Diane Marting, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Modern Languages

Diane E. Marting is Professor of Spanish at The University of Mississippi where she has been teaching since 2002, after holding positions at UCLA, Columbia University, and other research institutions. She is the Graduate Program Coordinator for French, German, and Spanish. Prof. Marting earned her degrees in Comparative Studies from Ohio State (B.A. with Honors) and in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University (M.A., Ph. D.). She primarily teaches courses in literature, film, and culture from Spanish America, but also enjoys teaching Spanish language, literature in English, and gender studies. In 2022 she is working on minority recruitment for the M. A. degree in Modern Languages and Latin American literature about prostitution.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests: Her research interests include Spanish American and Brazilian literature, film, and culture by women writers and directors or about women’s lives, feminist literary criticism, and European-Latin American feminist philosophies..