Bryan Kirschen is Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Binghamton, where he is Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and holds a joint title with the Linguistics Program. Along with Dina Danon (History and Judaic Studies), he co-directs the University's Ladino Collaborative ("Ladino Lab"), an initiative that offers undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty training in reading Ladino texts.