Spanish Faculty

Dr. Marc Zimmerman, Chair


  • Anadeli Bencomo, Ph.D. University of Pittsburg.  Assistant Professor of Spanish.  20th century Spanish-American literature, Mexican literature.

  • Samye Cimerhanzel, Ed.D., University of Houston. Associate Professor of Spanish. Foreign language education; oral proficiency.

  • Rodolfo Cortina, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Professor of Spanish. Caribbean and U.S. Hispanic literature.

  • Guillermo De Los Reyes, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Assistan Professor of Latin American Literature. Colonial and Post-colonial Studies; popular culture and secret societies; business Spanish.

  • Marta Fairclough Ph.D. University of Houston. Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics. Heritage Language Education, Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics.

  • Manuel J. Gutiérrez, Ph.D. University of Southern California. Associate Professor of Spanish. Sociolinguistics; syntax, historical linguistics; Spanish of the Southwest.

  • Pedro Gutiérrez-Revuelta, Ph.D., MCL Chairperson. University of California at San Diego. Associate Professor of Spanish. Contemporary Spanish Literature and Thought, Creative Writing.

  • Nicolás Kanellos, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin. Professor of Spanish; Director, Arte Público Press. U.S. Hispanic literature and theater.

  • Carlos Monsanto, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Associate Professor of Spanish. 19th century and contemporary Spanish American literature; modernism.

  • Julián Olivares, Ph.D., University of Texas-Ausin.  Professor of Spanish. Golden Age literature; U.S. Hispanic literature.

  • Dennis Parle, Ph.D., University of Kansas. Associate Professor of Spanish. Contemporary Spanish American literature; Mexican literature.

  • Guadalupe Quintanilla, Ed.D., University of Houston. Assistant Professor of Spanish. Spanish for native speakers of English; folklore of the Hispanic Southwest.

  • María Elena Soliño, Ph.D., Yale University. Associate Professor of Spanish. 19th and 20th century Spanish literature.

  • M.Emma Ticio,Ph.D.,University of Connecticut. Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics. Director,Basic Spanish Program. Theoretical Linguistics.Works on Syntax,Semantics,Language Acquisition,Romance Languages.Spanish Syntax.

  • Gabriela Baeza Ventura, Ph.D.  University of Houston.  Assistant Professor. Hispanic Literature of the United States, Women in Hispanic Literature, Mexican American Literature, Spanish for Heritage Speakers.

  • Marc J. Zimmerman, Ph.D. University of California-San Diego.  Professor. Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies, US Latino Cultural Studies.


  • All may be reached at:


    Department of Modern and Classical Languages
    University of Houston
    Houston, Texas 77204-3006
    Phone: (713) 743-3007
    FAX (713) 743-0935