Faculty

Our faculty members specialize in diverse historical moments, world regions, and thematic and methodological areas in the Spanish-, Italian-, and Portuguese-speaking worlds.

To learn more about our expertise in languages, literary cultures, and linguistics, please select from the drop-down menus below. Contact information for department officers (Director of Graduate Study, Director of Undergraduate Study, etc.) is available here.

Laura Aguilar García

Laura Aguilar García

Lecturer of Spanish

Samuel Amago

Professor of Spanish and Department Chair

Andrew Anderson

Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Sarah Annunziato

Sarah Annunziato

Associate Professor of Italian, General Faculty & Co-Director of Italian Language Program (1000-2000)
Olivia Barrera Gutiérrez

Olivia Barrera Gutiérrez

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
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Julianna Beveridge

Lecturer of Spanish
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Allison Bigelow

Tom Scully Discovery Chair Associate Professor of Spanish

Nicole Bonino

Assistant Professor of Spanish, Academic General Faculty
Francesca Calamita

Francesca Calamita

Assistant Professor of Italian, General Faculty, Director of UVa in Italy (CET-Siena and ISI-Florence) & Co-Director of the Italian Language Program

Eli Carter

Associate Professor of Portuguese
Enrico Cesaretti

Enrico Cesaretti

Associate Professor of Italian

Crystal Chemris

Lecturer of Spanish
Daves

Jessica Daves

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Devries

Pamela DeVries Rini

Lecturer of Spanish

Marina Escámez Ballesta

Lecturer of Spanish

Lilian P.W. Feitosa

Associate Professor of Portuguese, General Faculty
David Florez-Murillo

David Florez-Murillo

Lecturer of Spanish

Nieves García Prados

Lecturer of Spanish
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E. Michael Gerli

Commonwealth Professor of Spanish

David T. Gies

Emeritus Faculty, Commonwealth Professor of Spanish

Esperanza Górriz Jarque

Lecturer of Spanish
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David T. Haberly

Professor Emeritus
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Javier Herrero

Professor Emeritus

Jennifer Hogg

Lecturer of Spanish
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María J. Jorquera Hervás

Lecturer of Spanish

Hiromi Kaneda

Lecturer of Italian
David Korfhagen

David Korfhagen

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Lagos

María Inés Lagos

Professor Emeritus
Alicia

Alicia López Operé

Assistant Professor, General Faculty

Anne Garland Mahler

Associate Professor of Spanish
Mattioli

Stella Mattioli

Lecturer of Italian
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Donald McGrady

Professor Emeritus
Neff

Kate Neff

Lecturer of Spanish
Fernando Operé

Fernando Operé

Professor of Spanish
Ricardo

Ricardo Padrón

Associate Professor of Spanish
Deborah

Deborah Parker

Professor of Italian

Andrea Pauw

Assistant Professor of Spanish, General Faculty
Gustavo Pellon

Gustavo Pellón

Professor of Spanish
Randolph Pope

Randolph Pope

Emeritus Faculty, Commonwealth Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
Esther Poveda Moreno

Esther Poveda Moreno

Senior Lecturer of Spanish

Joel Rini

Professor of Spanish

Cole Rizki

Assistant Professor of Spanish
Rogers

Charlotte Rogers

Lisa Smith Discovery Chair, Associate Professor of Spanish
Loreto Romero

Loreto Romero

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

Óscar Ruiz Hernández

Assistant Professor of Spanish, General Faculty
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Emily Scida

Professor of Spanish and Spanish Language Program Director (1010-2020)
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Donald L. Shaw †

Professor Emeritus
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Paula Sprague

Associate Professor, General Faculty
Matthew Street

Matthew Street

Lecturer of Spanish

Fernando Valverde

Visiting Distinguished Professor

Omar Velázquez-Mendoza

Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics
Zaida Villanueva

Zaida Villanueva García

Lecturer of Spanish
Ward

Adrienne Ward

Associate Professor Emeritus
Weber

Alison Weber

Professor Emeritus
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Elizabeth Wellbeloved

Assistant Director of the Hispanic Studies Program (UVa Valencia)
Sara Young

Sara Young

Lecturer of Spanish