The HISP Student Focus for November of 2022 is Ms. Amanda Craig (Class of 2023). A dual major in Spanish and Latin American & Caribbean Studies with a minor in Linguistics, Amanda has –much to the benefit of those around her– fully involved herself in the life of the department and its many activities, clubs […]
HISP’s Faculty Focus for November of 2022 is Prof. Adelaida Bidot. An impressive member of Hispanic Studies’ impressive faculty lineup since the fall of 2020, Adelaida received her education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico—first at the undergraduate and then the graduate level—where she completed a Bachelor’s and then a Master’s Degree in […]
Hispanic Studies’ Faculty Focus for October 2022 is Dr. Sharonah Fredrick Hispanic Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Sharonah Fredrick as a member of its faculty. Dr. Fredrick, who joins the department as an Instructor of Spanish—hired, in part, to broaden and deepen offerings in the Spanish for Health field—has an impressive academic pedigree, which […]
Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for October 2022 is Mr. Max Moore. On a hot August day I went to welcome residents into the Casa Hispana—Hispanic Studies’ living and learning community, located on Bull Street in downtown Charleston. Striding up to the house I spied a student and his father toting belongings up the front steps […]
Hispanic Studies Student Focus, April 2022 Mr. Luis Bravo (’22) is Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for April 2022. As has been clear from previous Focus features, Hispanic Studies’ students are a diverse and talented bunch—with Mr. Luis Bravo being no exception. Within the academic context, Luis is pursuing minors in both Spanish (a language of […]
Hispanic Studies Faculty Focus, April 2022 The final HISP Faculty Focus of 2021-2022 features Dr. Nadia Avendaño. Dr. Avendaño–a graduate of the University of California, Davis (B.A. in Spanish and French), as well as of the University of Arizona (from which she earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in 20th Century Latin American Literature) first […]
Hispanic Studies Student Focus, March 2022: Ms. Dahlia Watson (’22) Hispanic Studies is once again proud and privileged to be able to feature one of its impressive Spanish students—this time, Ms. Dahlia Watson (’22). Ms. Watson, a minor in Spanish and Linguistics, as well as a major in English, has had her share of academic […]
Hispanic Studies Faculty Focus, March 2022: Prof. Eileen Shields Prof. Eileen Shields is Hispanic Studies’ Faculty Focus for the month of March, 2022. A graduate of the College of Charleston (B.A.) as well as of The Citadel (M.Ed. with a minor in Spanish), Prof. Eileen Shields has had an impressive academic formation, which also includes […]
Hispanic Studies Faculty Focus, February 2022: Dr. Colleen Moorman Dr. Colleen Moorman is Hispanic Studies’ Faculty Focus for February of 2022. Dr. Colleen Moorman—who graduated from the prestigious Georgetown University with a Ph.D. in Spanish Applied Linguistics in 2017 (completing a dissertation on Individual differences and linguistic factors in the development of mid vowels in […]
Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for February 2022 is Ms. Ellie Manucy (’22). A double major in Communications and Spanish, Ellie is another great example of the sort of talented, multi-faceted, globally-minded student that Hispanic Studies attracts. Besides her many activities in HISP, through which she has distinguished herself and impressed more than one faculty member, […]