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Biography
Sergio is a first-year PhD student in Hispanic Literature and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaing. His research interests are various since he originally graduated from Universidad de Granada (Spain) with a degree in Translation and Interpreting German <> Spanish and worked as a legal translator for a Spanish company. After that, he started a MA in Hispanic Literature and found a passion for the study of horror literature/films in Spain, 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 130: Intermediate Spanish (Fall 2022)
SPAN 142: Spanish in the Professions (Spring 2023)
SPAN 248: Latin American Diaspora Film (Spring 2023)