e.c.; Postcolonial systems and colonialism studies; Migration Studies; Mobility Studies ; Cultural Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies ; Film and Media Studies; Gender and Masculinity Studies; Rhetoric and Communication Studies ; China-Italy Cultural Relations ; China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations; Italy's Global Networks ; Modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture