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SPPO Contributes to COSI's Digital Cuba Exhibit
SPPO graduate student Luana Lamberti and Linguistics graduate student Shawn Barreiro have been featured in a series of short videos that were developed to contribute to COSI's Digital Cuba…
SPPO Graduate Student Mikel Bermello Isusi Awarded Global Arts + Humanities Society of Fellows Small Grant for Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Research
Congratulations to SPPO graduate student Mikel Bermello Isusi on being chosen as one of the six recipients of the Global Arts + Humanities Society of Fellows Small Grant for Cross-…
Dr. Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza to Offer Fully Online Graduate Course for Teachers of Spanish in Spring 2021 Semester
In the Spring 2021 semester, SPPO Associated Professor Dr. Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza will be offering a fully online graduate course: SPAN 6340 Spanish Phonetics for Teachers. Details about the…
Sumac Puringashpa: a Virtual Reality Project
Sumac Puringashpa: Walking the Meaningful Path: Coming and Going in Andean and Amazonian World Views is a virtual reality project created by the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (…
"Reel Latinxs" by Dr. Frederick Aldama and Christopher González Wins International Latino Book Award
Dr. Frederick Aldama, Distinguished University Professor, has won the Best Nonfiction- Multi-Author section of the 2020 International Latino Book Awards for the book that he co-authored…
Congratulations to our Recent SPPO Ph.D. Program Graduates!
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese would like to congratulate our recent graduates from our Ph.D. program! Eight of our students earned their Ph.D. between the Spring 2020 and Summer 2020…
Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama Featured in TRT World to Discuss the Contributions of Latinx Film Director Robert Rodriguez
Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama, Distinguished University Professor and author of The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez (University of Texas Press, 2014), was recently featured in a news segment on…
Incoming SPPO PhD Student, Marcia Macedo, Reaches 100K Subscribers on her YouTube Channel, "Português com Marcia Macedo"
Incoming SPPO PhD student, Marcia Macedo, is a well-known online Portuguese instructor. She has a YouTube channel, Português com Marcia Macedo, with over 300 educational videos on Portuguese…
Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama Interviewed by the Los Angeles Review of Books for his Children's Book, "The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie"
SPPO faculty member and Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor, Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama, was recently interviewed by Daniel Olivas of the Los Angeles Review of Books to discuss his new…