University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: March 2026

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 us hoping to create as well a collective vision for the future. An international collaboration related to the experience of …

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 On-Line Debates, 2019. A “run-down city, grey” and “grotesque” stands out as a sharp inscription at the center of “High Treason,” …

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 de Guadalajara, México; el Departamento de Español y Portugués de la Universidad de Wisconsin; el proyecto Women and Wellbeing Project, iniciativa …

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 use the award funds to advance her dissertation project on phrase-final intonation patterns in yes-no questions produced by speakers of …

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 Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi). She taught elementary (1959-1960) and middle school (1960-1961) Spanish in Florida public schools, created the …

Celebrating Excellence in Teaching: Congratulations to Ireide Calero and Levi Cross!

Please join us in congratulating two outstanding members of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for earning prestigious campus-wide teaching honors this year! Ireide Calero Recipient of the Early Excellence in Teaching Award Ireide Calero has been awarded the Early Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing her exceptional dedication, innovation, and impact in the classroom. This …

Professor Kata Beilin receives Research Fellowship

Please join the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in congratulating Professor Kata Beilin on receiving a Research Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Hildesheim, in Germany, for the 2026–27 academic year. During her fellowship, Professor Beilin will complete her current book project, The Return of the Maya Moment, which explores …