Areas of Specialization: Russian 19th and 20th Century Literature; Prose and Poetry of the Silver Age; Language acquisition

John D'Espinosa
Associate Professor, French Studies
B.A., College of Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1966 M.A., Penn State University, University Park, PA, 1968 Ph.D., Penn State University, University Park, PA, 1973

Areas of Specialization: Medieval French Literature, La Chanson de Roland, The Lais of Marie de France and in the non-personal poems of Rutebeuf

Nicole Leapley
Assistant Professor, French Studies
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2003
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
B.A., University of Nebraska, 1997.

Teaching and Research Interests: Literary authority, saints¹ lives, the interface between literature, history, and religion in the Middle Ages; the relationship between female patronage and political power.
French language and civilization; all levels. Teaching through writing. Integrating technologywith the communicative method, national standards, and proficiency testing.

Susanne M. Rossbach
Assistant Professor, French Studies
Dr. Phil., French Literature, Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1999; M.A., French, Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1989; M.A., History, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1987

Areas of Specialization: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French Literature (prose, dandyism, fin de siecle, French fascist literature, le nouveau roman, Women and Gender Studies)

Brother Andrew Thornton, O.S.B.
Associate Professor, German Studies
Ph.D., Stanford University, German Studies and Humanities, 1984

Areas of Specialization: Linguistics, Medieval Theology and Literature, Translation
Web Page -www.anselm.edu/homepage/athornto

Spanish

Elizabeth Fouts
Associate Professor, Spanish Studies
Ph.D., Spanish Literature, University of Texas at Austin, 1992 M.A., Spanish Literature, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 1987 B.S., Spanish/Child Development, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, 1984

Areas of Specialization: Spanish Children's Literature, 19th and 20th Century Peninsular Literature, Gender Studies, Feminist Literature

Pablo García
Assistant Professor, Spanish Studies
Ph.D., Indiana University at Bloomington, 2006
M.A., University of Rhode Island, 2001
Licenciatura, Universidad Iberoamericana at Mexico City, 1998.

Research Interests: Early modern Latin American prose (especially historiography); Latin American prose and poetry; Nahuatl language, records and documents; Mexican folklore, nationalism, and identity; Postcolonial theory; Narrative theory

Lourdes N. Jimenez
Associate Professor, Spanish Studies
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1990 M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1984 B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1982

Areas of Specialization: Golden Peninsular Literature, Medieval Literature

Teresa Méndez Faith
Professor, Spanish Studies
Ph.D., Spanish, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1979 M.A., Spanish, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974 B.A., (summa cum laude), Spanish, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1971 Universidad de la República, Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1967 Teacher of English as a Second Language, Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1966

Areas of Specialization: Contemporary Theater of Latin America; Paraguayan Literature, Literature of Exile (written outside of Paraguay between 1945 and 1989); Contemporary Latin America Women narrative writers: Laura Esquivel, Isabel Allende, Reneé Ferrer, Luisa Valenzuela, Rosario Ferré and others Web Page:www.anselm.edu/homepage/tmfaith/welcome.html

Renée E. Delgado-Turner
Lecturer, Spanish Studies
Ph.D., Boston University, 1998
M.A., Rice University, Houston, TX, 1988.
B.A., University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, 1981

Areas of Specialization: Contemporary Latin American Literature: Literature of the Mexican Revolution, Latin American Women Writers

Eva Sorbello Taber
Instructor
M.A., Florida State University, 1970
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1974

Carmen M. Sullivan
Spanish Instructor
B.S. Franklin Pierce College 1984
M.A.T. Rivier College 1995

Gregory G. Hevey
Lecturer