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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…
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Sept. 10, 2025
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…
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Sept. 9, 2025
Spanish instructor, Sandra Bustillos, was recognized as an inspiration to many graduating seniors after the 2024-25 academic year. In an email Sandra received from The Arizona Online and Locations Team, she was notified the following:"We are…
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Sept. 5, 2025
In a heartfelt gesture of appreciation, a group of students came together and created a video for Dr. Ana Carvalho as she moves into a new role here at the University of Arizona. The Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Program shared this…
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July 23, 2025
Dr. Agripino Silveira joins the Department of Spanish and Portuguese as Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the Portuguese Language Program. He earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics (2012) and M.A. in Portuguese Literature and Cultural Studies…
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April 18, 2025
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona is proud to be hosting this years Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. The organizing committee includes some of our esteemed Spanish Linguistics professors: Dr. Ana M. Carvalho, Dr.…
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May 9, 2023
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…
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April 21, 2023
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…
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April 20, 2023
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.
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April 12, 2023
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…
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March 21, 2023
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…
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Feb. 1, 2023
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…