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Spanish Studies: Faculty

Olga Arbeláez
Olga Arbeláez
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Contemporary Latin-American Narrative and Theater
  • Latin-American Women Writers
  • Afro-Hispanic Literature
Sarah Bauer
Sarah Bauer
Instructor of Spanish
MED Education, University of Missouri-Columbia
MA Spanish, University of Missouri-Columbia
Elsy Cardona
Elsy Cardona
Ph.D., University of Kansas

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Peninsular Poetry 1950-present.
  • Contemporary Latin-American Poetry.
  • Linguistics and Language Teaching.
Kathleen Fueger
Kathleen Fueger
Instructor of Spanish
ABD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Spanish 210 Level Coordinator

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Eighteenth Century Drama & Prose
  • Epistolarity
  • Protestantism in Peninsular Narrative
Teresa Herrera de Johnson
Teresa Herrera de Johnson
Ph.D., Saint Louis University

Special Areas of Interest:

  • First and Second Language Acquisition
  • Interaction of Technology in Learning Processes
  • Applied Psycholinguistics
Julia R. Lieberman
Julia R. Lieberman
Ph.D., Yale University

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Peninsular Medieval and Golden Age Literature
  • Sephardic Studies: The Jews of Portugal and Spain after the Expulsion
Óscar R. López
Óscar R. López
Associate Professor of Spanish
PhD, University of Cincinnati

Special Areas of Interest:

  • 19th and 20th Century Latin-American Narrative

Special Course Offerings:

  • Latin American Novel after 1970
  • Latin American Literature and Testimony
  • Latin American Cultural Stereotypes

curriculum vitae

Kara McBride
Kara McBride
Ph.D., University of Arizona

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Second language acquisition
  • Teacher training
  • Computer-assisted language learning
  • Psycholinguistics

curriculum vitae

Ana M. Montero
Ana M. Montero
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Peninsular Medieval Literature
  • Spanish Short Narrative
Nil Santiáñez
Nil Santiáñez
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Modernism and Realism
  • Critical Theory
  • Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novel
Mauricio Souza
Mauricio Souza
Ph.D., Boston College

Special Areas of Interest:

  • 19th Century Latin American Literature and Poetry
  • Critical Theory
  • Peninsular and Latin-American Film
Yaoska Tijerino
Yaoska Tijerino
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD Tulane University)

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Creative Writing (Poetry and Prose)
  • Baroque and Spanish Golden Age Literature
  • Contemporary Latin-American Poetry
  • Central-American Poetry post Rubén Darío
  • Central-American Women Poets
  • For General Information:
    Dr. Reinhard Andress, Chair
    314.977.2450
    andressp@slu.edu
  • Spanish Graduate Program:
    Dr. Mauricio Souza
    Director of Spanish Graduate Program
    314.977.2314
    souzamm@slu.edu
  • French Graduate Program:
    Dr. Annie Smart
    Director of French Graduate Program
    314.977.2449
    smart@slu.edu
  • Mailing Address:
    Ritter Hall 318
    220 North Grand Blvd.
    St. Louis, MO 63103
    tel. (314) 977-3200
    fax (314) 977-1495