Area of Specialization: transculturation, literatura comprometida of latin america and latino u.s.a., identity politics, cultural studies, bi/multi-lingual tendencies in latin american and u.s. latino literature, and decolonizing approaches to teaching and research.

 

 

Office: COAS 311A                              Phone: (956) 381-2369
Email: smalvarezm@utpa.edu                Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Latin American Literature, Creative Writing, Poetry

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : T 10:35-12:00 PM & 1-4 PM
                                R 10:35-11:35 AM or by appointment

 

 

 

Office: COAS 315                                Phone: (956) 381-3443
Email: eardalania@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Latin American Literature, Contemporary Latina/o Literature, Caribbean Literature, Afro-Hispanic Literature, Creative Writing.

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : TWR 2:00-4:00 PM or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 345 A                             Phone: (956) 381-2368
Email: nbaez@utpa.edu                        Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Contemporary French Literature, Art, and Civilization; The History of Science, Art, and Technology; Surrealism.

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : M: 1:30-2:30 or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 302                                Phone: (956) 381-2106

Email: behar@utpa.edu                         Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: 19th Century Spanish Literature, Creative Writing

 

Spring '10 Office Hours :  T 9:30-10:30 AM, W 6-7 PM           
                               F 10:40-11:40 AM  or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 321                                Phone: (956) 381-3445
Email: brow_a@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: 20th Century French Literature, Francophone Literatures (with emphasis on Middle-Eastern and North African Francophone literatures), French Fantasy Literature (Fantastique & merveilleux)

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : On Leave

 

Office: COAS 316                                Phone: (956) 381-3445
Email: ccalarge@utpa.edu                     Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization:

 

Spring '10 Office Hours :

 

 

 

Office: COAS 319                                Phone: (956) 384-5010
Email: vcontreras@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Contemporary Mexican Narrative, Theatre and Film, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Contemporary Latin American Literature by Women, Chicano/Latino Writers, Chicana/Latina Writers, Contemporary U. S. Latina/o representation in the Media, Literary Theory and Criticism

 

Spring '09 Office Hours : MW 2:00-3:30 PM  or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 319                                Phone: (956) 384-5011
Email: gcortina@utpa.edu                     Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Latin American Colonial Culture and Literature.

 

 

 

 

 

Office: COAS 325                                Phone: (956) 384-5011
Email: mdiaz9@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Teaching Spanish Online.

Spring '10 Office Hours : T 9:00-10:00 or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 345D                              Phone: (956) 381-2369
Email: maryflores@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Language at Literature

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : TR 10:35-11:50, MW 10:45-12:45

                              T 4:00-4:30 & R 4:30-5:30 or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 318                                Phone: (956) 381-3446
Email: cgarcia@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Spanish Literature of the Golden Age: Cervantes, Poetry and Drama . The Contemporary Mexican Novel: Carlos Fuentes; and Medieval Spanish Literature; Spanish Grammar and Composition

Spring '10 Office Hours : MWF 9:00 -11:40 AM & T 5:00-7:00 PM

                             or by appointment

Course Webpage

Office: COAS 311A                              Phone: (956) 381-2369
Email: lgarcia@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Hispanic Linguistics, Language Variation and Change, Language Contact in U.S. settings

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : MW 12:00-1:00 PM      
                              T 12:00-1:00 PM or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 323                                Phone: (956) 316-7153
Email: jhernandez52@utpa.edu              Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Latin American Music

 

Spring '10 Office Hours :MWF 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
                             TR 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. or by appointment

 

 

Office: Southwick Hall 210                    Phone: (956) 381-2086
Email: franciscol@utpa.edu                   Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Heritage Language Pedagogy, Spanish Sociolinguistics, Language and Healthcare

 

Medical Spanish for Heritage Learners

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : MW 1:30-2:30PM or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 329                                Phone: (956) 381-3442
Email: martinezg@utpa.edu                   Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Latin American Modernismo, Rubén Darío, Latin American Short Story, Fantastic Literature, 20th Century Spanish Peninsular Literature.

 

Spring '10 Office Hours :  M 3:00-4:30 PM

                                      R 5:30-7:10 PM or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 320                                Phone: (956) 384-5009
Email: jmmartinez@utpa.edu             2nd Email: jmm.hipertexto@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae                                  Personal Website

Area of Specialization: Spanish American Dialectology, History of the Spanish Language

 

Spring '10 Office Hours:  MR 10:30-11:30 AM & M 6:30-7:10 PM

                              or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 322                                Phone: (956) 381-3445
Email: mejiash@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Chicana/o Literature, Creative Writing, Spanish language journalism

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : TR 4:00-4:30 PM

                                  7:00-9:00 PM or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 327                                 Phone: (956) 384-5011
Email: lochoa4@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: 20th Century Spanish-American Literature.

Study Abroad UTPA Program Coordinator: Salamanca, Spain. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

 

Spring '10 Office Hours :   TR 9:00 - 10:30 AM

                                TR 3:00 - 4:30 PM or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 317                                Phone: (956) 381-3444
Email: rrrea@utpa.edu                         Curriculum Vita

Area of Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Hispanic Literatures, Latino Literature in the U.S., Caribbean Literature

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : M 5-7 pm  or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 314                                Phone: (956) 384-5012
Email: hrromero@utpa.edu                    Curriculum Vita

Area of Specialization:

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : 12:00-1:00 pm or by appointment

                            

 

 

Office: COAS 306A                              Phone: (956) 381-2368
Email: zgromero@utpa.edu                    Curriculum Vita

Area of Specialization: Latin American Folklore

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : On Leave

 

 

 

Office: COAS 345B                              Phone: (956) 381-2106
Email: esharpz@utpa.edu                     Curriculum Vita

Area of Specialization: Spanish Language Education, Foreign and Second Language learning in the U.S, Spanish in the US, Culture teaching and foreign-ness, Racism and White privilege

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : M 1:00-2:00pm         
                              T 2:00-3:00pmor by appointment

 

Office: COAS 306A                                  Phone: (956) 381-3441
Email: schwartzaf@utpa.edu                     Curriculum Vita

Area of Specialization: Latin American Literature: Concentration on Mexican Literature. Cinema Studies: Concentration on Mexican cinema & Hispanic image in Hollywood. Portuguese: Brazilian language, culture & literature.

 

Spring '10 Office Hours : TR 10:30–12:00  or by appointment

 

Office: COAS 345C                               Phone: (956) 381-2368
Email: mcguerrero@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization: Bilingualism and language contact, Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Change, Historical Linguistics, Spanish Dialectology

 

Spring '10 Office Hours :  MWF 11:40-12:40  or by appointment

 

 

Office: COAS 345 B                               Phone: (956) 381-2106
Email: romerorj@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vitae