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Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating Juan Poveda Romero and Denise Oyuki Castillo, who have been recognized as Fall 2023 Honored Instructors by University Housing. Each semester, University Housing residents are invited to nominate instructors that have impacted them positively, challenged them, helped them learn, and inspired them. Ouyki was recognized …
Link to Book Author Name: Rajiv Rao Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Year: 2024 In recent times, the study of heritage languages has rapidly grown as an area of enquiry. However, until now, less has been known about the sounds and sound systems of heritage languages. Bringing together researchers from around the globe, this volume …
Congratulations to Jamie de Moya-Cotter, who was recently awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad for his PhD project titled Narrating the Pluriverse: Eco-Storytelling from the Andes and Amazon! This project analyzes the similarities and distinctions between Andean and Amazonian encounters with extractive capitalist ideals of modernity and development. Jamie’s Fulbright DDRA research will take …
Link to Book Author Names: Donald N. Tuten, Fernando Tejedo-Herrero, Rajiv Rao, H. Robyn Clarke Publisher: Routledge Publication Year: 2022 Pronunciaciones del español is an accessible introduction to the linguistic diversity of Spanish phonetics and phonology. With clear explanations and detailed illustrations, this book guides students through key concepts in articulatory and acoustic phonetics. Particular …
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese is delighted to announce this year’s Marsha Gray Ehrlich Scholarship Fund recipients. Marsha Gray Ehrlich was a former graduate student in our Department, and an inspirational teacher during her long professional career. She received a Master of Arts, with a major in Spanish, on August 17, 1968. She carried …
PhD candidate Denise Oyuki Castillo has been offered a position as a College of Letters & Science Teaching Mentor. Every year, L&S welcomes and trains hundreds of new TAs. Teaching Mentors are the heart of this crucial undertaking: they serve as facilitators at the annual L&S Fall TA Training event and provide mentorship throughout the …