Program Director, 2024-2025
León Narváez
Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Hispanic culture, language, and literature; Hispanic migration; race/ethnic studies
Catalina Ahumada Escobar
Visiting Assistant Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Seth I. Binder
Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
environmental and natural resource economics and policy; development economics; sustainable development
Maggie A. Broner
National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Romance Language
Hispanic linguistics; culture; second language acquisition
Christopher L. Chiappari
Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology
Guatemala; religion; immigration
Kris A. Cropsey
Instructor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Hispanic linguistics; sociolinguistics; second language acquisition; teacher education
Jessica Haugsland
Visiting Instructor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Kristina Medina-Vilariño
Associate Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish; O.C. and Patricia Boldt Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities
Caribbean Studies; 20th- and 21st-century Latin American studies; contemporary Latino studies; race and ethnic studies
Jonathan P. O’Conner (on sabbatical 2024-25)
Associate Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
Peninsular early modern/golden age literature and cultures; cultural and intellectual histories; humanism; colonial Latin America
Ariel T. Strichartz
Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish
contemporary Latin American theater and narrative; Argentine theater; literary food studies; memory studies
Kris E. Thalhammer
Professor of Political Science
comparative politics; Latin American politics; political tolerance; human rights
Brendon Westler
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Latin American philosophy