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. …
Department News
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fall 2025 Honored Instructors
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating our Fall 2025 Honored Instructors. Every semester, students living in University Housing have the opportunity to recognize instructors who have made a positive impact on …
Congratulations to Undergraduate Hailey Dickinson – Voyager Scholarship for Public Service
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating junior undergraduate Spanish and Political Science major Hailey Dickinson on her Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. Hailey is one of one hundred students (and only …
Kiley Specht Receives ACTFL 2025 Research Priorities Initiative Award
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating Kiley Specht, graduate student in Spanish Applied Linguistics, on her American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2025 Research Priorities Initiative Award! She …
Eve Pujol Selected for 2025–26 Morgridge Fellows Community-Engaged Scholarship Program
Congratulations to Eve Pujol for being selected to join the 2025–26 cohort of the Morgridge Fellows Community-Engaged Scholarship (CES) professional development program. The Morgridge Fellows Program is a yearlong campus initiative that supports faculty, staff, …