
Faculty and Staff
Program Head

Mónica Botta
Professor of Spanish and Program Head, 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.
Core Faculty

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.

Zoila Ponce de León
Assistant Professor of Politics
Huntley 210
540-458-8575
zponcedeleon@wlu.edu

Andrea Lepage
Pamela H. Simpson Professor of Art History
Wilson 3014
540-458-8305
lepagea@wlu.edu

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.

Seth Michelson
Associate Professor of Spanish
Tucker Hall, Room 322
540-458-8818
michelsons@wlu.edu
Latin American Poetry, Aesthetics, Translation Theory, Feminist Poetics, State Violence, Colonialism, Neoliberalism
Affiliate Faculty

David Baluarte
Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic
248 Lewis Hall
baluarted@wlu.edu

Jonathan Eastwood
Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Newcomb Hall 104
540-458-8777
eastwoodj@wlu.edu

Romina Green
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 205
540-458-8094
rgreen@wlu.edu

Jim Kahn
John F. Hendon Professor of Economics and Professor of Environmental Studies
Holekamp 206
540-458-8036
kahnj@wlu.edu
US-Brazil Exchange Program

Mohamed Kamara
Department Chair, Professor of French
Tucker Hall, Room 306
540-458-8475
kamaram@wlu.edu

Marcos Perez
Assistant Professor of Sociology
225 Newcomb Hall
540-458-8793
mperez@wlu.edu
Staff

Alex Williams
Administrative Assistant II
Tucker Hall, Room 308
540-458-8821
awilliams@wlu.edu