Faculty — { Profesores }
 Michael A. Brunelle
Instructor of Spanish
B.F.A. Boise State University
Diploma in Spanish Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Graduate Studies, New York University in Madrid, Spain
M.I.D. Pratt Institute
{P} 434.381.6258
{E} mbrunelle@sbc.edu
{O} Benedict 214
Professor Brunelle lived in Spain for several years, where he was a student and later a teacher and translator. He is certified in Spanish>English by the American Translators Association, and is also a member of the The Translators and Interpreters Guild. He and his wife, Beatriz, have translated dozens of books on fine art, architecture, interior design, and crafts for major publishers in the United States and Spain.
Before coming to Sweet Briar in 2006 Professor Brunelle taught Spanish at the Pratt Institute School of Continuing Education to professionals in the fields of law enforcement, medicine, labor and business.
Professor Brunelle has also worked as an industrial designer for more than 20 years, first in New York where he designed furniture, equipment, and serving pieces for hotels, restaurants and casinos. Later, in Virginia, he was director of product development for a manufacturer responsible for designing products and reproductions for well-known museums and historic restorations including the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, Monticello and Colonial Williamsburg.
Brunelle believes that knowledge of Spanish will be increasingly useful to all students in their future professions and travels. And equally important is the fact that knowledge and appreciation of other languages and cultures will give them a broader perspective on American culture, and help them become more adept and thoughtful when speaking and writing in their native tongue, um... like especially if it's, you know, like English or something.
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 Beatriz Cortabarria
Instructor of Spanish
{P} 434.381.6148
{E} bcortabarria@sbc.edu
{O} Benedict 203
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 María Celeste Delgado-Librero
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Director of Junior Year in Spain
Licenciatura, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
M.A. University of Virginia
Ph.D. University of Virginia
{P} 434.381.6295
{E} celeste@sbc.edu
{O} Garden Level of the Chapel 114
Celeste Delgado-Librero was born in the tiny mining town of Riotinto in southern Spain. She came to Sweet Briar as an exchange student in 1990. She has taught in the Spanish section since 2000, and was named director of the Junior Year in Spain program in 2007. She will continue to teach a class in the department every other spring semester.
Delgado-Librero's academic interests are medieval and early modern Iberian literature, translation studies, Romance languages, linguistics and second language acquisition. Her book "The Mirror" of Jaume Roig: An Edition and an English Translation of MS. Vat. Lat. 4806 will be published in December 2007 by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She is the author of Retorciendo palabras: Ensenando variaciones dialectales con canciones, an article that focuses on the linguistic aspects of songs interpreted by singers from different Spanish-speaking countries and how they can be used in the classroom.
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 Pamela Jean DeWeese
Professor of Spanish
B.A. University of North Carolina, Greensboro
M.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
{P} 434.381.6171
{E} deweese@sbc.edu
{O} Benedict 213
Pam DeWeese received her M.A. and Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill and has been at Sweet Briar for over 15 years. She teaches all levels of Spanish language, culture and literature as well as translation. Her area of research is 20th and 21st century Spanish prose and culture. She is the author of several articles on contemporary Spanish literature and the book Approximations to Luis Goytisolo's Antagonía as well as a biography of Luis Goytisolo in the Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century Spanish Fiction Writers. Her most recent projects include the translation of Goytisolo's novel, 360° Diary (Peter Lang, March 2008), and a study of twentieth century women writers in Spain with an emphasis on the way in which the dramatic changes in their political and social status during that time period are reflected in their novels, essays and short stories. Her goal as a teacher is to make students aware of the many opportunities and advantages, both in terms of career options and their personal lives, that come to those who study languages and the cultures of other nations.
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 Alix Ingber
Professor of Spanish
Director of Academic Advising
B.A. Brooklyn College, City University of New York
M.A. University of Illinois
Ph.D. The Graduate Center, City University of New York
{P} 434.381.6206
{E} ingber@sbc.edu
{W} http://www.faculty.sbc.edu/ingber
{O} Fletcher 203
Alix Ingber has been teaching Spanish at Sweet Briar since 1980. A native of New York City, her research focuses on the literature of the Golden Age in Spain (16th and 17th Centuries). She has published articles on Golden Age theatre and Cervantes, as well as a book on the theatre of Lope De Vega, El Bien Más Alto: A Reconsideration of Lope De Vega's Honor Plays, University Press of Florida, 1984. She is currently engaged in the translation of Golden Age sonnets, which are displayed in bilingual format on her website.
Dr. Ingber's non-academic interests include the Sweet Briar Community Garden and photography.
She currently serves as Director of Academic Advising.
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 Sonia Mereles Olivera
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Architect, Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Paraguay
M.A. Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Ph.D. Indiana University
{P} 434.381.6216
{E} solivera@sbc.edu
{W} http://www.merelesolivera.com
{O} Benedict 204
A native of Paraguay, Sonia received a Master de Literatura in Spain and a Ph.D. in Spanish American Poetry and Essay from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her books include Cumbres poéticas latinoamericanas: Nicanor Parra y Ernesto Cardenal (2003), Puros cuentos (2004), Volviendo a Omega (2005), and En tu mundo deshabitado (2007).
She was an Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at Washington and Lee University, 2004-2007; Senior Lecturer of Spanish, at Ohio State University, 2003-2004; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 2002, and Associate Instructor of Spanish at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1994-1997.
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 Margaret Stanton
Professor of Spanish
Director of the Latin American Studies Program
B.A. Mt. Mercy College
M.A. University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
{P} 434.381.6218
{E} stanton@sbc.edu
{O} Benedict 050
Professor Stanton teaches courses on Latin American literature and culture and is the Director of the Latin American Studies Program. Her interests also include translation and film studies. She has published several translations of short stories by Latin American women writers.
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