About Us
Comedia Stages is a custom built, interactive database designed from scratch to better research outcomes. In continuous development!
Alejandra Juno Rodríguez Villar
Associate Professor of Spanish
Alejandra Juno Rodríguez Villar is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Hanover College. She holds a Ph.D. in the History of Spanish Theater from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a Ph.D. in Romance Studies from Duke University. Her research focuses on Spanish Early Modern Drama, especially in Calderón de la Barca’s autos sacramentales, which she studies from a Cognitive Literary perspective. She also directs The Barrack, a student Spanish theater company, with which she directs TV movies based on Spanish Early Modern Theater, as part of her dedication to outreach. Her most recent directed movie is “The Old Jealous Man,” based on the Cervantes’ interlude. Her interests revolve around cognition, emotions, decision-making processes, plot structure, humor, and digital humanities. She has published in journals such as Comedia Performance and Frontiers on Integrative Neuroscience, and she is the author of the monograph Cuando Compostela subió el telón: crónica sentimental de la década dorada del teatro santiagués (Alvarellos, 2011).
Jacob Herald
Lead Developer
Professional and bilingual software developer/data wrangler with experience in working in high stress environments while maintaining a trauma informed care perspective. Integrity, honesty, and a calm demeanor are combined with demonstrable skill in Python, R, Tableau, JavaScript, and React to create a highly focused, capable skill set regardless of the challenge. Excel, Data Management via Python, and Spanish bilingualism have been utilized in a variety of roles to ensure best practices are followed and maximum efficiency is achieved. Technological experience is weaved with cultural awareness and a humanities perspective to create a well-rounded, capable mindset. Finally, a foundational root in over ten years in hobby, freelance, and volunteer writing has created a literary foundation of content creation, management, and grant writing experience for community projects.