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Dr. Colin Charlton
Chair
Department of Writing and Language Studies
ELABS 329
Email: colin.charlton@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3441
Phone Alt: (956) 882-8246
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Dr. Pamela Anderson-Mejías

Dr. Pamela Anderson-Mejías
Professor / Senior Associate Dean & Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

Areas of Expertise: Applied & sociolinguistics; Online learning, LMLS
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.  By appointment only.

Office: ELABS 242

Email:
pamela.andersonmejias@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 655-3424

Dr. Elvia Ardalani

Dr. Elvia Ardalani
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Spanish; Creative Writing
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 315

Email:
elvia.ardalani@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3445

Nayelly Barrios

Nayelly Barrios
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing; Code-Switching
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M&T 11:15-12:15 by zoom appointments

Office: ELABS 245

Email:
nayelly.barrios@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-2374

Dr. Ryan Bessett

Dr. Ryan Bessett
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: Sociolinguistics; Language Variation and Change; Spanish in Contact; Bilingualism; Spanish as a Heritage Language
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 234

Email:
ryan.bessett@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3426

Triauna Carey

Triauna Carey
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 329

Email:
triauna.carey01@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3441

Dr. Alyssa Cavazos

Dr. Alyssa Cavazos
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Writing Studies and First-Year Writing; Translingual Writing and Pedagogies; Writing Across the Curriculum; Border rhetorics; Teacher Preparation
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: email M-F to schedule meetings via zoom

Office: ELABS 270A

Email:
alyssa.cavazos@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8779

Dr. Colin Charlton

Dr. Colin Charlton
Professor / Department Chair

Areas of Expertise: Writing Pedagogy; Writing Program Administration; Teacher Professional Development; Assessment; Multimodality
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 329

Email:
colin.charlton@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3441

Dr. Katherine Christoffersen

Dr. Katherine Christoffersen
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: second language acquisition; sociolinguistics; bilingualism; language and identity; conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnography
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 226

Email:
katherine.christoffersen@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 655-8102

Dr. Julio Ciller

Dr. Julio Ciller
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Language Teaching; Applied Linguistics; Program Administration
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-9:00-10:00 & by appt https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/2306444994

Office: ELABS 345C

Email:
julio.ciller@utrgv.edu

Dr. Amanda Cruz

Dr. Amanda Cruz
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Neurorhetorics, Disability Studies, Rhetoric of Silence and Exclusion, Women’s Rhetorics, Teacher Preparation and Professional Development, Cross Institutional Vertical Alignment, Translingual Writing and Pedagogies, and Translanguaging
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: M-R 2:00-4:00pm & F by appt zoom code 2396044316

Office: ELABS 266A

Email:
kay.cruz@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3551

Dr. José Dávila-Montes

Dr. José Dávila-Montes
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Translation Studies; Cross-cultural Studies; Compared Rhetoric
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BMAIN 1.526

Email:
jose.davila@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8215

Thomas De La Cruz

Thomas De La Cruz
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Writing studies, and Code-Switching
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: MTRF 1:00-1:30pm Zoom https//utrgv.zoom.us/j/3320353840

Office: ELABS 266

Email:
thomas.delacruz@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8781

Norma Denae Dibrell

Norma Denae Dibrell
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: composition studies, transfer studies, translingual pedagogy, translingual theory, antiracist pedagogy, decolonial theory
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  email me to setup zoom appointments

Office: ELABS 266B

 

Email:
norma.dibrell@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8782

Dr. Sheila Dooley

Dr. Sheila Dooley
Associate Professor / Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Linguistics: typology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language acquisitionAreas of Expertise:
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BMAIN 1.534

Email:
sheila.dooley@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7110

Jeffrey Doyle

Jeffrey Doyle
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition; Video Game Studies
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-R 11:30-12:30 pm F2F, zoom, or by appt.

Office: ELABS 269A

Email:
jeffrey.doyle01@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8780

Dr. Minhee Eom

Dr. Minhee Eom
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Language testing, English as a Second Language, quantitative research
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  MTW 6:00-7:00 pm or by appointment

Office: ELABS 241

Email:
minhee.eom@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3424

Marianita Escamilla

Marianita Escamilla
Senior Lecturer

Areas of Expertise: Literary Nonfiction; Service Leaning; Nonprofits; Popular Culture
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  T & R 8:30-9:30 am or by appt at anytime

Office: ELABS 205A

Email:
marianita.escamilla@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8771

Shoney Flores

Shoney Flores
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing Theory and Pedagogy; Rhetoric and Composition Pedagogy; Online and Hybrid Pedagogy; Literary Translation; Developmental Education Pedagogy
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  T&R 10:00-1:00 pm F2F & zoom https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/767042204

Office: ELABS 270

Email:
shoney.flores@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-2373

Dr. John Foreman

Dr. John Foreman
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Theoretical linguistics; syntax; documenting endangered languages; indigenous languages of the Americas; Zapotec
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-R 3:00-3:15 pm (361) 265-8079 (WhatsApp)

Office: ELABS 231

Email:
john.foreman@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3427

Amy Frazier

Amy Frazier
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Short stories - fiction about the people of the Rio Grande Valley
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: M & W 1:00-3:00 pm Schedule by appt via email

Office: BSABH 2.420

Email:
amy.frazier@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8843

Dr. Nazaret Fresno Cañada

Dr. Nazaret Fresno Cañada
Associate Professor / Associate Chair

Areas of Expertise: Audiovisual translation, media accessibility, audio description, closed captioning, live subtitling
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: BMAIN 1.528

Email:
nazaret.fresno@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7450

Dr. James Frost

Dr. James Frost
Associate Professor /

Areas of Expertise: Environmental Rhetoric; Visual Rhetoric; Rhetoric of Photography
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BSABH 2.410

Email:
james.frost@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8864

Bonnie Garcia

Bonnie Garcia
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Composition Pedagogy; Gamification; Discourse Analysis
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: M-F 3:00-4:30 pm via zoom https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/83338862157

Office: ELABS 271

Email:
bonnie.garcia@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3335

Carmela Garcia

Carmela Garcia
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Literature from Ecuatorial Guinea; Dialects from Ecuatorial Guinea
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: MTW 4:00-5:00 pm email/zoom https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/83798881239?pwd=UjhaZWtodjZmdURLcDh5TUsrUnd2QT09

Office: ELABS 318

Email:
carmela.garcia@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3446

Dennis Garza

Dennis Garza
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M&W 1:00-2:00 pm F2F, email, zoom

Office: BSABH 2.202

Email:
dennis.garza@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8246

 Dr. Gabriel González Núñez

Dr. Gabriel González Núñez
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Translation & interpreting; Legal translation; Court interpreting; Translation policy
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: BMAIN 1.520

Email:
gabriel.gonzaleznunez@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7658

Joshua Gray

Joshua Gray
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing - Fiction
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 270B

Email:
josh.gray@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8779

Tomas Guerrero

Tomas Guerrero
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Metacognitive Studies; Practical application of theory (Praxis)
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: M-F 2:00-3:00 pm Zoom 6961313043

Office: ELABS 268B

Email:
tomas.guerrero@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8773

Dr. Tekla Hawkins

Dr. Tekla Hawkins
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: rhetoric, new media, feminism, composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 267

Email:
tekla.hawkins@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3447

Marcela Hebbard

Marcela Hebbard
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Online writing, translingualism, teacher preparation, second language writing, composition pedagogies, second language acquisition and writing development, transnational writing
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 271

Email:
marcela.hebbard@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3335

Dr. José E. Hernández

Dr. José E. Hernández
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Sociolinguistics; Language variation and change; Spanish in the United States; Dialect contact
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  Thesis

Office: ELABS 329

Email:
jose.e.hernandez@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-7153

Yanina Hernández

Yanina Hernández
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) acquisition; Spanish as a Second Language (SSL) acquisition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 345C

Email:
yanina.hernandez@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3441

Miriam Herrera

Miriam Herrera
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Composition & Rhetoric; Poetry Writing; Creative Writing; Mexican American Literature; Contemporary American Poetry
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 205A

Email:
maria.herrera@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8771

Pamela Herring

Pamela Herring
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition, Environmental Studies
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  Wednesday 12:00-2:00 pm

Office: BSABH 2.410

Email:
pamela.herring@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8884

Stefanie Herweck

Stefanie Herweck
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Environmental Studies
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 245

Email:
stefanie.herweck@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-2374

Andrew Hollinger

Andrew Hollinger
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: de/re-professionalization of the "teaching class" (articulation of the interstices between teacher/institution/stakeholder/policy); writing programs + WPA issues; event theory + public rhetoric
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 266

Email:
andrew.hollinger@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8781

Danyal Howard

Danyal Howard
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: T & R 12:00-2:00 pm & Friday upon request

Office: ELABS 329

Email:
danyal.howard01@utrgv.edu

Dr. John Isbell

Dr. John Isbell
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Comparative Romanticism.
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 345D

Email:
john.isbell@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3441

Dr. Margarita Isbell

Dr. Margarita Isbell
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Contrastive Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 345D

Email:
margarita.isbell@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3441

Dr. Dania López-García

Dr. Dania López-García
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Sociolinguistics; Language Maintenance & Shift; Bilingualism; Language acquisition; Spanish as a Heritage Language
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: BMAIN 1.512

Email:
dania.lopezgarcia@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-6503

Cynthia Lopez Guerrero

Cynthia Lopez Guerrero
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Observing and discussing freshmen learning and writing habits as well as teacher pedagogies and practices.
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: M-F by appt via zoom code click 824-995-7791

Office: ELABS 269

Email:
cynthia.l.guerrero@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8975

Dr. Nadeska Mayens-Robles

Dr. Nadeska Mayens-Robles
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Caribbean and American Spanish Dialectology; Lexical Semantics; Discourse Analysis
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 317

Email:
nadeska.mayens@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3225

Shaun McCrory

Shaun McCrory
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Sociolinguistics; Linguistics and Political Economy
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 205

Email:
shaun.mccrory@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8771

Charles McGregor

Charles McGregor
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Digital Rhetoric; Creative Writing; Queer Studies; Composition: First-Year Writing; Social Media
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: Tues 1:10-2:10pm https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/9804448417

Office: ELABS 270B

Email:
charles.mcgregor@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8789

Dr. Húgo Mejías

Dr. Húgo Mejías
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Hispanic Linguistics
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 322

Email:
hugo.mejias@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3445

Dr. Maria Mendiola

Dr. Maria Mendiola
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Hispanic health in the USA
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  Monday zoom by appt. & email me

Office: ELABS 345A

Email:
maria.mendiola@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3226

Susan Mills

Susan Mills
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Service Learning in Composition; Curriculum Design in Writing Courses; The Application of Positive Psychology in Education and Writing; Online Teaching and Learning; First-Year Writing
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BSABH 2.202

Email:
susan.mills@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8246

Dr. Randall Monty

Dr. Randall Monty
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: Critical Discourse Studies; Writing Center Studies; Border Studies; Technical Communication
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 203

Email:
randall.monty@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8713

Dr. Beatrice Newman

Dr. Beatrice Newman
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and composition; Hispanic student writing; English Language Arts teacher preparation
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 208

Email:
beatrice.newman@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-7384

Dr. John Newman

Dr. John Newman
Professor

Areas of Expertise: English historical linguistics; English dialectal variation
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-F 9:00-10:00 am Online

Office: BSABH 2.404

Email:
john.newman@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7020

Nicole Nicholson

Nicole Nicholson
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Literacy/reading instruction; content-based ESL
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 269B

Email:
nichole.nicholson@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-7895

Dr. Mark Noe

Dr. Mark Noe
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Rhetorical Theory; Pragmatism; Game-Based Learning
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 219

Email:
joe.noe@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-3430

Mijin Oh-Villarreal

Mijin Oh-Villarreal
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Korean Language Studies, Korean Culture. Korean traditional music, Early Childhood Education
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-F 10:20-11:20 or by appt Kakaotalk ID 7449716490 Password 2021 https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/7449716490?pwdWXpTTOHUMkdlQkcwV2p6RG9FUjdHQT09

Office: ELABS 245A

Email:
mijin.ohvillarreal@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8118

Ramses Ortin-Soriano

Ramses Ortin-Soriano
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: Applied Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Bilingualism; Multilingualism
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 225

Email:
ramses.ortin@utrgv.edu

Valerie Ortiz

Valerie Ortiz
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-R Avail 1:15-3:30 pm email for zoom meeting appt.

Office: ELABS 266B

Email:
valerie.ortiz02@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8782

Regine Pellicer

Regine Pellicer
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Socio-linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Writing Pedagogy
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M-R 12:00-1:00 pm & by appt. anytime

Office: ELABS 268A

Email:
regine.pellicer@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8772

Ana Peña-Oliva

Ana Peña-Oliva
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Spanish as a Heritage Language; Language Contact; Bilingualism; Language Acquisition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 12:00-2:00pm appt via zoom https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/81265200287?pwd=R04vdHVDZWVSQ31ROTVIVXRYeXlrZz09 (Cellular, MSM,Whats App)

Office: BMAIN 1.518

Email:
ana.pena@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8884

Brittany Ramirez-Carter

Brittany Ramirez-Carter
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Composition Studies, First Year Composition, Discourse and Literacy Studies
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 269

Email:
brittany.ramirez01@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8780

Dr. Lyon Rathbun

Dr. Lyon Rathbun
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Teaching writing; History of Rhetoric; Using Rhetorical analysis to study cultural and political history
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BSABH 2.412

Email:
lyon.rathbun@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7956

Dr. Marshall Saenz

Dr. Marshall Saenz
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric & Composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  Mon& Tues 2:00-3:00 pm online zoom

Office: ELABS 269A

Email:
marshall.saenz01@utrgv.edu

Yemin Sanchez

Yemin Sanchez
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Composition Studies; English as a Second Language; English Language Arts & Reading; Language and Culture; Hispanic First Year Writing Students
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 266A

Email:
yemin.sanchez@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8782

Topacio Santivañez-Pool

Topacio Santivañez-Pool
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: First Year Writing; Composition Studies; Cultural Studies
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Office: ELABS 269

Email:
topacio.santivanez@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8780

Dr. Maggie Shelledy

Dr. Maggie Shelledy
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: Writing Studies; Rhetorical History and Theory; Carceral Studies; Environmental Studies; Community Literacy
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BSABH 2.408

Email:
maggie.shelledy@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8840

Karina Stiles-Cox

Karina Stiles-Cox
Lecturer III

Areas of Expertise: Spanish
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BSABH 2.402

Email:
karina.stilescox@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8853

 Lupita Strong

Lupita Strong
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and Composition; First-Year Writing
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BMAIN 1.210B

Email:
lupita.strong@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8874

Dorian Vázquez

Dorian Vázquez
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Court Interpreting (EN<>ES); Translation and Interpreting; Conference Interpreting
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: M-R by appt. F 11:00-12:00 pm

Office: ELABS 345A

Email:
dorian.vasquez@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-8122

Dr. Sarah Warren-Riley

Dr. Sarah Warren-Riley
Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: Technical Communication, Rhetoric & Composition
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 274

Email:
sarah.warrenriley@utrgv.edu

Dr. Yong Kang Wei

Dr. Yong Kang Wei
Professor

Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and Professional Communication; Rhetorical Theory; Non-Western Rhetorics (mainly Chinese); Intercultural Communication; Technical and Business Communication
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: BSABH 2.406

Email:
yongkang.wei@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7713

Xin Zhang

Xin Zhang
Lecturer I

Areas of Expertise: Linguistics; Teaching Chinese as second language; China Culture and Literature
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule. 

Office: ELABS 245A

Email:
xin.zhang@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-2375

Part-Time Faculty

María Carmona-Alonso

María Carmona-Alonso
Director of the Translation and Interpreting Office / Part-Time Lecturer - Writing & Language Studies

Areas of Expertise: Translation and Interpreting
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: Not Teaching

Email:
maria.carmonaalonso@utrgv.edu

Luis Castaneda

Luis Castaneda
Part-Time Lecturer

Areas of Expertise: Spanish
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Email:
luis.castaneda@utrgv.edu

Dr. Alan Earhart

Dr. Alan Earhart
Director of International Programs - International Programs & Partnerships / Part-Time Lecturer - Writing & Language Studies

Areas of Expertise: Italian
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule

Office: ESTAC 3.130

Email:
alan.earhart@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-2325

Marlene Galvan

Marlene Galvan
Director of the Writing Center / Part-Time Lecturer - Writing & Language Studies

Areas of Expertise: rhetoric & composition; writing in the disciplines/writing across the curriculum
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule

Office: ESTAC 3.119

Email:
marlene.galvan@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-7974

Mercedes Torres

Mercedes Torres
Administrative Coordinator - B3 Institute / Part-Time Lecturer

Areas of Expertise: Spanish
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule

Office: BLHSB 2.424

Email:
mercedes.torres@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-7829

Graduate Teaching Assistants

No Scheduled Teaching Assistants for Summer I 2021

No Scheduled Teaching Assistants for Summer I 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Khalid Aada

Dr. Khalid Aada
Lecturer II

Areas of Expertise: Francophone Literature, Multilingualism, Cultural Identity and Education in Francophone countries, The Culture conflict between tradition and modernization in the Arab world.
Summer II 2021 Office Hours: No teaching schedule.

Department of Literatures & Cultural Studies
Office: BSABH 2.114A

Email:
khalid.aada@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-8891

Dr. Irina Armianu

Dr. Irina Armianu
Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: French Thought, Teaching with Technology, Contemporary Novel, French Film Studies, Women and Gender Studies
Summer II 2021 Office Hours:  M&W 11:00-12:00pm via zoom

Department of Literatures & Cultural Studies
Office: ELABS 345B

Email:
irina.armianu@utrgv.edu
Phone:
(956) 665-2106
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