Department Chair
Michael Hughes, Ph.D. - German & Spanish

Professor Hughes holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego, and M.A. in Applied Linguistics and in German from the University of California, Davis.  His areas of specialization include Morphological and Syntactic Theory, Germanic and Romance Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition.

E-mail address: mhughes@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/spanish/facultyhughes.htm

Full-Time Faculty
Darci Strother, Ph.D. - Spanish 

Professor Strother is Professor of Foreign Languages, and received her Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine. Her areas of research are Golden Age Spanish Literature, Theatre Studies, and Applied Linguistics.

E-mail address: strother@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/spanish/facultystrother.htm
Stella Clark, Ph.D.  - Spanish - Professor Emeritus

Professor Clark is a Professor of Foreign Languages. Her field of specialty is Mexican literature and culture, and she holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.

E-mail address: sclark@csusm.edu
Webpage: None
Verónica Añover, Ph.D. - French & Spanish

Professor Anover is a Professor of Foreign Languages. She holds a Ph.D. in French with a minor in Spanish from Florida State University. Her areas of specialization are in French and Spanish Women Writers, French and Spanish Culture and Civilization. She also enjoys translating literary novels into French and/or into Spanish.

E-mail address: vanover@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/languages/french/
Francisco Martin, Ph.D. - Spanish

Professor Martin is Professor of Foreign Languages. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His special fields are the literary, historical and legal studies of the Spanish Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.

E-mail address: fmartin@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/spanish/facultymartin.htm
Silvia Rolle, Ph.D. - Spanish

Professor Rolle is Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. Her special field is Hispanic Poetry of all periods with a specialization in Women's Poetry.

E-mail address: srolle@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/rolle/
Marion Geiger, Ph.D. - French & German

Assistant Professor of German & French
French and German Minor Advisor
Licence ès Lettres, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Ph.D., John Hopkins University

E-mail address: mgeiger@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

Karina Miller, Ph.D. - Spanish

Assistant Professor of Spanish
Spanish Minor Advisor
B.A., Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
M.A., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of California Irvine

E-mail address: kamiller@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

Alberto Ribas-Casasayas, Ph.D. - Spanish

Assistant Professor of Spanish
Spanish Major Advisor (H-N)
Licenciado, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
M.A. Harvard University
Ph.D., Harvard University

E-mail address: aribas@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available


Lecturers
Mayra Besosa - Spanish


E-mail address: mbesosa@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/spanish/facultybesosa.htm
Shoko Takeuchi - Japanese

 

E-mail address: stakeuch@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/languages/japanese/

Deborah Wall - Spanish



E-mail address: dwall@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/spanish/facultywall.htm
Miguel Zapata - Spanish



E-mail address: mzapata@csusm.edu
Webpage: http://www.csusm.edu/spanish/facultyzapata.htm

Zahra Sami - French



E-mail address: zsamir@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

 

Hans Schacht - German


E-mail address: hschacht@csusm.edu
Webpage:  http://courses.csusm.edu/grmn101hs/

 

 

 

 
 

Teaching Associates Fall 2008
Jolanta Alkan - Spanish

 

E-mail address: jalkan@csusm.edu
Webpage: none availabl

 

Luis Casillas - Spanish

 

E-mail address: lcasilla@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

 

e Jessi Colwell-Spanish
 

E-mail address::jecolwell@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

Anabel del Valle-Culnan - French & Spanish



E-mail address: adelvall@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

 

Leon-Chavez, Pedro

 

E-mail address:  pleon@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

Morales, Gabriel O.


E-mail address:  gmorales@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

Olivia Vargas - Spanish



E-mail address: ovargas@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

 

 

Gabriel Morales  - Spanish



E-mail address: gmorales@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available

 

 

 


 

 

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Fulbright Volunteer
 

 

 

Visiting Professors
 

Departmental Staff
Oneita Billings , M.B.A., - Administrative Coordinator 
Markstein Hall 228
Telephone: (760) 750-4208

E-mail address: obilling@csusm.edu
Webpage: none available
World Languages Department - Markstein Hall 228
Telephone: (760)-750-4208
Mailing Address: CSUSM, Attn: World Languages & Hispanic Literatures,
San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
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