Literature

Chair of the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation Appointments via my Appointment Schedule Fall 2025 Office Hours: T 11 AM – 1 pm, W 1:15 to 3:15 PM, Virtual Only: T 3:00-5:00PM and by appointment Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau is Professor of Comparative Literature and German. Currently she is serving as Chair of the Department of Languages, […]

Coordinator of the Undergraduate Certificate Hispanic Literary Studies Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: Thursday 4-7PM and online by appointment 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 […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: FREN 3201: In Person Only MW 1PM-2PM and by appointment for in person or ZoomFREN 3209: In Person Only MW 12PM-1PM and by appointment for in person or Zoom 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 […]

Director of the Business Spanish Certificate (Graduate and Undergraduate) Fall 2025 Office Hours: By appointment. 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 […]

Director of Latin American Studies Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: Monday 10AM-11AM 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 […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person: Monday 9AM-10AM, Online Thursday 8:30AM-10AM 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 […]

Coordinator of Elementary and Intermediate Level German Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person: Monday 2:45PM-3:45PM & Friday 10AM-11AM, Online: Tuesday 10AM-11AM, and by appointment Susanne Gomoluch is a Teaching Professor of German and the Coordinator for Elementary and Intermediate German classes at the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation, and the advisor for Health & […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: TR 1:30PM-2:30PM 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 […]

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating French-English Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate in Business French Director of Graduate Certificate in French Translating Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: Wednesday 1PM-5PM, Online by appointment Mary A. LaMarca is Teaching Professor of French and the French major/minor adviser, as well as the French Club faculty adviser. She […]

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, […]