Foreign Language Department Experts

To reach these experts, please contact Associate Director of Communications and Media Relations Kristen Magda at 508-565-1628; kmagda@stonehill.edu or Director of Communications and Media Relations Martin McGovern at 508-565-1070; mmcgovern@stonehill.edu.

Department Chair

John J. Golden

Foreign Language Department Chair/Associate Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: Comparative Literature; French; German.

Professors

Antonio Barbagallo

Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: Cervantes (one of the world's leading specialists on Don Quixote); Spain; Italy; Golden Age literature; Hispanic poetry; Author of España, el paisaje, el tiempo y otros temas en la poesía de Antonio Machado and a book of his original poetry De vida o muerte.

Daria Valentini

Professor and Director of Italian Studies

Areas of expertise: Italy; Literature; Women writers of Europe, 19th & 20th centuries; Women and the urban experience as portrayed in contemporary cinema and literature.

Associate Professors

Joyce M. Collins

Associate Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: Peninsular literature; Latin American literature; Spanish Culture and Civilization.

Paul G. Foucre

Associate Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: Modern French literature; Zola; Modern Spanish drama and novel.

Christian Martin

Associate Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: French language; French and Francophone literature and culture.

José Luis Martinez

Associate Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: Spanish American and Hispanic Caribbean literature and culture; Mayan, Aztec & Inca Traditions in Latin America.

Assistant Professors

Rudy de Mattos

Assistant Professor of Foreign Language

Areas of expertise: German; French; Francophone studies.