Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

World Languages and Cultures Faculty


Chair 

Harp, Margaret B.

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

Graduate Coordinator 

Jara Yupanqui, Ileana Margarita

Professor; B.A., Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima; M.A., C.A.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. Rebel since 2006.

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.

Beck, Gerard

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; M.A., Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France, M.A., Ph.D. Michigan State University. Rebel since 2016.

Byne, Susan

Professor; B.A., Hunter College; M. Phil., Ph.D.., Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Rebel since 2016.

Callahan, Kathleen

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.A., University of Miami; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia. Rebel since 2008.

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.

Martin-Martinez, Alodia

Assistant Professor; B.A., Escuela Superior de Diseno de Aragon; B.A., Universidad de Zaragoza/Tubingen Universitat; M.A., Universitat Rovira i Virgil; Ph.D., Temple University. Rebel since 2022.

Morales Jodra, Guillermo

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.A., M.A., Universidad de Zaragoza; M.A., Temple University; Ph.D., Universita di Bologna; Ph.D., Temple University. Rebel since 2022.

Natale, Giuseppe

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

Negron Rivera, German

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.A., M.A., Universidad de Puerto Rico; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. Rebel since 2006.

Rico, Alicia

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

Vozel, Francois-Nicolas

Assistant Professor; B.A., Universite Lille III; M.A., Universite de Valenciennes; M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Rebel since 2017.

 

Professors Emeriti  

Bellver, Catherine

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

Buechler, Ralph 

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A. Washington University, M.A. University of Illinois Urbana Campus, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. UNLV Emeritus 1989 - 2023. 

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.

Takemaru, Naoko

Emerita Associate Professor; M.A., Michigan State; M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University. UNLV Emerita 2003 - 2023.