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.

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : TR 10:30 - 12:00

                              TR 7:00 -7:30 or by appointment

 

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

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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : TR 9:00 - 10:30 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 and Afro-Hispanic Literature.

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : M 10:00 - 12:00

                              W 5:00  - 7:00 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.

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : TR 1:35 - 3:30 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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours :  MWF 11:00 - 12:00

                               TR    10:00 - 11:00 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)

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : On Leave

 

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

Area of Specialization:

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : MWF 10:35 - 11:35 or by appointment

 

 

 

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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : M 1:00 - 6:00 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.

Fall '09 Office Hours : MW 9:30 - 10:30 or by appointment

 

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

Area of Specialization: Language at Literature

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : MW 11:30 - 2:00

                              T 4:00 - 4:30 & 7:00 - 7:30 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

 

 

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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : MW 12:00 - 1:00

                              TW  6:00  - 7:00 or by appointment

 

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

Area of Specialization: Latin American Music

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : TR 2:00 - 3:00 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.

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : M 3:30 - 4:30

                                     TR 12:00 - 1:00 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

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : T 7:00 - 10:00 PM

                             W 5:00 - 7:00 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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours :  TR 9:00 - 10:30

                               T   5:00 - 7:00 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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : TR 7:30 - 9:10 & 2:30 - 4:00 or by appointment

 

 

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

Area of Specialization:

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : MWF 11:35 - 12:35

                              TR    12:00 - 1:00

 

 

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

Area of Specialization: Latin American Folklore

 

Fall '09 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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours : M 2:00 - 3:00 PM

                                     W 10:00 - 11:00 AM or 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.

 

Fall '09 Office Hours :  T 12:00 - 1:00

                               R 12:00 - 2:00 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

 

Fall '09 Office Hours :  M 11:40 - 12:40

                               M and W 5:15-6:15 or by appointment

 

 

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