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

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, September 2003. Distinguished dissertation award. Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.; Master of Philosophy. Comparative literature, February 2000. Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.; Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (D.E.A) and Maîtrise de Littérature Américaine Université de Paris VIII (France); Licence ès Lettres Université de Paris VIII. Département de Lettres Françaises.
Teaching: French, Comparative Literature
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) 607-1500, Center CourtE-13

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

Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Universidad Complutense, Madrid; M.A., George Washington University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington
Teaching: Spanish Language and Literature
maria.castro@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-9330, Athenaeum 219

Bassam Frangieh, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Professor
B.A., Damascus University, Syria; M.S., Ph.D., Georgetown University; Senior Lecturer, Yale University; Director of the Modern Arabic Language Program, Yale University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgetown University.
bfrangieh@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3484, Roberts South 211

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

Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California; Visiting Assistant Professor, Scripps College.
Teaching: Introduction to Spanish, Intermediate Spanish
carlos.gonzales@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3174, Athenaeum 217

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, Athenaeum 215

Young Wha Hong, M.A. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, M.A., Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California
Teaching: Korean language, Korean culture, ...
Research: to integrate culture into language instruction, especially Korean
young.hong@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-2503, Roberts North 216

Minju Kim, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Yonsei University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching: Korean Language/Korean Linguistics, Korean Culture/Korean Cinema, ...
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, CMC Courts Mod D 11

Cintia Santana, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Sarah Lawrence College, M.A. Harvard University, Ph.D. Harvard University
Teaching: 19th and 20th Century Spanish literature , Spanish Realisms, ...
cintia.santana@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3927, Roberts North 215

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@claremontmckenna.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.
lskinner@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3528, None

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, Colonial and Contemporary Latin American Literature, ...
Research: “Democratic Transitions in Latin American Cinema" This project aims to explore and provide an overview of the new political panorama in Latin America as it is represented in contemporary cinema, specifically in films made during the 1990s.
salvador.velazco@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-7984, Roberts North 220

Catharine Wall, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Teaching: Visual readings of literature, Hispanic lyric poetry, ...
Research: Hispanic and Latino literature in New York, Interart asthetics, ...
catharine.wall@cmc.edu , (909) 607-7128, Trailer MOD E 15

Sylvie Young, Ph.D. -- read full profile

Visiting Assistant Professor
Licence d'anglais, Université de Nancy. Maîtrise ès lettres, Université de Dijon. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Department of French and Francophone Studies.
Teaching: Fin de siècle studies, masculinity theories, cultural criticism and politics.
syoung@cmc.edu , (909) 607-1822, Center CourtF-6