Regular Graduate Faculty

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. 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) […]

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 graduate courses for online asynchronous delivery. Appointments Professor of Spanish Linguistics & Translation […]

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 […]

Coordinator of Spanish 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 the University of Texas at Brownsville. He holds a Ph.D., […]