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Hispanic Studies Faculty
Eleonora Bertranou
B.A. Education, University of Iowa
M.A. Spanish, University of Iowa
Ph.D., Spanish, University of Minnesota
Academic interests: Hispanic civilizations and cultures, immigration, revolution, civil war, genocide
Patricia Bolaños
B.A. Psychology, McGill University
M.A. Hispanic Studies, McGill University
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Academic Interests: Programs abroad, poetry, 20th-century Spanish literature, and Spanish women writers
Bruce Campbell
B.A. (Spanish and Government) College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
M.A. (Spanish Language and Literature) Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Ph.D. (Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Academic interests: cultural politics in Latin America, globalization, public art and social movements, contemporary narrative in the Americas, and popular cultural practices.
Nelsy Echávez-Solano
B.A. Spanish, University of Minnesota
M.A. Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Hispanic Linguistics and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Second Language Acquisition; University of Minnesota
Academic interests: implementation, facilitation, and evaluation of technology-enhanced language learning in beginning foreign language classes; the role of error correction in language learning; the use of Spanish Creoles in contemporary Latin America, Caribbean Spanish, Latin American theater, and Latino theater in the United States.
Angela Erickson-Grussing
B.A. in Spanish, Gustavus Adolphus College
M.A. in Spanish (linguistics), San Diego State University
Professional interests: second-language pedagogy, technology's role in the foreign language classroom, language acquisition theory, applied linguistics, Spanish syntax, phonology and phonetics
Marietta Franulic
B.A. Spanish and Latin American Studies, Arizona State University
M.A. Spanish, Latin American Contemporary Literature of Women, Arizona State University
Academic Interests: Spanish American Women's Literature, Film, Art and Music
Tania Gómez
B.A. English as a Second Language, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia
M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language and a Foreign Language, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
M.A. Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Hispanic Linguistics and Luso-Brazilian Literature, University of Minnesota
Academic Interests: Design and evaluation of technology-enhanced language learning in beginning foreign language classes, sociolinguistic aspects of the Spanish language, Spanish in the USA, Spanish in Immersion Schools and pragmatic aspects of the Spanish language
Christina Hennessy
B.A. French and Greek Literature and Linguistics. University of Athens, Greece
MA. Translation and Interpretation (Spanish, French, English, Greek) Instituto Universitario de Lenguas Modernas y Traductores, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. Completed all the PhD Courses in the Dept of Spanish Literature at Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Ph.D. Hispanic and Luso- Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics, University of Minnesota
Academic interests: twentieth century peninsular literature and comparative literature, Spanish theater, Spanish cultural studies, mythology, literary theory, film studies and translation. Published the following two book translations from Greek to Spanish: PREVELAKIS, Pandelis, El ángel en el pozo. Madrid: Clásicas, 2000. URANIS, Kostas. España: sol y sombra. Madrid: Cátedra, 2001 (wrote introduction study).
Roy Ketchum
B.A. Program of Liberal Studies (Great Books Seminar), University of Notre Dame
M.A. Hispanic Literature, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature and Linguistics, University of Minnesota
Academic interests: Contemporary Latin-American narrative with emphasis on Southern Cone literature and culture, Latin-American cultural studies, film, poetry, revistas culturales, collective memory, legacies of authoritarianism, globalization, migrations
Sarah Schaaf
B.A. Spanish and Cultural Anthropology, Saint Cloud State University
M.A. Hispanic Linguistics, University of Florida
Academic Interests: Sociolinguistics, Spanish in contact with English, Heritage Speakers of Spanish, SLA, Dialectology
Marina Martín
B.A. Philosophy, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
M.A. Philosophy, Universidad Completense, Madrid
Ph.D. Hispanic Studies, University of Virginia
Interests: Philisophy, literature, art
Elena Sánchez Mora
Education: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
M.A. History
M.A. Hispanic Literature
Ph.D. Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures from the University of Minnesota
Academic interests: Spanish Women Writers of the XIXth and XXth centuries, Hispanic Popular Culture, Images of God and Christ in Spanish and Latin American poetry, Voice of children in Latin American Narrative.
Corey Shouse Tourino
M.A. University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Academic interests: 20th-century Latin-American fiction, the post-boom novel, film studies, testimonio, cultural studies
Vilma Walter
M.A. in Second Language Education: Spanish/ESL from St. Cloud State University
B.A. from Eastern Kentucky University
Attended Universidad del Pacífico, Lima-Perú
Research Interests: Chinese immigration to the Americas. Changing roles of women in Latin America. Cultural and linguistic differences in Spanish speaking countries.
Gladys White
B.A. Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
M.A. University of Washington
Ph.D. Stanford University
Specialization: Literature of the Spanish Golden Age and Colonial Spanish American Literature
Department of Hispanic Studies
mourn the passing of
Prof. José Antonio Fábres.
