Prof. Ricardo Abrantes
Art history
rabrante@syr.edu
Prof. Abrantes specializes in history of art at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He also teaches courses in Spanish Art and Spanish Painting at the Museo del Prado in various U.S. university programs in Madrid. Since 1990 he has taught modern Spanish art at Syracuse Madrid.
Prof. Abrantes has published articles in professional magazines and co-authored the book Arte español para extranjeros, which is widely used by foreign students in Spain.
Degree
Licenciatura. Art – Universidad Completense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Cristina Aliaga
Spanish language
caliagar@syr.edu
Prof. Aliaga has extensive experience teaching Spanish as a foreign language in a wide variety of institutions. She has taught several Spanish levels at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad Alfonso X. Prof. Aliaga has also worked as a Spanish Diploma (LETRA) examiner at Universidad Antonio de Nebrija in Madrid and has worked in the Easy Reading research group at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has taught for Syracuse Madrid since 2015.
Degrees
Máster. Spanish as a second language – Universidad Completense de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Spanish philology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Noel Byrne
International financial management
ncbyrne@syr.edu
Prof. Byrne is a qualified Certified Public Accountant with a graduate degree in international accounting and auditing and a degree in business, economics, and social sciences. He has over twenty years experience working in the business world and seven years working as a professor at several U.S. universities in Madrid. Prof. Byrne teaches finance and accounting courses at Syracuse Madrid.
Degrees
M.Sc. International accounting and auditing – University College Cork, Ireland
B.Sc. Business, economics and social studies – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Benito Cadenas
Economy & political sciences
bcadenas@syr.edu
Prof. Benito Cadenas is professor of micro and macroeconomics at Villanueva University and at Schiller International University. Before that he was a companies adviser at Bankinter and at the Spanish office for taxation.
Degrees
Ph.D. Health economics – Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain
Prof. Amelia Cánovas
Biology
acanovas@syr.edu
Amelia holds a degree in marine sciences from the University of the Canary Islands and is a professional PADI instructor with extensive diving experience in Micronesia, Madagascar, Galapagos Islands, Andaman Sea, Maldives and the Red Sea. She has participated in the creation of underwater documentaries, such “The Wreck of the Syrian”.
Amelia is presently the environmental coordinator at the Educational Center of Cabo de Palos, in the Region of Murcia. She coordinates environmental education campaigns for schools and universities as well as other activities to promote active and nature tourism in the Region of Murcia.
Degrees
Ph.D. Applied economy– in progress – Universidad de Murcia, Spain
M.A. Management of Mediterranean biodiversity – Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Licenciatura. Oceanography – Universidad de Las Palmas, Spain
Prof. Vicente Carmona
Spanish language
vcarmona@syr.edu
Prof. Carmona taught Spanish language, literature, and cinema in the U.S. at USC, Smith College, and LSU before returning to Spain. Currently, he teaches Spanish language, Spanish literature, and film at USC and Syracuse Madrid.
Degrees
Ph.D. Hispanic languages and literatures – University of California Los Angeles
M.A. Spanish literature – University of Southern California
Licenciatura. Spanish philology – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Laura Cassain
Sociology
lcassain@syr.edu
Prof. Cassain has been research fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid, the Sociological Research Center and the Women’s Institute in Spain. Prof. Cassain received her MA in Empirical Social Research and Data Analysis from the Sociological Research Center. Her Ph.D. in Sociology and Anthropology at the Complutense University of Madrid (in progress) focuses on migration studies from a transnational and intersectional perspective and, specifically, in return migration from Spain to Argentina. Her research interests focus on international migration and contemporary mobility, migratory trajectories and life course, gender and women studies.
Degrees
Ph.D. Sociology and Anthropology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
M.A. Empirical Social Research and Data Analysis – Sociological Research Center
Prof. Patricia Espinosa
Art history
pespinos@syr.edu
Prof. Espinosa has taught at the undergraduate university level since 2005 for Syracuse Madrid, American University, and USAC (University Study Abroad Consortium). At Syracuse Madrid she has taught several Art History courses, and participates in the Azahar seminar.
Degree
Licenciatura. Art history – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. José Miguel Fernández Dols
Psychology
jferna04@syr.edu
Prof. Fernández Dols is a full professor of psychology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has taught many different courses during his academic career. He is particularly interested in four disciplines: social psychology, political psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and emotion. For the last 10 years, Prof. Fernández Dols has taught social psychology and political psychology to European undergraduate students, cross-cultural psychology to U.S. undergraduate students, and emotion to graduate students at universities in both sides of the Atlantic.
Prof. Fernández Dols’ research focuses on facial expression and everyday conceptions of emotion in different cultures. He is also interested in the study of societal problems related to justice, social norms, and moral behavior. A list of his publications can be found at: www.fernandez-dols.com
Degrees
Ph.D. Psychology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Psychology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Philosophy – Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Prof. Ariadne María Ferro
First-Year Forum
Director, Student Life
Office number: 913 199 942 (Ext 209)
amferro@syr.edu
Prof. Ferro began her teaching career in 1998 as a teaching assistant at the University of Florida. Upon graduating, she was hired as a full-time lecturer of Spanish language and linguistics and Portuguese language at the University of Central Florida and as an adjunct Spanish language instructor at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida. Before embarking on her administrative career in several study abroad programs in Madrid, Prof. Ferro taught translation, Spanish language and linguistics, and English language at the undergraduate and graduate levels at different U.S. and Spanish universities in the greater Madrid area.
In 2016, Prof. Ferro joined the Syracuse Madrid team as its director of Student Life.
Degrees
Ph.D. Modern languages – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Máster. Intercultural education – in progress – UNED, Spain
Máster. Teaching English as a foreign language – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Máster. Spanish language and culture – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
M.A. Spanish – University of Florida
B.A. Spanish – University of Central Florida
Prof. Javier Gamo
Computer science
fgamoara@syr.edu
Prof. Javier Gamo has been teaching engineering courses in different institutions for more than 20 years. His primary research interest focuses on Virtual Remote Laboratories in Optics and Photonics, as a complement to face-to-face labs in engineering studies.
Degrees
Ph.D. Education – UNED, Spain
Ph.D. Physics – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Physics – Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Prof. Miguel Houghton
Marketing
mhoughto@syr.edu
Prof. Houghton has worked throughout his professional career in IT multinationals such as Ericsson, Alcatel, Wang, Informix, Olivetti, Toshiba, NCR, and HP where he was principally in charge of Sales & Marketing.
Prof. Houghton has worked as an adjunct professor at Syracuse Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s marketing department in the College of Economics and Enterprises, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid’s economics department. He has also served as chair of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s summer courses in marketing & sales management since 2008.
Degrees
M.B.A. Marketing and Business Administration – Instituto de directivos de empresa (CESEM), Spain
Licenciatura. Applied physics – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Juan Iso
Spanish
jiso01@syr.edu
Prof. Iso specializes in 19th and 20th century Spanish and Latin American literature. He also has taught different courses in contemporary Hispanic literatures at U.S study abroad programs in Madrid. His research interests focus on the intersection between urban studies and literature, biopolitics, the formation of dystopias in literature, and the representation of dissident sexualities from political activism.
Degrees
Ph.D. Spanish – University of Winsconsin-Madison
M.A. Spanish- University of Winsconsin-Madison
BA. Spanish- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Prof. Antonel Jepure
Anthropology
ajepure@syr.edu
Prof. Jepure has spent over 15 years working on archaeological research focused on assimilation and acculturation in Spain’s late antiquity and visigothic period in several Spanish universities (UPV–Vitoria, UAH–Alcalá de Henares, UAM–Madrid) and for the Museo de Segovia. His research interests and experience are centered on paleoanthropology, archaeology, early medieval studies and subaquatic archaeology. He has participated in several excavations in Spain, Germany, and Croatia.
Prof. Jepure is currently involved in research projects in the province of Segovia, in central Spain, and in Biscay, in northern Spain.
Degrees
Ph.D. Anthropology – University of Würzburg, Germany
Magister Artium. Prehistory, archaeology and political science – University of Würzburg, Germany
Prof. Ben Jones
Communications
bhjone02@syr.edu
Prof. Jones has worked as a foreign correspondent for most of his professional life, reporting on Spanish politics, culture, economics and business, travel, and sports for a wide variety of U.S. and foreign print, online, and broadcast media.
He has also covered the Middle East and the former Soviet Union and was a correspondent in the Gulf War.
Degree
B.A. Journalism – San Diego State University
Prof. Matthew Kineen
English and textual studies
mkineen@syr.edu
Professor Kineen has over 20 years of teaching experience at the university level in the U.S. and Spain. The Hemingway course at Syracuse University Madrid is part of a larger research project on the connections between U.S. writers and Europe in the twentieth century. As part of this work, Prof. Kineen presented a paper at the International Hemingway Society’s 2012 Biennial Conference entitled “Out of Place? Hemingway’s Michigan Memories in Death in the Afternoon.”
Degree
Ph.D. Comparative literature – University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. Comparative literature – University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Liberal studies – University of Notre Dame
Prof. Dieter Roberto Kuehl
Contemporary Spanish literature and cinema
Director, Syracuse Madrid
Office number: 913 199 942 (Ext 212)
drkuehl@syr.edu
Dr. Kuehl specializes in Spanish literature and film, and has taught at the university level for over 15 years. He has taught a wide range of Spanish literature and cinema courses at Syracuse Madrid since 2001 and has participated as a lecturer and director of several Signature Seminars at Syracuse Madrid such as Azahar, Mare Nostrum, and Eurovision. In 2011, he was named program director.
Degree
Ph.D. Spanish literature – Harvard University
M.A. Spanish literature – Harvard University
B.S. Business administration – Babson College
Prof. Leticia Martínez
Psychology
Leticia has been teaching courses of Health Psychology, Wellbeing, and Techniques of Intervention at IE University and Complutense University of Madrid. She received her Masters degree in Clinical and Health Psychology (2014) and she is currently doing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She is interested in new approaches in psychopathology and assessment (such as taxometrical approaches or network analysis), cognitive biases, dimensions of self-esteem and well-being in psychotic patients. She is also interested in putting experimental methodologies and new technologies (eg, IAT, ESM, APPs …) at the service of the study of psychopathology and the promotion of well-being. Leticia also works as clinical practitioner from third generation therapies (e.g., acceptance and commitment therapies, Mindfulness, compassion-focused therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy) and from positive psychotherapy.
Degree
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology – in progress –
Máster. Clinical and Health Psychology –
Prof. Marta Martínez
Economics
mmatute@syr.edu
Prof. Matute is currently working as an assistant economist for the DG of Economics, Statistics and Research of the Bank of Spain (Eurosystem). She has taught economics for several years, principally microeconomics, principles of economics, accounting and financial economics. Prof. Matute has collaborated with different institutions such as Georgia State University (US), London School of Economics (UK), Franklin Institute (Spain) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Her research interests involve applied economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, and policy evaluation. Prof. Matute has published various papers in top peer-reviewed academic journals related to the economic analysis of labour markets, judicial systems, insolvency and productivity, credit, and education and skills. She has been teaching Economics of the European Integration at Syracuse Madrid since 2015.
Degree
Ph.D. Economics – Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Máster. Economics – Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Licenciatura. Business administration – Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Prof. Alejandro Medina (on leave)
Religion, history, and humanities
amedin01@syr.edu
Prof. Medina completed his B.A. in the United States and his postgraduate work in philosophy in France and Germany. His Ph.D., in cultural history, is from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. For 25 years he has taught history of religions (Christianity; Judaism; Islam), of civilizations (Ancient Rome; the Byzantine and Ottoman empires; Islamic Spain) and cultures (the Italian renaissance), contextualized in their manifestations as intellectual, artistic, and socio-cultural products for Syracuse Madrid, Spain; Istanbul, Turkey; and Rome, Italy.
Degree
Ph.D. Renaissance philology and cultural and philosophical history – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licence. Philosophy – l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
B.A. Liberal arts – Saint John’s College, Santa Fe
Prof. Belén Molinuevo
Sociology
mbmolinu@syr.edu
Social anthropologist. Specialty in gender issues, women’s studies, and sexual diversity. Research developed on gender relations in urban spaces, sexuality, and homophobic bullying at schools. Member of the education department of the Federation of Spanish LGBT Associations. Head of FELGTB International Education Department. At Syracuse Madrid, she teaches Sexuality in Spain in both the spring and fall semesters, as well as in the summer session.
Degrees
Ph.D. Social anthropology – in progress – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Máster. Foreign policy of the European Union – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Social and cultural anthropology – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Diplomatura. Education – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Prof. José Juan Osés
Sociology
jjoses@syr.edu
Teaching experience: Tutor of postgraduate seminars, Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium. Collaborating professor, Institute of Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Research Background: Prof. Oses’ areas of specialization are sociology of culture and religion, social theory, and qualitative research methods. His doctoral research focuses on the afterlife beliefs and representations of the French-speaking Belgium youth, and its results have been published in Social Compass. International Review of Sociology of Religion. Prof. Oses has participated in comparative research on religious culture in Spain and Europe as a member of the European Group for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religious Change (GERICR). More recently, he has carried out postdoctoral research about cultural and religious globalization in Mexico.
Degrees
Ph.D. Social and political sciences – Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Licenciatura. Sociology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Andrés Sánchez Padilla
History
Andrés Sánchez Padilla teaches several undergraduate and graduate-level history and international relations courses at the European University of Madrid and the University of Navarra. He has also taught at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Prof. Sánchez Padilla specializes in the history of transatlantic relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and he received his Ph.D. from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2014. His first book was based on his dissertation which reinterprets U.S.-Spain relations in the late nineteenth century, and his papers have appeared in several top peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Sánchez Padilla’s current research explores the connections between intellectual property protection and American foreign relations during the interwar period and the Cold War.
Degrees
Ph.D. History – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Máster. History – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. History – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Prof. María del Mar Pastor
Spanish language
mdelmarp@syr.edu
Since 1987, Maria del Mar Pastor has taught Spanish language at different levels for undergraduate students at Syracuse Madrid. Since 1989, she has also taught Spanish language and literature to interpreters of the United Nations and the European Commission. She graduated in Hispanic philology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Degrees
Ph.D. Hispanic studies – UNED, Spain
Licenciatura. Spanish philology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Cristina Pérez
Spanish language
cperezca@syr.edu
Prof. Pérez has been teaching literature, translation, and language culture at Syracuse Madrid since 2001. She has also taught at Boston University and Tufts University, and she is currently teaching at the Boston University internship program in Madrid.
Degrees
Ph.D. Hispanic languages and literatures – Boston University
M.A. Hispanic languages and literatures – Boston University
B.A. Arts and music – University of Miami
Licenciatura. Spanish philology – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Mónica Pérez-Bedmar
Biology
mperezbe@syr.edu
Prof. Pérez-Bedmar holds a B.Sc and M.Sc in oceanography and coastal zone management and is at present pursuing her doctorate in ecology. She lived in the United States for more than 10 years working in and collaborating with several environmental agencies dedicated to the protection of coastal areas. Prof. Pérez-Bedmar has taught oceanography and environmental science in several U.S. university programs in Spain for several years. She conducts field research and field trips with students often and has collaborated with several research projects in the environmental field. In addition, Prof. Pérez-Bedmar is a certified diver and sailing instructor and is an avid nature explorer.
Degrees
M.S. Coastal Zone Management – Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
B.S. Biological Oceanography – Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
Prof. Elena Postigo
History
epostigo@syr.edu
Prof. Postigo specializes in European and Spanish and Latin American history. She has taught at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) for 25 years at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. Prof. Postigo has taught at different European universities at the post-graduate level (Paris, Rouen, Bordeaux, Naples, Pisa, European Institute – Florence –, Évora, Porto, Zaragoza, Cantabria). She has also taught in Argentina. She has published two books and over 60 articles in Spanish and European magazines and has participated in 20 international and 10 national conferences. Prof. Postigo has been the director of eight research projects (I+D), five of which were financed by the European Community and three of which were financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education. Finally, Prof. Postigo has been the director of six teaching innovation projects. Currently, she is a full professor of history at UAM, the coordinator of the international doctorate of history of women and gender in Europe (Universities of Paris, Rouen, Naples, Edinburgh, Vienna and UAM). She has been director of seven doctoral dissertations and 15 masters theses.
Degrees
Ph.D. Modern and contemporary history – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Modern and contemporary history – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Pilar Sánchez Millas
Political science
psanchez@syr.edu
Since 2002, Prof. Sánchez Millas has been teaching history and political science courses at Syracuse Madrid, including numerous field trips to interview politicians involved in the peace process of the Basque country and its relation to the Spanish State.
Prof. Sánchez Millas’ Ph.D. dissertation analyzed the period of absolute majorities of the socialist party, dealing specifically with the teamwork built for the Spanish politics towards the European integration process. Her research projects include identifying, classifying, and storing the personal files of a main character in the Spanish transition to democracy, Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, who was an outstanding promoter of opening up the country to the rest of the world after forty years of dictatorship. Prof. Sánchez Millas continues to research and write about people involved in peace, transitions to democracy, and the conciliation politics behind it.
Degrees
Ph.D. Political science – Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset, Spain
Licenciatura. Geography and history – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Alfonso Taboada
Mathematics
altaboad@syr.edu
Prof. Taboada studied Pure Mathematics in Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He has over twenty five years experience teaching Math and Statistics at all levels at several Spanish and U.S. universities in Madrid. Prof. Taboada teaches Calculus at Syracuse Madrid.
Degrees
Licenciatura. Pure Mathematics – Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Prof. Kirk Tennant
Business
kitennan@syr.edu
Kirk Lee Tennant is a multidisciplinary teacher. With degrees in accounting, business, engineering management, theology/ethics, and English literature, he combines these disciplines to provide courses in multiple business and economic subjects to students at Syracuse Madrid.
The courses taught by Professor Tennant combine a historical perspective of the course subject but stress the application of the course material in today’s ever-shrinking, changing world. Also, since the courses are taught in Madrid, a cross-cultural view of the course content is always taken with student exposure to Spanish and European contemporary issues. He teaches at several U.S. universities.
Degrees
M.A. English arts – Saint Louis University
Máster. North American Studies – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
M.A. Theological studies, Southern Methodist University – Perkins School of Theology
M.S. Engineering management – Southern Methodist University
M.S. Management – Purdue University
B.S. Accounting – Ohio State University
Prof. María Torrano
Spanish language
mtorrano@syr.edu
Prof. Torrano has a wide experience in teaching English and Spanish as second languages. She has been teaching Spanish for foreigners for almost ten years, abroad (Lisbon, France) and in Spain, in different universities (CEU San Pablo, Syracuse Madrid) and language schools (Tandem, Alce lenguas).
Every summer she teaches language and culture at the Spanish courses of Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander. She is also a freelance translator (English, French and Spanish) and a DELE examiner.
Degrees
Máster. Spanish as a Second Language – Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Spain.
Bachelor’s Degree. English philology – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
Prof. María Teresa Viñuelas
Spanish language
Coordinator, Spanish language program
Supervisor, Internship and service learning
Office number: 913 199 942 (Ext 203)
mtvinuel@syr.edu
Since 1991, Prof. Viñuelas has taught Spanish language and linguistics at Syracuse Madrid to undergraduate students at all Spanish levels. She was first a lecturer, and later, the director of the Mare Nostrum Signature Seminar. She has also directed the Roots and Routes and Spanish Identities Signature Seminars for Syracuse Madrid. Since 2005, she has served as supervisor of the Spanish department and coordinator of internship and service learning.
Degrees
Máster. Teaching Spanish as a foreign language – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Licenciatura. Spanish philology – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Prof. Óscar Yáñez
Business of Sports
oyanezpa@syr.edu
Óscar Yáñez is passionate about sports as a social catalyst and change maker. With over 20 years of experience in sports institutions (sports clubs, associations, and federations), sponsoring companies, consulting firms and marketing agencies, Prof. Yáñez focuses on Sports digital marketing strategies.
He has been a lecturer at many European universities such as ISDE, IESE Business School, European School of Economics, IE University and University of Navarra.
Prof. Yáñez is currently co-founder & CMO at tripandmed.com a pioneering digital platform specialized in Health Tourism Industry.
Degrees
Ph.D. Sports marketing – in progress – Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
M.B.A. Executive in sales and marketing- IE Business School, Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Law- Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Prof. Amalia Yrizar
History
Assistant director, Syracuse Madrid
Office number: 913 199 942 (Ext 204)
ayrizar@syr.edu
Prof. Yrizar has taught at the undergraduate university level since 2003, first as a TA at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), and later as a lecturer at Syracuse University Madrid. At Syracuse Madrid, she has taught several history and political science courses, including the Imperium and Azahar Signature Seminars. She also collaborates with a Masters program at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid since 2008. In 2005, Prof. Yrizar became the assistant to the director for academic affairs, and in 2011 she was named assistant director of Syracuse Madrid program.
Degrees
Ph.D. History – in progress – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Library and information science – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licenciatura. Early modern and modern history – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Spanish degrees
Máster – One to two-year postgraduate degree.
Licenciatura – Five-year undergraduate degree.
Diplomatura – Three-year undergraduate degree.