DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
Administrative and Committee Assignments
Fall 2026 - Spring 2027
I. OFFICERS:
Head – Bowles
Associate Head – Hualde
Director of Graduate Studies – Ledesma
Advisors to first year M.A. Students
Spanish Linguistics: MacDonald
Hispanic Literatures: Ledesma
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Spanish – Montrul
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 – Sibylla Maison
Basque Studies Mentor & Supervisor – Hualde
Catalan Studies Mentor & Supervisor - Hualde
Course supervisors (of upper-level sections taught by graduate students)
SPAN 252: Jegerski
SPAN 303: Hualde
SPAN 305: Delgado
SPAN 307: Montrul
SPAN 308: Callesano
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), Anna Torres-Cacoullos (2026-2028), Bowles [ex officio], Hualde [ex officio]
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions - García-Blizzard, Callesano, Jegerski, Karam, Ledesma (Chair, ex officio), Tolliver
[Note: SPGO elected graduate recruitment representatives are Micah Rose (LING) & Hegoi Diez Taibo (LIT)]
Committee on Graduate Awards – Delgado, García-Blizzard, MacDonald, Karam, Ledesma (Chair, ex officio), Viqueira
Graduate Professional Development – Torres-Cacoullos (Chair), Ledesma, Jegerski, Viqueira, Hegoi Diez Taibo (lit/cult student), Micah Rose (ling student)
Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello) – Abbott, García, Montrul (Chair), Tolliver, Waner [committee meets in Spring only]
Curriculum Committee - Abbott, García, García-Blizzard, Henshaw, Montrul (Chair), Ledesma (ex officio), Torres-Cacoullos, Micah Rose (student)
Policy & Development – Carollo, Ferreira, Tolliver (Chair), Yarrington, Nerea Miguel Huidobro (student)
Lectures & Arrangements Committee – Callesano, Ferreira, Ramírez-Méndez, Torres-Cacoullos (Chair), Karen Pasetto (student)
Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee [elected] – Jegerski (Chair), Karam, Tolliver
Capricious Grading Committee [elected] - Delgado, Hualde, Ledesma, Nerea Miguel Huidobro (student)
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, Tolliver (Chair), Viqueira, Waner [Note: committee deadlines are in January for LAS and campus awards, so committee meets in Fall]
Website committee - Callesano, Ferreira, Ledesma, 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, Dutton, Henshaw, Yarrington (Chair), Unai Rocha Martínez (student)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee – Delgado, Dutton, Hughes, Peña-Argüeso, Ramírez-Méndez (Chair), Brenda García (student)
III. AD HOC COMMITTEES
Committee on Heritage Spanish – Callesano, Delgado (Chair), Dutton, Henshaw, Waner, Araceli Pantoja (student)
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
- Mariselle Meléndez – Director, School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics
V. SPGO - Graduate Student Organization
President: Izaro Olano Idoeta
Vice President: Daniela García Marmolejo
Treasurer: Edwin Rodriguez
Secretary: Monse Gonzalez-Gutierrez
Social Chair/Membership Director: Caitlin Niesman
GEO Steward: Jaylene Canales
VI. Office Staff
EO Support and Office Manager for Spanish and Portuguese and SLATE – Mike Marino