Department of Spanish and Portuguese People

Faculty

Leopoldo Bernucci

  • Distinguished Professor of Spanish
  • The Russell F. and Jean H. Fiddyment Chair in Latin American Studies
712A Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Tuesday 12:00-1:00pm, Wednesday 2:00-3:00pm
In person or by appointment

Travis G. Bradley

  • Professor of Spanish
  • Director of the Second-Year Spanish Program
  • Chair, Designated Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition
705 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: By appointment (please email me)

Agustina Carando

  • Associate Professor of Spanish
  • Director, Heritage Spanish Program
613 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: TR 11-12
Sproul 613 and on Zoom (https://ucdavis.zoom.us/my/acarando)

Charlie Hankin

  • Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Affiliated Faculty in Music, African American and African Studies, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory
605 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
S26: By appointment: please email me!

Michael Lazzara

  • Professor of Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Associate Vice Provost of Academic Programs and Partnerships in Global Affairs
606 Sproul Hall

Robert Patrick Newcomb

  • Department Chair of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies
  • Undergraduate Portuguese Advisor
  • Affiliated faculty, Comparative Literature and Critical Theory
  • Director, UC Iberian Studies Consortium
610 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Thursdays, 12:10-2:10 pm

Ana Peluffo

  • Professor of Latin American Literatures and Cultures
  • President of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI) 2024-
  • Affiliated Faculty of Women and Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
703 Sproul Hall

Lecturers

Affiliated Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

Graduate Student Representatives

Emily Nelsen

  • Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights, PhD Candidate
  • Faculty Advisors: Michael Lazzara and Marian Schlotterbeck
110 Sproul Hall

Graduate Students

Andrea Hernandez

  • Graduate Student in Spanish Linguistics, Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition & Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies
109 Sproul Hall

Ana Ortega Pérez

  • Graduate Student in Spanish Linguistics, Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition
  • PhD candidate
  • Faculty Advisor: Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez
615 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 am
Online

Blanca E Peraza

  • Graduate Student in Spanish Linguistics, Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition
  • Faculty Advisor: Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez
110 Sproul Hall

Ana Ruiz Alonso-Bartol

  • Graduate Student in Spanish Linguistics, Emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric and Composition Studies
  • PhD Candidate
  • Faculty Advisor: Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez
615 Sproul Hall

Lucas Ruppel

  • Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights
  • PhD Candidate
  • Faculty Advisor: Robert McKee Irwin
707 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Mondays after class and Wednesdays by appointment
Remote

Chandler R Thompson

  • Graduate student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights
  • PhD Candidate
  • Faculty Advisor: Robert M. Irwin
624 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-2:00 pm

Carlos J. Torres Astocondor

  • Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphases in Human Rights and Environmental Humanities
  • Faculty Advisor: Leopoldo Bernucci
110 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Monday 10:00am-11, Wednesday 10:00am-11
In-Person (Sproul 110) or Remote https://ucdavis.zoom.us/my/cjtorres

Jannet Torres Espinoza

  • Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights
  • PhD Candidate
  • Associate Instructor
  • Faculty Advisor: Ana Peluffo
707 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Spring 26: Monday 10:00am - 11:00am || Wednesday 11:00am - 12:00pm

Haley Williams

  • Graduate student in Spanish, Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research
  • PhD Candidate
  • Faculty Advisor: Diana Aramburu
724 Sproul hall
Office Hours
Winter 26: Please email for office hours

Advisors