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Congratulations to Dr. Lillian Gorman for receiving the 2026 AAHHE Book of the Year Award – Mid Career Category!This award was received for Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identities in Northern New Mexico. Published in October 2024, Dr.…

Published in 2025, Research in Heritage Speaker Bilingualism: Theories, Methods, and Designs offers a comprehensive overview of methodological approaches to studying heritage languages. With a background in linguistics and an emphasis in…

Contemporary Topics in Applied Linguistics for Language Educators is a new free publication edited by Julieta Fernández and Chantelle Warner. This book, described as the "new handbook" on applied linguistics for language educators, brings the…

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is thrilled to recognize and congratulate Dr. Tania Leal on receiving the 2025 Chatfield Outstanding Untenured Researcher of the Year and Dr. Eliud Chuffe on receiving the 2025 Chatfield Impact Award! These…

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to congratulate Loyda Vance on receiving the 2025 COH Outstanding Senior Award!Faculty nominators Prof. Eliud Chuffe and Prof. Yadira Berigan commended Loyda, saying "...we have observed Loyda’s…

Since its premiere in 2024, Vozes das Margens has continued to receive praise and recognition for the perspective it brings to Uruguayan Portuguese and bilingualism. Ana Carvalho, Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and…

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is elated to celebrate our very own Spanish advisor, Rae LaBar Palmer, who was honored with the New Advisor Award!A double alumni of the University of Arizona, Rae has spent the past 7 years contributing her…

This past summer, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese launched their inaugural Study Abroad trip to Salvador, Brazil! After 7 weeks in Salvador, Bahia, our students returned with countless stories to tell. From savoring new culinary…

We are ecstatic to celebrate Professor Kristy Doran, who was recently honored with the University of Arizona’s 5-Star Teaching Award! The University of Arizona 5-Star Teaching Award is “...the only student-selected award that recognizes…

Congratulations to Professor Lillian Gorman for winning the New Mexico Book Award for Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identities in Northern New Mexico! The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is so proud of Professor Gorman for this well-deserved…

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to celebrate third year Ph.D student in Hispanic Linguistics, Taehyeong Kim, as one of the inaugural recipients of the College of Humanities GAT Award for Teaching Excellence. In an interview…

Sociolinguistic corpora are a vital tool used to research how language and communities are connected and opens the door to sharing and preserving linguistic data. In an article that was co-authored by Spanish Linguistics graduate students Hannia…