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Our department is committed to teaching language and literature in relation to multiple disciplines, traditions, and archives of the Americas, the Luso-Brazilian and Hispanic worlds, and the Latina/o/e United States. 

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SPAP Program Head

Manel Lacorte

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Professor and Program Head, Spanish and Portuguese
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
Maryland Language Science Center

2215D Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-8233

Undergraduate and Graduate Directors

Mehl Penrose

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Affiliate Associate Professor, Classics
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

3123 Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-0142

Ana Patricia Rodríguez

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

2215E Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2020

Undergraduate Advising

Christopher Lewis

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Clinical Professor, Advisor, Spanish and Portuguese
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

2211 Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-6556

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