Say There Alumni Newsletter Fall 2018
Faculty Promotions
Dr. José (Pepo) Delgado was promoted to Professor of Spanish in 2018. He specializes in 20th century Latin American literature, the Caribbean, creative writing and theater. For 22 years he has been the co-organizer of the Annual Spanish Spring Colloquium. He teaches all levels of Spanish and has directed multiple study abroad programs in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Muriel Gallego was promoted to Associate Professor of Spanish and granted tenure in 2017. Her scholarship is in Hispanic Linguistics: Sociolinguistics, Language in Contact, and Second Language Acquisition. She supervises the Spanish Graduate Teaching Assistants and is the coordinator for the entire Elementary Spanish Program.
Dr. Mary Jane Kelley was promoted to Professor of Spanish in 2017. She specializes in Medieval Spanish literature but also teaches other advanced and graduate-level courses. She created a new course on the Franco Era through Film and has been the Graduate Chair for the past few years. She is very active in curricular innovation.
Dr. Adi King was promoted to Associate Lecturer of German in 2017. He teaches and coordinates both the 1000- and 2000-levels of German language. He also teaches Business German and other upper-level courses. He researches in German and Austrian literature, Wiemar women authors, popular culture studies and film.
Dr. Joanna Mitchell was promoted to Associate Lecturer of Spanish in 2018. She is interested in comparative literature, Spanish and Latin American literature, and Mexican literature. She teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced-level Spanish courses. She also directed the study abroad program in Mérida, Mexico and initiated a new service learning course in Mexico.
Anne Scott was promoted to Senior Lecturer of Spanish in 2018. She has been the coordinator for intermediate Spanish for the last few years and is now going to teach methodology courses and work with the College of Education and our Foreign Language Education majors. Anne also teaches advanced conversation and composition courses as well as Introduction to Hispanic.
Keith Woodall was promoted to Associate Lecturer in Spanish in 2017. He teaches Intermediate Spanish and Advanced Conversation and Composition courses. In addition, he revived the spring semester Spanish study abroad program in Toledo, Spain and has directed two very successful programs. He is also interested in 20th century Latin American and Peninsular literatures.
Faculty Accomplishments and Honors
Emilia Alonso Sameño: Re-appointed Director of the Institute for the Empirical Study of Language (2018)
Carmelinda Chilelli: Received the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Development Award and Humanities Research Fund Award (2018)
Chris Coski: Elected new chair of the Department of Modern Languages (2018)
Muriel Gallego: Received the Multi-Cultural Center Diversity Award (2017); Granted funding for a Graduate Teaching Certificate (2017, 2018); Awarded Faculty Fellowship Leave (Spring 2018)
Ashwini Ganeshan: Awarded the College of Arts & Sciences Professional Development funds, the Humanities Research Fund, Bruning Teaching fellowship (2017); OURC Research seed funds (2017), Women’s Achievement Award for Social Justice (2017), Untenured Fellow of the Ping Institute (2018)
Melissa Figueroa: Awarded intern (Fall 2017-18); Humanities Research Fund Award (2018)
Mary Jane Kelley: Awarded Faculty Fellowship Leave (Fall 2018-19)
Adi King: State-level German TAG committee
Amado Lascar: Awarded Faculty Fellowship Leave (Spring 2018)
Betsy Partyka: Appointed Chair of Global Travel Fund and member of the University International Council (2018); Awarded Faculty Fellowship Leave (Spring 2019)
María Postigo: Advisor of new Translation Club; Interpreted for Ecuadorian delegates from PUCE; presented at the DML Colloquium on Translation (2018)
Daniel Torres: Published new book of poetry in Mexico (Poemas Para Leer en la Calle) (Spring 2018)
Keith Woodall: Honored at Newsmakers Gala for media presence during Spain program (2017)
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