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After the PhD
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese has a strong placement record for its alumni. Many of our grad students go on to faculty positions at institutions in the US and abroad, while others find exciting opportunities in a wide range of careers.
Graduate Alumni Placement 2017-2023
For Placements since 2004, click hGraduate Placement 2004-2024 (05-02-24)ere.
2023
Julia Calderon, Assistant professor, Bradley University, Illinois
Madison Felman-Panagotacos, Visiting Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, Vermont
Isaac Gimenez Garcia, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Tania Varela, Director of Spanish Translation and Interpretation Program, Hunter College, CUNY
2022
Joao Albuquerque, Postdoctoral Position, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Esther Claudio, Postdoctoral Position, Obermann Center-University of Iowa
Roxanna Colon-Cosme, Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College, Pennsylvania
Audrey Larkin, Teacher, Jewish Community High School of the Bay
Adelmar Ramirez, Assistant Professor, Hood College, Maryland
Gemma Repiso, Assistant Professor, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
2021
Juliana Espinal, Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara Galindo, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Riverside
Laura Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Colorado Mesa University
Paula Thomas, Teacher, Sequoyah School
2020
Benjamin Burt, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pitzer College
Verónica García Moreno, Assistant Professor, Eastern New Mexico University
Natassia Hott, Independent Researcher, University of Lisbon
Alexandra Lawn, Director of innovation and Partnerships, VentureFuel
Maria Teresa Monroe, Adjunct Faculty, Santa Monica College – Modern Languages and Cultures
Renee Rivera, Copyeditor/Analyst, Pearson College
2019
Lourdes Arevalo, Assistant Professor and Department Chair, Santa Monica College – Modern Languages and Cultures Department
Maricela Becerra, Assistant Professor, CSU Channel Islands – Spanish
Kristal Bivona, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University – Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies
Francesca Gambini, Assistant Professor, Mt. San Antonio College – Modern Languages Department
Jennifer Monti, EUI4U User Support Specialist, European University Institute
2018
Franny Brogan, Senior Quantitative User Researcher, Tableau Software
Paul Cella, Translation Manager
Adrian Collado, Teacher, Colegio de Madrid
Daniel Cooper, Assistant Director/Curriculum Design & Assessment Specialist, St. Francis College – Brooklyn, NY
Esteban Cordoba, Assistant Professor, Cal State San Bernandino
Nitzaira Delgado, Teacher, Oakwood School
Armando Guerrero, Educator, Geffen Academy at UCLA
Payton Quintanilla-Phillips, Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute
Alejandro Ramírez, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rafael Ramirez-Mendoza, Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College
Ezekiel Trautenberg, Spanish Educator, Geffen Academy at UCLA
Elizabeth Warren, Assistant Professor, University of Utah – World Languages and Culture
2017
Mariska Aldora Bolyanatz, Assistant Professor, Occidental College – Spanish and French Studies
Johnni Carr, Lecturer, UC Berkeley – Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Isaura Contreras, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Wendy Perla Kurtz, Lecturer & Project Scientist, DH Program, UCLA Program in Digital Humanities
Magdalena Matuskova, Assistant Professor, Clemson University
Julio Puente Garcia, Upper School Librarian // International School of Florence, Lecturer // CSU Los Angeles
David Ramírez Prieto, Associate Professor, Providence College, RI
Cheri Robinson, Assistant Professor, Brescia University
Jyeun (Gracia) Son, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University.