Fazia Aitel, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Teaching: French, Comparative Literature, North African Literature, Cinema, and Immigration, ...
Research: Francophone literature from Africa and especially North Africa, Berber studies, ...
fazia.aitel@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-0477, Roberts North 217

Nicole Altamirano, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Teaching: Hispanic Language and Literature,
Research: 20th-century Spanish and Latin American literature, Golden Age Literature, women writers, gender studies.,
nicole.altamirano@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-0836, Roberts North 203A

Gloria Arjona, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
garjona@cmc.edu , ( ) - , None

Pablo Baler, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
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Bassam Frangieh, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Professor
B.A., Damascus University, Syria; M.S., Ph.D., Georgetown University
Research: Arabic Language, Modern and Classical Arabic Poetry, ...
bfrangieh@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3484, Roberts North 213

Carlos Enrique Gonzales, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., December 2002, University of Southern California, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. M.A., May 1996, University of Southern California, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
carlos.enrique@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3174, Roberts North 203B

Esther Hernandez, M.A. -- read full profile

Visiting Instructor
M.A., University of Havana
Teaching: Spanish Language and Literature,
esther.hernandez@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-1711, Roberts North 204B

Young Wha Hong, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, M.A., Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Teaching: Korean language, Korean culture, ...
Research: to integrate culture into language instruction, especially Korean,
young.hong@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3807, Roberts North 212

Minju Kim, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., Yonsei University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Research: Grammaticalization, Discourse Analysis, ...
minju.kim@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-2503, Roberts North 216

Maria Martinez, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching: Hispanic language, Latin American literature, and Mexican history,
Research: 19th and 20th century Latin American literature, the nation in the novel of the Mexican Revolution, women writers, and the role of history in literature of the fantastic ,
mmartinez@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3174, Roberts North 204A

Zeina Rafei, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
zeina.rafei@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3871, Roberts North 215

Ayman Ramadan, M.A. -- read full profile

Visiting Lecturer
Ayman Ramadan received his BA in English Language and Literature from Damascus University. Driven by his passion for Arabic, he completed his MA in Arabization, Translation and Simultaneous Interpretation. His interest in business organization led to a Diploma in Management from the American Educational Institute in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Teaching: Professor Ramadan’s teaching career began early in 1983 while still a student at the College of Letters at Damascus University. He has taught the intricacies of English and Arabic to novice, intermediate and advanced college students. He currently teach,
ayman.ramadan@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3334, Roberts North 213

Marie-Denise Shelton, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching: Modern French Literature, African & Caribbean Literature and Cinema, ...
Research: Caribbean Literature; Haitian Literature; Women Writers; Modern French Literature,
marie-denise.shelton@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3456, Roberts North 218

Lee Skinner, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Associate Professor
B.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Emory University; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, University of Kansas.
Teaching: Nineteenth-century Spanish American narrative and essay; Nation and identity in Spanish America; Gender and sexuality ,
Research: I am currently writing a book tentatively titled "Gender and the Rhetoric of Modernity in Spanish America, 1850-1920" which explores the reactions of Spanish American intellectuals in their fiction and essays to the rhetoric of modernity emanating from Eu,
lskinner@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3528, Roberts North 214

Raquel Vega-Duran, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Assistant Professor
B.A., Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Certificate of Graduate Studies in Film Studies, University of Michigan Ph.D., University of Michigan
Teaching: Peninsular Spanish Literature, Spanish Visual Cultural Production (Cinema, Documentary Film,Photography, Painting) , ...
Research: I am currently working on a book manuscript, The Migrant's Journey: Border-Crossing, Otherness, and the Politics of Place in Contemporary Spanish Culture (1986-2008). This project explores how literary and visual narratives, understood as both artistic ,
raquel.vega-duran@cmc.edu , (909) 607-9330, Roberts North 219

Salvador Velazco, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Associate Professor of Latin American Cinema and Literature
B.A., University of Guadalajara, Mexico; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Teaching: Latin American Cinema, Latin American Documentary, ...
Research: The Other Mexican Cinema: Contemporary Political and Social Documentary (working title). This project aims to provide the first study on the thematic and stylistic variety in Mexican documentary films. ,
svelazco@cmc.edu , (909) 607-7984, Roberts North 220