Hispanic Studies Full Directory | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Picture	Name	Contact
	Noemí Alonso Nicolás	nal300@uky.edu POT 1118
	Daniel Batten Graduate Student, Spanish Instructor Spanish Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Phonetics and Phonology, Colonial and Contemporary Spanish American Literature	daniel.batten@uky.edu 1122 Patterson Office Tower
	Aníbal A. Biglieri Emeritus Professor of Spanish Medieval Literature Medieval Spanish Literature, especially brief narrative, Medieval historiography and geography, Relations between Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages	biglieri@uky.edu 1137 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4640
	Ruth Brown Senior Lecturer Director of Elementary Language Instruction Latinx populations in the U.S., Instructional Technology, Second Language Acquisition, Service-learning, 19th-21st century Latin American Latinx and US culture, Language in Kentucky	ruth.brown@uky.edu 1137 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-7102
	Alan V. Brown Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics Director of Graduate Studies Spanish Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, L2 Pedagogy and Assessment	alan.brown@uky.edu 1127 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-7093
	Daniela Calvache-Garcia Latin America, Disability Studies, Madness, Women and Gender Studies, Critical Social Theory	dca348@uky.edu 1106 Patterson Office Tower
	Heather Campbell-Speltz Assistant Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies Coordinator of Translation Studies and Spanish for the Professions 20th Century Peninsular Theatre, Gender Performance, Feminist Theatre, translation studies	heather.campbellspeltz@uky.edu 1161 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-5763
	Susan Carvalho Professor Emerita Latin American Cultural Studies, Spatial Textual Analysis, gender, Latin@studies	scarvalho@ua.edu
	Moisés R. Castillo Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Early Modern and Colonial Studies, Spanish Golden Age Theater, Cervantes Studies	moises.castillo@uky.edu 1163 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-5772
	Irene Chico-Wyatt Assistant Professor Director of Elementary Language Instruction Spanish Language, Literature & Culture, Contemporary Poetry, Spanish Peninsular Theater, Golden Age Poetry and Drama, Phonetics	iochic1@uky.edu 1121 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-2711
	Lilia Malavé Conley Ph. D. Candidate (ABD) Spanish Instructor Research Assistant at UK College of Nursing Sociolinguistics, Multimodal Discourse, Religion and Political Discourse, Demagoguery and Populism, Political Rhetoric	lilia@uky.edu 1102 Patterson Office Tower
	David Cortés Ferrández PhD Candidate (ABD) & Spanish Instructor Critical Discourse Analysis, Linguistics, Language in the New Media, Catalan	dcortesferr@uky.edu 1122 Patterson Office Tower
	Darryl Dedelow Jr. Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) Spanish Instructor Early Modern Literature, Spanish Civil War and Historical Memory	dedelowjr@uky.edu 1118 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-2127
	Mónica Díaz Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and History Chair of Hispanic Studies Marie Rich Endowed Professor Indigenous peoples and religion, Race, Coloniality, Visual studies, Women's writings, Gender and ethnic identity, Cultural studies, Catholic studies	monica.diaz@uky.edu 1105 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-7091
	Kelly Ferguson ABD, PhD Candidate (August 2023) Horror Film and Fiction, Latinx Studies, Cultural and Media Studies, Latin American Culture and Civilization	kelly.ferguson@uky.edu 1102 Patterson Office Tower
	Juan Fernandez-Cantero Postdoctoral Scholar Coordinator of Elementary Language Instruction Transatlantic Studies, Coloniality, Hispanic Heritage and Critical Preservation, Urban Studies, History of Education, Inclusive Pedagogies	juan.fernandez@uky.edu 1141 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-4640
	Hayden Holman Teaching Assistant	hho251@uky.edu POT 1122
	Taylor Leigh Hispanic Studies & Political Science Librarian	taylor.c.leigh@uky.edu 2-5 Young Library
	Matt Losada Associate Professor Latin American Cultural History, Argentine film, 20th and 21st-Century Latin American literature, Spanish experimental film, Women Filmmakers, Brazilian film	mattlosada@uky.edu 1133 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-5793
	Miguel Angel Martos Maldonado Graduate Student	miguelangelmartos@uky.edu 1106 Patterson Office Tower
	Georgie Medina Senior Lecturer of Spanish Faculty Adviser for Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society Faculty Adviser for Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society SPA 310 Coordinator Afro-Hispanic Literature, Latin American Theater, Identity and Race Relations in Latin America, Latin American Culture and Civilization, Spanish Caribbean History	Georgie.Medina@uky.edu #1139 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-7097
	Sofia Mena Molina subaltern studies, Hybridity and Mestizo Studies, Border Studies;, borderland cultures, Latin American Cinema	sofia.mena-molina@uky.edu 1102
	Carmen Moreno-Nuño Professor of Hispanic Studies Contemporary Spanish Peninsular Cultural Studies	morenonuno@uky.edu 1125 Patterson Office Tower (859)-257-7092
	Yanira Paz Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Oral Traditions	yanira.paz@uky.edu 1123 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-7100
	Paloma Pinillos Post-Doctoral Scholar Language and Healthcare, Latino Communities in the U.S., Language Access Policies, Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition, Spanish as a Heritage Language, Spanish Phonetics and Phonology, Performance Pedagogy	paloma.pinillos@uky.edu 1149 Patterson Office Tower
	Rebeca Ponce Ochoa	rpo231@uky.edu 1118
	Jesús Ponte Bernal Contemporary Spanish Peninsular Cultural Studies, Second Language Acquisition	jpo289@uky.edu 1122 Patterson Office Tower
	Dierdra Reber Associate Professor of Latin American Culture 19th-21st century Latin American Latinx and US culture, film and media studies, cultural and critical theory, affect studies and theory, biopolitics and power, neoliberalism, ecocriticism and sustainability studies, Latin American post/coloniality, postcolonial studies and theory, gender women's sexuality studies	dierdra.reber@uky.edu 1135 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1569
	Daniel R. Reedy Professor Emeritus
	Meimalin Rivas Second Language Acquisition Sociolinguistics First and Second Language Variation Applied Linguistics	mri297@uky.edu 1102 Patterson Office Tower
	Adriana Rivera Graduate Student Currently Assistant Professor - Asbury University	adriana.rivera@uky.edu 1106 Patterson Office Tower
	Ana Rueda Professor of Spanish Literature & Culture William T. Bryan Endowed Chair Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor Modern and Contemporary Spanish Studies, Short Fiction, Writing the Self, Transnational Topics, Gender Studies and Women's Writing, Writing War, Colonial/Neocolonial Studies (Spain & Morocco), Interdisciplinary Studies, Critical Theory and Intellectual History	rueda@uky.edu 1153 Patterson Office Tower (859)-257-1565, (859)-257-7095
	Paula Ruiz Santamaría 20th and 21st Century Latin American literature, Poetry written by women, Women and Gender Studies, Critical Social Theory, Colonialism	Paularuiz@uky.edu 1106 Patterson Office Tower
	Enrico Mario Santí William T. Bryan Professor of Hispanic Studies Emeritus Professor Modern Poetry, Modernismo, Caribbean Culture and Literature, Cuban History and Politics, Visual Culture	esant2@uky.edu
	Maria Hoffman Schroeder Currently teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University	mlho242 1106 Patterson Office Tower
	Brent Sebastian Department Manager Associate Department of Hispanic Studies	bseba2@email.uky.edu 1153 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-2127
	Edward Stanton Professor Emeritus	stanton@uky.edu
	Haralambos Symeonidis (Χαράλαμπος Συμεωνίδης) Professor of Spanish Linguistics Co-Director of ALGR (Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico) Professor at Middlebury Language School Summer 2010 Professor at Middlebury Language School (Buenos Aires) Summer 2012-today Invited scholar at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (March 2017) Invited scholar at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Executive Director of KFLC Hispanic Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese in South America (Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil), Judaeo-Spanish, Language Contact, Eurovision Song Contest and Language Use	haralambos.symeonidis@uky.edu 1129 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-2629
	Jakob Turner Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)	SJTU226@uky.edu 1118 Patterson Office Tower
	Alira Vargas	alira.vargasortiz@uky.edu 1118 Patterson Office Tower