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Minor Requirements | Certificate | Graduate Studies | Spanish Policy Documents
Spanish Studies: Faculty
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
- Ritter Hall 323
- 314.977.3672
- arbelaez@slu.edu
Sarah Bauer
Instructor of SpanishMED Education, University of Missouri-Columbia
MA Spanish, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Ritter Hall 314
- 314.977.2453
- sbauer6@slu.edu
Elsy Cardona
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Special Areas of Interest:
- Peninsular Poetry 1950-present.
- Contemporary Latin-American Poetry.
- Linguistics and Language Teaching.
- Ritter Hall 210
- 314.977.3670
- cardonae@slu.edu

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
- Ritter Hall 334
- 314.977.3662
- kfueger@slu.edu
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
- Ritter Hall 218
- 314.977.2452
- johnsoth@slu.edu
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
- Ritter Hall 312
- 314.977.2457
- lieberjr@slu.edu
- Dr. Lieberman's Home Page
Óscar R. López
Associate Professor of SpanishPhD, 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
- Ritter Hall 327
- 314.977.3664
- lopezor@slu.edu
curriculum vitae

Kara McBride
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Special Areas of Interest:
- Second language acquisition
- Teacher training
- Computer-assisted language learning
- Psycholinguistics
- Ritter Hall 337
- 314.977.2450
- kmcbrid8@slu.edu
curriculum vitae
Ana M. Montero
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Special Areas of Interest:
- Peninsular Medieval Literature
- Spanish Short Narrative
- Ritter Hall 329
- 314.977.3666
- monteroa@slu.edu
Nil Santiáñez
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Special Areas of Interest:
- Modernism and Realism
- Critical Theory
- Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novel
- Ritter Hall 337
- 314.977.3147
- nilstio@slu.edu
Mauricio Souza
Ph.D., Boston College
Special Areas of Interest:
- 19th Century Latin American Literature and Poetry
- Critical Theory
- Peninsular and Latin-American Film
- Ritter Hall 309
- 314.977.2314
- souzamm@slu.edu
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
- Ritter Hall 314
- 314.977.2453
- ytijerin@slu.edu
- 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
