Oct 31, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
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World Languages and Cultures


Chair 

Byrne, Susan

Professor; B.A., Hunter College; M.Phil. Ph.D., CUNY.  Rebel since 2016.

Graduate Coordinator 

Jara, Margarita

Associate Professor; B.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. Rebel since 2016.

Graduate Faculty 

Arteaga, Deborah L.

Professor; B.A., Wichita State University; M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder; Ph.D., University of Washington. Rebel since 1992.

Bao, Ying

Associate Professor; B.A., Jiangxi University; M.A., Nanjing Normal University; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University. Rebel since 2008.

Buechler, Ralph 

Associate Professor; B.A. Washington University, M.A. University of Illinois Urbana Campus, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Rebel since 1989. 

Cañete-Jurado, Vanessa

              Assistant Professor; B.A. Universidad de Málaga; M.A., Ph.D. SUNY Binghanton. Rebel since 2016

Galindo, Jorge

Associate Professor; Licenciatura, Letras Españolas Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey; M.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas. Rebel since 1997.

Gandía, Elena

              Faculty-in-Residence; B.A., M.A., Universidad de Granada; Ph.D. Universitat Jaume I, Castellón. Rebel since 2012.

Harp, Margaret R.

Associate Professor; B.A., Newcomb College; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University. Rebel since 1989.

Natale, Giuseppe

Associate Professor; Laurea in Lettere, Universita de Torino; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington. Rebel since 2000.

Rico, Alicia

Associate Professor; Licenciatura, Universidad de Alicante, Spain; M.A., Ph.D. University of Kansas. Rebel since 2001.

Takemaru, Naoko

Associate Professor; M.A., Michigan State; M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University. Rebel since 2003.

Professors Emeriti  

Bellver, Catherine

Emerita Distinguished Professor; B.A. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. UNLV Emerita 1972-2016.

Koester, Rudolf

Emeritus Professor; B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Harvard University. UNLV Emeritus 1969-2000.

Schmiedel, Donald

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., Kent State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California. UNLV Emeritus 1965-1999.