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Looking to get involved in graduate opportunties at Penn State? Penn State’s Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Department offers a world-class fully-funded program in Hispanic Linguistics.
Our Team

Jessica Vélez Avilés
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
Penn State Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Rena Torres Cacoullos
Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Penn State Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Kevin McGovern
Graduate Research Assistant
Penn State Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Mariela Abigail Chi Baack
Graduate Research Assistant
Penn State Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Dora LaCasse
Assistant Professor
University of Montana Department of World Languages and Cultures

Rebecca Pattichis
M.S. Candidate in Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles Computer Science Department,
Team Members
- Catherine Travis, Australian National University
- Shana Poplack, University of Ottawa
- Nathalie Dion, University of Ottawa
- Colleen Balukas, University at Buffalo
- Trevor Bero
- Grant M. Berry, Villanova University
- Nicole Benevento
- Andrew Fleming
- Yolanda Gordillo
- Ernesto Gozalez Matts
- Deyanira Sindy Moya Chaves, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá
- Jonathan Steuck
- Sonya Trawick
- Jenny Dumont, Gettysburg College
- Daniel Abeyta
- Jason Gonzales
- Leah Houle
- Ana A. Medina-Murillo
- Amanda Ortiz
- Naomi Shin, University of New Mexico
- Lizeth Trevizo
- Victor Valdivia
- Damian Vergara Wilson, University of New Mexico, Sabine Ulibarri Spanish as a Heritage Language Program