Spanish Faculty

Chair
Nick Phillips
Associate Professor
Nick Phillips received his PhD from Indiana University in 2014. His dissertation, titled “Space and the City: Peripheral Communities of Madrid and Barcelona”, focused on the production and representation of suburban spaces in contemporary Spanish detective fiction. His research and scholarly...
Yvette Aparicio
Professor
At Grinnell, Yvette Aparicio is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies. She teaches contemporary Latin American literature and cultures, Latin American Studies and Spanish. Her course offerings include Introduction to Latin American Studies (taught in English) and Latin American Food &...
Cortney Benjamin
Assistant Professor
Cortney Benjamin received her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 2016. Her research explores baroque spectacle and identity construction in women’s travel narratives from the early modern Hispanic world. She is passionate about sharing her own travel experiences and encouraging students to travel...
Valerie Benoist
Professor
Valérie Benoist is a professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies specializing in colonial literature. She teaches for the Spanish Department as well as for the Latin American Studies Concentration. Her course offerings include Introduction to Latin American Studies (in English) as well as...
Yoel Castillo Botello
Assistant Professor
Yoel Castillo Botello holds a PhD in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies from Georgetown University. His scholarly interests include medieval and early modern performance, book studies, and the digital humanities. His current research projects focus on the material cultures and reading networks...
Professor of Spanish
Professor
Professor Pérez hails from San Pedro Sula, Honduras via New Orleans, La. She loves introducing students to early modern texts and integrating digital humanities assignments in her courses. In her free time Professor Pérez paints and spends time with her family. She is proud to call Grinnell College...
John Petrus
Assistant Professor
John Petrus received his PhD from Ohio State University in 2015. His dissertation project, entitled “Dragging Down Hegemony: Gender Transgression in Contemporary Managua", addresses how traditional gender roles and heteronormativity are being questioned and protested in contemporary Nicaragua...

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