Spanish

Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person Tuesday 2:15-3:15PM or by appt., Online Monday 9-10AM or by appointment Dr. Javier García León is an Assistant 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, […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours: Online Only: TW 10-11AM, R 5:30-6:30PM and by appointment Concepcion Godev teaches courses in the fields of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish as a second language. Her research focuses on pedagogical aspects of translation and second language acquisition. In the last three years she has engaged in redesigning her undergraduate and […]

Coordinator of Spanish Spring 2025 Office Hours:Online Only: Tuesday 6-7PM and by appointment Jeffrey Killman is an associate professor of Spanish at UNC Charlotte, where he teaches a range of topics including legal translation, scientific and technical translation, translation technologies, and translation theory. He has also taught translation practice courses at the American University and […]

  Education M.A. Spanish, Translating and Translation Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2011) Spanish Appointments Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation, 2021-present Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation, 2014-2021 Affiliate Faculty of Latin American Studies 2016-present

Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person TR 1-1:45PM, Online 8-9:30AM or by appointment Maryrica Ortiz Lottman is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research examines 17th-century comedias as they were originally performed and as they are staged today, especially in relation to gardens and landscapes. Her publications include […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person TR 1-2PM and Online by appointment Maria Mahaffey is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation where she currently serves as a Coordinator of the Second-year Spanish Language Program. Born and raised in Mexico, Maria started her teaching career in the United States upon […]

Graduate Director Spring 2025 Office Hours:Online Only Monday 7-8PM and by appointment via Zoom Christopher D. Mellinger is Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation and is affiliate faculty for the Latin American Studies program at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Mellinger holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MW 1:30-2:30PM Kate O’Brien is an Adjunct Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Spanish and is teaching Elementary Spanish 1102. Kate has experience teaching middle and high school, and has received her Spanish teaching […]

Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person Only: Monday 3:55-4:25PM & Wednesday 1:30-2PM Graciela Y. Olivo Diaz is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Spanish with a concentration in translation and interpreting studies. Graciela has received a Bachelors in Spanish with a […]

Coordinator Elementary Spanish Spring 2025 Office Hours:In Person MW 2-3:30PM (Zoom by request), Online T 10-11AM, and by appointment Olga Padilla-Falto is a Teaching Professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She is the Coordinator for Elementary Spanish classes. A native of Puerto Rico, earned a doctorate degree […]