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Deanivea Mendes Felix Awarded Lemann Center Graduate Fellowship
Our own Deanivea Mendes Felix has been awarded a Graduate Fellowship for AY 2022-23 for her project "Under the Knife: Executive Interference and Brazil’s Human-Security State in Health Emergencies from the past 30 years" by The Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies. Congratulations!
Prof. Raquel Castro Goebel named repicient of the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
This is the major campus award for excellence in undergraduate teaching in the entire campus, a well-deserved honor on the heels of also being named recipient of the LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff. These accolades attest to and recognizes Prof. Castro...
Prof. Raquel Castro Goebel Receives LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Prof. Raquel Castro Goebel has been chosen by the LAS Awards Committee as the recipient of the LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff. Only one award is given in this category.
This award is given to Specialized Faculty in the College for their sustained...
Graduate students Carmen Gallegos and Katie VanDyne awarded the Departmental Graduate Student Teaching Award
The recipients of this year's Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Student Teaching Award are Carmen Gallegos (Literatures and Cultures) and Katie VanDyne (Linguistics). The award recognizes teaching excellence in our department and is given to one student in Literatures &...
Dr. Florencia Henshaw and PhD student Sara Saez-Fajardo elected to leadership in Downstate IL Chapter of the AATSP
Our esteemed colleague Dr. Florencia Henshaw has been elected president of the Downstate IL Chapter of the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese). Likewise, our PhD student Sara Saez-Fajardo was...
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Prof. Carolyn Fornoff co-leads inaugural Interseminars project, funded by a major grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Let's congratulate Prof. Fornoff for another outstanding achievement!
The Humanities Research Institute (HRI) announced the inaugural Interseminars project, entitled "Imagining Otherwise: Speculation in the Americas," and led by our own Prof. ...
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Prof. Silvina Montrul wins National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) fellowship!
Prof. Silvina Montrul has been awarded the highly competitive National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) fellowship for her project, “Analyzing and Visualizing Linguistic Variation in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers.” Silvina...
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Spanish majors and minors recognized with Bronze Tablets by LAS!
LAS has named the recipients of the prestigious Bronze Tablet award and several are our majors and minors! (Please note that other colleges have not yet released the names of their bronze Tablet winners so more of our students may be on those lists)
The following Spanish...
Prof. Mariselle Meléndez named LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar!
Prof. Mariselle Meléndez has just been named LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar by the College of LAS. Named scholars are chosen for their energy, creativity, and record of excellence in teaching and research, as well as for evidence of service and future...
PhD candidate Carmen Gallegos wins Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship!
Lit/cult PhD candidate Carmen Gallegos has been awarded a highly competitive Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship for AY 2021-2022. This award will allow Carmen to complete her dissertation project “Quantifying Amazonia: Ecocritical fictions...