Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures






Helen Bachochin Lecturer in Spanish B.A., Moravian College NDEA, Institute in Spanish, GannonCollege M.A., Lehigh University Fullbright Scholar, University of Madrid
Office: Ettinger 104D Phone: 484-664-3348 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: hbachoch@muhlenberg.edu Professor Bachochin has been teaching Spanish for over 30 years in public and private schools and colleges.



Flor Maria Buitrago Visiting Lecturer in Spanish B.A., University of Guelph M.A., University of Western Ontario
Office: Ettinger 101D Phone: 484-664-3514 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: buitrago@muhlenberg.edu Flor Maria Buitrago teaches Business Spanish, along with language courses. She created and developed the Spanish for Business course at Lafayette College. She is serving as coordinator of the 2003 LVAIC Summer Study Abroad Program in Puebla, Mexico. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, ACTFL Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honor Society Phi Beta Delta, Honor society for International Scholars



	Joan Marx Professor of Spanish Director of the Spanish Program Head, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures B.A., Spanish and Political Science, Muhlenberg College, 1977 M.A. in Romance Languages, Ohio University, 1980 Ph.D. in Spanish Literature, Rutgers, The State University, 1985 Dissertation Title: Aztec Imagery in the Narrative of Elena Garro: A Thematic Approach
Office: Ettinger 104A Phone: 484-664-3343 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: marx@muhlenberg.edu Mailing Address: Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures Muhlenberg College 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104 Dr. Joan F. Marx is Professor of Spanish, Director of the Spanish Program and Head of the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures. She specializes in contemporary Latin American literature, specifically, the Mexican and Mexican-American narrative. Her professional work includes scholarly publications in national and international literary journals as well as presentations of her work at national and international literary meetings. In addition, she has presented scholarly papers on the use of foreign language technology in the classroom as part of her work on the Mellon Project at national and international meetings. A graduate of the class of 1977, Dr. Marx has been a member of the faculty at Muhlenberg College since 1984. She teaches courses from the beginning to the advanced levels, which include Intermediate Spanish I and II, Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Literature, Spanish-American Literature I & II, Border Literature and the First Year Seminar, Latino Voices: Exploring Cultural Identity. Other courses that she has taught include two special topics courses that she developed and team-taught with colleagues Dr. Donna Kish-Goodling of the Accounting, Business and Economics Department (The Culture and Economy of Spain) and Dr. Anna Adams of the History Department (Human Rights in the Americas). These courses were designed for business/economics majors and history majors, respectively. During the spring 2005 semester, she is teaching the senior seminar, Human Rights Literature in the Americas, based on the course she taught with Dr. Adams but developed with a focus on literary analysis specifically for Spanish majors and minors. Dr. Marx has received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching at Muhlenberg College (1991), the Louis Bevier Graduate Fellowship at Rutgers University (1983-4), and the Phi Sigma Iota Romance Language Award when she was a student at Muhlenberg College (1977). From 1991-93, Dr. Marx served as Assistant Dean of the College and, from 1993-97, she served as Head of the department from 1993-97. During her term as Head of the Department, she designed and implemented the $300,000 Mellon Grant for the Development of Foreign Language Multimedia Computer Programs, in which all full-time department members of every language program participated in the design and development of multimedia software. The Mellon Project Software, a series of grammar-based and cultural programs, is housed in the Language Learning Center and is incorporated into the department’s language-level classes along with other technology-based applications. She is a member of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), and of the Middle Atlantic Council for Latin American Studies (MACLAS). She serves as a member of the MACLAS Board of Directors (2004-present), as an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of the MACLAS Journal (2003-present), and as Chair of the Whittaker Prize Committee for best recent book publication for 2004.



Pamela Stilin Lecturer in Spanish B.A., University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh M.A., City University of New York - Queens College
Office: Gabriel House, 1st Floor Phone: 484-664-3615 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: stilin@muhlenberg.edu Pamela has been at Mulenberg as an adjunct Spanish professor since 1992. She generally teaches the Intro and Intermediate courses. In May, 2001, Pamela was hired as a full-time Evening College associate. However, she will continue to teach a Spanish course each semester.

Erika M. Sutherland Associate Professor of Spanish A.B., Bryn Mawr College M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Office: Ettinger 104C Phone: 484-664-3518 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: emsuther@muhlenberg.edu Since joining the Department's Spanish section in 1995, I have been teaching courses in language, Advanced Conversation and Composition, and Peninsular literature and culture. Like my teaching, my research also deals with the literature and culture of Spain. I have worked extensively with the nineteenth century Spanish narrative, investigating themes of domestic and sexual violence and considering the relation between literature and society. My current work involves recent Gypsy and immigrant poets in Spain, once again focusing my study on the relationships between the poetry and social change. I have taken student groups to Seville, Spain as part of the LVAIC consortial summer study abroad program at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study. My work with student groups is not limited to Spain: here on campus, I am the faculty advisor for both the Spanish Club and the Comunidad Latina, the Latino students' organization. In 1996, I developed a program in which Muhlenberg students teach English as a second language to Spanish-speaking immigrants. I trained student volunteers to plan and lead ESL classes. As this program grew, it became a formal part of the Hispanic American Organization's regular offerings. Several Muhlenberg students have found full- and part-time employment working with HAO and the evening ESL program. An outgrowth of the ESL classes that continues as an active connection to the College is the Grupo de Apoyo e Integración Hispanoamericano, the Support Group for Hispanic Professionals. Students take part in intercambios, language exchanges, by speaking Spanish and English with recent Hispanic immigrants. Through the intercambios and the language and cultural development that come with them, all participants benefit and have a lot of fun. The Grupo de Apoyo is just one of the projects with which I bring Allentown's sizable Latino community together with Muhlenberg students. One of my favorite --and most caloric-- projects is Fiestas del Corazón, Inc., a business incubator designed to help Latina women develop job skills and experience. Created in partnership with the Lutheran Church of San Martín de Porres, the cornerstone of the project is a catering business that serves up delicious Latin foods on campus and throughout the Lehigh Valley.