Contact Information
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at LCLB 4124
Biography
Sergio is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Hispanic Literature and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He originally graduated from Universidad de Granada (Spain) with a degree in Translation and Interpreting English/German <> Spanish and worked as a legal translator for a Spanish company. After that, he started an MA in Hispanic Literature and found a passion for the study of horror literature and cinema in Spain and Argentina, as well as teaching Spanish as a second language, so he decided to start a Doctorate Program at UIUC, where he could combine all of his research interests.
Research Interests
Speculative Fiction in Contemporary Spanish Literature
Speculative Fiction in Contemporary Latin American Literature
Literary Translation from German/English into Spanish
Relations between Queer Theory and Horror Films in the Hispanic Literature
Teaching Spanish as a Second Language
Education
PhD in Hispanic Literature and Cultures. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In progress
MA in Hispanic Literature. Michigan State University. 2022
BA in Translation and Interpreting. Universidad de Granada. 2020
Courses Taught
SPAN 122: Intensive Elementary Spanish (Summer 2024/ Spring 2026)
SPAN 130/201: Intermediate Spanish (Fall 2022/ Fall 2023/ Fall 2025)
SPAN 141: Introduction to Spanish Grammar (Fall 2024/ Spring 2025/ Summer 2025/ Fall 2025/ Spring 2026)
SPAN 142: Spanish in the Professions (Spring 2023/ Summer 2023)
SPAN 208: Oral Spanish (Fall 2023)
SPAN 248: Latin American Diaspora through Film (Spring 2023/ Spring 2024/ Spring 2025)