People

Faculty
	Santiago Acosta Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Columbia University (2020) santiago.acosta@yale.edu
	Maria Pilar Asensio-Manrique Senior Lector I of Spanish Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (2006) pilar.asensio@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-8067
	Maria Carolina Baffi Senior Lector I Ph.D. Columbia University (2017) maria.baffi@yale.edu
	Adriana Bezerra da Silva Lector of Portuguese PhD & an MA in Letters from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil adriana.bezerradasilva@yale.edu
	R Howard Bloch, P.D. Stanford University Interim Department Chair 2025-26; Sterling Professor of French howard.bloch@yale.edu
	Mercedes Carreras Senior Lector I of Spanish Ph. D. Universidad de Valencia (1990) mercedes.carreras@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-7555
	Mariana Centanin Bertho Lector of Portuguese mariana.centaninbertho@yale.edu
	Igor De Souza Lector of Portuguese Ph.D. Jewish Studies, University of Chicago, 2014 igor.h.desouza@yale.edu
	Sebastián Díaz Senior Lector I in Spanish and Portuguese Doctor of Education, Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Venezuela, 1987 sebastian.diaz@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-8066
	Kevin Ennis Lector of Portuguese kevin.ennis@yale.edu
	María de la Paz García Senior Lector II of Spanish Ph.D. University of Texas (2007) maripaz.garcia@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1160
	Alexander Gil Fuentes Senior Lecturer II & Associate Research Faculty of Digital Humanities Ph.D. University of Virginia (2012) alex.gil@yale.edu Phone: +1 (914) 327-0883 Humanities Quadrangle 439
	Sarah Glenski Lector of Spanish Ph.D. Yale University (2021) sarah.glenski@yale.edu
	Anibal González-Pérez Professor of Spanish Ph.D. Yale University (1982) anibal.gonzalez@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1149
	María José Gutiérrez Barajas Senior Lector I of Spanish & Associate Research Scholar Ph.D. Universidad de Alcalá (Spain, 2009); Ph.D. The Catholic University of America (2021) mariajose.gutierrezbarajas@yale.edu
	Stefania Herrera León Lector of Spanish stefania.herreraleon@yale.edu
	Kenneth David Jackson Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Portuguese Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison (1973) k.jackson@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-7608
	Nicholas R. Jones Associate Professor Tenure Ph.D. New York University nicholas.jones@yale.edu
	Rosamaría León Senior Lector I of Spanish Ph.D. University of Connecticut (2007) rosamaria.leon@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-7764
	Mayte López Senior Lector I of Spanish & Associate Research Scholar Ph.D. The City University of New York (2023) mayte.lopez@yale.edu
	Olivia Lott Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies, Washington University in St. Louis (2022) olivia.lott@yale.edu
	Jorge Méndez-Seijas Spanish Language Program Director; Senior Lector II & Associate Research Scholar Ph.D. Georgetown University jorge.mendez-seijas@yale.edu
	Julia Millán Gómez Lector of Spanish julia.millangomez@yale.edu
	Luna Nájera Senior Lector I and Associate Research Scholar Ph.D. Cornell University luna.najera@yale.edu Phone: (203) 436 9820 Portfolio: http://lunanajera.com
	Juliana Ramos-Ruano Senior Lector I of Spanish M.A. University of Northern Iowa (1988) juliana.ramos-ruano@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1160
	Lissette Reymundi Senior Lector I of Spanish M.A. Saint John’s University (2002) lissette.reymundi@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-7764
	Lucía Rubio Senior Lector I M.A. University of Utah lucia.rubio@yale.edu
	Ian Russell Lector Ph.D. Brown University (2019) ian.russell@yale.edu
	Maria-Lourdes Sabé Colom Senior Lector I of Spanish Doctor of Modern Languages (D.M.L) Middlebury College (2007) lourdes.sabe@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1152
	Noelia Sánchez-Walker Lector Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign noelia.sanchezwalker@yale.edu
	Giseli Tordin Senior Lector I of Spanish and Portuguese; Portuguese Language Program Director Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2017) giseli.tordin@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 436 9820
	Noël Valis, Professor Kingman Brewster, Jr. Professor of Spanish & Portuguese Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College (1975) noel.valis@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1155
	María M. Vázquez Senior Lector I of Spanish Ph.D. Yale University (2012) maria.m.vazquez@yale.edu
	Jesús Velasco Augustus R. Street Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Ph.D. in Philology, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain), 1995. PhD in Law and Social Sciences, EHESS, Paris, 2025. jesus.velasco@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-4912
	Aurélie Vialette Director of Undergraduate Studies for Spanish; Associate Professor Tenure aurelie.vialette@yale.edu Phone: PhD University of California, Berkeley (2009).
	Lisa Voigt Director of Graduate Studies; Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Ph.D. Brown University (2001) lisa.voigt@yale.edu