Administrative and Committee Assignments
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
I. OFFICERS:
Head – M. Bowles (J. Irigoyen - Acting Head for Spring 2022)
Associate Head – J. Irigoyen (J. I. Hualde – Acting Associate Head for Spring 2022)
Director of Graduate Studies – J. MacDonald
Advisors to first year M.A. Students:
- Spanish Linguistics: MacDonald
- Hispanic Literatures: Irigoyen
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Spanish – Abbott
Undergraduate Advisor in Spanish – Hughes
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 – Lucía Sánchez
Basque Studies Mentor & Supervisor – Hualde
Catalan Studies Mentor & Supervisor - Hualde
Course Supervisors (AY 2021-2022):
SPAN 232 – Abbott
SPAN 248 – Ledesma (course only offered in Fall)
SPAN 252 – none needed in Fall (no TA sections); Jegerski (Spring)
SPAN 254 – Fornoff
SPAN 303 – Bowles
SPAN 305 – Montrul
SPAN 307 – Bowles
SPAN 308 – Callesano
SPAN 320 – E. Delgado
II. STANDING COMMITTEES
Advisory Committee [elected] - Goldman (2020-2022), Hualde (2020-2022), Irigoyen (2021-2023), Jegerski (2021-2023), Meléndez (elected for Spring 2023), Silvina Montrul (elected for Spring 2023)
Education Abroad Committee – Abbott (Chair in Fall), Fornoff, Hughes, Irigoyen, Meléndez (Spring only, Chair) Montrul, Miren Antón (student)
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions - MacDonald (Chair), Cervantes-Gómez (Spring only), Ledesma (Fall only), Irigoyen, Jegerski, Karam
Committee on Graduate Awards – MacDonald (Chair, ex officio), Callesano, Goldman, Irigoyen, Karam
Area Review Committees on Graduate Progress (including course scheduling and strategic planning within the group)
- Spanish Linguistics - Bowles, Montrul, Callesano, R. Delgado, Hualde, Jegerski (Chair), MacDonald
- Spanish, Latin American Literatures/Cultures - Ledesma (Chair, Fall only), Cervantes-Gómez, E. Delgado, Fornoff, Goldman, Irigoyen, Karam, Meléndez (Chair, Spring only), Tolliver, Torres-Cacoullos
- Portuguese - Karam (Chair), Goebel
Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello) - Abbott (Chair), Callesano, Martínez-Quiroga
Curriculum Committee - Abbott (Chair, ex officio), Goldman, Henshaw, Hughes, MacDonald (ex officio), Karam, Tolliver, Yvette Bandin (student)
Policy & Development – Tolliver (Chair), Fornoff, Goebel, Waters, Mario Portillo-Swails (student)
Capricious Grading Committee [elected -3] – Ledesma (21-24, Fall only, Chair), Cervantes-Gómez (19-22, Spring only, Chair), MacDonald (20-23), Katie VanDyne (student)
Lectures & Arrangements Committee – Fornoff (Chair), Callesano, R. Delgado, Ander Beristain (student)
Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee (elected-3) – Ledesma, MacDonald, Tolliver (Chair)
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: Bowles, E. Delgado, Hualde, Irigoyen, Karam, 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: Bowles, E. Delgado, Hualde, Irigoyen, Karam, Meléndez, Montrul
Darlene Wolf Fellowship – Montrul (Chair), Jegerski, R. Delgado
Non-departmental Awards for Excellence – Waters, R. Delgado, Martínez-Quiroga, Montrul (Chair), Tolliver
Website committee - Ledesma (Chair), Callesano, Cervantes-Gómez, Irigoyen, Carmen Gallegos (student)
Proficiency evaluation committee (Fulbright, Study Abroad, other) - Martínez Quiroga (Chair), Carollo, Goebel, Henshaw, Waters
Undergraduate Spanish Class Scheduling committee - Carollo, Henshaw, Hualde (Chair), Waters, Lucía Sánchez (student)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee – R. Delgado, Goebel, Hughes, Cervantes-Gómez (Chair, Spring only), Beatriz Jiménez (student)
III. AD HOC COMMITTEES
Third-year review committee for Carolyn Fornoff - Goldman (Chair), Irigoyen, Ledesma
MAT committee – Goldman, Henshaw, Irigoyen (Chair), Jegerski
IV. NON-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES (School, College, Campus and U of I System wide)
Faculty Senate (elected) – Dara Goldman and Joyce Tolliver
Faculty Senate General University Policy Committee (elected; campus-wide) – Joyce Tolliver
University Statutes and Senate Procedures Committee (elected; campus-wide) – Joyce Tolliver
University Senates Conference (elected; System-wide) – Joyce Tolliver
SLCL Curricular Initiatives Committee – Javier Irigoyen, Brady Hughes
Graduate College Executive Committee – Javier Irigoyen
Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory Advisory Board for 2020-22 – Eduardo Ledesma
Public Humanities Steering Committee – Eduardo Ledesma
Faculty Working group on the UI-Mexico Collaboration – Eduardo Ledesma, Salvatore Callesano, Mariselle Meléndez, Melissa Bowles
Career Coach and Leadership Coach at the Leadership Center – Raquel Goebel
Advisor to the Luso-Brazilian Student Association – Raquel Goebel
Global Studies Advisory Committee – Carolyn Fornoff
Fulbright Interview Committee – Carolyn Fornoff
Search committee for SLCL Communications Coordinator – Brady Hughes
LAS Communications Representative of SLCL/SP – Brady Hughes
Campus Research Board – José Ignacio Hualde
Director, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab – Silvina Montrul
Program Review Council, Provost Office – Silvina Montrul
University Scholars selection committee, OVCR – Silvina Montrul
Illinois Global Institute (IGI), Advisory Committee – John Karam
Funding Initiative for Multiracial Democracy, Ad Hoc Committee, Campus Research Board – John Karam
Foreign Language Advisory Committee (Chair) – Florencia Henshaw
LAS Courses and Curricula Committee – Florencia Henshaw
Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure - Mariselle Meléndez
LAS Dean’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group - Mariselle Meléndez
LAS Committee on Academic Standards (CAS) – Jonathan MacDonald
Fulbright Summer Priority Application Review – Jonathan MacDonald
Community Action and Public Engagement Committee, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Ann Abbott
OVCR DEI Committee Crosscut Focal Area on Language (Co-Chair) – Ann Abbott
Campus-Community Compact (Compact) Implementation Working Group – Ann Abbott
V. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
- Delgado, Elena – Director, SLCL
- Goldman, Dara – Director, Program in Jewish Culture and Society
- Karam, John – Director, Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
- Tolliver, Joyce – Director, Program in Translation and Interpreting Studies
VI. SPGO - GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION:
President: Kacie Gastanaga
Vice President: Caio Albernaz Siqueira
Treasurer: Izaro Bedialauneta Txurruka
Secretary: Cristina González
VII. OFFICE STAFF:
Staff Supervisor, Administrative Associate to the Director of SLCL – Karen McNeely
EO Support and Office Manager for SP, SLATE, ULAC, Study Abroad – Katie Walker