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Santa Arias, Professor and Head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is one of 20 faculty and staff members chosen for the 2023-24 Academic Leadership Institute.   In its 14th year, the nine-month program is designed to strengthen current…

 Prof. Ana Cornide will be the Project Director of the federally sponsored Project “ADELANTE: Advancing Culturally Responsive Place-Based Educational Opportunities for Latinx Students in the Borderlands”  (2023-2028). With this Title V grant ($3,000…

Prof. Ana Carvalho is the co-project director of Bilingual Voices in the U.S.—Mexico Borderlands: Preserving, Expanding & Elaborating Sociolinguistic Collections which was just awarded a NEH Grant: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources…

Two Office of the Provost Mentoring Awards went to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese this year! Congratulations to Prof. Lillian Gorman and Doctoral Student Romy Cerón Canché.

Students in the Translation and Interpretation (T&I) Program provided interpretation services for the UA Arizona Model United Nations (AZMUN). A team of 13 T&I students participated in AZMUN’s 20th bilingual, binational, and bicultural…

On March 31st, 60 students and their teachers from Pueblo and Nogales HS took part in the department's inaugural Spanish-language tour. The program was an outreach effort aimed at first-generation Spanish-speaking students, with the goal of…

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to share the announcement of the Spring 2023 College of Humanities Awards.   Distinguished Teaching Award Marcy Ziska Instructor, Spanish & Portuguese   Outstanding Graduate Assistant in…

A project to develop online training for police officers about the relationship between cultural memory, civil and human rights, and atrocity recovery and prevention has been awarded the Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism.…

Aiming to create a more vibrant and dynamic approach to literature, a new course in development will connect students with an array of analytical and interpretative tools, including films, digital mapping, sociopolitical and environmental data, and…

We could not be more excited to celebrate this year's College of Humanities Alumnus of the Year, Dr. Dolores Durán-Cerda (MA in Spanish, 1993 and PhD in Spanish, 1999) at Homecoming! Dr. Durán-Cerda is the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for…