Faculty

Susana Cisneros (she, her and ella)   She is a Senior Lecturer of Spanish and Affiliate Faculty of Latin American Studies. She teaches elementary, intermediate and advanced Spanish courses, she is currently serving as an advisor for the Spanish Club C.E.P.A. and also leads the Tertulia/Virtulia Spanish Conversation hour. Susana was inducted into the Honors […]

Director of the Business Spanish Certificate (Graduate and Undergraduate) Professor Coria-Sanchez is Professor of Spanish. Education Ph.D., Romance Languages, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. MA. Spanish, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. BA. Spanish, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Appointments UNC Charlotte 2001-Present Clemson University 1999-2001 Director Latin American Studies Program 2012-2022 Director Guadalajara, Mexico, Summer […]

D. J. S. Cross (Don) works on theories and practices of translation, comparative literature, andcontinental philosophy in Europe and the Americas. After earning his PhD in ComparativeLiterature from the University at Buffalo (2017), he spent three years as a FONDECYTPostdoctoral Fellow with the Instituto de Filosofía at the Pontificia Universidad Católica inSantiago, Chile. His first […]

Interim Director of Film Studies Advisor Minor ItalianAdvisor Minor Film StudiesCoordinator Italian Daniela Cunico Dal Pra is a Teaching Professor in Italian. Currently she is the coordinator and advisor of the Italian Program and Film Studies at UNC Charlotte. She teaches Italian language, including upper levels, as well as translation; she designed all the topics […]

Director of Latin American Studies Dr. Dalton joined the faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish in August 2016, and he was promoted to Assistant Professor of Spanish in 2017, Associate Professor of Spanish in 2021 and Professor in 2025. His teaching and research focuses primarily on Mexican and Latin American literary and cultural […]

¡Saludos! My name is Kalavik De La Cruz and I am delighted to teach elementary and share my love for the Spanish language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world with my students. I hold a BA and MA in Spanish and Spanish Linguistics from NC State University. I have a passion for curriculum design and […]

María Lorena Delgadillo Latorre joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 2008 after receiving her M.A. in Spanish from this same institution. Since coming to UNC Charlotte in 2005, she has held different positions within the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation including Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spanish Instructor, Summer Coordinator of Elementary Spanish, Visiting Lecturer, Interim […]

Dr. Paloma Fernández Sánchez is a Teaching Professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation and serves as an Undergraduate Language Advisor (Spanish). Dr. Fernández Sánchez is an affiliate faculty for the Latin American Studies program. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from Indiana University Bloomington. She has an M.A. in Spanish […]

 Dr. Javier García León is an Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation. He is associate editor of the Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics and has been conducting interdisciplinary research in language, power, and representation. He has worked on Languages in Contact (Spanish and Creole Languages in the Caribbean) […]

Advisor Arabic Studies Coordinator Arabic Studies She is the coordinator and Teaching Professor of the Arabic language program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has developed the Arabic Studies minor at UNC Charlotte and she teaches varies Arabic language courses including beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. She also teaches content courses in […]