CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT: Associate Professor Aching
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Associate Professor Fischer
DIRECTOR OF STUDY ABROAD MADRID:Associate Professor Aching
DIRECTOR OF SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM: Clinical Associate Professor Némethy
COORDINATOR OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE PROGRAM: Senior Language Lecturer Ayres

The department boasts one of the most prestigious and innovative programs in the country. Students with an interest in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, and/or in the literatures and cultures of Spain and Portugal, Spanish America, and Brazil, can take a wide range of interdisciplinary courses with a world-class faculty. The department offers a total of six majors: Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Luso-Brazilian Language and Cultures, Latin American Studies, Iberian Studies, Romance Languages, and Spanish and Linguistics. In addition, minors are offered in Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American Studies, and Iberian Studies. An honors program for highly qualified students culminates in the writing of an honors thesis during the student’s senior year. Students majoring in the department are encouraged to participate in the NYU in Madrid program or in one of NYU’s exchange programs in Latin America. Students can also benefit from the department’s frequent collaboration with NYU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and its King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. In addition, the department’s students take advantage of a number of unique New York City resources, such as the Instituto Cervantes, the Hispanic Society of America, the Museo del Barrio, and the Repertorio Español.

Faculty

Professors Emeriti:
Hughes, Martins, Pollin, Regalado

Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities:
Molloy

Silver Professor; Professor of Spanish and Portuguese:

Pratt

Professors:
Anderson, Krabbenhoft, Labanyi, Martínez, Ross, Subirats, Taylor, Yúdice

Associate Professors:
Aching, Basterra, Dopico, Dopico-Black, Fernández, Fischer, Peixoto

Clinical Associate Professor:
Némethy

Senior Lecturers:
Aiello, Ayres

Spanish Language Lecturers:
Dávila, Dreyfus, Fil, Martínez, Wozniak, Zemborain, Zubieta