DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
Administrative and Committee Assignments
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
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 – Hughes
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
Catalan Studies Mentor & Supervisor - Hualde
II. STANDING COMMITTEES
Lit/cult area committee chair: Mónica García-Blizzard
Linguistics area committee chair: José Ignacio Hualde
Advisory Committee [elected] – Montrul (Spring 2025-2027), Callesano (2025-2027), Tolliver (2025-2027), García Blizzard (2024-2026), Bowles [ex officio], Irigoyen [ex officio]
Education Abroad Committee –Abbott (Chair), Hualde, Hughes, Ramírez Méndez, Torres-Cacoullos, Viqueira, Nerea Miguel Huidobro (student)
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions - García-Blizzard, Hualde, Irigoyen, Karam, MacDonald (Chair, ex officio)
[Note: SPGO elected graduate recruitment representatives are Danny Meléndez (LING) & Monserrat González-Gutiérrez (LIT)]
Committee on Graduate Awards –Callesano, García-Blizzard, Irigoyen, Karam, MacDonald (Chair, ex officio), Viqueira
Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello) – Abbott, Dowman, García, Hughes (Chair), Tolliver, Waner [committee meets in Spring only]
Curriculum Committee - Abbott, García, García-Blizzard, Henshaw, Hughes (Chair), Karam, Ledesma (Spring), MacDonald (ex officio), Torres-Cacoullos, Karen Pasetto Ovelar (student)
Policy & Development – Carollo, Ferreira-Teixeira, Tolliver (Chair), Yarrington, Nerea Miguel Huidobro (student)
Lectures & Arrangements Committee – Callesano, Ferreira Teixeira, Ramírez-Méndez, Torres-Cacoullos (Chair), Unai Rocha-Martínez (student)
Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee [elected] – Delgado, Tolliver (Chair), Ramírez Méndez
P&T Committee for Promotion from Associate Professor to Full: Bowles, Hualde, Irigoyen, Karam, Ledesma, Meléndez, Montrul
Darlene Wolf Fellowship – Delgado, Hualde, Montrul (Chair)
Non-departmental Awards for Excellence – Carollo, Delgado, Goebel, Montrul (Chair), Viqueira, Waner [Note: committee deadlines are in January for LAS and campus awards, so committee meets in Fall]
Website committee - Callesano, Ferreira Teixeira, Ledesma (Spring), Torres-Cacoullos (Chair), Nerea Miguel Huidobro (student)
Proficiency evaluation committee (Fulbright, Study Abroad, other) - Carollo (Spanish), García (Spanish), Goebel (Portuguese)
Undergraduate Spanish Class Scheduling committee – Carollo (Chair), Dutton, Henshaw, Yarrington, Maialen Casquete de la Puente (student)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee – Delgado, Dutton, Hughes (Chair), Peña-Argüeso, Ramírez-Méndez
III. AD HOC COMMITTEES
Committee on Heritage Spanish – Callesano, Delgado (Chair), Dutton, Henshaw, Waner, Araceli Pantoja (student)
Committee on Public Engagement– Abbott (Chair), García, Ferriera Teixeira, Montrul, 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: Camila Castro
Vice President: Alba María Mendoza Serón
Treasurer: Brenda García Ortega
Secretary: Ella LaClaire
Social Chair/Membership Director: Izaro Olano Idoeta
VI. Office Staff
EO Support and Office Manager for Spanish and Portuguese and SLATE – Mike Marino