Jessica Linville

Jessica joined the IEU faculty in 2011 and served as Director of the Language Center from 2012 to 2023. She holds an M.A. in Hispanic Literatures from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and a B.A. with a major in Spanish Language and Literatures from George Washington University, Washington, DC. She did PhD coursework at Rutgers and the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid.

She has taught Spanish language, Hispanic literature, English, and university writing workshops at a variety of levels in both academic and professional institutions since 1999, including IE University, The College for International Studies in Madrid and Rutgers University. 

Under her ten-year tenure as Director, the Language Center grew from four professors of English and Spanish on the Segovia campus to over 50 professors of English & Writing Skills, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Arabic and Portuguese between Segovia and Madrid campuses at undergraduate and graduate level, providing language classes for IE staff and faculty as well and the IE Writing Center was established and developed. 

Jessica´s research has dealt primarily with the cycle of migrations between South America (particularly Argentina) and Europe (especially Spain and Italy) around the turn of the XIX and XX centuries, and the way these migrations helped to shape cultural identity as manifested in theater, literature and TV/film. 

Currently Jessica continues as a professor in the IE School of Humanities, teaching Spanish, Writing Skills and Humanities. She is passionate about teaching, education and bringing people together.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Practice, IE University, 2011 -  Present

• Director of IE Language Center, IE University, 2012 - 2023

• Instructor, CIS The College for International Studies, Spain, 2010 - 2012

• Course development “Teaching English through literature”, CIS The College for International Studies for Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, 2010

• Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Rutgers University, United States, 2002 - 2005

• Head Teaching Assistant Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Rutgers University, United States, 2003

• Assistant to Dr. Tomás Eloy Martínez, Director Latin American Studies Program, Rutgers University, United States, 2004

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Doctoral candidate in Humanities, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

• M.A. Spanish Language & Literature, PhD (course work), Rutgers University

• B.A. Spanish Language & Literature, Magna Cum Laude, The George Washington University