Achievements
Markers of Distinction 2005-2006
2004-2005 | 2005-2006
Faculty | Graduates | Undergraduates
PROMOTIONS
Laura PodalskyAssociate Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005
Abril Trigo
Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005
Dioni Viscarri
Associate Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005
APPOINTMENTS
Ileana RodríguezVisiting Professor, Harvard University, Fall 2005
Scott Schwenter
Residential Fellowship, Stanford’s Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, 2006-2007
AWARDS
NEH Summer Institute for College Teachers (“Brazilian Literature and Culture: From the Baroque to Modernism”). Research Fellowship, Lilly Library, 2006. Office of International Affairs Interdisciplinary Lectures, Seminars, and Conferences (“Dialogues of the Lusophone World”), 2006Lúcia Costigan, Associate Professor, Portuguese and Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Research Fellowship, Lilly Library, 2005-2006. Humanities Institute Working Group (“Lusophone Globalicities”)
Richard Gordon, Assistant Professor, Portuguese and Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Innovation Grant for the Arts and Humanities
John Grinstead, Assistant Professor, Hispanic Linguistics. With Peter Culicover (Linguistics) and Laura Wagner (Psychology) as co-PIs
Innovation Grant for the Arts and Humanities
Terrell Morgan, Associate Professor, Hispanic Linguistics. With Fernando Unzueta and Juan Zevallos (Spanish and Portuguese) as co-PIs
Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2006. OSU-Newark Exemplary Teaching Award, 2006. College of Humanities Seed Grant, 2006
Dionisio Viscarri
Graduate Teaching Associates | Faculty | Undergraduates
AWARDS & GRANTS
Fulbright FellowshipStephany Slaughter, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Mexico, 2005-2006
Guggenheim Fellowship for the Study of Violence
Sara Schatz, 2005-2006
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Susan Karpus Fund for Spanish Peninsular Literature and CultureTimothy Ashton, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Elizabeth Bell, M.A. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Jennifer Gómez, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Raquel Pina, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Ann-Marie Pouchet, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Esther Rincón, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Laurie Urraro, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
LoAnn Crane Fund for Study and Research Abroad
Elizabeth Bell, M.A. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Jennifer Gómez, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Raquel Pina, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Ann-Marie Pouchet, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Esther Rincón, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Laurie Urraro, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
María Teresa Beltrán Aponte, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Fernando Blanco, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Jennifer Gómez, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Laurie Urraro, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Fernando Blanco, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Jennifer Gómez, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Laurie Urraro, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
POSITIONS ACCEPTED
Chad HoweAssistant Professor, University of Georgia
Chris Dennis
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Christine Cloud
Senior Lecturer, The Ohio State University
Mónica Fuertes-Arboix
Senior Lecturer, The Ohio State University
Hugo García
Assistant Professor, Western Washington University
Manuel Gómez Fernández
Assistant Professor, Bard High School Early College
Tracy Muñoz
Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University
Kevin Poole
Assistant Professor, Clemson University
Ella Smith
Instructor of Spanish, Pikeville College
Francisco Villena-Garrido
Lecturer, Princeton University
Undergraduates | Faculty | Graduates
AWARDS
Virginia S. Hull ScholarshipMary Beaton, Spanish and Portuguese Major
Donald & Sidney Brandt Memorial Scholarship
Andrea Cornett, Laura Herbert, Ben Jones, Spanish Majors
Robert & Mary Reusche Scholarship for Study Abroad
Laura Anglim, Lindsay Barron, Laura Curcio, Meaghan Ebetino, Andrea Freerksen, Frances Krumholtz, Derrick Moomaw, Kristina Skinner, Jonathon Theiss, Christine Zgrabik, Spanish Majors
Humanities Alumni Scholarship
Luisa Caparoula, Brittany Hoefer, Michelle Hungerford, Spanish Majors
Luther F. Lalendorf Memorial Scholarship
Catherine Shaw, Spanish Major
Elizabeth Kiss Amstutz Scholarship
Laura Murphy, Spanish Major
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
LoAnn Crane Fund for Study and Research AbroadMary Beaton, Andrea Freerksen, Kate Riestenberg, Spanish Majors
Aristóbulo Pardo Awards
James Ashford, Annie Kiener, Spanish Majors
Mario Iglesias Scholarship for Study Abroad
Laura Herbert, Spanish Major
Club Hispano (Spanish Club) Scholarship
Lindsey Barron, Spanish Major
