Gerald G. Guidera

President, Board of Directors
Co-founder

Lugar de nacimiento: Mineola, New York, USA 

Idiomas que hablas: English, Spanish, French, Chinese

Intereses/hobbies/pasatiempos: Theater: author and producer
Narrative Poetry: reader and author
Sports: long distance runner
Horses: rider and breeder

Datos biográficos de interés: Raised in Westbury, Long Island, New York
Moved with family to Spain in 1961
Taught at University of Minnesota (1959-61)
Taught at University of Maryland (overseas extension) in Sevilla, 1963-68

Estudios: B.A. Hofstra College (1957) in British and American Literature
M.A. University of Connecticut (1958) in British and American Literature
Doctoral Studies at University of Minnesota (1959-61) in British and American Literature
Doctor en Filosofía y Letras (1968) Universidad de Sevilla, en Historia (Antropología Social).

Trabajo con Spanish Studies desde: Founder, 1968

Barbara L. Guidera

Quality Control and Project Manager
Co-founder

Lugar de nacimiento: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Idiomas que hablas: English, Spanish 

Intereses/hobbies/pasatiempos: Traveling, gardening, sports, reading, movies, opera, theater, classical music.

Datos biográficos de interés: Married, six children, eight grandchildren. First came to Spain in 1961.
Presentation at the All-Iberia Conference of American Clubs and Associations in March 1998. Tittle: “American Women living in a new culture in Spain or Portugal”.
March 2002: Organized a Symposium for European Alumnae of Mount Holyoke College; Tittle: “Language and Communication in the Third Millennium”.

Estudios: B.A. Mount Holyoke College, 1957 Various courses in Spanish culture and literature.

Trabajo con  Spanish Studies desde: Since it was founded en 1968