Mark Del Mastro

Associate Provost for Academic and International Programs

As Associate Provost for Academic and International Programs, Mark P. Del Mastro, Professor of Spanish/Hispanic Studies, provides leadership and support in the area of curriculum development and review and academic policy. He also oversees the Center for International Education, the Office of the Registrar, and the Office for Institutional Effectiveness.

Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky and raised in northern New Jersey, Del Mastro earned his B.A. at Wake Forest University, his M.A. at Middlebury College, and his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. After defending his doctoral dissertation in August 1992, “Dr. D” relocated to Charleston, South Carolina to begin a career at The Citadel, where for 18 years he taught a variety of courses to include Spanish language and literature, and Hispanic culture and business.

After serving four years as Head of The Citadel’s Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, in July 2010 Del Mastro joined the College of Charleston where he served as Chair of the Department of Hispanic Studies until August 2019 when he transitioned to his current role as Associate Provost for Academic and International Programs in the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs.

In addition to his work in the Provost’s Office, Del Mastro has also served on multiple boards and councils to include the Association of College Honor Societies, the College of Charleston’s Hispanic Studies Advisory Board, the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Association, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, and the North American Academy of the Spanish Language, among others.

Also an active scholar, Del Mastro’s areas of research include the history of Hispanic professional organizations in the U.S., Spain’s Generation of 1898 literary movement, the Spanish novelist Carmen Laforet, and female identity, psychosocial development and psychoanalysis in 20th century post-Spanish Civil War narrative. In addition to numerous articles and notes in referred academic journals, he has published a Spanish literature anthology (McGraw-Hill 1998) and a history of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society (Juan de la Cuesta 2020). His most recent book, co-edited with Dr. Caragh Wells of the University of Bristol (UK), commemorates the centennial of Carmen Laforet’s birth (Albatros Ediciones 2022)

In addition to his research, Del Mastro co-founded the refereed journal Decimonónica, and he is currently Editorial Board Member of Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs and MIFLC Review; Founding Advising Editor of Hispanic Studies Review; Full Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language; and Correspondent Member of the Royal Academy of Spain, among other activities.

Education

Ph.D. University of Virginia, Spanish Literature

M.A. Middlebury College, Spanish

B.A. Wake Forest University, Spanish