Office Staff

Director

Diana Rodríguez Quevedo

Dr. Diana Rodríguez Quevedo

(she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of the Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence

Schroeder School of Business Building, Room 58
812-488-2457
dr130@evansville.edu

Diana Rodríguez Quevedo received her PhD in Spanish – Latin American Literature from the University of Toronto. Prior to coming to the University of Evansville, she taught at the University of Toronto and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for one year. She has taught a wide variety of courses that include elementary to advanced Spanish, Latin American culture and civilization, Spanish conversation, business Spanish, and Latin America literature. Her research focuses on non-canonical texts of Latin America, such as testimonio narratives and songs. Her dissertation examined texts dealing with the phenomenon of forced internal displacement in the 20th and 21st centuries in Colombia.

Co-Director

Julie Merkle

Dr. Julie Merkle

(she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor/Biology
Co-Director of the Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence

Room 219, Koch Center for Engineering and Science
812-488-5026
jm757@evansville.edu

Specializations:
Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cell Biology, Reproductive Biology