Spanish and Portuguese studies is in constant collaboration with faculty across UMass and the Five Colleges. Our partnership with distinguished colleagues in neighboring academic divisions and institutions supports our organization of exciting academic events, innovative coursework offer, and contribution to interdisciplinary research initiatives. Affiliated faculty often serve as members of graduate exams, theses, and dissertation committees in our program.

Affiliated Faculty at UMass Amherst

Name Department Email

Joselyn Almeida-Beveridge 

English, CLACLS 

@email 

Marisol Barbón 

Comparative Literature 

@email 

Michael Becker 

Linguistics 

@email 

Aviva Ben-Ur 

Judaic & Near Eastern Studies 

@email 

Mari Castañeda 

Communication 

@email 

Anne Ciecko 

Communication, Film Studies 

@email 

Harley Erdman 

Theater 

@email 

Isabel Espinal 

Dubois Library 

@email 

John Kingston 

Linguistics 

@email 

Roberto Ludovico 

Italian 

@email 

Andrea Malaguti 

Italian 

@email 

Magda Oiry 

Linguistics 

@email 

Michael Papio 

Italian 

@email 

Daniel Pope 

Film Studies 

@email 

Tom Roeper 

Linguistics 

@email 

Barry Spence 

Film Studies 

@email 

Jackie Urla 

Anthropology 

@email 

Affiliated Faculty Five Colleges

Name College Email

Sara Brenneis 

Amherst College 

@email 

Catherine Infante 

Amherst College 

c@email    

Ilan Stavans 

Amherst College 

@email 

Justin T. Crumbaugh 

Mount Holyoke College 

@email 

Roberto Márquez 

Mount Holyoke College 

@email 

Dorothy Mosby 

Mount Holyoke College 

@email 

Nieves Romero-Díaz 

Mount Holyoke College 

@email 

Ibtissam Bouachrine 

Smith College 

@email 

María Estela Harretche 

Smith College 

mharretc@smith.edu 

Michelle Joffroy 

Smith College 

mjoffroy@smith.edu 

Reyes Lázaro 

Smith College 

rlazaro@smith.edu 

María Helena Rueda 

Smith College 

mrueda@smith.edu