Dr. Reine Turcato, Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Spanish Literature, Florida State University, 2006. Dr. Turcato has designed semester curriculums at a number of institutions. In 2008-2009 at North Carolina Central University she has played an integral role as a member on SACS Data Collection and Strategic Planning committees. She has taught ESL and designed Intensive English Programs for foreign students.
Tita Hunter-Herod, Ph.D. Candidate, Foreign Language, Mississippi State University, 1997. A native of the Phillipines, Ms. Hunter is fluent in Tagalog, French, Spanish and English. She is director of Luz, Cámara, Acción, a theatrical presentation that integrates language learning into elementary level Spanish courses.
Martha Isabel Espinel, Instructor; Ph.D. candidate. Applied Linguistics, Antioquia University, Colombia. Ms. Espinel is a native speaker from Colombia and holds a North Carolina Teaching Certification. She is also a certified ESL instructor. Her publications include: Spanish Phonetics and Phonology Elements and Basic Grammar in Embera Language.
Claudia Becker, Associate Professor, German with specialization in Applied Linguistics and Teaching Methodology, University of Southern California, 1991. Dr. Becker has authored numerous articles on Teaching Strategies, German Language Students and Assessment Techniques. She has also published a collections of poems StadtFluchten/City Escapes: Selected Poems. Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati, 2nd edition, 2004.
Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas, Associate Professor; Ph.D. Hispanic Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2001. Dr. Hernández is a native Spanish speaker originally from Mexico. His research fields center on Afro-Hispanic Literature and Mexican Carnival. He has published a book entitled, African Mexicans and the Discourse on Modern Nation. Lanham: University Press of America, 2004.
Kimberly Reisner Hernández, Visiting Lecturer; M.A. Spanish Language & Hispanic Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2004. Ms. Reisner Hernández is co-producer, co-editor and co-translator of several videos including: Africa in Mexico: Memory & Modernity, Memin Pinguin: The Structural Violence and Black Mexico: Noches de Candela. She has also given many presentations involving hispanic food, dance and film at UNC-Chapel Hill and NCCU.
Cristina Rodríguez-Cabral, Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Romance Languages & Literatures, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. Dr. Cabral is of Afro-Uruguayan descent. Her research interests include: Afro-Hispanic Literature & Culture, Women’s Studies and Latin American Literature of the Southern Cone. Professor Cabral has published numerous articles in these fields, as well as a collection of original poetry entitled Memoria y Resistencia: Antología. República Dominicana: Editora Manatí, 2004.
Minnie Blackmon Sangster, Professor; Ph.D. French Language & Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986. As a tenured faculty member, Dr. Sangster heads the French program at NCCU. Her areas of specialization include Medieval Studies and French Drama. She has also studied Architecture, Sculpture and Painting at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris. Her current project involves working on a bilingual edition of Rutebeuf’s Le Miracle de Téophile.
Lina Leonor Cofresi, Associate Professor; Ph.D. Spanish Literature, Vanderbilt University, 1976. Born in Cuba, Dr. Cofresí holds a number of degrees and certificates from diverse disciplines such as Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation and Business Spanish. Her principle area of research is Medieval Studies, and has published book reviews and scholarly articles in encyclopedias of literature and surveys of literary theory. She is currently writing a book on Ramon Lull’s Blanquera.
Horacio Xaubet, Associate Professor; Ph.D. Romance Languages & Literatures, University of California, Berkeley, 1992. A native of Uruguay, Dr. Xaubet’s research is concentrated on exiled authors of the Southern Cone. His publications include a book, Desde el fondo de un espejo: autobiografía y metaficción en tres relatos de Felisberto Hernández. Montevideo: Ed. Linardi & Risso, 1995, as well as articles and book reviews on the works of Fernando Butazzoni and Antonio Skármeta. In addition, he has published a collection of poems entitled Hacia la noche va avanzando tristemente el día. Montevideo: Artefato, 2005.
Djatougbe Affambi, Instructor, French, University of Lome, Togo, 1994. Born in Togo, Ms. Affambi has worked as a journalist and Peace Corps Language Trainer in this West African nation from 1995-2003. She has published the articles “La poésie de la Matière, des Etres et du Temps” and “Physique, Beings and Time Poetry” both on the work of Marcel Proust.
José Mager Agudelo, Instructor, Ph.D. candidate; Applied Linguistics, Antioquia University, Colombia. Professor Agudelo spent 25 years as an English teacher in his native Colombia. His area of interest is Second Language Acquisition and is a certified ESL instructor. His publications include, Cultural Barriers When Learning a Second Language and The Pragmatic Level in the Acquisition of a Second Language.
María Betty Ayala McIntyre, Visiting Lecturer, M.A.; Spanish, Appalachian State University, 1980. Ms. McIntyre is from Bolivia and has been teaching Music and Spanish in North Carolina Public Schools since 1991.
Maria Emilia Mumford, Visiting Lecturer, Ph.D. candidate; Spanish Language & Literature, University of Virginia. Born in Portugal, Ms. Mumford is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English and has communicative skills in French, German and Nepali. Her extensive work and travel experience has taken her to England, Mexico and Nepal. In 2002 she authored the text Working Spanish, (Kenan-Flager Business School, UNC) which combines interactive technology, distance learning and instructor-led workshops for the Spanish-speaking workplace. This program has been translated into Portuguese (2003) Thai (2004) and Mandarin Chinese (2005).
Mark Mosher, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Spanish; State University of New York, Albany, 1992. Professor Mosher’s research area focuses on interdisciplinary studies in Latin American writers. He has lived in Costa Rica for several years and worked on a number of development projects in that country. He has published several articles on scientific and mathematical themes in the works of Borges, Cortázar and García Márquez. Presently, he is doing research on the works of Nicaraguan authors Ernesto Cardenal and Gioconda Belli.
Debra S. Boyd, Chair, Ph.D. Romance Languages & Literatures; Ohio State University. Dr. Boyd is co-author of a book, Camel Tracks: Critical Perspectives on Sahelian Literatures and several articles on the Sahel region of Africa. She is director of Cross/Culture Encounters Educational Consultants, Inc. In 1996, she began producing Genius of the Sahel, a series of short documentary films about extraordinary personalities who live in the Sahel.
1801 Fayetteville St. Durham NC 27707 | 919.530.6100 | Directory | Customer Service | Policies | Site Notes | 
| © NCCU 2009 
