Faculty

Álvaro Baquero-Pecino Professor Baquero-Pecino obtained a double degree in Hispanic Philology, and Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from the University of Granada (Spain). He also earned a M.A. in Spanish from Ne Read more..

April Cheng April Cheng is a full-time lecturer specializing in American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Culture. She began her teaching career at the Sign Language Center and transitioned to the university level a Read more..

Chiara Ferrari Chiara Ferrari is a specialist in nineteenth and twentieth century Italian literature.  Her research and teaching interests include fascism and culture, gender studies, autobiography, travel Read more..

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Chao Li Chao Li taught at Peking University for three years before coming to the U.S. and pursing his PhD studies. He joined CSI in the fall of 2007 after he obtained his doctoral degree in linguistics. Dr. L Read more..

Giancarlo Lombardi Giancarlo Lombardi conducted his undergraduate studies in Italy, where he began his investigation of contemporary world literature.  He came to the United States in 1990,  and obta Read more..

Lucas Marchante-Aragón A specialist in early modern Hispanic culture, his research interests within the early modern period focus on Hapsburg imperial policy and propaganda, their effects on issues of gender, ethnicity and Read more..

Gerry Milligan Gerry Milligan’s research interests are Italian Renaissance literature, gender studies and women writers of late-medieval/Renaissance Europe. In addition to his classes on Italian language, he teaches Read more..

Nuria Morgado Nuria Morgado is Professor of Hispanic Studies at The College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (CUNY). Her research includes modern and contemporary Hispanic Read more..

Aleksín H. Ortega Aleksín H. Ortega received his academic degrees from three CUNY schools. His areas of specialization are Colonial Spanish American Literature in the Andean region, and Heritage language Teaching and S Read more..