Spring 2023
Global Staff & Faculty
Meet the experts across Verto locations. Staff are experienced study abroad professionals with deep connections to the host community. Faculty hold advanced degrees, bring years of teaching experience, and are credentialed by the University of New Haven.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Leadership

Octavio Di Leo, Ph.D.
Center Director
Faculty

Andrés Roberts
Introduction to Business

Ayelén Pagnanelli
History of Art II

María Eugenia Cejas, Ph.D.
Quantitative Reasoning

Matías Ilivitzky, Ph.D.
Politics of Globalization

Natalia Lerussi, Ph.D.
Introduction to Philosophy

Natalia Polito, Ph.D.
Elementary Spanish I

Verónica Hopp
Elementary Spanish II
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Leadership

Blaire Modic, Ph.D.
Center Director

Andrés Zúñiga
Program Director

Johel Chaves, Ph.D.
Academic Manager

Andrea Bravo
Student Life Manager
Faculty

Ana Lucía Jiménez
Introduction to Digital Photography

Carmen Hutchinson Miller, Ph.D.
Making Modern Latin America

Edgardo Arevalo, Ph.D.
Introduction to Environmental Science with Laboratory

Laura Moreira
Introduction to Psychology

Leslie Jernegan
Seminar in Academic Inquiry and Writing

Maria Batista
Diversity and Social Justice

Yesenia Obando Diaz
Elementary Spanish I
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Prague, Czech Republic
Leadership

Jill Cefalo
Program Director
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London, England
Leadership

Claire Kibblewhite
Program Director

Di Lampitt, Ed.D.
Academic Director

Eliza Wilton
Student Life Manager
Faculty

Faisal Hameed, Ph.D.
Introduction to Comparative Politics

Gemma Miller, Ph.D.
Introduction to the Theater

Georgia Markoudis
Introduction to Business

Harriet Thompson, Ph.D.
Seminar in Academic Inquiry and Writing

Niccolo Salvatori, Ph.D.
Quantitative Reasoning

Piero Corcillo, Ph.D.
Sociology

Scott McLean, Ph.D.
Early Societies and Civilizations
Florence, Italy
Leadership

Cristiana Gallai
Program Director

Lori De Lucia, Ph.D.
Associate Academic Director

Alice Cini
Academic Affairs Manager
Faculty
Andi Nufer
Drawing I
Baret Magarian, Ph.D.
Seminar in Academic Inquiry and Writing

Dario D’Ambrosa
Elementary Italian I

Emanuele Tognelli, Ph.D.
College Algebra

Federica Di Sarcina, Ph.D.
Politics of Globalization

Leonardo Giustini
Quantitative Reasoning

Marco Di Manno, Ph.D.
Elementary Italian I

Maia Gahtan, Ph.D.
History of Art II

Mattia Rondinelli
Principles of Communication

Silvia Gentili
Introduction to Business

Susann Allgaier
Drawing I

Umberto Gori, Ph.D.
Early Societies and Civilizations
Seville, Spain
Leadership

Oscar Ceballos, Ph.D.
Center Director

Nicole Horvath
Director of Student Life

Manuel Salguero
Academic Manager

Michaela Hill
Student Life Manager
Faculty

Alejandro Varela Borges
History of Art II

Antonio Barneto
Introduction to Business

Carlos Pineda, Ph.D.
Principles of Communication

Dan Serradilla
Philosophy of Religion

David Becerra Alonso, Ph.D.
College Algebra
Quantitative Reasoning

Elena Gonzaělez Rojo
Diversity and Social Justice

Elisa Fernandez Bascones
Philosophy of Religion

John Julius Reel
Seminar in Academic Inquiry and Writing

Miguel De Lucas, Ph.D.
International Relations
Elementary Spanish I

Rosario Sivianes-Martin
Elementary Spanish I
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II

Rubén Díaz, Ph.D.
Diversity and Social Justice

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