People

Alumni

Allison Adelman
  • PhD 2014
  • Linguistics

Currently Affiliate Faculty and Writing Center Director, Antioch University, Santa Barbara

Jomeline Balatayo
  • PhD 2014
  • Education

Culver City High School, teaches English Language Development (ELD) and English 10 Honors

  • Ph.D. 2020
  • Linguistics

Currently an Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach

Yadira Aimee Carreon-Serna
  • PhD 2007
  • Spanish & Portuguese

Assistant Professor of Spanish, World Languages & Literatures Department at Pacific University, Oregon

  • PhD 2013

Professor of French, Santa Monica College, Soka University of America

  • Lecturer and Portuguese Language Program Coordinator
  • Univ of Washington

PhD 2014, Luso-Brazilian Literature

  • Ph.D. in Iberian Linguistics
  • UCSB

Currently a Lecturer at Cypress College

Jonathan Downey headshot
  • Dept. of Education

Currently a Lecturer at Tufts University

  • Ph.D. 2019
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Currently a Teaching Assistant Professor and First-year Spanish Coordinator at Denver University

  • Assistant Professor of Spanish
  • Palomar College

Ph.D. 2019, Iberian Linguistics

Cara Healey
  • PhD 2017 East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies

Byron K. Trippet Assistant Professor of Chinese and Asian Studies in the Modern Languages and Literatures department at Wabash College

Timothy Henry
  • PhD 2012
  • Linguistics

Lecturer at California State University, Fullerton

Xiao Hu
  • East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
Carmen Jany
  • PhD 2008
  • Linguistics

Professor of Spanish and Linguistics, California State University San Bernadino

Yan Jiang
  • PhD Candidate

Ph.D. program in Education, Cultural Perspective and Comparative Education emphasis.

  • Ph.D. 2020
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Hispanic Literature

Spanish Literature and Language Faculty, The Nueva School in San Mateo, California

Jeremy King
  • PhD 2006
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Associate Professor of Spanish, Louisiana State University

Janie Lee
  • PhD 2010
  • Linguistics

Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, University of Mary Washington

  • Ph.D. 2022 in Iberian Linguistics

Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Spanish Program, California University of Science and Medicine

Carola Matera
  • PhD 2008
  • Education

Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Studies, California State University, Channel Islands

  • Ph.D. 2018
  • Education

Curriculum Designer at WSCUC

Haley O'Neil
  • PhD 2011
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA

Ariel Schindewolf
  • PhD 2013
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Adjunct Lecturer of Spanish, Santa Clara University

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  • Dept. of Education

Education and related standards, teacher development, curriculum design, language perception and identity

Portrait picture of Kathrin Theumer
  • PhD 2010
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Associate Professor of Spanish, Pacific University, Oregon

Ricardo Vasconcelos
  • PhD 2010
  • Spanish and Portuguese

Associate Professor of Portuguese, San Diego State University

  • Assistant Professor of Spanish
  • Palomar College

Ph.D. 2012 Hispanic Literature

Neil Alexander Walker
  • PhD 2012
  • Linguistics

Adjunct Associate Professor, San Joaquin Delta College

Tiange Wang
  • PhD Candidate

Ph.D. program in Education

Feng Xie
  • Applied Linguistics Alumnae

Ph.D. program in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies.

Jing Yu
  • Ph.D. 2022 in Education
  • UCSB

Currently an Assistant Professor in International Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison