Literature

Chair of the Department of Languages and Culture Studies Appointments via my Appointment Schedule Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau is Professor of German. Currently she is serving as Chair of the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation. She was awarded the prestigious Bank of America Teaching Award in 2021 and the Board of Governors’ Excellence in Teaching Award in […]

Coordinator of the Undergraduate Certificate Hispanic Literary Studies José Manuel Batista is an Associate Professor of Spanish, and an affiliate of the Latin American Studies Program. From 2011 to 2013, he directed the Spanish MA Program.  Dr. Batista’s areas of specialization are Latin American Literature, Spanish and Spanish American Poetry, and Caribbean Literature and Culture. […]

Dr. Bissiere is a professor of French. Education Ph.D. French, 1989 – University of Wisconsin-MadisonM.A. French, 1986 – University of Wisconsin-MadisonM.A. American History, 1986 – University of Wisconsin-MadisonAgrégation d’anglais, 1982 (France)Maîtrise d’anglais / M.A. English, 1981 – Université Paul Cézanne-Aix-Marseille IIILicence d’anglais / B.A. English, 1979, Université Paul Cézanne-Aix-Marseille Research InterestsContemporary French CinemaTeaching Language and […]

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating Japanese-English David Boyd is an Associate Professor of Japanese. He has translated fiction by Izumi Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, and Kanoko Okamoto, among others. His translations of novellas by Hideo Furukawa (Slow Boat; Pushkin Press, 2017) and Hiroko Oyamada (The Hole; New Directions, 2020) have won the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Coordinator of Elementary and Intermediate Level German Susanne Gomoluch is a Teaching Professor of German. She received her PhD in German from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. After teaching at liberal arts colleges in the Northeast, she returned to North Carolina to teach at UNC Charlotte. Currently, she is the Elementary and Intermediate […]

Phil Kaffen is an associate professor of Japanese and cinema. His research and teaching focuses on visual images, including cinema, animation, photography, and installation. In particular, the role of images in broader social and cultural issues from militarism and war to sovereignty and ecology form the core concerns of his research. He teaches courses on […]

Major & Minor Advisor French Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating French-English Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate in Business French Director of Graduate Certificate in French Translating Mary A. LaMarca is Teaching Professor of French and the French major/minor adviser, as well as the French Club faculty adviser. She earned her PhD from Duke University, and […]