Acting Director and Associate Professor of (Post) Colonial Latin American Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Quispe-Agnoli is also affiliated faculty in the American Indian Studies Program and core faculty of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Women in Development. She earned a M.A. in Sciences du Langage in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toulouse II, and a A.M. in Hispanic Studies and her Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies at Brown University. Professor Quispe-Agnoli has published La fe indígena en la escritura: resistencia e identidad en la obra de Guaman Poma de Ayala (Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Press, 2006). She also edited a special issue of Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Hispánicos y Lingüística entitled “Beyond the Convent: Colonial Women’s Voices and Daily Challenges in Spanish America” (2006).

Assistant Director and Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. Dr. Kidwell received his Ph.D. in English from the Ohio State University in 2003, with critical theory and American cultural studies as his primary areas of concentration. His dissertation, Reading the State Writing: Michel Foucault and the Production of American Political Culture, works with Foucault's thought regarding discourse, power, and government to develop a cultural analytic for the critique of American political culture, deploying that analytic in studies of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the campaign against venereal diseases in the early-20th century, and AIDS prevention in the 1980s. His research interests focus on theories of culture and politics and the study of American political culture.

Ms. Thomas has been working with CIS-AH since its inception in September 1989. She is CIS-AH Office Supervisor, Administrative Assistant to the Director, and Budget and Personnel Assistant. Among her multiple duties she is also responsible for processing faculty appointment forms, teaching awards, overseeing the Center's multimedia library, special initiatives and projects, and advisory committee procedures.

Ms. Ward has been working as a secretary with CIS-AH since June 2005. Among her multiple duties, she is responsible for: processing graduate assistant forms and related materials; CLIFMS for IAH instructors and teaching assistants; fixed term appointments and travel vouchers for graduate students teaching off-campus; summer courses and reserve motor pool vehicles, and textbook orders and desk copy requests for IAH courses. She also assists the Center with other duties such as drops, adds, overrides and enrollment procedures; AA forms; credit transfer; guest course approval forms; CIS-AH listserve.

Ms. Cornelius has been working as a secretary with CIS-AH since December 2000. Among her multiple duties, she is responsible for: scheduling of IAH courses; classroom scheduling; teaching evaluations (SIRS and SOCT) for all IAH courses; course descriptions and foci; study abroad programs that include IAH courses; AA forms, credit transfer forms and guest course approval forms. She also assists the Center with other duties such as student payroll, students drops, adds, overrides and enrollment procedures.

Has worked as a Web Designer in CIS-AH since January 2007. He has a BA in Business Management with IT specialization (MSU 2005) and will graduate with a BS in Computer Science with Game Design Specialization (2008). Clay assists IAH faculty with the design of teaching modules for hybrid and online courses; and works on regular website maintenance and data updating, and multimedia content reproduction and manipulation. Clay's current projects with us include: building a dynamic web system; faculty login system and the creation of a content management system.

Has worked as a Web Designer in CIS-AH since September 2006. He is currently working towards a BA in Professional Writing with a concentration in Digital and Technical Writing. David has been working in web and graphic design for over seven years. He is responsible assisting IAH faculty with the design of teaching modules for hybrid and online courses, the department website & logo designs, website maintenance, continuous transfer / update of website files, as well as the design of a search system, content management system, and multimedia library.

Has worked as a Web Designer in CIS-AH as of March 2008. He's majoring in Telecommunications with interest in various forms of digital media and information technology. His main concentration is web design and development. He also works at The State News, MSU's independent newspaper, on their Online Design and Development team. Jeff is responsible for general maintenance and updates of the CIS-AH website.

Michellena has worked as a student receptionist with CIS-AH since October 2005. She is pursuing a BA in Advertising and will graduate in December 2008. Michellena performs the necessary clerical duties in the office as well as enjoying the company of the excellent CISAH staff.