Foreign Languages Faculty

Julia Centurión Morton
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: Flory Hall 212
540-828-5348
jmorton@bridgewater.edu
Personal Website: http://www.bridgewater.edu/~jmorton/
B.A., San Diego State University
M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University
Teaching Fields: Spanish Language and Conversation, Latin American Culture and Literature, Hispanic Women Writers, Hispanics in the U.S. , Creative Writing, and Spanish Cultures of the World
Special Interests: Andean Literature and Art, Oral Tradition, Latin American Women Writers, and International Cinema
Advisor: Amigos Unidos Program

Valerie Dinger
Instructor of Spanish
Office: Flory 216A
540-515-3793
vdinger@bridgewater.edu
B.A.,Franklin and Marshall College
M.A., Middlebury College
Teaching Fields: Grammar and Culture through intermediate level;honors

Mahan Ellison
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
mellison@bridgewater.edu
Office: Flory 211
540-828-5372
Personal Website: bridgewater.edu/~mellison
B.A., Furman University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Teaching Fields: 19th/20th Century Novel; Hispano-African Literatures; 19th/20th Century Peninsular Literature; Spanish as a World Language; Composition; Spanish Language & Conversation
Special Interests: Travel Writing, War Literature, Modernity, Writing Pedagogy
Advisor: Spanish Club

Dana Flage
Adjunct Professor of Foreign Languages
Office: Flory 207
540-434-9455
dflage@bridgewater.edu
B.A., Wartburg College
M.A., University of Iowa German Language and Literature
Interests: Cinema and literature

Charles Paul Fleis
Associate Professor of French & Spanish
Office: Flory 211
540-830-5373
cfleis@bridgewater.edu
Personal website:http://people.bridgewater.edu/~cfleis/
B.A., M.A., Western Michigan University
D.M.L., Middlebury College
Teaching Fields: Peninsular Literature; Peninsular Cultures; 19th/20th Century Spanish Literature; Hispanic Cinema; French Cinema; 19th/20th Century French Literature; Francophone Literature; Spanish Conversation; French Conversation.
Special Interests: Cinema; Theatre; Pedro Almodóvar; Issues of Diversity
Advisor: French & Spanish Majors/Minors; French Club; BC Allies; Men's Soccer Academic Liaison

Christopher James
Adjunct Professor of Foreign Languages
cjames@bridgewater.edu

Victor Oliver
Instructor of Spanish
Office: Library 8
540-828-8007
voliver@bridgewater.edu
Bachelor's degree: Universidad Jose Maria Vargas
Master's degrees: Universidad Central de Venezuela, University of Salamanca
Doctoral candidate: Nebrija University
Teaching Fields: Elementary Spanish, Intermediate Spanish and Spanish for the Professions
Special Interests: Medical interpretation, Latin culture, Spanglish in the U.S.