Job Placements

After the PhD

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese has a strong placement record for its alumni. Many of our grad students go on to faculty positions at institutions in the US and abroad, while others find exciting opportunities in a wide range of careers.

Graduate Alumni Placement 2004-2024

For Placements since 2004, click here. 

2024

Gabriela Barrios, N/A

Eduardo Diaz, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Madison Dunlap, Business Technology Solutions Analyst, Deloitte Consulting

Erin Mauffray, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Claudio Ramos, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Angelica Waner, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

2023

Julia Calderon, Lecturer, Indiana University

Madison Felman-Panagotacos, Visiting Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, Vermont

Isaac Gimenez Garcia, N/A

Tania Varela, Director of Spanish Translation and Interpretation Program, Hunter College, CUNY

2022

Jesus Silveyra, History and Literary Arts Program Manager, National Hispanic Cultural Center

Joao Albuquerque, Postdoctoral Position, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Esther Claudio, Postdoctoral Position, Obermann Center-University of Iowa

Roxanna Colon-Cosme, Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College, Pennsylvania

Audrey Larkin, Teacher, Jewish Community High School of the Bay

Adelmar Ramirez, Assistant Professor, Hood College, Maryland

Gemma Repiso, Assistant Professor, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona

2021

Juliana Espinal, Assistant Professor, Santa Monica College – Modern Languages and Cultures Department

Barbara Galindo, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Riverside

Laura Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Colorado Mesa University

Paula Thomas, Teacher, Keys School 

2020

Benjamin Burt, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pitzer College

Verónica García Moreno, Assistant Professor, Eastern New Mexico University

Natassia Hott, Independent Researcher, University of Lisbon

Alexandra Lawn, Growth Strategist, THRV

Maria Teresa Monroe, Adjunct Faculty, Santa Monica College – Modern Languages and Cultures

Renee Rivera, Copyeditor/Analyst, Pearson College

2019

Lourdes Arevalo, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Santa Monica College – Modern Languages and Cultures Department

Maricela Becerra, Assistant Professor, CSU Channel Islands – Spanish

Kristal Bivona, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University – Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies

Francesca Gambini, Assistant Professor, Mt. San Antonio College – Modern Languages Department

Jennifer Monti, EUI4U User Support Specialist, European University Institute

2018

Franny Brogan, Senior Consultant of Research and Strategy, Burke, Inc.

Paul Cella, Translation Manager

Adrian Collado, Teacher, Colegio de Madrid

Daniel Cooper, Director of Curricular Innovation, Columbia University, School of Social Work

Esteban Cordoba, Assistant Professor, Cal State San Bernandino

Nitzaira Delgado, Teacher, Oakwood School

Armando Guerrero, Educator, Geffen Academy at UCLA

Payton Quintanilla-Phillips, Latin American & Iberian Studies Librarian, Notre Dame University

Alejandro Ramírez, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Rafael Ramirez-Mendoza, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Ezekiel Trautenberg, Spanish Educator, Geffen Academy at UCLA

Elizabeth Warren, Assistant Professor, University of Utah – World Languages and Cultures

2017

Mariska Aldora Bolyanatz, Assistant Professor, Occidental College – Spanish and French Studies

Johnni Carr, Lecturer, UC Berkeley – Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Isaura Contreras, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Wendy Perla Kurtz, Lecturer & Project Scientist, DH Program, UCLA Program in Digital Humanities

Magdalena Matuskova, Assistant Professor, Clemson University

Julio Puente Garcia, Upper School Librarian // International School of Florence, Lecturer // CSU Los Angeles

David Ramírez Prieto, Associate Professor, Providence College, RI

Cheri Robinson, Assistant Professor, Brescia University

Jyeun (Gracia) Son, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University.