Faculty
The level of the courses and the qualifications of our Madrid faculty are equivalent to those on Suffolk University's home campus in Boston. Our distinguished staff has studied and taught in universities around the world, including Harvard, Cambridge, Duke, and Salamanca Universities. Our faculty includes a significant number of published academics. All share a common commitment to teaching and interacting with students.
| Department | Name | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Art | Cros Gutiérrez, Almudena | Instructor in Art History. B.A. (Honors) History of Art, University of Warwick; M.A. History of Art in Venice and Europe, University of Warwick; Ph.D. in History of Art, University of Warwick, UK |
| Business & Economics | Byrne, Noel | Instructor of International Business, Business Foundations & Accounting. B.A. (Honors) in Business, Economics and Social Studies, Trinity College Dublin; M.A. in International Accounting and Auditing (Honors), University College Cork, University of Gent, University of Grenoble |
| Tous Granda, Eduardo | Instructor in Principles of Business Law and Business Law and Ethics. J.D. University Complutense of Madrid; Ph.D. (Sobresaliente Cum Laude, International Mention), University Complutense of Madrid; Visiting Researcher, Harvard University; admitted in the Madrid Bar Association since 2012. | |
| ESL, English Language, Literature and Preparatory Courses | Wood, Tracy | Instructor in English. B.A. in English Literature, University of California at San Diego; TESOL Certificate, University Extension, University of California at Riverside; M.A. in English, University of California at Riverside; Ph.D. in English, University of California at Riverside |
| Government |
Xidias, Jason | Instructor in Government. B.A. in Political Science, West Virginia University; M.A. in International Relations, Schiller International University, Paris; Ph.D. in European Politics, King’s College London |
| Global Poltical Economy |
Isbell, Paul |
Instructor in Global Political Economy, Energy, and Climate Change. Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Leadership Network. Author of "Energy and the Atlantic: The Shifting Energy Landscapes of the Atlantic Basin." Climate Change Consultant for the World Resource Institute on land restoration in Latin America, and an Energy and Climate Change Consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank on low carbon transition. Chief Editor and Senior Writer at Global Alumni Education. |
| History | Santiago Cazull, Héctor | Instructor in History. B.A. in Humanities, Architecture (Honors), Columbia University; M.S. in Historic Preservation, Columbia University; certificate in Historic preservation, International Centre for the Study of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome; ABD History of America, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain |
| Corral Solaeta, Martín | Instructor in History. Licenciado in Hebrew Philology, Complutense University of Madrid; M.A. and Ph.D. in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University | |
| Mathematics & Statistics | Taboada Vázquez, Alfonso | Instructor in Mathematics. Licenciado in Mathematics, M.S. in Pure Mathematics, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain |
| Philosophy | Greenan, Robert | Instructor in Philosophy and Ethics. LL.B. in Law, University of London; Masters in Philosophy of Moral and Political Rights, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain |
| Psychology & Theatre | Iglesias, Sámar Khalife | Instructor in Psychology. B.A. in Psychology & Theater, University of Miami, USA; M.A. in Family and Couples' Therapy, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid, Spain; M.S. in General Health Psychology, Universidad de Almería, Spain; Licensed Psychologist in Spain through Madrid's Psychological Association. |
| Science & Engineering | Ortega, Alvaro Labiano | Instructor in Astronomy and Astrophysics,PhD in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen,The Netherlands; BSc and MSc in Theoretical Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. |
| Spanish Language & Literature |
Cabañas Alamán, Rafael | Instructor in Spanish. Licenciado in English, Universidad of Barcelona, Spain; MA and Ph.D. in Spanish Philology, Boston University |
| Fernández Bencosme, Lourdes | Instructor in Spanish. B.A. (Licenciada) in History, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (Summa Cum Laude); M.A. in Hispanic Studies (Honors), University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago | |
| Martín Chamarande, Cristina | Instructor in Spanish. B.A. in English Language and Literature, University of Alicante, Spain; M.A. in Spanish and Latin American Literature, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island |