Spring 2026 Newsletter
Year: 2026
Cambridge University Press publishes Professor Goldgel Carballo’s book
Cambridge University Press publishes Professor Goldgel Carballo’s book Please join the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in congratulating Professor Víctor Goldgel Carballo on publishing Racial Doubt. Slavery, Passing, and the Emergence of Black Writing in Cuba. …
Racial Doubt. Slavery, Passing, and the Emergence of Black Writing in Cuba
With a focus on racial slavery, abolition, and the birth of the Black press, Professor Victor Goldgel-Carballo’s book shows how captives, free people of color, and Afro-Cuban authors leveraged racial doubts to overcome racist socio-political …
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Tyler Sampson awarded 2026-27 Fulbright
Congratulations to Tyler Sampson on being awarded a Fulbright for the 2026–2027 academic year! Through this prestigious opportunity, Tyler will be placed in a public school in Mexico where he will teach English while engaging …
Inside out / De adentro afuera: A 4W Community Art Project
Author Name: Sarli E. Mercado, Ph.D. Publisher: Meninas Cartoneras Editorial Publication Year: 2021 View the voices and artistic expressions of people around the world that bear witness to the many ways that COVID-19 has impacted …
Spanish American Lyrical Landscapes of Ecological Thougth: On Urban and Rural Connections
Author Name: Sarli E. Mercado Publisher: Environmental Cultural Studies Through Time: The Luso-Hispanic World Hispanic Issues On Line 24 Publication Year: 2019 A chapter book and contribution to ecocriticism volume Environmental Cultural Studies Through Time Hispanic Issues …
Montañas and three or four ríos
Author Name: Sarli E. Mercado, Ph.D. Publisher: meninascartoneras Publication Year: 2025 El proyecto Montañas and three or four ríos, es una iniciativa que surgió del trabajo conjunto entre el Museo de Ciencias Ambientales de la Ciudad …
Congratulations to our 2026 Graduate Student Summer Research and Dissertation Write-Up awards winners!
DISSERTATION WRITE-UP AWARDEES: · Martiniano Etchart will work on his dissertation project entitled “Exploring Language Teacher Well-Being in Argentina Across Institutional Environments: An Analysis of Belonging, Enjoyment, and Professional Social Networks.” · Estefanía Galindo will …
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese Mourns the Loss of Professor Emerita Mary Lou Daniel
Professor Daniel graduated from Madison East High School and the University of Wisconsin (B.S. degree in Secondary Education with major in Spanish [1958], M.A. in Spanish [1959], Ph.D. in Portuguese [1965]; member of Phi Beta …