Graduate Students

Daniel Doncel Martin

Education

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Virginia (expected 2025)

M.Ed, Carthage College (2020)

B.A., English Studies, Universidad de Salamanca (2018)

Research Interests

  • Latin American Literature and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
  • United States Literature and Culture
  • Critical Theory
  • Marxism
  • Detective Fiction
  • Weird Fiction
  • Pedagogy

Teaching

Carthage College

Beginners Spanish, SPN 1010 (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)

Yafrainy Familia

 

Education

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
M.A., Spanish, University of Virginia, 2022
Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
M.A., Creative Writing, Pompeu Fabra University, 2016
B.S., Psychology, Carlos Albizu University, 2015
A.S., Social Sciences, Essex County College, 2013

Sergio Manuel Silva Ardila

Education

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)

M.A., Spanish, University of Virginia (2021)

B.A., Literary Studies, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2017)

Research Interests

  • Early Modern Iberian Literature

  • Poetry and Poetics

  • Material Culture

  • Queer Studies

  • Contemporary Colombian Narrative

Jesús Játiva Fernández

Education

Ph.D., University of Virginia (Spanish, expected 2024)

M.A., Auburn University (Spanish, 2019)

M.A., Universidad de Valencia (English, 2016)

B.A., UNED (English, 2015)

Research Interests

  • Comic books
  • Gender Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Film
  • Contemporary Spanish Novel

Teaching

FLSP 1010 (Fall 2018 & Spring 2019).

Jesús Galindo Benítez

 

Education

Ph.D. Spanish Literature, University of Virginia       expected          (2024)

M.A. in Hispanic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas            (2019)

  • Graduate Research Certification (2018)

B.A. in Spanish, University of Nevada, Las Vegas                            (2015)

  • Minor in Italian Studies (2015)

A.A. in International Languages, College of Southern Nevada         (2012)

Paola Monteros-Freeman

Education

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Virginia (expected)

M.A., Hispanic Studies summa cum laude, Virginia Tech (August 2018)

B.A., Spanish summa cum laude, Mercy College, New York (May 2015)

Research Interests

  • 20th and 21st Latin American literatures and cultures
  • Latin American film
  • Contemporary Latin American women writers
  • Global South

Awards

Outstanding Master of Arts Student Award for Excellence in the Study of Foreign Language (2017–2018)

Ana Píriz Moguel

Education

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Virginia (expected 2023)

M.A., Spanish as a Second Language, Universidad de Extremadura (2017)

B.A., Spanish Philology, Universidad de Extremadura (2016)

Research Interests

  • European Renaissance
  • Romanticism 
  • Spanish evolution 
  • History of the Spanish Language
  • Modern Latin American literature and culture
  • Pedagogy

Teaching

Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 2010), Fall 2018

Rachel West

Rachel graduated from the University of South Florida with a Master's degree in Spanish. During her time at USF, she had the opportunity to study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Seville, Spain. After graduating, she spent a year living in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, where she worked as an English teacher. After spending time in both Argentina and Spain, she grew to appreciate both countries' cultures and ways of life, which has greatly influenced her research interests.

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