Hispanic Studies Student Focus, September 2023: Mauricio Moreno García With the start of another academic year, HISP is truly fortunate to be able to resume its Student Focus series. For the month of September, the feature is Mr. Mauricio García Moreno. A double major in both Spanish and Psychology, Mauricio has fully embraced a number […]
Click the playbar below to hear the 16th episode of HispaCasts created in collaboration with Tamara Pradel and Victor Ruiz from the Teaching and Learning Team. Danny Pasko – February 17, 2023 In this episode, Dr. Mike Gómez, Professor and Chair of Hispanic Studies, talks to Dr. Danny Pasko (Class of 2007) about his […]
Click the playbar below to hear the 13th episode of HispaCasts created in collaboration with Tamara Pradel from the Teaching and Learning Team. Levi Vonk – October 12, 2022 This episode features Mr. Levi Vonk (Class of 2013)—author, photographer, current doctoral candidate in Medical Anthropology at U.C. Berkeley and Hispanic Studies alumnus. Join us […]
Hispanic Studies Faculty Focus, March 2023: Dr. Carmen Gallegos-Pérez Dr. Carmen Gallegos-Peréz is Hispanic Studies’ Faculty Focus for March 2023. Dr. Gallegos-Pérez—who graduated with a Ph.D. in Spanish, Latin American Literatures and Cultures from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — joined Hispanic Studies during the 2022-2023 academic year in the capacity of Visiting Assistant […]
Hispanic Studies Student Focus, March 2023: Ms. Regan Honeycutt (’23) Ms. Regan Honeycutt is Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for March of 2023. Ever wonder if you could fit in a major in Spanish along with that B.S. in Biology? Well, ecce Regan Honeycutt and wonder no more. A major in Spanish since her first year […]
Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus, February 2023: Ms. Elisa Peñaloza Ms. Elisa Peñaloza is Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for February 2023. As any smart, forward-thinking individual inclined towards business can tell you, in our increasingly diversifying society, cultural and linguistic fluency represents the difference between a sale made and an opportunity lost. Of course, you needn’t […]
Hispanic Studies Student Focus, December 2022: Mr. Kevin Riley Mr. Kevin Riley, Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for December, is a Foreign Language Education and Spanish major, who, like many SPAN students, has also declared a minor in Linguistics. During past semesters, Kevin has contributed to the department as one of its Spanish Conversation Peer Instructors […]
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 […]
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 […]