Administrative and Committee Assignments
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
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: Bowles
Hispanic Literatures: Irigoyen-García
Portuguese: Karam
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Spanish – Abbott
Director of Education Abroad – Escobar
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 – Tolliver
Graduate Student Representative to Departmental Meetings – Jone Vicente
Basque Studies Mentor – Hualde
Catalan Studies Mentor - Tolliver
Course Supervisors (AY 2019-2020):
SPAN 232 – Abbott
SPAN 252 – Jegerski
SPAN250 – Martínez-Quiroga
SPAN 254 – Goldman
SPAN 303 – Hualde
SPAN 305 – MacDonald (Spring)
SPAN 307 – Bowles
SPAN 308 – Escobar
SPAN 318 – Irigoyen García
SPAN 324 – Meléndez
II. STANDING COMMITTEES
Advisory Committee [elected]- Irigoyen (2018-2020), Tolliver (2018-2020), Ledesma (2019-2021), MacDonald (2019-2021), Bowles (ex officio)
Study Abroad Committee: Escobar (Chair), Abbott, Bowles, Goldman, Robles, Arkaitz Ibarretxe (student)
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions- Irigoyen (Chair), Hualde (Spanish Linguistics), Jegerski (Spanish Linguistics), Karam (Portuguese), Ledesma (Latin American Literature)
Committee on Graduate Awards – Irigoyen (Chair, ex officio), Hualde, Ledesma, MacDonald
Area Review Committees on Graduate Progress (including course scheduling and strategic planning within the group):
Spanish Linguistics: Hualde (Chair), Bowles, Escobar, Jegerski, MacDonald, Montrul
Spanish, Latin American Literatures/Cultures: Ledesma (Chair), Cervantes, Delgado, Fornoff, Goldman, Irigoyen-García, Karam, Meléndez, Tolliver
Portuguese: Karam (Chair), Goebel
Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello): Abbott (Chair), Escobar, Karam, Martínez-Quiroga
Curriculum Committee: Jegerski (Chair), Abbott (ex officio), Goldman, Henshaw, Irigoyen (ex officio), Karam, Robles (ex officio), Iker García (student)
Policy & Development – Tolliver (Chair), Fornoff, Goebel, Henshaw, Miren Antón (student)
Capricious Grading Committee [elected -3] – Montrul (Chair, 17-20), Karam (18-21), Cervantes (19-22), María Arruti (student)
Lectures & Arrangements Committee – Fornoff (Chair), Jegerski, Tolliver, Lucía Sánchez (student)
Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee (elected-3): Goldman (Chair), Fornoff, Tolliver
Faculty Annual Review Committees: (Evaluations must be completed by April 21 for non-tenure track
faculty and by May 15 for tenure track)
Assistant Professors: All tenured faculty (Associate and Full professors)
Associate Professors: Delgado, Hualde, Escobar, Meléndez, Montrul
Non-tenure track faculty: Advisory committee (other faculty may be recruited if needed)
P&T Committee for Promotion from Associate Professor to Full: Delgado, Hualde, Escobar, Meléndez,and
Montrul
III. AD HOC
Darlene Wolf Fellowship – Montrul (Chair), Hualde, Jegerski,
Non-departmental Awards for Excellence – Goldman (Chair), Carollo, Martínez-Quiroga, Montrul
(This is a committee that identifies awards in LAS or campus and suggests nominations from our faculty)
Website committee: Ledesma (Chair), Irigoyen, MacDonald, Aritz Regoyo (student)
Newsletter committee: Meléndez (Chair), Abbott, Cervantes, Escobar
Scheduling and Timetable committee: Bowles (Chair), Carollo, Henshaw, Waters, Aritz Regoyo
Proficiency evaluation committee (Fulbright, Study Abroad, other): Martínez Quiroga (Chair), Carollo,
Goebel, Henshaw, Waters
Spanish in the US Search Committee: Escobar (Chair), Bowles, Cervantes
IV. NON-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES (School, College, Campus and U of I System wide) As August 26, 2019
- Bowles, Melissa:
- AS Policy and Development Committee
- LAS Foreign Language Accommodations Committee
- Committee to Review Pamela Greene, Director of FLTE
- Delgado, Luisa Elena:
- LAS Faculty Excellence Task Force
- COHORT Committee
- LAS Humanities Council Committee (representing the School)
- Escobar, Anna María:
- SLCL Executive Committee
- LAS - National and International Scholarships Program - Fulbright Program
- Fornoff, Carolyn:
- Fulbright Fall Review Student Application Committee
- Henshaw, Florencia:
- Executive Committee of CLIC
- Goldman, Dara:
- Strategic planning working group IV — Strengthen our Resources, Visibility, and Impact
- Mortensen Center Advisory Committee
- Fulbright Review Committee
- PJCS Executive Committee
- Hualde, José Ignacio:
- Campus Research Board
- P& T Committee Chair, Linguistics Dept (Shosted)
- P & T Committee member, EALC Dept (Shih)
- Irigoyen-García, Javier:
- LAS Global Studies, Faculty Advisory Committee
- Jegerski, Jill:
- Executive committee for the SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education)
- Karam, John:
- Funding Initiative for Multiracial Democracy, Campus Research Board, Ad Hoc Committee Member
- Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Advisory Committee Member
- Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, Associate Director and Advisory Board Member
- MacDonald, Jonathan:
- LAS Committee on Academic Standards (CAS)
- Fulbright Fall Review Student Application Committee
- Meléndez, Mariselle:
- Humanities Council Committee, chair (elected)
- 2019-20 University of Illinois President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellow (elected)
- 2019-2020 LAS Working Group for Strategic Plan on Diversity and Inclusion (appointed)
- Montrul, Silvina:
- Member Executive Committee Social and Behavioral Sciences Center
- Program Review Evaluation Committee (Provost Office)
- University Scholars Selection Committee (Office of Vice-Chancellor for Research)
- National and International Scholarships Programs
- Robles, Tasha:
- Social Justice Education Committee
- Career Certificate Training (Fall 2019)
- Student Success Initiative
- Latino Family Visit Day (Fall 2019)
- LAS General Education Committee
- Tolliver, Joyce
- University Senates Conference (elected)
- University Senates Conference Executive Committee (elected)
- Faculty Advisory Committee for System Academic Affairs (appointed)
- Academic Senate representative for SP (elected)
- Humanities Council Committee (representing Center for Translation Studies)
- EO’s advisory group (representing Center for Translation Studies)
VI. Administrative Positions
- Delgado, Elena: Director of SLCL
- Goldman, Dara: Director Program in Jewish Culture and Society
- Tolliver, Joyce: Director Center for Translation Studies
VII. SPGO – Graduate Student Organization
President: Laura Cummings
Vice President: Aritz Regoyo
Treasurer: Marco Parodi
Secretary: Cristina Gonzalez
Representative to Faculty Meetings: Jone Vicente Urrutia
Social Event Coordinator: Sara Saez
GEO Steward: Sara Saez
VIII. OFFICE STAFF
Staff Supervisor, Administrative Associate to the Director of FLB – TBA
EO Support - Office Mgr. for Classics, Translation Studies, Medieval Studies – TBA
EO Support - Office Mgr. for Linguistics & Modern Greek – Dee Bates
EO Support – Office Administrator for SP, SLATE, ULAC, Study Abroad– Katie Walker
