Regular Faculty
Michael Shelton, Chair
Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Michael Shelton is a linguist, specializing in phonology and psycholinguistics.
Mariška Bolyanatz Brown
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Gordon College, Massachusetts; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., UCLA
Mariška Bolyanatz Brown (IPA: [məˈɾiʃkə boʊliˈɑnɪts bɹɑʊn]) is a linguist whose work focuses on socially conditioned variation in speech production and perception in Spanish.
Hanan Elsayed
Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University; Graduate Certificate in African Studies, Rutgers University
Hanan Elsayed teaches French and Arabic languages and literatures.
Salvador Fernández
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., UC Riverside; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., UCLA
Salvador Fernández teaches courses on Spanish and Latin American literature and civilization, as well as Mexican and Chicano/a studies. His research areas of interest are the contemporary Mexican novel and Chicano/a studies.
Susan Grayson
Professor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA; Ph.D., Wright Institute Los Angeles Attestation d’études, Université de Bordeaux
Grayson has taught the 18th- and 19th-century French novel, French feminism, women's studies, literary criticism, and French grammar and composition at all levels.
Viviana MacManus
Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Viviana Beatriz MacManus’s research and teaching focuses on Latin American and Latinx feminist theory, literature, film, and cultural studies.
Celia Martínez-Sáez
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., University of Alicante; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Celia Martínez-Sáez teaches courses on contemporary culture and literature from Spain, mass media, gender and sexuality, and film.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Marta Llorente Bravo
Visiting Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., M.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Ph.D., University of California, Davis (in progress)
Luz D. Forero
Specialist for Language Education; Visiting Instructor, Spanish & French Studies
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Alicia Gonzalez
Resident Senior Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., UCLA
M. Gabriela Venegas
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A, Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil; M.A., Florida State University; P.h.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Emeriti/ae Faculty
Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Spanish and French Studies; Emeritus (1984-2021)
Spanish & French Studies
Robert Ellis teaches courses in Spanish and in modern Spanish literature and civilization.
Professor, Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1989-2020)
Spanish & French Studies
Adelaida López teaches the literature of magical realism (Borges, Cortázar, and Márquez) as well as women's literature of Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. Her research interests include psychoanalysis.