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People in Spanish & Latin American Studies

Head of Discipline: Dr. Kate Quinn

E-mail: kate.quinn@universityofgalway.ie
AMB-2008, Top Floor, Arts Millennium Building
Tel: +353 (0)91 49 2702

Lecturing staff

Dr Kate Quinn (kate.quinn@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2008. HoD; MA Coordinator; 4BA Coordinator
Research Interests: Latin American historical fiction (especially that dealing with the legacy of colonial encounters, and the establishment of the modern nations). Spanish-language crime narrative. Comparative studies in the crime genre. Chilean history, politics, and culture.

Dr Pilar Alderete Diez (pilar.alderete@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2032. 2BA Coordinator; FLA Coordinator; Academic Integrity Advisor for Spanish; Programme Co-Director for BA Global Languages (BLG).
Research Interests: Teaching and Learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language; Identity in Textual and Audiovisual translation (Spanish to English, English to Spanish and interest in Gaeilge); Development of Innovative Teaching and Learning Open Materials for Spanish and for Translation Studies.

Dr Lorraine Kelly (lorraine.kelly@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2009. Erasmus Coordinator until Sep 202;, Coordinator for Spanish Beginners 1BA from Sep 2025.
Research Interests: Latin American Literature, specifically women writers. Gender studies in a Latin American context.

Dr Ivan Kenny (ivan.kenny@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2016. 1BA Coordinator until Sep 2025; Coordinator for Outgoing Erasmus Students from Sep 2025; Academic Integrity Advisor for the SLLC; Chair of the Teaching & Learning Committee.
Research Interests: mid-twentieth century Mexican cultural production with a particular emphasis on spatiality and humour in the works of Luis Buñuel and Juan Rulfo. I am also interested in the spatial dimension of Julio Cortázar's short fiction.

Dr. Rachel Robinson (rachel.robinson@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2004. CÉIM Academic Lead; Coordinator for Intermediate Spanish 1BA & 1 BComm Students from Sep 2025.
Research Interests: Latin American 20th- and 21st-century experimental poetry, as well as its relationship to trends in global avant-garde and conceptual writing. In particular, I analyze the experimental poetry and poetics of the `Global South and the Western Hemisphere and their links to other poetries from around the world.

Dr. Tamara De Ines Anton (Tamara.DeInesAnton@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2025. Director MA in Translation Studies.
Research Interests: Sociology of Translation, Central American Literature, Translation Anthologies, Feminist Translation, Translation of Testimonio and other forms of Life Writing, Gender Identity in Literary and Audiovisual Translation, Translation Pedagogy.

Begoña Sangrador-Vegas (begona.sangrador-vegas@universityofgalway.ie)
Lecturer. AMB-2017. Coordinator of Spanish for BComm Int and B Law & Business (on sabbatical from Sep'25).
Research Interests: Economic and social issues in contemporary Spain. Basque identity, culture and politics. Translation.

Rosa Morey Rodriguez (rosa.moreyrodriguez@universityofgalway.ie)
Foreign Language Assistant. AMB-2046.

Laura Cama Arias (laura.camaarias@universityofgalway.ie)
Foreign Language Assistant. AMB-2046.