Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating undergraduate Spanish major Anna Schiessl on her Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. FLAS fellowships assist students in the acquisition of foreign language and …
Department News
Saylín Álvarez Oquendo Receives L&S Academic Staff Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to Saylín Álvarez Oquendo on receiving the College of Letters & Science Academic Staff Teaching Excellence Award! L&S honors outstanding instructional academic staff for their excellence in evidence-based and student-centered teaching and undergraduate student …
Professor Rajiv Rao Awarded Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship
Professor Rajiv Rao has been awarded an appointment as a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor. This coveted professorship recognizes “UW–Madison faculty members whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence also includes …
Congratulations to Jamie de Moya-Cotter – Fall 2024 Pedagogical Innovation Winner!
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating Jamie de Moya-Cotter, winner of the 2024 Pedagogical Innovation Contest! Contestants submitted a detailed proposal involving the incorporation of artificial intelligence into an existing lower-division …
Congratulations to Letícia Barbosa – UW-Madison Doctoral Nominee for the 2025 MAGS Excellence in Teaching Award
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating Letícia Barbosa on being selected as the University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral nominee for the 2025 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award. …
Keira Hook Wins Spring 2025 Language Institute Generative AI and Language Education Instructional Innovation Award
Congratulations to Keria Hook, winner of a 2025 Language Institute Generative AI and Language Education Instructional Innovation Award! She will put this award toward using generative AI for an instructional activity in which Spanish 102 …
Congratulations to Professor Paola Hernández, incoming Editor of Latin American Theatre Review
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese would like to congratulate Professor Paola Hernández, who has been selected as the incoming Editor of Latin American Theatre Review (LATR), one of the most prestigious journals in the …
Congrats to Professor Rajiv G. Rao for receiving a Fulbright Specialist Award!
The Fulbright Specialist Program pairs highly qualified US academics and professionals with host institutions abroad to share their expertise, strengthen institutional linkages, hone their skills, gain international experience, and learn about other cultures while building …
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese Mourns the Loss of Professor Emeritus Will Risley
Will Risley was a passionate reader of Spanish literature and shared this passion throughout Van Hise’s classrooms, as well as its corridors. He could talk endlessly about the works of the nineteenth-century writer Benito Pérez …
Congratulations to Professor Grant Armstrong: Awarded an H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship!
This award is provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. It is a major campus honor with which the University recognizes …