University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Spring 2026

Spring 2026 Newsletter

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. With a focus on racial slavery, abolition, and the birth of the Black press, his book shows how captives, free people …

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 structures. For more information, please visit www.cambridge.org/9781009692885 You may enter the code RADO2026 at the checkout

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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 with students and local communities. This immersive experience will allow him to build meaningful connections and a deeper understanding of …

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 …