Faculty
Faculty
Chair
Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Professor & Chair
NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities (2021-2024)
Historical Hispanic Linguistics; Mozarabic; Al-Andalus; Language Change and Contact
Office: Centennial 214B
Phone: 512.245.7271
E-mail: yb10@txstate.edu
French Faculty
Dr. Jennifer Forrest. Ph.D., Yale University
Professor & Division Coordinator
19th-Century French Literature; 19th-Century Circus Culture; Film Studies
Office: Centennial 219
Phone: 512.245.2493
E-mail: jf05@txstate.edu
Dr. Peter Golato. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Professor
French Linguistics; Applied Linguistics
Office: Centennial 132
Phone: 512.245.3070
Email: pgolato@txstate.edu
Dr. Carole Martin. Ph.D., New York University
Professor
18th-Century French Literature; Cinema Studies
Office: Centennial 224E
Phone: 512.245.2489
E-mail: cm25@txstate.edu
Dr. Mª Luisa Gómez-Ivanov. Ph.D., Boston College
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 130
Phone: 512.245.2488
E-mail: mg91@txstate.edu
Dr. Moira Di Mauro-Jackson. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Late 19th- and 20th-Century French and Italian Literature; Comparative Literature; Italian
Office: Centennial 150
Phone: 512.245.1352
E-mail: md11@txstate.edu
Dr. Gyongyi Pisak. Ph.D., Emory University
Senior Lecturer
19th-Century Comparative Literature (French, Russian and American); Translation
Office: Centennial 123
Phone: 512.245.2491
Email: g_p55@txstate.edu
German Faculty
Dr. Valentina Glajar. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Professor
ACLS Fellow
Division Coordinator
Post-1945 German, Eastern, and Central European Studies
Office: Centennial 224H
Phone: 512.245.3073
E-mail: glajar@txstate.edu
Dr. Andrea Golato. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Dean of the Graduate College
Professor
German Applied Linguistics, Conversation Analysis
Office: JC Kellam 280
Phone: 512.245.2581
E-mail: agolato@txstate.edu
Dr. Lisa Haegele. Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Associate Professor
Interim Fulbright Program Adviser
20th- and 21st-Century German and Austrian Cinema; the Sixties in Art, Literature, and Film; Comparative Studies
Office: Centennial 146
Phone: 512.245.6250
E-mail: haegele@txstate.edu
Dr. Michael Conner. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Webmaster and University Calendar Manager, World Languages and Literatures
19th- and 20th-Century German and Austrian Literature; Pedagogy
Office: Centennial 224D
Phone: 512.245.7494
E-mail: conner@txstate.edu
Dr. Ewa Siwak. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 119
Phone: 512.245.7285
E-mail: ewasiwak@txstate.edu
Italian Faculty
Dr. Moira Di Mauro-Jackson. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Late 19th- and 20th-Century French and Italian Literature; Comparative Literature; Italian
Office: Centennial 150
Phone: 512.245.1352
E-mail: md11@txstate.edu
Japanese Faculty
Dr. Seth Jacobowitz. Ph.D., Cornell University
Assistant Professor
Office: Centennial 148
Phone: 512.245.2360
E-mail: sethjacobowitz@txstate.edu
Dr. Mayumi Moriuchi. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
TSUS Regents' Teacher & Senior Lecturer
Division Coordinator
Office: Centennial 127
Phone: 512.245.1347
E-mail: mm18@txstate.edu
Ms. Emiko Miyagawa Linville. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 151
Phone: 512.245.1353
E-mail: el1049@txstate.edu
Spanish Faculty
Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Professor & Chair
NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities (2021-2024)
Historical Hispanic Linguistics; Mozarabic; Al-Andalus; Language Change and Contact
Office: Centennial 214B
Phone: 512.245.7271
E-mail: yb10@txstate.edu
Dr. Agustín Cuadrado. Ph.D., University of Arizona
Professor
Spanish Graduate Advisor
Contemporary Spanish Narrative; Spanish Cinema; Literary and Cinematic Theory
Office: Centennial 224D
Phone: 512.245.2254
E-mail: ac41@txstate.edu
Dr. Lucy Harney. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Spanish and Liberal Arts Associate Dean
Undergraduate Spanish Advisor
Professional Spanish Internship Coordinator
Office: Centennial 224G
Phone: 512.245.2360
E-mail: harney@txstate.edu
Dr. Luis Intersimone. Ph.D., Rutgers University
Professor
19th- and 20th-Century Latin American Literature
Office: Centennial 133
Phone: 512.245.1416
E-mail: li12@txstate.edu
Dr. Catherine Jaffe. Ph.D., University of Chicago
University Distinguished Professor
Division Coordinator
18th-20th Century Spanish and Comparative Literature; Gender and Reading
Office: Centennial 145
Phone: 512.245.2492
E-mail: cj10@txstate.edu
Dr. Sergio Martínez. Ph.D., University of Arizona
Professor & Associate Chair
Academic Program Director, Quito, Ecuador
Mexican and Mexican-American Literature
Office: Centennial 222
Phone: 512.245.3071
E-mail: sm55@txstate.edu
Dr. J. Yuri Porras. Ph.D., Ohio State University
Professor
Spanish Literature and Theater of the Golden Age; Spanish Culture; Zarzuela
Office: Centennial 152
Phone: 512.245.2466
E-mail: porras@txstate.edu
Dr. Sharon Ugalde. Ph.D., Stanford University
University Distinguished Professor
20th- and 21st-Century Poetry of Spain; Gender Studies
Office: Centennial 141
Phone: 512.245.3072
E-mail: su01@txstate.edu
Dr. Carlos Abreu Mendoza. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Professor
Modern Latin American literature
Office: Centennial 137
Phone: 512.245.1983
E-mail: cam366@txstate.edu
Dr. Matthew Juge. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Linguistics, Historical Morphology and Semantics
Office: Centennial 122
Phone: 512.245.7724
E-mail: mj13@txstate.edu
Dr. Blake Locklin. Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor
20th-Century Spanish American Literature; Comparative Literature
Office: Centennial 142
Phone: 512.245.1350
E-mail: blocklin@txstate.edu
Dr. David Navarro. Ph.D., Western University (London, Ontario, Canada)
Associate Professor
Medieval Iberian Literature
Office: Centennial 134
Phone: 512.245.3070
E-mail: davidnavarro@txstate.edu
Dr. Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins. Ph.D., University of Miami
Associate Professor
Presidential Fellow
20th- and 21st-Century Latin American narrative; Theatre; Performance
Office: Centennial 144
Phone: 512.245.2490
E-mail: agperkins@txstate.edu
Dr. María de las Nieves Pujalte. Ph.D., Ohio State University
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Second-Year Spanish
18th- and 19th-Century Spanish Literature
Office: Centennial 138
Phone: 512.245.3069
E-mail: mp42@txstate.edu
Dr. Beth Bernstein. Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Senior Lecturer
17th- and 20th-Century Peninsular Theater
Office: Centennial 135
Phone: 512.245.2079
E-Mail: bethb@txstate.edu
Ms. María Diocares. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 224C
Phone: 512.245.2486
E-mail: md27@txstate.edu
Dr. Margaret Dunaway. Ph.D., Harvard University
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 114
Phone: 512.245.2360
E-mail: md43@txstate.edu
Dr. Susana Villanueva Eguia Lis. Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Senior Lecturer
Mexican and Chicano literature; Latin American women writers; Modernist poetry; contemporary Maya writers of the Yucatan peninsula; Caribbean literature
Office: Centennial 129
Phone: 512.245.2488
E-mail: slis@txstate.edu
Ms. Alba Melgar. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 153
Phone: 512.245.1354
E-mail: am39@txstate.edu
Dr. Lupita Limage-Montesinos. Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 120
Phone: 512.245.8608
E-mail: ll27@txstate.edu
Dr. Gloria Velásquez. Ph.D., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
Office: Centennial 149
Phone: 512.245.1354
E-mail: gv11@txstate.edu
Ms. Carolina Wilson. M.A., Texas State University-San Marcos
Senior Lecturer
First-Year Spanish Coordinator
Office: Centennial 129
Phone: 512.245.6267
E-mail: cw50@txstate.edu
Mr. Antonio Alfau. M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 128
Phone: 512.245.2496
E-mail: aa35@txstate.edu
Dr. Leah Arreguin. Ph.D., University of Arizona
Lecturer
E-mail: laa96@txstate.edu
Ms. Lauren Dungan. M.A., Texas State University
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 136
Phone 512.245.2360
E-mail: led81@txstate.edu
Mr. Wyatt Ince. M.A., Texas State University
Lecturer
Office: Centennial Hall 116
E-mail: wli2@txstate.edu
Ms. Cecilia McMahon. M.A., Texas State University
Lecturer
Office: Centennial Hall 224A
E-mail: scm168@txstate.edu
Dr. Claire M. Parrish. Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer
E-mail: cm1605@txstate.edu
Mr. José Rivera. M.A., Texas State University
Lecturer
Office: Centennial Hall 116
Phone 512.245.2360
E-mail: jrr162@txstate.edu
Ms. Luann Williams. M.A., Texas State University
Lecturer
Office: Centennial 151
E-mail: lw1255@txstate.edu
American Sign Language Faculty
Mr. James Gardner. M.A., Gallaudet University
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 116
E-mail: jgardner@txstate.edu
Mr. Corey Gember. M.S., McDaniel College
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 116
E-mail: cjg252@txstate.edu
Ms. Jill Kowalsky, M.A., American University
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 118
Phone: 512.245.5149
E-mail: jk55@txstate.edu
Arabic Faculty
Ms. Noha Mohama-Akkari. MSIS, Texas State University
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 124
Phone: 512.245.2496
E-mail: nm22@txstate.edu
Chinese Faculty
Ms. Li Yu. M.A., Sichuan University
Chinese Language & Literature, Teaching Chinese as a Second-Language
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 124
Phone: 512.245.1353
E-mail: fws30@txstate.edu
Latin Faculty
Dr. Matthew Juge. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Office: Centennial 122
Phone: 512.245.7724
E-mail: mj13@txstate.edu
Portuguese Faculty
Dr. Lydia Marques. Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 126
E-mail: lm16@txstate.edu
Russian Faculty
Ms. Anastasia Maltseva. M.A., Altai State University (Russia)
Extension Educator
Office: Centennial 123
Phone: 512.245.2491
E-mail: a_m1664@txstate.edu
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Miriam Balboa Echeverría. Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor Emerita
Presidential Distinction Scholar
Honorary Professor of International Studies
Women's Studies; Latin American Literature; Modern Spanish Literature
E-mail: me01@txstate.edu
Dr. James J. Champion. Ph.D., University of Michigan
Professor Emeritus
Spanish Linguistics
Office: Centennial 118
Phone: 512.245.2488
E-mail: jc04@txstate.edu
Dr. Robert Fischer. Ph.D., Penn State University
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Dr. Roberto Galván. Ph.D., Tulane University
Professor Emeritus
Spanish Linguistics
Dr. Dona Reeves-Marquardt. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Professor Emerita
Medieval German Language and Literature; Germans from Russia Studies; German-Americana
E-mail: dr03@txstate.edu
Retired
Dr. Antonio Gragera. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Associate Professor
Second Language Acquisition; Computer Assisted Language Learning
Office: Centennial 125
Phone: 512.245.2494
E-mail: ag20@txstate.edu