Faculty and Staff

María M. Carreira

Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990
Phonology, Spanish in the US, Sociolinguistics, Heritage languages, Educational linguistics

• Location: AS-333
• E-mail: maria.carreira@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Laura Ceia

Assistant Professor of French
French Graduate Advisor (Fall 2011)
Ph.D.University of California, Davis, 2005
Contemporary France (nouvelles francophonies, intellectual history, contemporary European literature, French and European cinema)

• Location: AS-327
• E-mail: laura.ceia@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Alicia del Campo

Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. University of Califorina, Irvine, 1998
Latin American Literature and Culture, Latin American Theater, Cultural Studies in Latin America, Literature and Human Rights,
Memory, Politics and Theatre.

• Location: AS-331
• E-mail: alicia.delcampo@csulb.edu; aliciadel@gmail.com
• Curriculum Vitae

Clorinda Donato

Professor of French and Italian
The George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies
Italian Studies Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor
Ph.D. UCLA, 1987
The Enlightenment and Romanticism in France and Italy

• Phone: (562) 985-4621
• Location:AS-305
• E-mail: clorinda.donato@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Steve Fleck

Professor of French

PhD University of California, Davis, 1993

17th Century French theater, especially Molière; comic theory and practice; opera and other musical theater; poetry and music;
French literature and cinema relations.

• Location: AS-325
• E-mail: steve.fleck@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Bonnie Gasior

Professor of Spanish

Spanish Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2001

Early Modern Spain and Colonial Spanish America (subaltern studies, travel literature, theater)

• Location: AS-338
• E-mail: bonnie.gasior@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Nele Hempel-Lamer

Professor of German

German Undergraduate Advisor

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1998

20th century German Literature and Culture; Contemporary Austrian Studies; Feminism; Service Learning/Community Engagement.

• Location: AS-326
• E-mail: nele.hempel-lamer@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Jeffrey High

Professor of German

German Program Director and Graduate Advisor
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001

18th century German Literature, Revolution, Aesthetic Theory, and Moral Philosophy.

• Location: AS-321
• E-mail: jeffrey.high@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Claire Martin

Professor of Spanish

Spanish Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor
Ph.D. Yale University, 1988

Ninetenth-century Latin American studies, gender studies, contemporary Argentinean literature.

• Location: AS-328
• E-mail: claire.martin@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Markus Muller

Associate Professor of French
Department Interim Chair

Ph.D. UCLA, 1998

Teaching Methodology (TA training), Second Language Acquisition, 19th Cent. French literature (the novel and the fantastic)

• Phone: (562) 985-2670
• Location: AS 309
• E-mail: markus.muller@csulb.edu
• Curriculum Vitae

Aparna Nayak-Guercio

Assistant Professor of French

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2006

20th century France; literature of Fascism and the Resistance; Literature, History, and Memory.

• Location: AS-320
• E-mail: aparna.nayak@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Leslie Susan Nord

Lecturer in Spanish

Spanish Graduate Advisor
Ph.D. Yale University, 1989

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spain; Romanticism;

Generation of 27

• Phone: (562) 985-4310
• Location: AS-336
• E-mail: leslie.nord@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Rita Palacios

ON LEAVE – SPRING 2013

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Ph.D University of Toronto, 2009

• Location: AS-329
• E-mail: rita.palacios@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Alex Rainof

Associate Professor of Spanish

Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1969

Translation and interpretation with special emphasis on interpretation for the Federal Courts and the California Courts and State
Agencies.

• Location: AS-323
• E-mail: alexander.rainof@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Najib Redouane
ON SABBATICAL- SPRING 2013

Professor of French

French Undergraduate Advisor (Fall 2011)
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1999

Francophonie literatures with emphasis on northern Africa.

• Location: AS-335
• E-mail: najib.redouane@csulb.edu

Harold Schefski

Professor of Russian

Russian Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor
Ph.D. Stanford University, l976

Russian language, literature, film and cultural studies

• Location: AS-334
• E-mail: harold.schefski@csulb.edu
• Webpage

Enrico Vettore

Assistant Professor of Italian

Ph.D. University of Oregon, 2005

19th and 20th century Italian Literature; Italian Cinema; Literature and philosophy,

Literature and Ethics; Jungian Literary criticism.

• Location: AS-307
• E-mail: enrico.vettore@csulb.edu
• Webpage