Nohemy Solórzano-Thompson, Ph.D.
Chair of the Spanish Section of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Olin Hall 307
Phone: 509-527-5756
Fax: 509-527-5039
Email: solorzn@whitman.edu

Ph.D. in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, Cornell University
M.A. in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, Cornell University
M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese Literature, Stanford University
B.A. in Spanish Literature, Cornell University

Teaching and Research Interests: Film, Performance, and Theater; Chicana and Chicano Studies; Mexican Literature and Culture; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Modern Peninsular Literature and Culture

 
Janis Breckenridge, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Olin Hall 327
Phone: 509-527-5171
Fax: 509-527-5039
Email: breckej@whitman.edu

Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago
M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago
B.A. in Spanish and Religious Studies, Purdue University

Teaching and Research Interests: Contemporary Peninsular and Latin American Literature; Testimonial Discourses in Literature and Film; Cultural Responses to Human Rights Violations; Latin American Women Writers; Monuments, Museums and Memorials; Metafiction

 
Carolyn Chandler, M.A.
Senior Lecturer of Spanish

Olin Hall 309
Phone: 509-527 - 5253
Fax: 509-527-5039
Email: chandler@whitman.edu

Ph.D. course work in the Literary Studies Program, Washington State University
M.A. in Spanish, New York University / New York University in Spain Program (Madrid)
B.A. in Spanish and French, University of Washington

Teaching and Research Interests: Creating meaningful, complete, interactive contexts for language acquisition, performance, and assessment; Translation

 
Alberto S. Galindo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Olin Hall 311
Phone: 509-527-5129
Fax: 509-527-5039
Email: galindoa@whitman.edu

Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Princeton University
M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Princeton University
B.A. in Hispanic Studies, University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras

Teaching and Research Interests: Post-9/11/2001 Literature and Culture; Latina/Latino Studies; Hispanic Caribbean Literatures; Race and Ethnic Studies; English-Spanish Translation; HIV/AIDS and Healthcare

 
Andrea Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Olin Hall 310
Phone: 509-527-5061
Fax: 509-527-5039
Email: valenzav@whitman.edu

Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Princeton University
M.A. in Comparative Literature, University College London
B.A. in Philosophy and Art History, University College London

Teaching and research interests: Contemporary and Modern Latin American and Brazilian Literature, Culture and Politics; The Avant-Gardes, Narrative, Film, Photography, and Theatre; Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, Postcolonial Theory and Gender Studies