DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
Administrative and Committee Assignments
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
I. OFFICERS:
Head – Bowles
Associate Head – Irigoyen
Director of Graduate Studies – 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 – Yarrington
Assistant Director of Introductory Spanish Language - Dutton
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 – Lázaro García Angulo
Basque Studies Mentor & Supervisor – Hualde (Fall), Irigoyen (Spring)
Catalan Studies Mentor & Supervisor - Hualde (Fall), Irigoyen (Spring)
II. STANDING COMMITTEES
Advisory Committee [elected] – Hualde (through Fall 2024), Montrul (Spring 2025-2027), Ledesma (2023-2025), MacDonald (2023-2025), García Blizzard (2024-2026), Bowles [ex officio], Irigoyen [ex officio]
Education Abroad Committee –Abbott (Chair), Hualde (Fall), Hughes, Ramírez Méndez, Torres-Cacoullos, Eunyoung Yang (student)
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions - García-Blizzard, Irigoyen, Jegerski, Ledesma, MacDonald (Chair, ex officio)
[Note: SPGO elected graduate recruitment representatives are Maialen Casquete de la Puente (LING) & Daniela García Marmolejo (LIT)]
Committee on Graduate Awards –Callesano, García-Blizzard, Irigoyen, MacDonald (Chair, ex officio)
Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello) - Abbott (Chair), Dowman, García-Blizzard, Martínez-Quiroga [committee meets in Spring only]
Curriculum Committee - Abbott (ex officio), Henshaw, Hughes (Chair), Karam, MacDonald (ex officio), Jonny Pye (student)
Policy & Development – Callesano, Carollo, Montrul (Chair), Yarrington, Nerea Miguel Huidobro (student)
Capricious Grading Committee [elected] – Jegerski (23-26), Tolliver (22-25, Chair), Torres-Cacoullos (22-25), Eunyoung Yang (student)
Lectures & Arrangements Committee – Callesano (Chair), Ramírez-Méndez, Torres-Cacoullos, Beatriz Jiménez (student)
Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee [elected] – Delgado (Chair), Ramírez-Méndez, Torres-Cacoullos
P&T Committee for Promotion from Associate Professor to Full: Bowles, Hualde, Irigoyen, Karam, Meléndez, Montrul
Darlene Wolf Fellowship – Delgado, Montrul (Chair), Jegerski
Non-departmental Awards for Excellence – Delgado, Goebel, García-Blizzard, Hualde (Chair), Martínez-Quiroga [Note: committee deadlines are in January for LAS and campus awards, so committee meets in Fall]
Website committee - Callesano, Ledesma, Torres-Cacoullos (Chair), Eunyoung Yang (student)
Proficiency evaluation committee (Fulbright, Study Abroad, other) - Carollo (Spanish), Goebel (Portuguese), Martínez Quiroga (Spanish)
Undergraduate Spanish Class Scheduling committee – Carollo (Chair), Dutton, Henshaw, Yarrington, Izaro Bedialauneta (student)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee – Delgado, Dutton, Hughes (Chair), Ramírez-Méndez, Araceli Pantoja (student)
III. AD HOC COMMITTEES
Third-year Review Committee for Rodrigo Delgado – Hualde (Chair), Jegerski, Montrul
Third-year Review Committee for Anna Torres-Cacoullos – Irigoyen (Chair), Ledesma, Tolliver
Search Committee for Tenure-track Position in Latin American Literature – García-Blizzard, Irigoyen, Ledesma (Chair)
Committee on Heritage Spanish – Callesano, Delgado, Henshaw (Chair), Jegerski, Yarrington, graduate student to be chosen by SPGO
Committee on Service-learning, outreach, and engaged scholarship– Abbott (Chair), García, Peña Argüeso
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
- Mariselle Meléndez – Director, School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics
- John Karam– Director, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
V. SPGO - Graduate Student Organization
President: Luis Gaytán-Soto
Vice President: Angel Maison
Treasurer: Azul Trejo Zetina
Secretary: Camila Castro Brizuela
Social Chair/Membership Director: Karen Pasetto Ovelar
VI. Office Staff
EO Support and Office Manager for Spanish and Portuguese and SLATE – Mike Marino