Iberian and Latin American Cultures People

Faculty

Vincent Barletta

Associate Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Catalan Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Luso-Brazilian Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Philosophy and Literature
Poetry and Poetics
Portuguese Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Renaissance
Spanish Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

E. Michael Gerli

Adjunct Professor, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, AY 25-26

Héctor Hoyos

Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Director, Center for the Study of the Novel

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Latin Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Modernism
Philosophy and Literature
Visual Arts and Visual Culture

Joan Ramon Resina

Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Professor of Comparative Literature, Director, Iberian Studies Program

Research Interests

Catalan Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Modernism
New Ruralism
Philosophy and Literature

Lisa Surwillo

Associate Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Faculty Director of Introductory Seminars (VPUE), W. Warren Shelden University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Research Interests

Autobiography & Biography
Cultural History & Studies
Spanish Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Theater
Transatlantic Studies

Lecturers

Ximena Briceño

Lecturer, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Director of Graduate Studies, Iberian and Latin American Cultures

Diana Klinger

Lecturer, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Autumn 2025 and Winter 2026

Katerina Levinson

Lecturer, Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Autumn 2025, Postdoctoral Scholar, Winter 2026 until Autumn 2026

Research Fellows

Jennifer Alpert

Social Science Research Scholar, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Provostial Fellow

Research Interests

Cultural History & Studies
Film History, Criticism & Theory
Spanish Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Speculative Fiction

Faculty by Courtesy

Gildred Professor of Latin American Studies, Professor of Integrated Socio-Environment Systems, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Research Interests

Cultural History & Studies

Roland Greene

Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Mark Pigott KBE Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Anthony P. Meier Family Professor in the Humanities, Director of the Stanford Humanities Center

Research Interests

Digital Humanities
Literary and Cultural Theory
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Modernism
Poetry and Poetics
Renaissance
Transatlantic Studies

Paula Moya

Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor of the Humanities, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Member of Academic Council

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Latin Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Women’s Studies

José David Saldívar

Leon Sloss, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures

Research Interests

Cultural History & Studies
Latin Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Modernism
Trans-American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ramón Saldívar

Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Professor of English, Hoagland Family Professor of Humanities and Sciences

Research Interests