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Linda Burdell

Literary Theory/Culture/Latin American Images

Burdell studies narrative theory and its relationship to cultural studies, especially as it defines categories of cultural identity and difference. Her other interests include Spanish linguistics, novels by Mexican women writers and images of Latin America in the U.S.

Antonio Dorca

Peninsular Prose/Catalan Literature

Dorca specializes in Spanish intellectual history, Peninsular prose fiction, modern Catalan literature and critical theory and narrative techniques. He has also published articles on 19th century Spanish novelists in the U. S. and Spain and is the author of the book, The Dawn of Modern Criticism in Spain. Dorca is a native of Barcelona, Spain.

Fabiola Franco

Modern Spanish Literature

Franco specializes in contemporary Latin American literature and Hispanic linguistics. She is interested in literature by Latin American women as well as theoretical linguistics. Franco is a native of Colombia.

Juanita Garciagodoy

Mexico/Latin America/Days of the Dead

Garciagodoy specializes in contemporary women's fiction, popular spirituality, Mexican history and traditions, representations of relationships in Latin American and Peninsular narratives as well as Don Quixote. She is an expert on Mexico's annual Days of the Dead celebration. Her book: Digging The Days of the Dead was recently published in paperback.

Galo Gonzalez

20th Century Latin American Literature

Gonzalez's research focuses on 20th century Latin American literature and culture. He is interested in the literature of social protest movements in Latin America, race relations and Mestizo cultures through the study of Latin American narrative fiction, the literature of subversion in the Andean Region as well as the literature of subaltern cultures, which is an approach to the study of Latino literature in the U.S.

Leland Guyer

Portuguese and Brazilian Language and Literature/ Technology

Guyer teaches Portuguese and Spanish languages. He specializes in 20th century Portuguese and Brazilian literature. His research interests include literary translation, the role of technology in language learning, hypertext and hypermedia as well as the travel literature of Iberia and Latin America.

Teresita Martinez-Vergne

Latin American History/Puerto Rico

History Department

Martinez-Vergne coordinates the college's Latin American Studies Program. She is a social historian of Latin America with an interest in disourses on progress in late 19th century Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Her research focuses on the workings of gender and race on notions of citizenship within the discourse of nationalism. Her latest book is Shaping the Discourse on Space, Charity and its Wards in 19th Century San Juan, Puerto Rico. Other publications deal with the transition from slave to wage labor in the Puerto Rican sugar industry and women of color in the Caribbean. Martinez-Vergne is a member of the Association of Caribbean Historians and served as the co-editor of volume 5 of the UNESCO History of the Caribbean, entitled The Contemporary Caribbean.

Amparo Menendez-Carrion

Latin American Culture/Politics

International Studies and Programming

Menendez-Carrion specializes in the culture and politics of Latin America. She has written on topics such as cultural transformations in Latin America, civilian rule, and violence and democracy in Ecuador. Her research has focused on comparative politics and international studies. She teaches a course on culture, politics and citizenship in Latin America.

Rogelio Mi¤ana

Spanish Golden Age of Fiction/Cervantes

Mi¤ana is an expert in Spanish Golden Age fiction, including narrative and dramatic works. He uses a unique interdisciplinary approach to teaching that combines art history, music and literary theory. His interdisciplinary approach is used in the study of Golden Age nouvelles, particularly Miguel de Cervantes' "Novelas Ejemplares" and in the study of Mari  de Zayas, a female author of the Spanish Renaissance.

Raymond Robertson

Economic and Development Issues in Latin America

Economics Department

Robertson specializes in Latin American economic policy, particularly economic development issues in Mexico, Central America and the U.S. Most of his research is conducted in Mexico, where he has lived. He can discuss a range of issues including the effects of NAFTA on Mexico, unskilled workers, foreign investment in Mexico and issues related to new President Vincente Fox.

David Sunderland

Literature/Modern Spanish Society

Sunderland focuses on Peninsular literature and contemporary Spanish society, particularly film. He is also interested in immigrant literature and the Latino community in the Twin Cities.