Faculty Profiles

Ann Albuyeh
Professor
Historical Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Ethnolinguistics
Loretta Collins
Professor
Caribbean Literature and Culture, Creative Writing, Medical Humanities
James Peter Conlan
Professor
Medieval & Renaissance Literature, Early New World Travel Narrative, Legislation, Literature & Law
Robert Dupey
Professor
Code-Switching, Syntax, Comparative Analysis of English & Spanish
Nicholas Faraclas
Professor
Creole Studies, Sociolinguistics, Language and Globalization
Mirerza Gonzalez
Professor
Communication Competance, Ethnicity and Discourse, Latinx Media
Cristal Heffelfinger-Nieves
Assistant Professor
Linguistics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Bilingualism
Dannabang Kuwabong
Professor
Caribbean Literature and Culture, Environmental Studies, Trauma Theory, African Diaspora Literatures
Janet MacLennan
Professor
Relational and Intercultural Communication, Health Communication, Qualitative Research, Narrative
Patrick-André Mather
Professor
Sociophonetics, Pidgins & Creoles, Language Policy & Planning
Nalini Natarajan
Professor
19th-Century British & Women’s Literature, Cultural Studies, Post-colonial Theory
Daniel Nevárez Araújo
Assistant Professor
Disability Studies, Cinema Studies, Comedy, Apocalyptic Fiction, Heavy Metal Music
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Carmen Haydée Rivera
Professor
US Latinx Literature, Literature of Puerto Rican Diaspora, and Hispanophone Caribbean Literature
Yolanda Rivera
Professor
Phonology, Syntax, Language Typology, Creole Studies
Michael Sharp
Professor
Caribbean & African Studies, Romanticism, Victorian Literature, 20th Century Poetry
Alma Simounet
Professor
Ethnolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Bilingualism, Applied Linguistics
Maritza Stanchich
Professor
U.S. American, U.S. Latinx, Caribbean Literatures
Rick Swope
Professor
20th-Century U.S. Literature, Postmodernist Fiction, Detective Fiction, Literary Paris
Don Walicek
Professor
Linguistics, Caribbean studies, Cultural studies, Writing