Leonor Elías, Ph.D.

Dr. Elías graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont with a double major in English literature and German literature and earned a master’s degree in Hispanic literature at Middlebury College, Madrid. She completed a doctorate at the University of Texas with concentrations in Golden Age literature, Spanish theater throughout the ages and colonial literature. She grew up in Monterrey, Mexico, with parents from two different cultures, languages and religious traditions. She has lived and studied in England, the former Soviet Union, Spain and Italy. She joined the Westmont faculty in 1999.  She speaks Spanish, English, and German with native proficiency and has advanced reading, writing, and speaking skills in Italian.