Elise Bartosik-VélezAssociate Professor of Spanish (2003).Bosler Hall Room 320bartosie@dickinson.edu (717) 245-1844
Alberto J. RodríguezProfessor of Spanish (1990).Bosler Hall Room 220(717) 245-1278 | rodrigua@dickinson.edu B.A., Clark University, 1974; M.A., 1976; Ph.D., Brown University, 1987.His scholarship has focused on the Spanish novel of the Golden Age, particularly Cervantes. The subject of his research is the study of narrative discourse in Don Quixote. Besides his work on Cervantes, he has published on other authors of the Spanish Golden Age, and also on Cuban literature.
Mark C. AldrichAssociate Professor of Spanish (1991).Bosler Hall Room 123(717) 245-1288 | aldrich@dickinson.edu B.A., Hamilton College, 1981; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1991.He is particularly interested in 20th century Spanish poetry, although his publications include both Peninsular and Spanish American subjects. He has also published literary translations. Current scholarship is focused on poetry translation and the work of Rafael Pérez Estrada.
Abraham QuintanarAssociate Professor of Spanish (2001).Bosler Hall Room 112(717) 245-1884 | quintana@dickinson.edu B.A., University of Scranton, 1993; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995, Ph.D., 2002.
Jorge R. SagastumeAssociate Professor of Spanish; Director of the Dickinson Semester/Year in Malaga Program, 2012-14 (2003).sagastuj@dickinson.edu B.A., University of Utah, 1997; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1998; Ph.D., 2002.Jorge's main area of research is the intersection of literature and philosophy, in particular philosophy of language. He is the author of Responsabilidad ética en la lectura del texto teatral, a book focusing on the semiotics of theatre, and five annotated volumes of poetry in translation with scholarly studies as well as numerous essays on Spanish American authors. He has recently published on Borges and Cantor's hypothesis of the continuum (Bulletin of Hispanic Studies), on Borges and language and identity (Aisthesis), and on Federico Andahazi and epistemological systems (Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana). Jorge is currently the Director of the Dickinson Semester/Year Málaga Program, 2012-14.
Elise Bartosik-VélezAssociate Professor of Spanish (2003).Bosler Hall Room 320(717) 245-1844 | bartosie@dickinson.edu B.A., University of California at San Diego, 1987; Masters in Pacific International Affairs, University of California at San Diego, 1990; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997; Ph.D., 2003.Professor Bartosik-Vélez received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Illinois. She teaches Latin American literature, and focuses in particular on the colonial period and the nineteenth century. Her research interests include: Christopher Columbus, the colonial and independence era in both Latin America and the United States, comparative colonizations and nationalisms, the intersections between history and literature, and the cultural encounter between the Americas and Europe.
Eva Maria CopelandAssociate Professor of Spanish (2005).Bosler Hall Room 122(717) 254-8152 | copelane@dickinson.edu B.A., Colgate University, 1994; M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1999; Ph.D., 2004.Her teaching and research interests include 18th- and 19th-century literature, gender and sexuality studies and cultural studies. She is currently working on a book which explores constructions of masculinity and the intersections of gender, nation, and sexuality in the 19th-century Spanish realist novel.
Mariana PastAssistant Professor of Spanish (2006).Bosler Hall Room 10M(717) 245-1833 | pastm@dickinson.edu B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1994; M.A., Duke University, 2002; Ph.D., 2006.Twentieth-century Spanish and Francophone Caribbean literature is her area of concentration, and her current projects focus on Haitian-Dominican relations and representations of the Haitian Revolution in both literary and historical texts written in Spanish, French, and Haitian Creole. Her interests also include questions of migration/exile in Caribbean literature and influence vs. imitation in Latin American literature.
Wendell P. SmithAssistant Professor of Spanish (2003).Bosler Hall Room 9M(717) 245-1326 | smithw@dickinson.edu B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1986; M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1995; Ph.D., 2000.His primary scholarly interest lies in Spanish literature during the age of Spain's first national consolidation--the reign of Fernando and Isabel (1474-1504). His scholarly approach uses history, both political and social, to understand literature. Current projects include a series of papers on the Mediterranean projection of Spanish imperial ambitions, as found in books of chivalry.
Margaret G. FrohlichAssistant Professor of Spanish (2007).frohlicm@dickinson.edu B.A., University of Colorado-Denver, 2001; Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2006.She specializes in 20th century and contemporary narrative with a focus on the construction of national and sexual identities. Her book, Framing the Margin: Nationality and Sexuality across Borders, won the international competition for the Victoria Urbano Monograph Prize of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica.
Hector A. Reyes Zaga (on sabbatical 2013-14) Assistant Professor of Spanish (2009).Bosler Hall Room 7M(717) 245-1158 | reyeszah@dickinson.edu Licenciatura en Derecho, Universidad Iberoamericana-Mexico, 1997; M.A., University of Minnesota, 2005; Ph.D., 2009.Hector earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures from the University of Minnesota. He also received a degree in Law from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. His research interests include Mexican literature, Latino/a studies, law and literature, immigration studies, and human rights. His current projects focus on the representation of immigrants in literature produced on the Mexican border through the framework of human rights.
Carolina CastellanosAssistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese (2010).Bosler Hall Room 12M(717) 245-1834 | castellc@dickinson.edu Literata, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, 2000; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.
Erin McNultyAssistant Professor of Spanish (2009).Bosler Hall Room 121(717) 245-1739 | mcnultye@dickinson.edu B.A., Hillsdale College, 1990; M.A., Indiana University, 2005; Ph.D., 2011.
Angela DeLutis-EichenbergerAssistant Professor of Spanish (2010).Bosler Hall Room 126(717) 245-1722 | delutisa@dickinson.edu B.A., B.S., Ithaca College, 2001; M.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 2003; Ph.D., 2010.
Asunción Arnedo-AldrichVisiting Instructor in Spanish (2010).Bosler Hall Room 217(717) 245-1874 | arnedoa@dickinson.edu B.S., M.S., Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 1981; M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991.
Jenni O. SharkeyVisiting Instructor in Spanish (2010).Bosler Hall Room M14(717) 245-1408 | sharkeyj@dickinson.edu B.A., San Martin de Porres University, Peru, 1983; M.S., Western Maryland College, 2006.
Julie LesmanVisiting Instructor in Spanish (2012).Bosler Hall Room 2Mlesmanj@dickinson.edu B.A., Colorado College, 1997; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 2001.
Marcelo Borges (on sabbatical 2013-14) Professor of History (1997).Denny Hall Room 111(717) 245-1186 | borges@dickinson.edu | Visit Web SiteLicenciado en Historia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1988; Profesor en Historia, 1988; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1997.He teaches Latin American, Iberian, and comparative history. His current research deals with transatlantic migration from Portugal to Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly to Argentina; and with migration, identity and community formation in the oil fields of Patagonia, Argentina.
J. Mark RuhlGlenn E. and Mary L. Todd Professor of Political Science (1975).Denny Hall Room 207(717) 245-1501 | ruhl@dickinson.edu | Visit Web SiteB.A., Dickinson College, 1970; M.A., Syracuse University, 1972; Ph.D., 1975.Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1988-1989; Ganoe Award for Inspirational Teaching, 2012-13He specializes in comparative politics. His research centers on the politics of democratization in contemporary Latin America with a special emphasis on civil-military relations.