Contact

Department of Spanish and Portuguese  

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

255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 898-7100

cassidys@sas.upenn.edu

 

Administrative Coordinator

Kimberly Dougherty

521 Williams Hall

255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 898-8711

kdough@sas.upenn.edu

 

Interim Chair of Spanish and Portuguese

Ashley Brock
506 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

ashbrock@sas.upenn.edu

 

Graduate Program in Spanish and Portuguese

Graduate Chair

Odette Casamayor

507 Williams Hall

255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

odettecc@sas.upenn.edu

Graduate Coordinator

Laura Flippin

514 Williams Hall

255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

(215) 898-1980 

flippin@sas.upenn.edu

Undergraduate Program in Hispanic Studies

Undergraduate Chair

Toni Espòsito

521 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

(215) 898-7430

esposito@sas.upenn.edu 

Undergraduate Academic Coordinator
Jackie Zahn 

515 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

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 0120 and 0210
Selma Feliciano Arroyo

Spanish 0300
Lidia León-Blázquez

Spanish 0400 
Adabel Jiménez-Corretjor

Spanish 1000
Óscar Montoya

Spanish 1200
Jean Knight

Spanish 1800
Toni Espòsito

Spanish 1900
Victoria García-Serrano

Spanish Tutors & Translators

Linda Grabner-Travis

  • (Translation Only) 15+ years experience in medical, social sciences, humanities, & literary/linguistic translation. PhD in Spanish; native fluency in English & Spanish.

Geraldine Lebaudy

  • Experienced, native Spanish speaker, fluent bilingual. Business Spanish/English tutoring and translations. 

Marta J Sanchis Ferrer

  • Experienced, native Spanish speaker who has experience teaching the language from the elementary level to advanced literature courses. Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Studies.

 Paola González

 Language Direct Peer Translators

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