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Achievements
Markers of Distinction 2004-2005

2004-2005 | 2005-2006

Faculty | Graduates | Undergraduates

NEW FACULTY

John Grinstead
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.
Hispanic linguistics, language acquisition and psycholinguistics (appointed in 2004)
Eugenia Romero
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Ph.D. Emory University
Spanish Peninsular literature and culture, nationalities, Galician studies (appointed in 2004)

NEW FACULTY HIRES

Ana del Sarto
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Ph.D. The Ohio State University.
Latin American literature and cultural studies, Southern Cone (appointed in 2005)
Richard Gordon
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Ph.D. Brown University.
Brazilian literatures and cultures; Latin American film and colonial studies (appointed in 2005)

PROMOTIONS

Laura Podalsky
Associate Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005
Abril Trigo
Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005
Dioni Viscarri
Associate Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005

APPOINTMENTS

Ileana Rodríguez
Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Fall 2005
Abril Trigo
Distinguished Humanities Professor of Spanish, Autumn 2005

AWARDS

2005 Scholarly Achievement Award, OSU-Newark
Dioni Viscarri, Assistant Professor, OSU-Newark
Latino Empowerment and Outreach Network—LEON
Donna Long, Education Award

GRANTS

Grants for Innovation in the Arts & Humanities
Scott Schwenter, Craige Roberts, and Donna Byron “Presupposition Accommodation” ($43,246)
Glaucia Silva, Luiz Amaral, and Detmar Meurers, “Bridging the Gap Between Research in Natural Language Processing and Individualized Language Instruction at OSU” ($44,521)
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Richard Gordon, Short-Term Research Grant, Summer 2005
NEH Summer Seminar, Rome, 2005
Maureen Ahern, “St. Francis as Martyr and Missionary Model”
Tuition Set-Aside Technology Grant
Fernando Unzueta and Jan Macián, Chair and Director Spanish Language Program
Office of International Affairs Interdisciplinary Lectures, Seminars, and Conferences
Juan Zevallos-Aguilar, “Symposium on Latin American Indian Literatures”
OSU Cares / OSU Extention Seed Grants
Donna Long et alia., “The Power of Ayuda Técnica: Transforming Ohio Nursery Industry Hispanic Employees and Families through Advanced Training.”
Honors Course Development Grant
Ileana Rodríguez and Stephanie Smith, Spanish/History H5XX “Identity and National Formation in Latin America: Perspectives from Literature, Culture, and History”
Office of Continuing Education Course Development Grant
Terrell Morgan, “The Spanish and Spanish Speakers of Ohio: An Institute for Educators”
Freshman Seminar for the Arts and Sciences
Eugenia Romero, “Literary and Cultural Travel through the Iberian Peninsula”
Ohio State Teaching Enhancement Program
Rebecca Haidt, Mid-Career & Senior Faculty Program
Jan Macián, OSTEP TA Coordinators Program Grant

Graduate Teaching Associates | Faculty | Undergraduates

AWARDS & GRANTS

Fulbright Fellowship
Stephany Slaughter, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Mexico, 2005-2006
FLAS (Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships, U.S. Title VI)
Lauren Hendricks-Chignolli, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures; to study Quechua at the Centro Bartolomé de las Casas, Summer 2005
Guggenheim Fellowship for the Study of Violence
Sara Schatz, 2005-2006
AGGRS
Chad Howe, Ph.D. Candidate, Hispanic Linguistics
College of Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant
Patricia Matos Amaral, Ph.D. Candidate, Hispanic Linguistics
Tinker Foundation Grants
Lauren Hendricks-Chignolli, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures
David McLaughlin, M.A. Candidate, Literatures and Cultures
Office of International Affairs Interdisciplinary Lectures, Seminars, and Conferences
Sara Schatz, “Speaker Series: State Crime in Mexico”
Ohio State Teaching Enhancement Program
Magdalena Mejía-Gómez, Ph.D. Candidate, Hispanic Linguistics, Graduate Teaching Fellow

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

Susan Karpus Fund for Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
Anne-Marie Pouchet, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
LoAnn Crane Fund for Study and Research Abroad
Rebecca Carte, Ph.D. Candidate, Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Chad Howe, Ph.D. Candidate, Hispanic Linguistics

POSITIONS ACCEPTED

Luis Alvarez Castro
Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Amanda Boomershine
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Christine Cloud
Lecturer, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
Susan Drake
Visiting Assistant Professor, Albion College
Judith García-Quismondo
Assistant Professor, Setton Hill University
Manuel Gómez-Fernández
Visiting Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America
Carmen Gómez-Gómez
Profesor Investigador Asociado, Universidad de Guadalajara
Matías Martínez-Abeijón
Assistant Professor, Southern Utah State University
Yuri Porras
Assistant Professor, Texas State University
Nieves Pujalte
Lecturer, Texas State University
Francisco Villena-Garrido
Lecturer, Princeton University

Undergraduates | Faculty | Graduates

AWARDS

Humanities Alumni Outstanding Student Award
Nicole DeGreg, Spanish and International Studies Major

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

LoAnn Crane Fund for Study and Research Abroad
Benjamin Holt, Julie Pickens, and Ryan Craggs, Spanish Majors
Aristbulo Pardo Awards
Kimberly Kirkwood, Brynn Myers, and Jessica Swainbank, Spanish Majors
Mario Iglesias Scholarship for Study Abroad
Laura Herbert, Spanish Major
Club Hispano (Spanish Club) Scholarship
Brittany King, Spanish Major