Spanish

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person: Tuesday 9AM-10AM, Online: Wednesday 1PM-2PM   Dr. Javier García León is an Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation. He served as Associate Editor of the Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics (2018–2024) and currently serves as an elected member of the Advisory Board of the International Gender […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: Both In Person and Online: Wednesday 1PM-2PM, Online: Tuesday 10AM-11AM & R 5:30PM-6:30PM, or 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 […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MW 2PM-6PM

Coordinator of Spanish Fall 2025 Office Hours: Online Only: Wednesday 6PM-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 […]

  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

Graduate Director Fall 2025 Office Hours: Online Only: Monday 7-8PM and by appointment Christopher D. Mellinger is a 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 Kent […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: TR 2PM-3PM and by appointment Carolina Ng Irizarry is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation at UNC Charlotte. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures with a concentration in Spanish and Hispanic Studies and a minor in Global Studies […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MWF 12:20PM-1:20PM or by appointment 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 […]

Coordinator Elementary Spanish Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person: MW 12:30PM-1:30PM & TR 2:45PM-3:15PM, Online: Friday 9:30AM-10:30AM, and by appt. 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 […]

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating Spanish-English Fall 2025 Office Hours: Online Only: Monday 8AM-9:30AM, Tuesday 3PM-4PM and by appointment Education M.B.A., International Business and Marketing, University of Chicago (2002) Ph.D., Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Pennisular Literature, University of Kansas (1998) M.A., Spanish Literature, University of South Carolina (1992) B.A., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, […]