2017-2018
I. OFFICERS:
Head – M. Meléndez
Associate Head – M. Bowles
Director of Graduate Studies – J. Irigoyen-García
Advisors to first year M.A. Students
Spanish Linguistics: Jegerski
Hispanic Literatures: Irigoyen-García
Portuguese: Karam
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Spanish & Portuguese – Abbott
Director of Education Abroad – Delgado
Undergraduate Advisor in Spanish (including Honors and Study Abroad) – Robles
Director of Introductory Spanish Language – Waters
Director of 4th Semester Spanish Language – Carollo
Director of Advanced Spanish Language – Henshaw
Director of Basic Language Instruction for Portuguese – Goebel
Undergraduate Advisor in Portuguese—Karam
Parliamentarian – Hualde (Fall), MacDonald (Spring)
Graduate Student Representative to Departmental Meetings – Jone Vicente
Basque Studies Mentor – Hualde
Catalan Studies Mentor - Tolliver
Course Supervisors (Fall 2017):
SPAN 232 – Abbott
SPAN 250 – Meléndez
SPAN 252 – Bowles
SPAN 254 – Delgado
SPAN 303 – Hualde
SPAN 305 – MacDonald
SPAN 307 – Montrul
SPAN 308 – Jegerski
SPAN 326 – Ledesma
II. STANDING COMMITTEES
Advisory Committee [elected]- Escobar (2016-2018), Karam (2016-2018), Delgado (2017-2019), Montrul (2017-2019), Bowles (ex officio)
Study Abroad Committee: Delgado (Chair), Abbott, Robles, Goodman, Jegerski, Eider Etxebarria
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions- Irigoyen (Chair), Escobar (Spanish Linguistics), Jegerski (Spanish Linguistics), Delgado (Spanish Literature), Ledesma (Latin American Literature), Karam (Portuguese)
Committee on Graduate Awards – Irigoyen (Chair, ex officio), Tolliver, Goodman, MacDonald
Area Review Committees on Graduate Progress (including course scheduling and strategic planning within the group):
Spanish Linguistics: Hualde (Chair, Fall), Bowles, Escobar, Jegerski, MacDonald, Montrul (Chair, Spring)
Spanish,Latin American and Portuguese Literatures/Cultures: Delgado, Irigoyen-Garcia (Chair), Ledesma, Meléndez, Romero, Tolliver, Goodman, Karam
Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello): Abbott (Chair), Montrul, Tolliver (Fall)
Curriculum Committee : Abbott (ex officio), Irigoyen (ex officio), Delgado, Escobar (Chair), Martínez Quiroga, Karam, Robles (ex officio), Teresa Greppi
Policy & Development – Hualde (Fall), Jegerski (Spring), Tolliver (Fall), Goodman, Irati Hurtado
Capricious Grading Committee [elected -3] –Bowles, Chair (15-18), Jegerski (16-19), Montrul (17-20), Ane Icardo
Lectures & Arrangements Committee –Goodman (Chair), Hualde (Fall), Ledesma. Almike Vázquez
Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee (elected-3): Escobar (Chair), Jegerski, Ledesma
Faculty Annual Review Committees: (Evaluations must be completed by April 15 for non-tenure track
faculty and by May 15 for tenure track)
Assistant Professors: All tenured faculty (Associate and Full professors)
Associate Professors: Meléndez, Delgado, Montrul, Hualde
Non-tenure track faculty: Advisory committee (other faculty may be recruited if needed)
III. AD HOC
Darlene Wolf Fellowship – Montrul (Chair), MacDonald, Bowles
P&T committee:
Jegerski: Montrul (Chair), Hualde, Bowles
Ledesma: Goldman, Karam, Delgado (Chair)
Third-year review committee (Glen Goodman): Karam (Chair), Tolliver, Escobar
Search Committee for Latin American position: Ledesma (Chair), Delgado, Karam
Non-departmental Awards for Excellence – Abbott (Chair), Escobar, Tolliver (Fall), Martínez Quiroga
(This is a committee that identifies awards in LAS or campus and suggests nominations from our faculty)
Website committee: Irigoyen (Chair), MacDonald, Goodman, Abbott, Jone Vicente
Newsletter committee: Meléndez, Abbott, Goodman, Bowles
Scheduling and Timetable committee: Bowles (Chair), Abbott (ex officio), Irigoyen (ex officio), Carollo, Henshaw, Waters, Sara Fernández.
Proficiency evaluation committee (Fulbright, Study Abroad, other): Henshaw, Martínez Quiroga (Chair), González, De Angelo, Goebel, Waters, Carollo.
IV. NON-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Executive Committee - Ledesma
Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab, Director – Montrul
Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE), Director– Bowles
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program Advisory Committee - Escobar
SLCL Executive Committee - Delgado
Spanish and Portuguese representatives Academic Senate –Goldman (2016-2017), Tolliver (2016-2018)
University Language Academy for Children, Director – Montrul
V. REPRESENTATIVES ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
(appointed/selected extra-departmentally)
Campus Research Policy Committee - Meléndez
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Director–Escobar
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Nominations Committee–Bowles
Center for Translation Studies, Director – Tolliver
Committee of Departmental Advisors (CODA) - Robles
Faculty Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor for Research - Escobar
Foreign Language Accommodations Committee - Bowles
Foreign Language Advisory Committee (FLAC) Meeting—Robles
Foreign Language Teacher Education (FLTE) Admissions Committee - Robles
Global Migration and Diaspora Initiative - Goldman
Graduate College Executive Committee – Delgado
IlliAAC Executive Board Racial Justice Allies and Advocates Training Committee (RJAA) – Robles
Latino Family Visit Day Committee (LFVD) - Robles
LAS Awards Committee–Karam
LAS Courses and Curricula Committee - Karam
LAS Executive Committee–Delgado
LAS Foreign Language Accommodations Committee–Bowles
LAS Global Studies Advisory Committee – Delgado
LAS Honors Council–Henshaw, Abbott
LAS Online Advisory Board – Abbott
LAS Policy and Development – Bowles
Linguistics Third Year Review Committee for Xun Yan - Bowles
Program in Jewish Culture and Society Executive Committee – Goldman
Program Review Council (Provost Office) – Montrul
Search Committee Director of the Siebel Design Center - Montrul
Senate Committee on General University Policy–Tolliver
Social and Behavioral Sciences Interdisciplinary Working Group (Campus level) – Montrul
University Senates Conference - Tolliver
Vice-President of Academic Affairs Faculty Advisory Committee–Tolliver
VI. SPGO – Graduate Student Organization
President: Arkaitz Ibarretxe Diego
Vice President: Laura Cummings
Treasurer: Dulcinea Munoz Gomez
Secretary: Ane Aguirre Crespo
Representative to Faculty Meetings: Jone Vicente Urrutia
Social Event Coordinator: Kara Yarrington
GEO Stewards: Liz Moreno, Carmen Gallegos, Megan Gargiulo, Miren Anton Lobato
VII. OFFICE STAFF
Staff Supervisor, Administrative Associate to the Director of FLB – Rebecca Riley
EO Support - Office Mgr. for Classics, Translation Studies, Medieval Studies – Lauri Quick
EO Support - Office Mgr. for Linguistics & Modern Greek – Abby Dillingham
EO Support – Office Administrator for SP, SLATE, ULAC, Study Abroad– Kathy Schilson
