Contacts

Chair
Enrico Cesaretti (New Cabell Hall 459)

Associate Chair
Omar Velázquez (New Cabell Hall 471)

Summer Session Chair
Kate Neff (New Cabell Hall 443)

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Allison Bigelow (New Cabell Hall 433)

Chair's Advisory Committee
Enrico Cesaretti (chair); Omar Velázquez (associate chair); Ricardo Padron (DGS); Allison Bigelow (DGA Fall 2023); Kate Neff (SPAN DLP); Alicia López Operé (DUP)

Faculty Senate Representatives (UVa)
Eli Carter (New Cabell Hall 441)
Alicia López Operé (New Cabell Hall 463)
Francesca Calamita (New Cabell Hall 461)

General Faculty Representatives (UVa)
Esperanza Gorriz Jarque (New Cabell Hall 481)

Peer Evaluation Committee (Tenured/Tenure Track)
Samuel AmagoCharlotte RogersFernando ValverdeOmar Velázquez-Mendoza

Peer Evaluation Committee (Academic General Faculty)
Jennifer BarlowDaniel E. ColónNieves García PradosJennifer HoggStella Mattioli

Sponsored Events Committee
Anne Garland Mahler (chair), Eli Carter, Sarah Annunziato

Community Outreach Coordinator
M. Esther Poveda Moreno 

National Honorary Societies
Matthew Street Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish)
Stella Mattioli, Gamma Kappa Alpha (Italian) 

Spanish

Undergraduate

Director of Undergraduate Programs
Alicia López Operé (New Cabell Hall 463)

Distinguished Majors Program (DMP) Advisor
Fernando Valverde (New Cabell Hall 455)

Spanish Minor and Business Spanish Minor Advisor
Fernando Operé (New Cabell Hall 425) Spring 2023; Joel Rini (New Cabell Hall 473) Spring 2023

Director of Global First in Valencia
María J. Jorquera Hervás (New Cabell Hall 466)

Director of Spanish Language Program, 1000-2000-Level Courses
Kate Neff (New Cabell Hall 443)

Placement Coordinator, SPAN 1010-2020
Pamela Rini (Please e-mail spa-pla@virginia.edu for placement assistance)

Transfer of Credit, 1000-2000 level
Kate Neff (New Cabell Hall 443)

Transfer of Credit, 3000 level and above
Alicia López Operé (New Cabell Hall 463)

Coordinator of Spanish 3010-3020
M. Esther Poveda Moreno  (New Cabell Hall 464)

Coordinator of Spanish 3300
Paula Sprague (New Cabell Hall 465) 

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - Lower Level Courses (1000-2000):

Kate Neff (Director), Matthew StreetEsperanza Górriz Jarque 

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - Upper Level Courses (3000 and above):
Alicia López Operé (Director), Lorena Albert FerrandoFernando RivaFernando Valverde 

Course Coordinators:
SPAN 1060: Matthew Street 
SPAN 2010: Esperanza Górriz
SPAN 2020:  David Flórez Murillo

Faculty Liaison of the Casa Bolívar
Nieves García Prados

Graduate

Director of Graduate Studies, Spanish
Ricardo Padrón (New Cabell Hall 423) 

Director of Graduate Admissions
Allison Bigelow (New Cabell Hall 433) Fall 2023

Graduate Committee
Ricardo Padrón (DGS & chair); Allison Bigelow (DGA-Fall 2023); Fernando Riva

Graduate Student Representative

H. Manuel Acevedo-Reyes

Grad Council Representative

Daniel Doncel Martin

Graduate Committee ​for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
 

Faculty Librarian
 

Del Greco Librarian
 

Casa Bolívar Graduate Coordinator
 

Italian

Undergraduate

Director of Undergraduate Programs
Sarah Annunziato (New Cabell Hall 482) 

Distinguished Majors Program (DMP) Advisor
Sarah Annunziato (New Cabell Hall 482)  

Major and Minor Advisor

Sarah Annunziato (New Cabell Hall 482) 

Director of UVa in Siena and Florence
Francesca Calamita (New Cabell Hall 461)

Director of the Italian Language Program, 1000-2000-Level Courses
Sarah Annunziato (New Cabell Hall 482)

Course Coordinator
ITAL 1010-2020: Sarah Annunziato Fall 2022

Placement Coordinator, 1000-2000 Level
Stella Mattioli (New Cabell Hall 482)

Transfer of Credit, 1000-2000 level
Nicole Bonino (New Cabell Hall 461)

Transfer Credit Advisor 3000-level and above
Sarah Annunziato (New Cabell Hall 482) 

Graduate

Director of Graduate Studies, Italian
As of Fall 2015 admission is suspended for the Italian M.A. program.

Director of Graduate Admissions
As of Fall 2015 admission is suspended for the Italian M.A. program.

Portuguese

Portuguese Advisor
Eli Carter (New Cabell Hall 441)

University

Director of the Institute of World Languages
Miao-fen Tseng (New Cabell Hall 173)

Coordinator of the Haitian Kreyòl Program (taught at Duke University)
Ari Blatt (New Cabell Hall 335)

Coordinator of the Maya K'iche' Program (taught at Vanderbilt University)
Allison Bigelow (New Cabell Hall 433)

Director of Latin American Studies Program
Eli Carter (New Cabell Hall 441)

Directors of the Americas Center/Centro de las Américas
Eli Carter and Sylvia Chong (108 Bryan Hall)

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM