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F. Komla Aggor,
Ph.D.,
Department Chair & Professor of Spanish
Komla Aggor specializes in 20th-21st-Century Spanish literature,
and he has been teaching at John Carroll University since 1992.
A scholar of Spanish theater, he serves on the Editorial Board
of Estreno. He is author of Francisco Nieva
and Postmodernist Theatre (University of Wales Press,
2006) and Eros en la poesía de Miguel Hernández (Spanish
Literature Publications, 1994). Aggor’s articles explore
the works of writers from Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
He likes teaching drama and poetry, and he is passionate about
his newly-developed course, “Understanding Africa through
Film.” He is the director of the JCU Summer Institute
in Ghana, which was launched in May 2006. Aggor has lived in
Canada, Ghana, and Spain. He has also traveled to Brazil, Canary
Islands, England, Japan, Mexico, Perú, Russia, Togo, and Trinidad.
Francisco
Nieva and Postmodernist Theatre (publisher web site)
Second International Conference On Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and Latin American Studies (ICALLAS), August 2009. Please visit the web page for the conference -- www.personal.psu.edu/yxa3/ghanaindex.htm
Don't forget to visit the web site of the 2008 Ghana Summer Study-Tour.
Spring 2008
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David G. Anderson,
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dr. Anderson has taught all levels of Spanish at John Carroll
University since 1987. He was chair of the Department of Classical
and Modern Languages and Cultures from 1997 to 2005. His special
interests are in the areas of contemporary Latin American literature
and culture. Dr. Anderson is the author of On Elevating
the Commonplace: Internal Structure and Intertextuality in
the “Odas”
of Pablo Neruda (1987), and several articles on twentieth
century Spanish American poetry.
Spring 2008
- Office: O'Malley Center 144
- Office Hours : M/W/F 12 - 1 PM; M/W 4:45 - 5:15 PM;
F 2 - 4 PM & by appt.
- Phone: (216) 397 - 4726
- E-Mail: DANDERSON@JCU.EDU
- More Information
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Katherine
Gatto, Ph.D.,
Professor of Spanish
Katherine Gyékényesi Gatto
is Professor of Spanish and former Chairperson (1990-97)
of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures
at John Carroll University. The focus of Professor Gatto's
scholarly research is medieval Spanish literature, Hispanic
women writers and filmmakers, and Hungarian and Hungarian-American
literature and film. Her most recent publication is Spain's
Literary Legacy: Studies in Spanish Literature and Culture
From the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century (2005),
which she edited and to which she contributed an essay on
medieval medical views of women in the Lapidario of
Alfonso X, the Learned. Currently she is extending and broadening
a number of articles she has published on the Argentine director,
María
Luisa Bemberg, into a book length manuscript, entitled Solo
Tango: The Feminist Films of María Luisa Bemberg.
In 2001 she was the winner of the Lucrecia Culicchia Award
for Teaching Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Gatto was born in Austria and emigrated to the
USA with her Hungarian parents.
Spring 2008
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Enrique Luengo,
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Spanish; Latin American Studies, Head
Dr. Enrique Luengo specializes in 20th-21st-Century Latin
American Literature, Culture and Film. He has been teaching
at John Carroll University since 1995. He is the author of José Donoso:
Desde el texto al metatexto. 1992 and José Chesta:
Textos y contextos, 1994. He has also published several
articles on Latin American narrative, poetry, and culture.
Spring 2008
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Antonio Pérez-Romero,
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Spanish
Antonio Perez-Romero is a native of Cuenca, Spain; he
studied in Spain, England, France, and Canada where he
received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1988.
He
has been teaching language, culture and literature courses
in the United States since 1992, and is the author of
Subversion and Liberation in the Writings of St. Teresa
of
Avila (1996), The Subversion Tradition in Spanish
Renaissance Writing (2005), and of several articles
on
Spanish mystical writings and Golden Age literature. At
present, Professor Perez-Romero is preparing a book about
the concept of womanhood in Early Modern Spain and
researching the lives and works of women playwrights of the
Baroque era for future critical publications.
Spring 2008
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Claudia Silvy M.A ,
Visiting Instructor of Spanish
Spring 2008
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SPANISH FACULTY
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Susan
Barkett, M.A.
Lecturer in Spanish
Spring 2008
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Marina Caruso Natale,
M.A. ,
Lecturer in Spanish
Marina Caruso Natale, a native of Rome, holds a degree in
Modern Languages and Literature, an advanced degree in Simultaneous
Interpretation and Translation and an M.A. in Spanish.
Prior to moving to the United States, she worked for the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs where she taught Italian, English and Spanish
to members of the National and Foreign Diplomatic Corp. She was
also the official interpreter for many Italian and Foreign Government
officials, including Heads of State. She worked for several agencies
of the United Nations, Italian Ministries, and private international
organizations. For three years, she was the official interpreter
for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of
Agriculture and the State of Israel, a joint project with the
European Union.
She also was the official translator for "Ulisse 2000",
the Alitalia magazine, FAO, Unicef, RAI and private TV networks.
Several of her translations have been published in major newspaper
and magazines. One of them received a commendation from the offices
of King Juan Carlos of Bourbon of Spain.
After moving to the US, she worked at Duke University as Coordinator
of the Undergraduate Program in Italian and later at the University
of Kentucky as Coordinator of the Italian Program at the Department
of Spanish and Italian. While there she organized the Italian
Section of the Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference.
In 2001 she moved to Cleveland and joined the Department of
Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures at JCU, where she
enjoys teaching Italian and Spanish.
Spring 2008
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Man-Lih Chai, M.A.,
Lecturer in Spanish
Mrs. Man-Lih Chai has been teaching Spanish and Chinese at John
Carroll University since 1997. As an engaged teacher, she likes to
set high standards with high expectations for her students. She loves
to create activities that stimulate interest in the culture as well
as the language. Her passion is to bring different ingredients into
play on a daily basis. Her dream is to compile a playful activity
book for language learners.
Before coming to John Carroll University she taught at several different
institutions, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Boston Adult Education Center, Cleveland State University, Notre
Dame College, Cuyahoga Community College and currently also teaches
at Lakeland Community College. From 1989 to 2001 she taught and counseled
groups of children from their first year of Chinese Academy of Cleveland
to their last. She also developed an effective summer camp program
for children; served as head of the Educational Committee and vice
principal for several years.
Spring 2008
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Jeanne Petrus-Rivera, M.A.
Lecturer in Spanish
Spring 2008
- Office: O'Malley Center 146
- Office Hours: W 11 AM - 1 PM
- Phone: (216) 397-1929
- E-Mail:jpetrus@jcu.edu
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James Reed, M.A.,
Lecturer in Spanish
James Reed has served in several capacities at JCU since returning in 1987. While serving as the Director of Academic Advising and Study Abroad, and as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Science, he taught Spanish and French. Before coming to John Carroll, he was a dean of summer schools in France and Spain. Mr. Reed has traveled extensively throughout South America and Spain. He earned a BS degree from Ohio State University and a MA from Case Western Reserve University.
Spring 2008 - not teaching
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Zita Stungys, M.A.,
Lecturer in Spanish
Zita Stungys has taught various levels of Spanish at JCU since
1992. She earned her BA at Creighton University in
Omaha, NE and her MA at Cleveland State University. She
studied in Spain during her Master's program. Before coming
to JCU she taught at Beaumont School for Girls, at Cleveland
State and at Ursuline College.
Spring 2008
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Antoinette Tartaglia,
M.A.,
Lecturer in Spanish
Antoinette Tartaglia has been teaching several levels of Spanish language at John Carroll University since 1993. Her areas of special interest include contemporary Hispanic literature and Foreign Language methodology. Ms. Tartaglia earned her BA and MA degrees in Spanish at Case Western Reserve University and did post-graduate work in Spain, Mexico and Colombia. Before coming to JCU she taught Spanish at the high school level in the Cleveland Public Schools and at the Case Western Reserve University Summer Demonstration School for prospective language teachers.
Spring 2008
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Clara Thurner,
M.A.,
Lecturer in Spanish
Spring 2008
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