Job Placements
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 2017-2022
For Placements since 2004, click here.
2022
Albuquerque, Joao
Claudio, Esther, Postdoctoral Position, Obermann Center-University of Iowa
Colon-Cosme, Roxanna, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Larkin, Audrey, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
2021
Juliana Espinal, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Barbara Galindo, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Jesus Galleres, Lecturer, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Laura Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Colorado Mesa University
Paula Thomas, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
2020
Benjamin Burt, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pitzer College
Veronica Garcia Moreno, Instructor, Montana State University
Natassia Hott, Independent Researcher, University of Lisbon
Alexandra Lawn, Innovation Researcher, Pilot 44
Maria Teresa Monroe, Spanish Teacher, Santa Monica Catholic High School
Renee Rivera, Lecturer, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
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 Director, 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
Christian Bermudez, Lecturer, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Franny Brogan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pomona College
Paul Cella, Assistant Professor, Our Lady of the Lake University
Adrian Collado, Professor, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
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, Lecturer, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Payton Quintanilla-Phillips, Research Assistant, Getty Research Institute
Alejandro Ramirez, Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Rafael Ramirez-Mendoza, Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College
Ezekiel Trautenberg, Spanish Educator, Geffen Academy at UCLA
Elizabeth Warren, Associate Instructor, University of Utah
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, UCLA Program in Digital Humanities
Magdalena Matuskova, Lecturer, University of Georgia – Department of Romance Languages
Julio Puente Garcia, Upper School Librarian // Lecturer, International School of Florence // CSU Los Angeles
David Ramirez Prieto, Assistant Professor, Providence College (RI)
Cheri Robinson, Assistant Professor, Dickinson State University (ND)
Jyeun (Gracia) Son, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University
Maria Gabriela Venegas, Lecturer, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Daniel Whitesell, Lecturer, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese