Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty and Staff

Professors

Han Li. 2008. Chair. B.A. Nanjing University; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine (Culture in Later Imperial China, Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Media.)

Associate Professors
 

Kathleen Anne Doyle. 1999. B.A., Saint Xavier College, Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago (Spanish language, Modernism in Spain, Contemporary Peninsular Spanish literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies)

Eric Henager. 1995. B.A., Rhodes College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Illinois (Spanish language, Contemporary Latin American literatures and cultures, popular culture and literature, Latin American Studies)

Alexandra Kostina. 1996. M.A. Novgorod State University; Ph.D. Gornyi University/Russian State Pedagogical University (Russian language, linguistics, and culture)

Laura Loth. 2009. B.A. College of William and Mary; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Minnesota (French and Francophone literature and film, Environmental Studies, Film Studies)

Elizabeth Marcela Pettinaroli. 2007. B.A. Franklin and Marshall College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Virginia (Latin American literature, Ecocritical Studies, Urban and Environmental Studies, Bibliodiversity, Spanish language in socio-cultural contexts)
 

Abou-Bakar Mamah. 2018. B.A. and M.A. University of Lomé, Togo; Ph.D. University of Minnesota (French critical theory, Structuralism, French and Francophone Studies.)

Alberto del Pozo Martínez. 2008. Licenciado en Filología, Universidad de Zaragoza. M.A. and Ph.D. Vanderbilt University (Modern Spanish American literature and Literary Theory.)
 

Assistant Professors
 

Stacey E. Battis. 2022. B.A. Smith College; M.A. and Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Early modern French literature, French and Francophone Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies)

Rachel Noël Bauer. 2008. B.A. Duquesne University; M.A. Purdue University; Ph.D. Vanderbilt University (Early Modern Spanish literature, Golden Age narrative, Don Quixote de la Mancha.)

Juanita Bernal Benavides. 2022. B.A. and M.A. Universidad de los Andes; Ph.D. University of Michigan 

Kathryn Holihan. 2021. B.A. Oberlin College;  Ph.D, University of Michigan (Late-19th through 20th-century German Studies, Science Studies, Museum Studies)

Bruce M. Jackson, Jr. 2021. B.A. and M.A. Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Mid-19th to Mid-20th century Spanish Peninsular literature and culture, minority cultures in contemporary Spain)

Ricardo Martins. 2023. B.A. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; M.A. and Ph.D. Indiana University (Mid-20th century - contemporary Transnational and Latin American literature and cinema, Brazilian Favelas, Videogames, Media Studies)

Nina Morais. 2023. B.A. Federal University of Minas Gerais; M.A. Indiana University. (Transcultural, Transnational and Migration Studies; Germany-Africa and Germany-South America Relations; Contemporary German Theater and Film)

Catherine Sundt. 2012. B.A. Grand Valley State University; M.A. and Ph.D. The Ohio State University (Modern Spanish literature and Urban literature.)

Yinyin Xue. 2020. B.A. Sichuan International Studies University; M.A. Peking University; M.A. and Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Twentieth-century Chinese literature and culture)

Instructors

Sarah Finley. 2020. B.A. and M.Ed. Vanderbilt University (French language and Francophone cultures). 

Staff
 

Christy Waldkirch. 2005. Departmental Assistant.