Faculty

Johanna  Liander

Johanna Liander

(On Leave Spring 2024)
Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
A.B., Harvard University; M.A. New York University (in Spain); A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

Research Interests: Language Pedagogy; 20th-Century Spanish and Latin American Literature; Cinema

Boylston Hall 421
p: (617) 495-5895
Office Hours: contact faculty for office hours
María  Luisa  Parra

María Luisa Parra

Co-Director of Language Programs
Undergraduate Advisor in Spanish, Latin American, and Latino Studies
Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Research Interests: Spanish as a heritage language and Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy; Child Language Development and Bilingualism; Latino Families and Immigration; Immigration and Education... Read more about María Luisa Parra

Boylston Hall 326
p: (617) 495-1868
Office Hours: Mondays from 12:30pm-2:30pm and by appointment
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Alejandro Quintero Mächler

Lecturer & Research Scholar

Alejandro Quintero Mächler holds a holds a B.A. in History (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), a B.A. in Philosophy (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), an M.A. in Philosophy (New School for Social Research, NSSR), and a PhD in Latin American and Iberian Cultures (Columbia University in the City of New York).

 

His research interests revolve around... Read more about Alejandro Quintero Mächler

Boylston Hall 506
p: 617-496-2337
Office Hours: Mondays 3:00pm to 5:00pm
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Kathy Richman

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Lecturer in Romance Languages and Literatures (French)
Undergraduate Advisor (Romance Studies)

 

 

 

Boylston Hall 422
p: (617) 495-1929
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Matthew Rodriguez

Lecturer (French)

Education: Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University (2021), A.B. in Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College (2011)

Research and Teaching Interests: Nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first-century French and Francophone literature; Proust; memory; media and visual culture (photography, architecture, painting); autobiographical writing; affect studies and the history of emotions; LGBTQ writing; theater and performance; critical theory (“French theory,” queer and feminist theory, and psychoanalytic theory).

Boylston Hall 324
p: (617) 496-2337
Office Hours: Contact faculty for office hours
Usha Rungoo

Usha Reena Rungoo

(On Leave Fall 2023)
Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures

Professor Rungoo received her BA in French Studies with a specialization in Quebecois Literature from Trent University (2008), her MA in French Studies from Queen’s University (2011) and her PhD in French Studies and African American Studies from Yale University (2018).

Her research interests include... Read more about Usha Reena Rungoo

Boylston Hall 424
Office Hours held via Zoom: Tuesdays from 3:00pm-4:30pm. Please schedule online at: https://calendly.com/usha_rungoo/
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Jeffrey Schnapp

Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature; Graduate School of Design
Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Research Interests: Experimental humanities; The material history of literature; Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio; 20th-century Italian architecture and design; The Fascist Decades; Futurism.
... Read more about Jeffrey Schnapp

Boylston Hall 423
p: (617) 495-2528
Office Hours: Thursdays 9:00am-10:30am
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Cristiane Soares

Senior Preceptor in Portuguese

Academic Degrees: Ph.D. in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory, UMass- Dartmouth; M.A. in Applied Linguistics, UMass- Boston; B.A in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.... Read more about Cristiane Soares

Boylston Hall 425
p: (617) 496-7072
Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00pm-1:30pm or by appointment
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Raquel Vega-Durán

(On Leave Fall 2023 & Spring 2024) Faculty Chair of Ethnicity, Migration, Rights, Harvard University
Senior Lecturer in Peninsular and Transatlantic Film and Literature
Formerly Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Claremont McKenna College

Research Interests: Migration and Border Studies; Transatlantic Cultural History and Literature; Peninsular Spanish Cultural Studies;...

Read more about Raquel Vega-Durán
Boylston 325
p: 617-495-4433

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