GUSTAVO FARES
Professor,
Department Chair
Main Hall
(920) 832-6691
gustavo.c.fares@lawrence.edu
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Gustavo Fares is a native of Argentina. He holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master in Foreign Languages, a Master in Painting and Lithography from West Virginia University, and a J.D.Law Degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

As Professor of Spanish and Chairperson of the Spanish Department at Lawrence University his primary responsibilities include teaching all levels of the Spanish language and courses on Latin American literature and culture.

In addition, Dr. Fares advises students, participates in committees and task forces, and conducts scholarly research. Dr. Fares's research interests include the work of the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, Mexican literature and culture, contemporary Argentinean women writers, Latin American culture, and cultural and border studies.

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JERZY [GEORGE] JURA
Assistant Professor,
Department's Webmaster :)
Main Hall
(920) 832-6690
jerzy.o.jura at lawrence dot edu
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Jerzy (George) Jura holds a Ph.D. in Spanish / Mass Communications from the U. of Wisconsin-Madison, and Masters degrees in Spanish Philology (Jagiellonian U., in Kraków, Poland), and Journalism (UW - Madison). He is also an alumnus of the postgrad program at the Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana in Madrid.

In addition to Spanish language and courses in Spanish literature his primary teaching interests focus on film (SPAN 330: Intro. to Film), and the role of the new media and journalism in present-day Spanish culture (SPAN 415: Current Events - Spain).

A geek at heart, he is active in promoting innovative uses of technology in his teaching, ranging from the use of interactive Adobe Flash presentations, to blogs, RSS feeds, and podcasts.
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ESTHER PALOMINO
Instructor
Main Hall
(920) 832-7483
esther.palomino@lawrence.edu

Esther Palomino is a graduate of the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain with a Licenciatura en Filosofía y Letras. She is currently a doctoral degree candidate in Comparative Literature at Purdue University. The title of her dissertation is "The Influence of William James's Philosophy in Miguel de Unamuno's Essays and Fiction." She has published several articles on Peninsular Spanish and Hispanic American literature, as well as on British and US literatures.
The topics of her research have ranged from the literature of exhaustion in Borges and Barthes, semiotic theory applied to Chilean drama, self-referentiality in Albee's plays, and Chicana lesbianism, to the religious problem in Marlow and Calderón. She has also presented papers at professional meetings on topics ranging from Caribbean literature, Existentialisms, Kafka, Social Realism, and Hardboiled fiction to Foreign Language pedagogy.

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ROSA TAPIA
Assistant Professor
Main Hall
rosa.tapia@lawrence.edu

Rosa Tapia is a native of Úbeda (España). She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.A. in Spanish with a concentration in Foreign Language Pedagogy from the University of Delaware, and a Licenciatura in English Philology from the Universidad de Granada (Spain).

Her research interests include conflicts of national and cultural identity in the contemporary Spanish novel; ethical concerns and self-referentiality in Spanish and Latin American fiction; cultural and gender studies, and literary theory.

Tapia is currently Assistant Professor of Spanish at Lawrence University, where she teaches all levels of Spanish language, literature and culture, and Freshman Studies.

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PATRICIA VILCHES
Associate Professor of Spanish & Italian;
Fulbright Campus Advisor
Main Hall
(920) 832-7286
patricia.vilches@lawrence.edu
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ON LEAVE 2007-2008 ACAD. YR.

Patricia Vilches is a native of Viña del Mar, Chile. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Chicago, with a dissertation emphasis on Spanish Golden Age and Italian Renaissance, and other work related to Latin American literature. The current focus of her publications is Latin American female authors, such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Violeta Parra, "la Violeta."

Vilches also concentrates on Italian Renaissance literature, especially the works of Niccolò Machiavelli. She has produced a volume of short stories about Chile, entitled Karma desde el Mar ( Ediciones Documentas, 1992). Vilches is currently Associate Professor of Spanish and Italian at Lawrence University, where her main duties are teaching all levels of Spanish language and Latin American literature and culture, Italian language, and participating in the Freshman Studies program.

During the 2007-8 academic year she will be the Visiting Faculty for the ACM Florence Program.

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