Jose Cerna-Bazan received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and studied Amerindian linguistics and cultural theory in his native Peru. He is particularly interested in the relation of literary experimentation and cultural discourses in contexts marked by social heterogeneity. He has published articles on contemporary Latin American poetry and narrative, and a book, Sujeto a cambio, on the work of César Vallejo. He is currently working on a project on society, politics, and representation in Peru (1960-2000).

Ph.D. from University of Colorado, Boulder. Teaches Spain Today - Narrative & Film and New Spanish Voices. Her teaching and research focus on 20th and 21st Century Peninsular literatures and cultures with a strong interest in film and critical theory. She has published articles on the work of contemporary Spanish authors such as José Ovejero, Ramón Acín, Jose María Merino, Jesús Moncada, Julio Llamazares, Miguel Delibes, Xurxo Borrazas, Belén Gopegui, Oscar Aibar, Juan Cobos-Wilkins, Luisa Castro, Jesús Ferrero, Laura Freixas, Najat Elhachmi, Julian Rodríguez, Isaac Rosa, Miguel Mena, Esther Bendahan, Gabi Martínez, Alejandro Gándara, among others. She is the co-author of the book entitled: Contornos de la narrativa española actual (2000-2010): Un diálogo entre creadores y críticos. (Forthcoming, Iberoamericana 2010-11). Currently, She is working on a book project on "nostalgic" and "contra-nostalgic" literary discourses in contemporary narrative written in Spain.

Ph.D. from Northwestern. Teaches Forces of Nature, Women Writers in Latin American, Latin American Drama, Novels of Revolution and Dictatorship, and Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Testimony and Pop Culture. Her teaching and research focus on both contemporary Latin American narrative and theater with a strong interest in women's writings. She has published on authors such as Mayra Montero, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Luisa Valenzuela, and Griselda Gambaro. She is on the editorial board of Latin American Theater Review and a reader for other journals such as Letras Femeninas and Gestos. Becky has on occasion led the Spanish Winter Seminar in Mexico. Other travel experiences include Argentina, Guatemala, and Spain. Syllabi can be found at http://www.people.carleton.edu/~bboling/beckyboling.html

(PHD City University of New York) teaches twentieth century Peninsular Literature and Film at Carleton as well as Latin American Literature. His main areas of interest are literary theory, philosophy and aesthetics. His research focuses on the twentieth century Spanish essay and poetry: Unamuno, Ortega, Machado, Zambrano as well as Cuban literature: Casal, Lezama and Virgilio Piñera.

(Ph.D. University of Kansas). Linda's BA is in Spanish and Music Performance (flute), and she has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Michigan. Her academic interests include all things linguistic, especially sound systems, syntax and second language acquisition. Her literary studies have focused on Mexican women writers and their protrayal of class, race and ethnicity in the 20th century Mexican novel. Linda teaches all levels of Spanish and coordinates the Spanish Language Associate's activities and Parish House.

Was born in La Habana, Cuba. Her main interests are Foreign Language Education and Cuban studies, especially Cuban American Literature. She has traveled to Spain, Central and South America and the Caribbean. In 1994 she returned to Cuba after 34 years, where she still has family and friends. Maria's Webpage

(Ph.D. from Princeton University) he is a specialist in seventeenth-century art and literature and in Modernist aesthetics. He is the editor of José Moreno Villa's, Temas de Arte (Pre-textos, 2001) and José Moreno Villa's Medio mundo y otro medio (Pre-Textos, 2009). He teaches Spanish and Latin American Literature. His main interests are literature, art and philosophy. He is currently working on a book on The Crisis of Vision in Baroque Aesthetics. Professor Huergo will be directing the Carleton Madrid program in fall 2009 and 2010.

(Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from University of Minnesota) teaches XIX century Latin American literature at Carleton, as well as the Introductions to Latin American Studies and Latin American Literature. Her main areas of interest are literary and social modernity in Latin America, cultural and critical theory, and the Frankfurt School. Her research focuses on cultural theory and criticism and she has published articles on Adorno, Lukács, Benjamin, Garcia Canclini, Schwarz, Dalton and Argueta. Together with Christopher Chiappari, she translated Néstor Garcia Canclini's Hybrid Cultures: strategies for entering and leaving modernity. She edited a special issue of Cultural Critique (Fall 2001) titled Critical Theory in Latin America. Currently she is finishing a book of essays entitled Frankfurt Minima: essays in aesthetics and culture.

Senior Lecturer. She did her graduate work at the University of Michigan. She specializes in foreign language pedagogy, oversees the Language Assistant Program, and is largely responsible for the implementation of activities related to the Beginning and Intermediate levels of Spanish. She has also served as director of the Carleton in Mexico Program.

Yansi Pérez received her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She is a specialist in Central American and Cuban literature and teaches courses on Latin American literature and culture. Her main areas of interest are the intersection of literature and politics and the politics of memory. Currently, she is working on a book which studies the many faces of history in the work of the Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton. She has articles about contemporary Central American literature and the poetry of Roque Dalton. She has taught at Princeton University, Mt. Holyoke College, Wesleyan University and now at Carleton College.