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Our People



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Matías
Acevedo

Graduate Student, Spanish
Headshot Billy Acree

William​
Acree​

Vice Dean of Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Innovation Co-Director, Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Professor of Spanish, American Culture Studies (Affiliate) and Performing Arts (Affiliate)
Elizabeth Allen

Elizabeth
Allen

Teaching Professor in French
Sarah Baitzel

Sarah
Baitzel

​Associate Professor of Archaeology
Joe Barcroft

Joe
Barcroft

Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition Summer Language Institute in Madrid Director
Madrid Study Abroad Advisor
​Marisa Barragán-Peugnet​​​

​Marisa
Barragán-Peugnet​​​

​Senior Lecturer in Spanish Coordinator of Placement for Spanish
Assistant Coordinator of Assessment Data for Spanish, French, and Italian
Virginia Braxs

Virginia
Braxs

​Senior Lecturer in Spanish
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​J. Andrew
Brown

Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs Professor of Spanish
Professor of Comparative Literature (by courtesy)
Biodiversity Fellow, Living Earth Collaborative
Leopoldo Cabassa

Leopoldo
Cabassa

Professor Director, PhD Program in Social Work
Eduardo Campos

Eduardo
Campos

Graduate Student, Spanish
Amanda Carey

​Amanda
Carey​

Dean’s Fellow for Educational Initiatives Teaching Professor in Spanish
Heidi Chambers

​Heidi
Chambers

​Senior Lecturer in Spanish
Elizabeth C. Childs

Elizabeth C.
Childs

Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History , On Leave, AY 2025-2026
Erika Conti

Erika
Conti

Senior Lecturer in Italian School of Continuing and Professional Studies Coordinator for RLL
David Cortés Ferrández

David
Cortés Ferrández

Lecturer in Spanish Chile Study Abroad Advisor
Brian F. Crisp

Brian F.
Crisp

Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Pili Cuairán

Pili
Cuairán

Graduate Student, Spanish
Lionel Cuillé

Lionel
Cuillé

Teaching Professor in French Director of the franco-american cultural center French connexions. Agrégé de lettres modernes (classe exceptionnelle); highest national teaching qualification in French literature; currently on official leave from the French Ministry of Education

​Tili Boon Cuillé

​Tili Boon
Cuillé

Professor of French and Comparative Literature Affiliate faculty in Performing Arts and Film and Media Studies
Rebeca Cunill

Rebeca
Cunill

Senior Lecturer in Spanish
Elena Dalla Torre

Elena
Dalla Torre

Lecturer in Italian
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​Nina Cox
Davis

Professor Emerita of Spanish
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Matthew
Denton

Graduate Student, French
Nathan Dize

Nathan
Dize

Assistant Professor of French Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies (Courtesy Affiliation)

William​  Acree​

  • Vice Dean of Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Innovation
  • Co-Director, Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
    Professor of Spanish, American Culture Studies (Affiliate) and Performing Arts (Affiliate)

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​J. Andrew  Brown

  • Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
  • Professor of Spanish
    Professor of Comparative Literature (by courtesy)
    Biodiversity Fellow, Living Earth Collaborative

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Steven J.  Hirsch

  • Professor of Practice, Global Studies
  • Coordinator of Development and International Affairs concentrations

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​Ignacio  Infante

  • Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies in Spanish
    Professor of Comparative Literature and Thought and Romance Languages and Literatures in Spanish


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Stephanie  Kirk

  • Director of the Center for the Humanities
  • Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Esther Viola  Kurtz

  • Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology,
  • Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), 
    Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate),
    (On sabbatical Spring 2026)

Blewett Hall, 304

​Ignacio  Sánchez Prado​

  • Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in the Humanities
  • Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Latin American Studies program

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