Faculty and Staff

Chair

Paolo Giordano, Ph.D.
Department Chair
pgiordan@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Renaissance and 20th Century Italian Literature, Italian Literature of Emigration, Italian-American Literature

Faculty

Humberto López Cruz, Ph.D.
Professor
hlopez@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Hispanic Literature in the US, Spanish Caribbean and Central American Literatures--concentration on Panamá.

Bernard Decker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
bdecker@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Third Reich; European Union; Modern Germany; Cultural Studies, German Colonial literature.

Keith Folse
Associate Professor
kfolse@mail.ucf.edu

C. Alberto Villanueva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
cvillanv@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Poetry in Spanish, Modernismo and Contemporary Spanish American Literature.

Debora Cordeiro Rosa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
dcrosa@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Contemporary Latin American Jewish literature, diaspora, exile, tradition, assimilation, identity, Southern Cone literature, Luso-Brazilian culture and literature.

Martha García, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
mgarcia@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Spanish Medieval and Golden Age Literature, Theatre, and Film, The Portrayal of Female Characters, and The Theological Aspects of the Narrative and Theatre.

Marie Léticée
Assistant Professor
leticee@mail.ucf.edu

Florin Mihai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
fmihai@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Language and Content-Area Assessment for English Language Learners, Grammar Instruction, Pre- and In-service Teacher Education, Curriculum Development in Global Contexts.

Lisa Nalbone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
nalbone@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: · Primary: Modern and Contemporary Spanish and Spanish American Literatures, Hispanic Modernisms, Caribbean Literature, Gender Studies / · Secondary: Spanish Civil War, Generation of 98

Kerry Purmensky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
kpurmens@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: CALL, Service Learning, P-12 ESOL, Grammar and Critical Pedagogy.

Gregory Thompson
Assistant Professor
glt@mail.ucf.edu

Charlotte Trinquet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ctrinque@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Early modern French literature, Fairy tales and Folklore. North American Francophone literature and its relationship with colonial France

Gergana Vitanova
Assistant Professor
gvitanov@mail.ucf.edu

Brian Barone
Instructor
bbarone@mail.ucf.edu

Dina Fabery
Instructor
fabery@mail.ucf.edu

Lalnunmawii (Nuni) Fanai
Instructor
lfanai@mail.ucf.edu

Ali Korosy
Instructor
akorosy@mail.ucf.edu

Virginia Ann Ludwig
Instructor
vludwig@mail.ucf.edu

Maria Monica Montalvo
Instructor
mmontalv@mail.ucf.edu

Alma Negy
Instructor
anegy@mail.ucf.edu

Julie Pomerleau, M.S.
Instructor
jpomerle@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Second language aquisition and teaching, I believe learning a language should be fun. On a personal level, I like to travel to Spanish speaking countries and I have done volunteer work in Peru and Guatemala.

Anne Prucha
Instructor
aprucha@mail.ucf.edu

Maria Redmon, M.A.
Instructor
mredmon@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Translation and Interpretation, Business Spanish and Spanish Language for Specific Purposes.

Sheila Rivera
Instructor
rivera@mail.ucf.edu

Maria Grazia Spina, M.A.
Instructor
mspina@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Italian,French and German languages and cultures. British, German and Southamerican literatures. European History.

Chiara Mazzucchelli, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
cmazzucc@mail.ucf.edu

Alla Kourova, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor
akourova@mail.ucf.edu
Research Interests: Cross-cultural components and multicultural curriculum in teaching English as a Second Language (K-12), pre- and in-service teacher education.

Elizabeth Smith
Visiting Instructor
egiltner@mail.ucf.edu

Elizabeth Solis
Visiting Instructor
esolis@mail.ucf.edu

Kacie Tartt
Visiting Instructor
ktartt@mail.ucf.edu