People

Cynthia Carosella

Instructor of Spanish

Phone:

269-337-7052

Email:

Cynthia.Carosella@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203D

Tris Faulkner

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Phone:

269-337-7324

Email:

Tris.Faulkner@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203B

Personal Website:

trisfaulkner.com

B.A., Spanish Language and Literature and International Studies, Louisiana State University

M.A., Interpreting and Translation Studies, Wake Forest University

M.S., Spanish Linguistics, Georgetown University

Ph.D., Spanish Linguistics, Georgetown University

Teaching

SEMN-129-01: All Speech is Legitimate!: The Fallacy of “Broken” Language

SPAN-4xx: Topics in Spanish Linguistics (course topics and title will vary based on the particular trimester/academic year, as well as student/professor interests).

SPAN-493: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

SPAN-205: Linguistics, Identity, and Health

Research

My research investigates the semanto-pragmatics of “non-standard” grammars (e.g., non-standard variation between subjunctive and indicative), with the objective of helping to eliminate harmful and discriminatory ideas about “wrong”, “incorrect”, or “bad” language; that is to say, there’s no such thing as “bad” language! In my work (focused mainly on variation in mood, tense, and aspect), I focus on how the meanings of these forms are influenced by socio-pragmatic context. My investigations incorporate the use of corpora and human participants. 

Although my research has centered mostly on Spanish or Romance, I also do work on English and Jamaican Creole.

Ivett López Malagamba

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Assistant Professor of Spanish

Co-Chair, Department of Spanish Language and Literatures

Phone:

269-337-7049

Email:

Ivett.LopezMalagamba@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203F

Ph.D., Hispanic Language and Literatures, University of California, Berkeley

Designated Emphasis in Film and Media Studies

B.A., Peninsular and Latin American Literatures & Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Teaching

SPAN492: Senior Seminar (Topic: Contemporary Latin American Women Writers)

SPAN495: Indigeneity in Latin America

SPAN485: Undoing the Nation: 20th- and 21st- Latin American Cultural Production

SPAN455: Latin American Documentary Film

SPAN445: Visual Practices in Latin America

SPAN401: The Spanish-Speaking World on Film (Latin America)

SPAN301: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures

SPAN203: Advanced Conversation and Composition

SPAN201: Intermediate Spanish

SPAN200: Intermediate Spanish in the Dominican Republic (Winter 2019)

SPAN101: Beginning Spanish I

Research

20th- and 21st-Century Latin American Literature and Visual Culture

Katie MacLean

Associate Professor of Spanish

Co-Chair, Department of Spanish Language and Literatures

Phone:

269-337-7051

Email:

Katie.MacLean@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203E

B.A. (combined honors) French and Spanish, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada)

M.A. Spanish, Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada)

Ph.D. Spanish and Latin American Studies, Duke University (Durham, NC)

Diomedes S. Rábago

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

Phone:

269-337-7116

Email:

Diomedes.Rabago@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203I

B.A., Modern Languages, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico

M.A., Spanish, Western Michigan University

Ph.D., Hispanic Cultural Studies, Michigan State University

Teaching

SPAN206: Business Spanish 

Research

Class identity and representation in Latin American literature and film.

Sociological and historical approaches to literature.

Enid Valle

Professor of Spanish

Phone:

269-337-7121

Email:

Enid.Valle@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203G

BA, Comparative Literature, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (Puerto Rico)

MA, Comparative Literature, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

PhD, Romance Languages (Spanish) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Carlos Vázquez Cruz

Assistant Professor of Spanish

PhD in Romance Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

MFA in Spanish Creative Writing, New York University 

BA in Spanish Education, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras 

Phone:

Email:

Carlos.VazquezCruz@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203C

Personal Website:

compli-carlos.com

Teaching

Research

Research Interests: 

Hispanic Queer Literature 

Hispanic Digital Humanities 

Hispanic Contemporary Literature 

Hispanic Writers in the US 

Afro-Latin American Artists and Writers 

The Critical Study of Masculinities in Literature, Music and ICT’s 

 

Selected articles: 

 

Evolución tecno-digital y disrupción locativa en novelas gays hispánicas (1967-2016)”. Ometeca, vol. 25, Winter 2020-21, pp. 67-96. 

 

“Abniel Marat: poeta, homosexual y revolucionario”. Journal of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Series 3, no. 7, September 2017, pp. 14-26. 

 

“Querido José Luis: ‘A veces llegan cartas…’ como las suyas”. Cruce: Contemporary Sociocultural Critique, March 2018, pp. 62-74. Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico. 

 

“Seis veces Isadora”. Cuadrivium, vol. 11, no. 17, Winter 2015 – Spring 2016, pp. 132-40. University of Puerto Rico at Humacao. 

 

“Del amor romántico a la pornografía: el tránsito poético de Juanmanuel González-Ríos”. Hispanic Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring 2012, pp. 93-100. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 

 

“El artificio como artefacto: los hilos poéticos de Aún entre mis manos”. Exégesis: Journal of the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, vol. 21, no. 64, 2009, pp. 72-80. 

 

Frutos (sub)terráneos: del huerto poético de Martínez-Márquez, a la frescura de su mesa”. Luciérnaga: International Book Review Journal, año 4, no. 11, mayo – agosto 2007, pp. 28-39. University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla. 

 

 

Selected books: 

 

Las siete Partidas. San Juan: Riel Editores, 2022. (novel) [forthcoming] 

 

Silente. San Juan: Isla Negra Editores, 2022. (poetry) 

 

Ares. San Juan: Isla Negra Editores, 2014. (poetry) 

 

Malacostumbrismo. San Juan: Erizo Editorial, 2012. (stories) 

 

Sencilla mente. Arecibo: Sótano Editores, 2010. (poetry) 

 

La mirilla y la muralla: el estado crítico. Arecibo: Sótano Editores, 2009. (literary criticism) 

 

Dos centímetros de mar. San Juan: Editorial Tiempo Nuevo, 2008. (novel) 

 

8% de desk-cuentos (Asado a las doce). Massachusetts: CBH Books, 2006. (stories) 

Mikela Zhezha-Thaumanavar

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

Phone:

269-337-7329

Email:

Mikela.Zhezha-Thaumanavar@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 211B

Emily Fink-Craig

Office Coordinator, Languages Division

Phone:

269-337-7136

Email:

Emily.Fink-Craig@kzoo.edu

Office:

Dewing 203