Staff Bios
Manuel Sánchez, Resident Coordinator, received his B.A. in English Studies from the Universidad de Alicante. His professional and academic experience involves research on technology applied to literature and virtual libraries, and teaching. Manuel also works as an assistant professor in the Universidad de Alicante’s Education Department. Manuel speaks several languages and has published articles on digital libraries and sociolinguistics.
Jennifer Holleyman, Resident Coordinator, earned her M.A. in Translation and Interpretation between Spanish and English from the Universidad de Alicante in 2001. While completing her undergraduate degree in Ecological Design and Spanish at the University of California, Berkeley, she studied abroad in Seville, Spain. Originally from California, she has lived in Alicante for the last 10 years and began working for the CIEE Study Center in Alicante as its Resident Coordinator in 2002.
Francisco Díez, Center Director, earned his M.A. in Applied Linguistics and Spanish Language Teaching from Michigan State University and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, focusing on language acquisition stages. Originally from Alicante, he studied at Sheffield Hallam University and Michigan State University, where he taught Spanish for two years. Francisco joined CIEE in 2000 as Resident Coordinator at the CIEE Study Center in Alicante, where he has helped develop, produce, and run the socio-cultural and Intercambios programs, as well as the Spanish language placement test. Since January 2006, Francisco has served as Center Director and is also the Resident Director of the Liberal Arts program. He speaks Spanish, English, Valencian, and Catalan. CIEE students in Alicante are also assisted by Beatriz Ortín Pérez, Student Activities Assistant; and Felipe Molina, Technical and Administrative Coordinator.