UCI Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Graduate Students
 
 


Raul Aleman 

Myron Avila 
Avila
B.A. Spanish, California State University, San Bernardino
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Contemporary Latin American narrative with emphasis in Central American literature, and Women and Queer Studies

Roberto Ayala 
AyalaB.A. Spanish and Latin American Studies, California State University, Fullerton

Areas of Interest: 20th Century Latin American Theater and Narrative

Fabio Chee 
Chee
B.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine
M.A Spanish, University Texas, Austin

Areas of Research: Latin American Literature, Chicano Literature, and Critical Theory

Shay Christensen 

Emily Colbert 
Colbert
B.A. Mathematics and Spanish, Hamilton College
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Interest: Transatlantic studies and the Jewish diaspora and film.

Andrea Colvin 
Colvin
B.A. Spanish, University of Delaware
M.A Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: 20th century Latin American Narrative and US Latino Literature and Theory

David Contreras 

Bibiana Diaz Rodriguez 
Diaz Rodriguez
B.A. Journalism, la Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia
M.A. Spanish, Latinoamerican Literature and Linguistics, California State University, Long Beach

Areas of Research: 220th and 21st Century Latin American Narrative and Theater, with an emphasis in Gender Studies and Violence

Josephine Dwyer 

Erin Edwards 
Edwards
B.A. Spanish, University of Hawaii
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Latin American Culture and Politics

Angela Espinosa 

Bridget Franco 
Franco
B.A. Spanish and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
M.A Spanish Literature, University of Notre Dame

Areas of Research: 20th Century Latin American Narrative, Philosophy and Literature

Cristina Fuentes 

Diego Gomez 

B.A. English, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A Spanish Linguistics, California State Los Angeles

Areas of Research: Latin American Literature

Ivette Gomez 
Gomez
B.A. Spanish, California State University, Pomona
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: 20th Century Latin American Literature, concentration in Caribbean Literature.

Martha Guerrero 

Nalei Adriana Guzman Lopez Aguado 


M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine


Michael Harrison 
Harrison
B.A. Spanish, Furman University
M.A. Spanish, University of Virginia

Areas of Research: 20th / 21st Century Peninsular Spanish Literature & Comics, Spanish Cultural Studies, Film Studies / Spanish Film, Queer Theory / Gender Theory

Marion Hart 
Hart
B.A. Spanish, Wheaton College
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Chicana Studies

Celina Hernandez-Garcia 
Hernandez-Garcia

Samuel Jaffee 
Jaffee
B.A. Spanish, Kenyon College
M.A. Spanish, Washington University in St. Louis

Areas of interests: Latin American literature, Cuba, Mexico, history and literature, colonization, and the Jewish experience.

Paul Johnson 
Johnson
B.A. Romance Languages, DePauw University
M.A. Spanish, Middlebury College

Areas of Research: Golden Age Literature, Critical Theory

Ann Kalscheur 
Kalscheur
B.A. Spanish & Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A. Hispanic Literature, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Area of interest: 20th Century Latin American Narrative

Paul Kasper 

B.A. English Literature, Texas A & M University
M.A. Hispanic Studies, Rice University

Areas of Research: Identity/diaspora in Latin American Prose

Emmi Kohout 

Alberto Landaveri 
Landaveri
B.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Latin American Culture, Politics,and Globalization

Victoria Lau 

Lili Lebenzon 
Lebenzon
B.A. Political Science (focus: Latin America), University of California, Irvine
MSc Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Areas of Research: Human rights in Latin America and Spain

Andrea Lee 
Lee
B.A. Spanish, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Area of Interest: Golden Age Literature

Maria Leon 

Micah Martin 
Martin
B.A. Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. Spanish, Indiana State University

Areas of interest: Latin American Literature and Culture, Literary Theory, Moorish Spain

Jesus Miguel-Saldana 
Miguel-SaldanaB.A./Licenciatura English/American Literature & Linguistics, University of Valladolid, Spain
M.A. Spanish Literature & Linguistics, California State University, San Marcos

Areas of interest: Golden Age Literature

Lucy Morris 
Morris
B.A. Spanish, Brigham Young University
M.A. Spanish, University of Utah

Areas of Research: Historical Novel 20th Century

Colby Nixon 

Ana Maria Palomar 

Nicholas Parmley 
Parmley
B.A. Spanish, Westmont College
M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Literatura Medieval y Siglo de Oro

Rose Phillips 

Veronica Quezada 
Quezada
B.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine
M.A. Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Chicano/U.S. Latino Literature

Cynthia Quintero 
Quintero
B.A. University of California, Irvine
M.A. California State University, Long Beach

Areas of Research: 20th Century Latin American Literature, Chicano &
Latino literature focusing on the representation of Women

Lourdes Reyes 


M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine


Eric Rojas 
Rojas

Marcela Rojas 

Raquel Roman 


M.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine


Cindy Schuster 

B.A. Spanish, University of Massachusetts
M.A Hispanic Literature, University of Minnesota


Carmen Serrano 
Serrano

Jose de Jesus Torres 

B.A. Spanish, University of Southern California
M.A. Latin Amer. Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Areas of Research: Latin American Literature

Juan Guillermo Urbina 
Urbina
BA, Spanish and Economics, Trinity University
MA, Hispanic Literature, University of Texas, San Antonio

20th century Latin American Literature, emphasis in Mexican and Cuban Literature

Martin Valle 
Valle
B.A. Modern Languages and Liberal Studies, St. Mary's College of California

Areas of Research: Latin American 19th and 20th Century narrative. Critical theory, The representation of the Asian in Latin American literature and art.

Carlos Vargas-Lara 
Vargas-LaraB.A. Spanish Language and Literature, California State University, San Bernardino
M.A. Hispanic Literature, Linguistics and Civilization, California State University, San Bernardino

Areas of Research: Global political behavior; Modern and Contemporary Latin America; Central American Federalism; the study and depiction of urban space in literature and film; violence in general and postwar social phenomena in particular; technology transfer as a resource to social and educational development.

Brennan Vettes 

Iliana Villanueva 
Villanueva
B.A. Spanish and Philosophy, University of Texas at El Paso
M.A. Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine

Areas of Research: Modern and Contemporary Latin American poetry

Jared White 

Aileen Zamoyoa 

 

 
 
   
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