Hispanic Studies

At the 2013 Awards Ceremony on May 10 for the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, the following graduating seniors of the Department of Hispanic Studies were recognized for their various academic distinctions in Spanish and Portuguese studies:

Distinguished Spanish Majors
Jeffrey Tyler Brooks
Stacy Michelle Calhoun
Stephanie Renee Ferrell
Emily Louise Gooding
Julie King
Mary Emily Lee
Varleria Scotto Di Luzio

Outstanding Spanish Major
Stephanie Renee Ferrell

Most Accomplished Spanish Major
Jeffrey Tyler Brooks

Outstanding Student of Portuguese
Priya Schlenzka

On May 10, 2013 at the Awards Ceremony of the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, Professor Emily Beck, Assistant Professor of Spanish, was granted the Dean’s Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Professor Silvia Rodríguez Sabater’s article “Service learning and intercultural competence in the Spanish as a second language classroom” has been accepted for publication in The Southern Journal of Linguistics.

Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Benjamin Fraser, Editor, and Professors Karen Berg, Carmen Grace and Claudia Moran, Associate Editors, the spring 2013 issue of HispaNews has been published: Click here to download.

Professor Zane Segle, Adjunct Professor of Spanish, was awarded the James A. Grimsley Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at The Citadel: http://www.citadel.edu/root/grimsley-teaching-award2013.

Professor Nadia Avendaño’s article “The Chicana Subaltern and the Ethnic Female Bildungsroman in Patricia Santana’s Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility” has been accepted for publication in the journal Letras Hispanas.

Professor Benjamin Fraser has accepted an appointment to the Editorial Board of the refereed journal Letras Hispanas: http://www.modlang.txstate.edu/letrashispanas/editorialstaff.html.

The American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese has selected Professor Luci Moreira’s co-authored textbook Ponto de Encontro as the 2013 “Best Book” for the Portuguese language instruction in the U.S.

See http://www.aotpsite.net/#!awards/cdvr, click “AOTP HAS SELECTED THE WINNERS OF ITS EDUCATION AWARD FOR TEACHING AND PROMOTION OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE IN THE EUA SEE THE LIST HERE.”

Professor Antonio Aiello’s following two studies have just been published:
1) “El discurso narrativo de Zoé Valdés: Una escritura metaficcional”: Dossier Valdés (Invited Editor, Aiello) Ediciones La gota de agua, Philadelphia, PA.

2) “Virgilio Piñera a la sombra de los clásicos: una  dramaturgia precursora del teatro posmoderno” en Celebrando a Virgilio Piñera, Plaza Editorial.