
Faculty
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese's faculty come from diverse educational backgrounds and engage in a broad spectrum of teaching and research. Teaching and Research Faculty engage undergraduates in the major and minor programs in Spanish and Portuguese and graduate students in the Department's PhD program. This teaching is based on their research into literature and culture broadly writ in a variety of historical periods and global sites. Teaching Faculty immerse undergraduate students in the learning of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department's language programs. They bring a deep and broad knowledge in linguistics, second-language acquisitions, literature, and culture into the classroom.


Marta Agüero Guerra
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8285
Office location:
3-546 Kresge
marta.aguero@northwestern.edu

Raquel Amorese
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7451
Office location:
3-530 Kresge
r-amorese@northwestern.edu


Elisa Baena
Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8280
Office location:
3-532 Kresge
e-baena@northwestern.edu

María Jesús Barros García
Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8278
Office location:
3-143 Crowe
maria.barros@northwestern.edu


Flávio Borges Faria
Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
Phone number:
847-467-5457
Office location:
3-128 Crowe
flavio.borgesfaria@northwestern.edu

Denise Bouras
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8089
Office location:
3-534 Kresge
dbouras@northwestern.edu

Nathalie Bouzaglo
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-467-1543
Office location:
3-139 Crowe
n-bouzaglou@northwestern.edu

César Braga-Pinto
George F. Appel Professor in the Humanities
Phone number:
847-467-6453
Office location:
3-137 Crowe
c-braga-pinto@northwestern.edu

Lina Britto | Department of History
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-491-7412
Office location:
Harris Hall 302
lina.britto@northwestern.edu

Jacob C. Brown
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-4389
Office location:
3-149 Crowe
jacob.c.brown@northwestern.edu

Miguel Caballero
Assistant Professor
Phone number:
847-491-8136
Office location:
3-129 Crowe
miguel.caballero@northwestern.edu

Geraldo Cadava | Department of History
Professor
Phone number:
847-491-3152
Office location:
Harris Hall 210
g-cadava@northwestern.edu

Germán Campos-Muñoz
Associate Professor of Instruction
Office location:
4-351 Kresge
german.camposmunoz@northwestern.edu

Estilita Maria Cassiani Obeso
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8282
Office location:
3-138 Crowe
estilita.cassiani@northwestern.edu

Fernando Castro Ortiz
Lecturer
Phone number:
847-491-3517
Office location:
3-544 Kresge
fernando-castro@northwestern.edu

Chyi Chung
Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8249
Office location:
3-536 Kresge
c-chung@northwestern.edu

Heather Colburn
Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8276
Office location:
3-538 Kresge
h-colburn@northwestern.edu

Jeffrey K. Coleman
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-491-8281
Office location:
3-133 Crowe
jeffrey.coleman@northwestern.edu

Jorge Coronado
Professor
Phone number:
847-491-8277
Office location:
3-135 Crowe
jcoronado@northwestern.edu

Anna Diakow
Assistant Professor of Instruction Emerita
Phone number:
847-491-8285
Office location:
3-546 Kresge
a-diakow@northwestern.edu


Caroline Egan
Assistant Professor
Phone number:
847-491-5063
Office location:
3-121 Crowe
caroline.egan@northwestern.edu

Eider Etxebarria
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8283
Office location:
3-540 Kresge
e.etxebarria@northwestern.edu


Alfonso Fierro
Assistant Professor
Phone number:
847-467-7459
Office location:
3-117 Crowe
alfonso.fierro@northwestern.edu

Irene Finestrat Martinez
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7454
Office location:
3-550 Kresge
irene.finestrat@northwestern.edu

Marcela A. Fuentes | Department of Performance Studies
Associate Professor
Office location:
70 Arts Circle Drive, Room 5-151
marcela.fuentes@northwestern.edu

Paul Gillingham | History
Professor
Phone number:
847-467-4829
Office location:
Harris 323
paul.gillingham@northwestern.edu

Alba Girons
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8797
Office location:
3-141 Crowe
alba.girons@northwestern.edu

Mirella Gomes da Silva
Lecturer
Phone number:
847-491-3517
Office location:
3-544 Kresge
mgsilva@northwestern.edu

Johan Gotera
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone number:
847-467-6698
Office location:
3-131 Crowe
johangotera@northwestern.edu

César Enrique Hoyos Álvarez
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7453
Office location:
3-548 Kresge
cesar.hoyosalvarez@northwestern.edu

Lucille Kerr
Professor Emerita
Phone number:
847-467-6698
Office location:
3-131 Crowe
lckerr@northwestern.edu

Elena Lanza
Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7476
Office location:
3-130 Crowe
e-lanza@northwestern.edu

Wílmar López-Barrios
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8127
Office location:
3-136 Crowe
wilmar.lopezbarrios@northwestern.edu

Emily Maguire
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-491-2340
Office location:
3-125 Crowe
e-maguire@northwestern.edu


José Medina | Philosophy
Walter Dill Scott Professor
Phone number:
847-467-7536
Office location:
Kresge 3-439
jose.medina@northwestern.edu

Shannon Millikin
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-0227
Office location:
3-132 Crowe
s-millikin@northwestern.edu

J. Michelle Molina | Religious Studies
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-467-1304
Office location:
Crowe 5-179
molina@northwestern.edu

Reyes Morán
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7457
Office location:
3-134 Crowe
mr-moran@northwestern.edu



Alicia Nuñez
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone number:
847-467-5457
Office location:
3-128 Crowe
alicia.nunez@northwestern.edu

Julia Oliver Rajan
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7462
Office location:
3-142 Crowe
julia.oliverrajan@northwestern.edu

Sue Pechter
Associate Professor of Instruction Emerita
Phone number:
847-467-7471
Office location:
3-140 Crowe
s-pechter@northwestern.edu

Claudia Quevedo-Webb
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-7471
Office location:
3-140 Crowe
quevedowebb@northwestern.edu


Mariajosé Rodríguez Pliego | Department of English
College Fellow
Office location:
University Hall 407
mariajose.rodriguezpliego@northwestern.edu

Deborah Rosenberg
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-491-8916
Office location:
1908 N. Sheridan
deborah-rosenberg@northwestern.edu

Tasha Seago-Ramaly
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-2612
Office location:
3-155 Crowe
tseagram@northwestern.edu


Inês Silva de Almeida
Visiting Fulbright Foriegn Language Teaching Assistant
Phone number:
847-491-3517
Office location:
3-544 Kresge
ines.silvadealmeida@northwestern.edu


Ana C. Thomé Williams
Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-1052
Office location:
3-552 Kresge
ana-williams@northwestern.edu

Alejandra Uslenghi
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-467-1713
Office location:
3-113 Crowe
a-uslenghi@northwestern.edu

María Teresa Villanueva
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-2612
Office location:
3-145 Crowe
m-villanueva@northwestern.edu

Mary Weismantel | Anthropology
Associate Professor
Phone number:
847-491-4822
Office location:
1810 Hinman Ave
mjweis@northwestern.edu

S.B. West
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone number:
847-467-6630
Office location:
1-552 Kresge
sbwest@northwestern.edu