Spanish/Faculty and Staff

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Faculty

Mary Kay Belford

Senior Lecturer

210K Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4128
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: mbelford@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.S., California State College of Pennsylvania, 1970
M.A., West Virginia University, 1972

Courses Taught:
SPAN 504: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition

 

 


Holly Cashman

Holly R. Cashman

Assistant Professor of Spanish

210G Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3121
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: holly.cashman@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Hood College, 1994
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997
Ph.D., ibid., 2001

Courses Taught:
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 997: Seminar/Struc. Applied Linguistics

Fields of Research: 
codeswitching, impoliteness, and identity in bilingual interaction

 


John Chaston

John Chaston

Associate Professor of Spanish

317 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3129
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: jchaston@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Brigham Young University, 1980
M.A., ibid., 1982
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1987

Courses Taught:
SPAN 525: Spanish Civilization and Culture
SPAN 601: Phonetics
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 733/833: History of the Spanish Language
SPAN 798/898F: Special Study/Mood, Pronouns, Modif.

Fields of Research: 
Spanish grammar and usage

 


Marco Dorfsman

Marco Dorfsman

Associate Professor of Spanish 

210F Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3448
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: marcod@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988
Ph.D., ibid., 1992

Courses Taught:
ECS 550: Critical Methods in Cultural Studies
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 653: Intro Latin American Literature and Thought
SPAN 797/897Q: Latin America
SPAN 997: Graduate Seminar/The Baroque

Fields of Research: 
Latin American civilization and culture

 


Fernando de Leon Gonzalez

Lecturer

G10D Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3121
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: TBA

 

Education:
B.A., Rutgers University, 1981
M.A., University of Virginia, 1984
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1992

Courses Taught:
SPAN 401/402: Elementary Spanish
SPAN 503/504: Intermediate Spanish

 


Janet Gold

Janet Gold

Professor of Spanish 

210D Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1875
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: jng@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., Albertus Magnus College, 1971
M.A., Worcester State College, 1981
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990

Courses Taught:
SPAN 526: Latin American Civilization and Culture
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 648: Reading Current Periodicals
SPAN 650: Intro to Critical Analysis
SPAN 797/897Z: Special Study/Latin American Civilization and Culture
SPAN 901: Bibliography and Research
SPAN 997: Seminar/Afro Caribbean Literature

Fields of Research: 
Latin American and Caribbean literature and culture

 


Sarah Hirsch

Sarah Hirsch

Lecturer

321 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1336
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: shirsch@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1982
M.S.T., University of New Hampshrie, 1992
M.A., ibid., 2004

Courses Taught:
SPAN 403: Review of Spanish
SPAN 503/504: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition

 


Lori Hopkins

Lori Hopkins

Associate Professor of Spanish

G10C Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3122
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: lhopkins@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Virginia, 1984
M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1987
Ph.D., ibid., 1993

Courses Taught:
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 650: Intro to Critical Analysis
SPAN 771: Latin American Drama
SPAN 797/897K: Special Study/Latin American Literature 20th Century
SPAN 901: Bibliography Methods Research
SPAN 997: Seminar/Latin American Literature and the Border

Fields of Research: 
Latin American literature

 


Lina Lee

Associate Professor of Spanish

210A Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3123
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: llee@cisunix.unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University, 1979
M.A., North Texas State University, 1986
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1992

Courses Taught:
SPAN 632: Advanced Composition and Conversation
SPAN 645: Intro to Spanish Linguistics
LLC 791/891: Methods of Foreign Language Teaching
SPAN 797/897N: Special Study/Intro to Second Language Acquisition
SPAN 903: Applied Linguistics

Fields of Research: 
Linguistics, second language acquisition, applied linguistics and computer assisted language learning   

 


Jaume Marti-Olivella

Associate Professor of Spanish

G10K Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3768
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: olivella@unh.edu

 

Education:
Licenciatura, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, 1976
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978
Ph.D., ibid., 1988

Courses Taught:
SPAN 651-652: Intro Spanish Literature and Thought
SPAN 631-632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 798/898C: Special Study/Spanish Cinema: Great Directors
SPAN 901: Bibliography Methods Research
SPAN 997: Seminar/Cultures of Spain: Basque

Fields of Research: 
Spanish cinema

 


Cindy Pulkkinen

Senior Lecturer

210A Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3124
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail:cindypulkkinen@hotmail.com

Education:
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1983
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1997

Courses Taught:
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 648: Reading Current Periodicals

 

 


Carmen García de la Rasilla

Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of the Spanish Program

G10D Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3126
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: crasilla@cisunix.unh.edu

 

Education:
Licenciatura, Universidad de Valledelid, Spain, 1985
Ph.D., ibid., 1990
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1991
Ph.D., ibid., 1996

Courses Taught:
SPAN 504: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 650: Introduction to Critical Analysis
SPAN 652: Introduction to Spanish Literature and Thought
SPAN 654: Introduction to Latin American Literature and Thought
SPAN 756/856: Modern Spanish Poetry
SPAN 797/897: Special Study/Spanish Literature of the 20th Century

Fields of Research: 
20th Century Spanish literature

 


Maria Rossi

Maria Rossi

Lecturer

G10K Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: mil3@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Universidad de Costa Rica, 1976
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 2007

Courses Taught:
SPAN 503: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition

 


Elisa Stoykovich

Elisa Stoykovich

Senior Lecturer

210K Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4128
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail:efs@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, 1967
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1972
M.A., ibid., 1974

Courses Taught:
SPAN 504: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition

 


Linda Thomsen

Senior Lecturer

321 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1336
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail:madrina137@yahoo.com

Education:
B.A., University of Connecticut, 1975
M.A., University of New Hampshire, 1988

Courses Taught:
SPAN 503: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition

 

 

Staff

Holly O. Harris

Holly O. Harris

Administrative Assistant

G10M Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3121
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: hoh@cisunix.unh.edu

 

Adjunct Faculty and Teaching Assistants are not listed here. Please see the attached PDF for contact information, or contact the Spanish Program if you need assistance.

 

emeritus faculty

Richard Callan, A.B., Iona College; M.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., St. Louis University

Alberto Casas, B.en L., Universidad de Barcelona, Spain; A.M., Columbia University; Ph.D., ibid.

William Forbes, A.B., Stanford University; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., ibid.  

    contact: bill.forbes@unh.edu

Bernadette Komonchak, B.S., State University of New York College at Plattsburgh; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., ibid.

    contact: bernie_nh@hotmail.com

Barbara Wing, B.A., Middlebury College; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Ohio State University    contact: bhwing1@myfairpoint.net    




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