Faculty

Dr. Gina Ponce de Leon

Associate Professor of Spanish

Email:  gmp@niagara.edu
Phone:  716.286.8217
Office Location:  344 Dunleavy Hall
Office Hours:  On sabbatical leave, spring 2012.

Bio

Dr. Ponce de Leon teaches Spanish language and Latin American history, literature, and culture. She has published articles on a number of different aspects of Latin American literature, including most recently the book La novela colombiana posmoderna. She is the founder and moderator of the Hispanic culture student organization Bienvenidos, and she coordinates the minor in Latin American Studies.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Spanish: University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997
  • M.A., Spanish: University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992
  • B.A., Literature: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, Colombia, 1989