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.A	liliana.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 Joyce	anne-marie.joyce@villanova.edu	(610) 519-7478