Contacts
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Main Office
521 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-7429
Fax: (215) 898-0933
Department Administrator
Suzanne Cassidy
521 Williams Hall
(215) 898-7100
cassidys@sas.upenn.edu
Administrative Coordinator
Julia Pearse
521 Williams Hall
(215) 898-8711
Administrative Coordinator
Chya Riddick
521 Williams Hall
(215) 898-9758
Chair of Spanish and Portuguese
Ericka Beckman
510 Williams Hall
ebeckman@sas.upenn.edu
Graduate Program in Spanish and Portuguese
Graduate Chair
Luis Moreno-Caballud
502 Williams Hall
mluis@sas.upenn.edu
Graduate Coordinator
Laura Flippin
514 Williams Hall
(215) 898-1980
flippin@sas.upenn.edu
Undergraduate Program in Hispanic Studies
Undergraduate Chair
Toni Espòsito
521 Williams Hall
(215) 898-7430
esposito@sas.upenn.edu
Undergraduate Academic Coordinator
Jackie Zahn
515 Williams Hall
jzahn@sas.upenn.edu
Please use email for questions about language placement or exemption.
(215) 898-7839
Spanish Language Program
Director
Teresa Giménez
(215) 573-2316
Assistant Director
Reyes Caballo-Márquez
Portuguese Language Program
Director
Mércia Flannery
(215) 898-6309
Spanish Language Course Coordinators
Spanish 0100 and 0200
Andrés García-Londoño
Spanish 0210 and 0340
Selma Feliciano Arroyo
Spanish 0300
Lidia León-Blázquez
Spanish 0400
Mónica Velasco González
Spanish 1000
Óscar Montoya
Spanish 1800
Senén Carlo
Spanish 1900
Jean Knight
Spanish Tutors & Translators
- (Translation Only) 15+ years experience in medical, social sciences, humanities, & literary/linguistic translation. PhD in Spanish; native fluency in English & Spanish.
- Experienced, native Spanish speaker, fluent bilingual. Business Spanish/English tutoring and translations.
- Experienced, native Spanish speaker who has experience teaching the language from the elementary level to advanced literature courses. Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Studies.
Language Direct Peer Translators