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April 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Blase Provitola<\/span><\/h2>\n

Assistant Professor
\nFrancophone Studies
\nLanguage and Culture Studies & Women, Gender and Sexuality<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Feminist, Lesbian, and Queer Postcolonial Studies in the Francophone World<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Blase Provitola’s\u00a0research and writing reframe feminist and queer theory through francophone voices that expand the canon and contribute to scholarly debates in transnational sexuality studies.<\/p>\n

Click here to read how.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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January 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Diana Aldrete<\/span><\/h2>\n

Assistant Professor
\nHispanic Studies
\nLanguage and Culture Studies and Human Rights Studies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Bridging Scholarship, Art, and Justice from Mexico to Milwaukee<\/strong><\/p>\n

During her 2025\u201326 sabbatical, Prof. Aldrete focused on both her research and her artistic practice, with support from an American Association of University Women American Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.<\/p>\n

Read more about her sabbatical research and creative scholarship<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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April 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Camila Torres-Castro<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ann Plato Fellow
\nHispanic Studies
\nLanguage and Culture Studies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Camila is our 2022-2023 Ann Plato Postdoctoral Fellow in Language and Culture Studies.<\/p>\n

To read about Camila and her time at Trinity click here!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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March 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Priscilla Mel\u00e9ndez<\/h2>\n

Professor
\nHispanic Studies
\nLanguage\u00a0and Culture Studies<\/p>\n

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Priscilla shares how her childhood experiences with poetry and plays shaped her teaching and research today.<\/p>\n

In Priscilla\u2019s latest publication she explores the way in which Mexican playwright Sabina Berman (1956) confronts the history of her country and brings to the theater its social and political crises by means of humor, gender, and history<\/p>\n

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May 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"\" Rieko Wagoner<\/h2>\n

Principal Lecturer
\nLanguage and Culture Studies and International Studies
\nEmerita<\/p>\n

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After retiring from teaching 35 years, Rieko has embarked on yet another career – as a Japanese language translator.<\/p>\n

Rieko’s latest translation was on the memoir by Patrisse Kahn-Cullors, one of the three women who started the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n

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APRIL 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Kifah Hanna<\/h2>\n

Associate Professor
\nArabic Language, literature and culture<\/p>\n

Chosen to be the next
\nCharles A. Dana Research Associate Professor of Language and Culture Studies<\/p>\n

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Kifah writes about her deep infatuation with the Arabic language and her fascination with its poetic expression.<\/p>\n

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MARCH 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Adi Katz<\/h2>\n

Lecturer
\nHebrew language, literature and culture<\/p>\n

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Adi writes about her love for the Israeli language and its culture. She also shares her fascination with its linguistic richness and influences and her joy of teaching Hebrew.<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Katsuya Izumi<\/h2>\n

Lecturer
\nJapanese language, literature, and culture<\/p>\n

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Katsuya provides us with a glimpse of\u00a0 his journeys before coming to Trinity College. He briefly writes about his recent writing project and his most recent article,
\n\u201cMultiplicities of Identities and Meanings behind Devouring Characters in Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s Spirited Away\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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JANUARY 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Carol Any<\/h2>\n

Associate Professor
\nRussian language, literature, and culture<\/p>\n

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Carol writes about her love of Russian and her newly published book.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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