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Faculty members of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature are dedicated teachers and scholars who are very active in the profession. They have authored numerous texts of literary criticism, as well as creative books of poetry and narrative.

Department Chairperson

Mercedes Juliá, Ph.D.mercedes.julia@villanova.edu(610) 519-7478
Professor/ Chair of the Department

Full-Time Faculty

French

Jan F. Rigaud, Ph.D. jan.rigaud@villanova.edu(610) 519-6955
Associate Professor
Beatrice Waggaman, Ph.D.beatrice.waggaman@villanova.edu(610) 519-4388
Assistant Professor
Seth Whidden, Ph.D.seth.whidden@villanova.edu(610) 519-5468
Associate Professor
Academic Director, Gender and Women's Studies (2008-09)

German

Charles H. Helmetag, Ph.D. charles.helmetag@villanova.edu(610) 519-7794
Professor, Director of European Division

Italian

Letizia Modena, Ph.D.letizia.modena@villanova.edu(610) 519-3018
Assistant Professor
Gaetano Pastore, Ph.D.gaetano.pastore@villanova.edu(610) 519-4696
Associate Professor
Inna Rayevsky, Ph.D.inna.rayevsky@villanova.edu(610) 519-4699
Assistant Professor

Spanish

Lee Abraham, Ph.D.lee.abraham@villanova.edu(610) 519-6961
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Jose Luis Gastanaga Ponce de Leon, Ph.D.jose.luis.gastanaga@villanova.edu(610) 519-4686
Assistant Professor
Carlos Jiménez, Ph.D.carlos.jimenez@villanova.edu(610) 519-3819
Assistant Professor
Mercedes Juliá, Ph.D.mercedes.julia@villanova.edu(610) 519-7478
Professor/ Chair of the Department
Chad Leahy, M.A.chad.leahy@villanova.edu(610) 519-8749
Instructor
David Miralles, Ph.D. david.miralles@villanova.edu(610) 519-4654
Assistant Professor
Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Ph.D. silvia.nagyzekmi@villanova.edu(610) 519-3069
Professor of Hispanic and Cultural Studies
Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies
James Nelson Novoa, Ph.D.james.nelsonnovoa@villanova.edu(610) 519-5935
Assistant Professor
Liliana Nunez-Aguirre, M.Aliliana.nunez-aguirre@villanova.edu(610) 519-3823
Instructor
Aydé Pérez, M.A.ayde.perez@villanova.edu(610) 519-8847
Instructor
Estrella Ogden, Ph.D.estrella.ogden@villanova.edu(610) 519-4704
Professor
Carmen Peraita, Ph.D.carmen.peraita@villanova.edu(610) 519-7831
Associate Professor; Director of Spanish Division
Salvatore Poeta, Ph.D.salvatore.poeta@villanova.edu(610) 519-6954
Associate Professor and Director of Spanish Internship Program
Carlos Trujillo, Ph.D. carlos.trujillo@villanova.edu(610) 519-6956
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies
Maria Vallieres, Ph.D.maria.vallieres@villanova.edu(610) 519-4705
Assistant Professor

Part-Time Faculty

French

Carole Kenney, M.A.carole.kenney@villanova.edu
Margaret McMonigle-Caprara. M.A.margaret.mcmonigle-caprara@villanova.edu(610) 519-6000 x86469
Cedric Sage, M.A.cedric.sage@villanova.edu(610) 519-4443

German

Helga Halbfass, Ph.D.helga.halbfass@villanova.edu(610) 519-4699
Erlis Wickersham, Ph.D.erlis.wickersham@villanova.edu

Italian

Diane Biunno, M.A.diane.biunno@villanova.edu(610) 519-3821
Anna Minervini, M.A.anna.minervini@villanova.edu

Spanish

Staff

Toni Cicala toni.cicala@villanova.edu(610) 519-4680
Anne-Marie Joyceanne-marie.joyce@villanova.edu(610) 519-7478