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.
World Languages and Cultures Faculty
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
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.
Elena Deanda-Camacho
Professor of Hispanic Studies and Black Studies
Director of the Black Studies Program
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.
David Hull
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies
Associate Chair of World Languages and Cultures
Director of Asian Studies Minor
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.
Karen Manna
Assistant Professor of French Studies
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.
Martin Ponti
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Director of the First-Year Seminar
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. His areas of research focus 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.
Francis Valencia-Turco
Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
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