Dr. Silvia Rolle-Rissetto

Silvia Rolle-Rissetto is a Professor of Hispanic Studies who joined the now Department of Modern Language Studies in 1996. She is both a scholar and a creative writer. Her research agenda comprises: Contemporary Peninsular and Insular Literatures of Spain (from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First centuries), particularly Women Writers, Theory, Pedagogy, Creative Writing, and Literary Translation.  She has published extensively in all those areas, and she has delivered numerous papers, as well as given many poetry recitals both at national and international symposia.

She has served as department Chair, as well as Teaching Associate Supervisor.  Currently she is the Spanish Graduate Program Coordinator and Advisor.  In this capacity, she is also the Graduate Foreign Language Assessor.  Dr. Rolle-Rissetto administers the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian exams to graduate students who need to fulfill this requirement.