Faculty Expertise

Throughout your time at Washington College, you will work with faculty in classes, lab and field work, internships, and more. Faculty serve as teachers and mentors, and as advisors for your Senior Capstone Experience (SCE). Explore the research interests of our faculty below.  

International Literatures and Cultures Faculty 

 

nicole grewling

Nicole Grewling

Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures
Associate Professor of German Studies
Director of Humanities Major
Director of European Studies Minor

Areas of Expertise

19th century German literature and culture, German colonialism, travel writing, feminist criticism

Research

My research focuses on 19th century German literature and culture, German colonialism, travel writing, and feminist criticism.

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elena deanda camacho

Elena Deanda-Camacho

Professor of Hispanic Studies and Black Studies
Director of the Black Studies Program

Areas of Expertise

Censorship, freedom of speech, sex education

Research

I teach classes such as Forbidden Literature; Witches, Healers, and Shamans; Women Theologians, How to Love in Early Modern Europe; Technologies of Gender and Sex; Vice and Virtue in the Renaissance; Travelogues: Crusaders, Conquerors, Immigrants; Pre-Hispanic Literature; and Afro-Latin-America. I specialize in early modern transatlantic literature, forbidden literature, the Inquisitions, Mexico, Spain, the 18th century, and gender and sexuality studies.

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david hull

David Hull

Associate Professor of Chinese Studies
Associate Chair of World Languages and Cultures
Director of Asian Studies Minor

Areas of Expertise

Chinese literature, Chinese culture, Asian culture, translation, modernism

Research

Translating Chinese literature and culture in a way that can inform and help people understand is a critical and critically challenging task. The historical and cultural context from which modern Asia arises is fascinating and important in itself, but it is also the best way of coming to terms with what Asia is today.

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karen manna

Karen Manna

Assistant Professor of French Studies

Areas of Expertise

Gender studies in French culture and literature, French enlightenment philosophy, masculinity in French history and literature, Germaine de Staël and early Romanticism. 

Research

My research includes gender studies in French culture and literature, masculinity in French history and literature, and French enlightenment philosophy.

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martin ponti

Martin Ponti

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Director of the First-Year Seminar

Areas of Expertise

LGBTQI identities in Latin American Studies

Research

I teach courses on Spanish language, culture, and literature. My research focuses on the representation of LGBTQI identities in Latin American media, as well as the role of class and gender in framing national discourses on marginalized sexual minorities. 

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Francisco Valencia-Turco standing in front of a bulletin board

Francis Valencia-Turco

Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

Areas of Expertise

Theater and performance (as well as other cultural practices) in medieval Spain.

Research

 

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