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Faculty and Staff
Program Head
![Michelson, Seth R.](images/directory/thumbnails/michelsons.jpg)
Seth Michelson
Associate Professor of Spanish, Head of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Tucker Hall, Room 322
540-458-8818
michelsons@wlu.edu
Poetry, Aesthetics, Translation Theory, Feminist Poetics, State Violence, Colonialism, Neoliberalism
Core Faculty
![Barnett, Jeff](images/directory/thumbnails/barnettj.jpg)
Jeff Barnett
S. Blount Mason Jr. Professor of Spanish
Tucker Hall, Room 304
540-458-8950
barnettj@wlu.edu
Latin American Narrative and Cultural Studies, with regional emphasis on Mexican, Central American, and Pan-Caribbean cultures.
![Botta, Mónica](images/directory/thumbnails/bottam.jpg)
Mónica Botta
Professor of Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Tucker Hall, Room 313
540-458-8297
bottam@wlu.edu
Latin American Theater, emphasis on the transmission of history and memory in the theater of the Southern Cone. Human rights and post-dictatorial literatures and, Staging in the Academe.
![Lepage, Andrea](images/directory/thumbnails/lepagea.jpg)
Andrea Lepage
Pamela H. Simpson Professor of Art History
Wilson 3014
540-458-8305
lepagea@wlu.edu
![Mayock, Ellen](images/directory/thumbnails/mayocke.jpg)
Ellen Mayock
Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish
Tucker Hall, Room 305
540-458-8816
mayocke@wlu.edu
The Novel in Spain and Latin America; Literary Naturalism: Women Writers of Spain, Latin America, and the U.S.; Feminist Theory; Immigrant Populations in the U.S.
Affiliate Faculty
![Baluarte, David](images/directory/thumbnails/baluarted.jpg)
David Baluarte
Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic
248 Lewis Hall
baluarted@wlu.edu
![Eastwood, Jonathan](images/directory/thumbnails/eastwoodj.jpg)
Jonathan Eastwood
Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Newcomb Hall 104
540-458-8777
eastwoodj@wlu.edu
![Green, Romina](images/directory/thumbnails/rgreen.jpg)
Romina Green
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 205
540-458-8094
rgreen@wlu.edu
![Kahn, Jim](images/directory/thumbnails/kahnj.jpg)
Jim Kahn
Emeritus Professor of Economics and Professor of Environmental Studies
kahnj@wlu.edu
![Kamara, Mohamed](images/directory/thumbnails/kamaram.jpg)
Mohamed Kamara
Department Chair, Professor of French
Tucker Hall, Room 306
540-458-8475
kamaram@wlu.edu
![Perez, Marcos](images/directory/thumbnails/mperez.jpg)
Marcos Perez
Assistant Professor of Sociology
225 Newcomb Hall
540-458-8793
mperez@wlu.edu
Staff
![Richardson, Shirley](images/directory/thumbnails/awilliams.jpg)
Alex Williams
Administrative Assistant II
Tucker Hall, Room 308
540-458-8821
awilliams@wlu.edu