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February 22nd Special Event: TEDxOSU Talk, Featuring SPPO Associate Professor Dr. Anna Babel
Who counts as a speaker of a language? Have you ever thought about what it means to speak a language? As it turns out, the answer to this question is complex and deeply…
Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama's Article on the "American Dirt" Controversy Featured in Latinx Spaces
SPPO Faculty member, Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama, recently had a article featured in Latinx Spaces, an online publication that focuses on Latinx media. Dr. Aldama's article, "Brownface…
Call for Papers - Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire Project
The Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire research project is engaged in digitizing ritual and festival-related texts held at the National Library of Portugal and National Library of Ajuda. The…
Elvia Andía Grágeda Receives Bolivian Literary Prize for her Debut Novel
Congratulations to SPPO associated faculty member Elvia Andía Grágeda, who recently won the Premio Guamán Poma de Ayala en Lengua Originaria, a national literary prize in Bolivia. Ms. Andía…
Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro Has Created The World's First Kichwa-English Dictionary
OSU Ph.D. student, Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro, has published the very first Kichwa-English dictionary in the world.
The goal of the dictionary is to empower Kichwa speakers and free the…
Elvia Andía Grágeda: The World’s First Certified OPI Tester for Quechua
Elvia Andía Grágeda, Quechua instructor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the Ohio State University, recently became the first American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages …
OSU DACA Students Featured on PBS NewsHour
"For DACA students, it's hard to focus on a bright future when faced with deportation fears."
PBS NewsHour featured a story about OSU DACA Students in their "Rethinking College" series on…
ASC News: An interview with Dr. Elena Foulis on heritage language learning
This College of Arts & Sciences interview with Elena Foulis, senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, centers around her recently published open-access textbook for heritage…
SPPO Heritage Language Courses featured in The Lantern
"With heritage language learners, we focus a lot on identity, on herencia (heritage); we incorporate those experiences from the home that they can bring into the conversations that we have in…