Global Studies & World Languages Faculty

Minné 124
507.457.2231

Education

• PhD: Social Science (Development Studies) | Maxwell School, Syracuse University
• MA: International Relations | Maxwell School, Syracuse University
• MSc: Counseling (Multicultural) | Syracuse University
• BA: Government & International Studies | University of Notre Dame

Teaching & Research Interests

• Global Poverty & Sustainable Development
• Refugees and Migration
• Cultures of South and Southeast Asia

Minné 129
507.457.5403

Education

• PhD: Cultural Anthropology | Indiana University-Bloomington
• MA: Cultural Anthropology | Indiana University-Bloomington
• BS: Bilingual Education, Latin American Studies | Indiana University-Bloomington

Teaching & Research Interests

• Environmental Anthropology and Political Ecology
• Gender, Development and Collaborative Methodologies
• Social Movements in Latin America

Minné 126
507.457.2393

Education

• PhD: Hispanic Language and Literatures | Boston University
• MA: Spanish | Middlebury College
• BA: Spanish and International Studies | Kalamazoo College

Teaching & Research Interests

• Argentine literature and culture of the 20th century
• Latin American culture and literature
• Experiential education abroad

Minné 138
507.457.5379

Education

• PhD: Spanish | University of Kansas
• MA: Spanish | University of Kansas
• BS: Germanic Philology | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Teaching & Research Interests

• Spanish Language
• Spanish Contemporary Narrative
• Spanish and European Culture
• Study Abroad and Faculty-led Programs

Minné 137
507.457.5412

Education

• PhD: Spanish Literature | University of Iowa
• MA: Spanish Literature | University of Iowa
• BA: Spanish | University of Iowa

Teaching & Research Interests

• Latin American Literature
• Peninsular Literature
• Spanish Language
• Language and Technology

Minné 122
507.457.5415

Education

• PhD: Political Science | University of Missouri-Columbia
• MA: Political Science | Delhi University, India
• BA: Political Science | Delhi University, India

Teaching & Research Interests

• International Relations
• Comparative Politics
• Human Rights, Democratization
• Global Studies

Minné 139
507.457.5488

Education

• PhD: Foreign Language Education | University of Texas-Austin
• MA: Spanish Linguistics | University of Texas-Austin
• BS: Secondary Education and Spanish | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Teaching & Research Interests

• Language Teaching Methodology
• Spanish Second Language Acquisition and Learning
• Approaches to teaching second language grammar with a focus on form, guided inductive learning and top-down approaches
• Latinos in the United States

Minné 131
507.457.5422

Education

• PhD: Hispanic Linguistics | University of New Mexico
• MA: Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language | Colorado State University
• MA: Spanish Language, Literatures and Cultures | Colorado State University
• BA: English and Spanish | Florida Atlantic University

Teaching & Research Interests

• Bilingual Education
• Spanish dialectology
• Heritage language education
• Sociolinguistics
• Language variation and linguistic diversity in education

Learn more about Dr. Mary Hudgens Henderson.

Somsen 110

507.457.5166

Minne 134
507.457.2829

Education 

• PhD: Linguistics | Graduate Center, City University of New York
• MA: Linguistics | Syracuse University
• MA: Applied Linguistics (with TESOL) | University of Pittsburgh
• BA: English | Kobe Shoin Women’s University, Japan

Teaching & Research Interests

• Syntax (Japanese and Turkish)
• Syntax-Prosody & Pragmatics-syntax interface
• Japanese linguistics

Minné 114
507.474.5790

Education

• PhD: Mass Communication (Cultural Studies) | University of Iowa
• MA: Asian Studies/Asian Civilizations | University of Iowa
• BA: Chinese/Journalism | Nanjing University | P.R. China

Teaching & Research Interests

• Chinese language & pedagogy
• Cultural studies (media, culture & Chinese society)
• Ethnicity & Identity in China
• Discourse analysis
• Small-town America