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

Native Speaker

Vanesa Vega Dorado

Olin Hall 316
Email: vegadov@whitman.edu

Vanesa Vega Dorado studied English and Spanish, graduating from the University of Salamanca (Spain) in 2010. She stayed on to obtain her MA in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, and in the interim completed a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) from Trinity College, London. She has worked as an English teacher in Language School in Notthingham, UK, an examiner of Spanish official examinations for DELE at the Instituto Cervantes, and as a Spanish instructor in Cursos Internacionales for the University of Salamanca.  Her main interests include applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, as well as the relationship between language and culture in 20th century America.