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