Staff

Amy Rossomondo (Ph.D., Indiana University) is Professor of Spanish and Chancellor's Club Teaching Professor at the University of Kansas, where she served as Director of the Spanish Language Program from 2004 to 2025 and currently chairs the Language Programs Committee. She oversees the design and implementation of the foundational course sequence in Spanish and guides the pedagogical development of the program's graduate teaching assistants and instructors. She is the co-author of the introductory Spanish curriculum Contraseña and has directed the Acceso project since its inception.

Natalia Camacho (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and coordinator of the third-semester Spanish course. Her current research explores power representations and identities in and through music and literature, with emphasis in contemporary Latin American and transnational narratives examined through the lens of gender identities and subjectivities. She explores cultural productions and Identity with a particular interest in women and gender studies, social agency and Intersectionality. She is the development assistant and a content creator for units 1-4 of Acceso.

Diana Londoño (M.A., Universidad Javeriana) is a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and coordinator of the fourth-semester Spanish course. Originally from Colombia, she has taught Spanish at all levels and also spent six years working as an editor and editorial assistant. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching with a focus on intercultural competence and the ways in which AI is reshaping the language classroom. She is the development assistant and a content creator for units 5-8 of Acceso.

Jonathan Perkins (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is the Director of the Open Language Resource Center. He is the co-author of the introductory Russian OER Mezhdu nami and has guided the creation of OER materials in Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Persian, Quechua, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Uyghur. In addition to his work on OER, he served as the Director of KU’s Language Training Center (2019-2025), which provided language training to active duty and reserve military personnel. He has been involved with Acceso since its inception and currently serves as the web designer.