Department of Spanish & Portuguese : UC, Berkeley 

^These are the main areas of specialization of active members of Faculty. Please refer to the weblogs area to find out more about individual member's curricula and teaching interests.

^Amelia Barili is a Senior Lecturer in the Spanish and Portuguese Department.

Former book review editor of La Prensa in Buenos Aires and Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Barili teaches

^Ana Ameal-Guerra: (A.B.D. in Spanish Linguistics, State University of New York at Albany, 2003; A.B.D. in Linguistics, Universidade de Vigo, Spain, 2001); Associate Director of the Spanish Lower Division Language

^Charles B. Faulhaber is Professor of medieval Spanish literature and the James D. Hart Director of The Bancroft Library, Berkeley's principal special collections library. He began his academic career with

^Dru Dougherty (Ph.D. Harvard University, 1972), Professor

My most abiding research interest is the Galician writer Ramón del Valle-Inclán, the subject of my Ph.D. dissertation, numerous articles and four books.

^Estelle Tarica (Ph.D. Cornell 2000), Associate Professor.

Areas of research: modern Latin American literature and culture, especially Mexico and the Andes; indigenous languages and literatures, especially Quechua; race and nation;

^Francine Masiello (Ph.D. Romance Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan, 1975), Sidney and Margaret Ancker Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Departments of Spanish and Comparative Literature

Francine Masiello works on

^Ignacio Navarrete (Ph.D. Indiana University, 1985), Associate Professor of Spanish

Areas of Research: 

My research has focused on Italo-Iberian cultural relations, and on a series of phenomena (Petrarchism, courtiership, narrative

^Jesús Rodríguez Velasco (Ph.D. University of Salamanca, 1995), Associate Professor.

I am a specialist in Medieval Romance Literatures, and I have published extensively in subjects related to Spanish, French, Occitan,

^José Rabasa: (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1985), Professor and Chair.

Areas of Research:

• Colonial / postcolonial studies
• Mexico and the Northern Frontier of New Spain

^Michael Iarocci's current research focuses on representations of the Napoleonic era in Spain. The invasion and occupation of Spain by France (1808-1814) is a pivotal moment in the history of

^Natalia Brizuela is Assistant Professor of Latin American literatures and cultures.  Author of a number of essays on topics ranging from gender and sexuality, photography and State formations, visual culture

^These are the areas of specialization of professors emeriti. Please refer to the faculty directory of emeriti for more information about contact addresses and appointments.

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^Richard Rosa (Ph.D. Harvard University, 1996), Associate Professor of Spanish American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures

Areas of Research: literature and political philosophy; aesthetics and economics; gender, race and material