Faculty & Staff
On Campus Faculty and Staff
Dr. Elizabeth Langley
Interim Chair
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French
Ph.D., Romance Studies, University of Miami
Office: Rarick Hall, Room 145 F
Phone: (785) 628-4244
Email: eclangley@fhsu.edu
Scholarly interests: literature and visual art of the Americas; translation, memory, monster, and resistance studies; second language acquisition and pedagogy
Courses taught at FHSU: Latin American Literature, Latin American Civilization, Translating & Interpreting sequence, Beginning French I and II, Business Spanish sequence, Spanish teaching courses, beginning and intermediate Spanish courses
Rhonda Baker
Senior Administrative Assistant
Office: Rarick Hall, Room 145
Phone: (785) 628-4244
Email: rbaker@fhsu.edu
Dr. Kevin Amidon
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University
Director, Honors College
Office: Forsyth Library 074
Phone: (785) 628-4748
Email: ksamidon@fhsu.edu
Scholarly and teaching interests: 19th and 20th century cultural history, social theory, cultural diversity, science studies, musical studies
Dr. Rosa Maria Castaneda
Associate Professor of Spanish
PhD Applied linguistics, University of Florida
2015-16 Fellow at Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Office: Rarick Hall, Room 145 A
Phone: (785) 628-5695
Email: rmcastaneda@fhsu.edu
Scholarly interest: Language barriers and health; heritage learners; language variation and change; sociolinguistics; Spanish and Portuguese linguistics.
Dr. Chita Espino-Bravo
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Peninsular Spanish Literature (18th, 19th & early 20th centuries), Cultural Studies, and Feminist Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Office: Rarick Hall, Room 145 E
Phone: (785) 628-4263
Email: c_espinobravo@fhsu.edu
Advisor of the Spanish Club FHSU and Barn Hoppers Club. Like us on FB https://www.facebook.com/SpanishClubFHSU
Dr. Giovani Lopez Lopez
Ph.D., Romance Languages: Spanish, University of Alabama
Office: Rarick Hall, Room 145 B
Phone: (785) 628-5382
Email: g_lopezlopez@fhsu.edu
Research interests: Spanish Forms of address, Language Policy and Planning, and Variation in the Spanish Language.
Courses I teach or have taught at FHSU: Spanish (elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels), German, and Translating and Interpreting.
Dr. Sandra Martínez Franco
Adjunct Professor, Spanish
Ph.D., Romance Languages: Spanish, University of Alabama
Office: Rarick Hall, Room 145 D
Phone: (785) 628-4658
Email: pmartinezfranco@fhsu.edu
Dr. Martinez has taught English as a foreign language in Bogotá and Spanish and English as a second language in the United States. At FHSU, she has taught Beginning and Intermediate Spanish courses and Medical Spanish.
Her research interests focus on Spanish regional varieties and foreign language learning and teaching. She has presented her research at several national and international conferences.
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