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Department of Modern

Languages & Literature
CAS Building, Room # 329
1201 W. University Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539

 

Phone: (956) 381-3441
Fax: (956) 318-5381

DEPARTMENT FACULTY

Dr. Stephanie Alvarez Dr. Stephanie Alvarez, Lecturer

Area of Specialization: transculturation, literatura comprometida of latin america and latino u.s.a., identity politics, cultural studies, bi/multi-lingual tendencies in latin american and u.s. latino literature, and decolonizing approaches to teaching and research.

 

 

Office: COAS 311A                              Phone: (956) 381-2369
Email: smalvarezm@utpa.edu                Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Elvia Ardalani Dr. Elvia Ardalani, Assistant Professor
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Office: COAS 315                                Phone: (956) 381-3443
Email: eardalania@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Stella Behar Dr. Stella Behar, Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: Contemporary French Literature, Art, and Civilization; The History of Science, Art, and Technology; Surrealism.

 

 

 

 

Office: COAS 302                                Phone: (956) 381-2106

Email: behar@utpa.edu                        Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Peter Browne Dr. Peter Browne, Associate Professor
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Office: COAS 321                                Phone: (956) 381-3445
Email: brow_a@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Carla Calarge Dr. Carla Calarge, Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization: 20th Century French Literature, Francophone Literatures (with emphasis on Middle-Eastern and North African Francophone literatures), French Fantasy Literature (Fantastique & merveilleux)

 

 

Office: COAS 316                                Phone: (956) 381-3445
Email: ccalarge@utpa.edu                    Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Victoria Contreras Dr. Victoria Contreras, Associate Professor
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Office: COAS 319                                Phone: (956) 384-5010
Email: vcontreras@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Guadalupe Cortina Dr. Guadalupe Cortina, Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: Contemporary Mexican Narrative, Theatre and Film, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Contemporary Latin American Literature by Women, Chicano/Latino Writers, Chicana/Latina Writers, Contemporary U. S. Latina/o representation in the Media, Literary Theory and Criticism

 

Office: COAS 319                                Phone: (956) 384-5011
Email: gcortina@utpa.edu                     Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Monica Diaz Dr. Monica Diaz, Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization: Latin American Colonial Culture and Literature.

 

 

 

 

 

Office: COAS 325                                Phone: (956) 384-5011
Email: mdiaz9@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vitae

Mrs. Mary Flores Mrs. Mary Flores, Lecturer
Area of Specialization: Teaching Spanish Online. Beginning Spanish Online courses are being offered via Horizon Wimba Voice Tools and Blackboard.  Spanish Online opens up a new world that offers a wide range of exciting features designed to help you achieve a global understanding of the Spanish speaking world virtually while providing ample practice in writing, vocabulary expansion, grammatical awareness and oral proficiency.

Office: COAS 345D                              Phone: (956) 381-2369
Email: maryflores@utpa.edu                  Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Carmela Garcia Ms. Carmela Garcia, Lecturer
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Office: COAS 318                                Phone: (956) 381-3446
Email: cgarcia@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Lino Garcia Jr. Dr. Lino García Jr., Professor Emeritus-Spanish Literature
Area of Specialization: Spanish Literature of the Golden Age: Cervantes, Poetry and Drama . The Contemporary Mexican Novel: Carlos Fuentes; and Medieval Spanish Literature; Spanish Grammar and Composition

 

 

 

Office: COAS 311A                              Phone: (956) 381-2369
Email: lgarcia@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jose Hernandez Dr. Jose Hernandez, Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization: Hispanic Linguistics, Language Variation and Change, Language Contact in U.S. settings

 

 

 

 

Office: COAS 323                                Phone: (956) 316-7153
Email: jhernandez52@utpa.edu              Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Francisco Loera Mr. Francisco Loera, Lecturer
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Office: Southwick Hall 210                    Phone: (956) 381-2086
Email: franciscol@utpa.edu                   Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Glenn Martinez Dr. Glenn Martinez, Associate Professor/ Chair
Area of Specialization: Heritage Language Pedagogy, Spanish Sociolinguistics

 

 

 

 

Office: COAS 329                                Phone: (956) 381-3442
Email: martinezg@utpa.edu                   Curriculum Vitae

Dr. José M. Martinez Dr. José M. Martinez, Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: Latin American Modernismo, Rubén Darío, Latin American Short Story, Fantastic Literature, 20th Century Spanish Peninsular Literature.

 

 

Office: COAS 320                                Phone: (956) 384-5009
Email: jmmartinez@utpa.edu             2nd Email: jmm.hipertexto@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae                                  Personal Website

Dr. Hugo Mejias Dr. Hugo Mejias, Associate Professor
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Office: COAS 322                                Phone: (956) 381-3445
Email: mejiash@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Edna Ochoa Dr. Edna Ochoa, Assistant Professor
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Office: COAS 327                                 Phone: (956) 384-5011
Email: lochoa4@utpa.edu                      Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Ramiro Rea Mr. Ramiro Rea, Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: 20th Century Spanish-American Literature.

Study Abroad UTPA Program Coordinator: Salamanca, Spain. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

 

 

 

Office: COAS 317                                Phone: (956) 381-3444
Email: rrrea@utpa.edu                         Curriculum Vita

Dr. Hector Romero Dr. Hector Romero, Professor
Area of Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Hispanic Literatures, Latino Literature in the U.S., Caribbean Literature

 

 

 

 

Office: COAS 314                                Phone: (956) 384-5012
Email: hrromero@utpa.edu                    Curriculum Vita

Mrs. Zoila Romero Mrs. Zoila Romero, Lecturer
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Office: COAS 345C                              Phone: (956) 381-2368
Email: zgromero@utpa.edu                    Curriculum Vita

Dr. Ethan Sharp Dr. Ethan Sharp, Assistant Professor
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Office: COAS 345B                              Phone: (956) 381-2106
Email: esharpz@utpa.edu                     Curriculum Vita

Mrs. Lilian Taylor Mrs. Lillian Taylor, Lecturer
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Office: COAS 345B                              Phone: (956) 381-2106
Email: taylorl@utpa.edu                       Curriculum Vita