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May 21, 2026
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to acknowledge the dedication and accomplishments of all of our faculty, staff, and students. Today, we are especially proud to announce that three of our outstanding faculty have earned promotions…
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April 23, 2026
We are proud to recognize Dr. Ana Cornide for her selection as one of the eight fellows in the 2026 cohort of the Digital Borderlands in the Classroom Faculty Fellowship program. Her dedication to furthering undergraduate education has led her to…
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April 9, 2026
The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Interdisciplinary Roundtable took place on February 13th and 14th at the Manuel Pacheco Integrated Learning Center. There, several members of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese were able to…
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March 18, 2026
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to have been featured in the College of Humanities (COH) annual Advancing Humanities magazine. This magazine features a variety of stories and accomplishments that occurred within the COH in the past…
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Feb. 20, 2026
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.…
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Feb. 13, 2026
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…
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Feb. 6, 2026
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…
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Nov. 19, 2025
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…
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Oct. 14, 2025
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…
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Oct. 7, 2025
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…