Spring 2022

Letter from the Chair

We are excited to begin to rebuild our faculty after years of attrition. Our first new, exciting building block is Professor Catalina Iannone, whose PhD is from University…

Get to Know the Department’s Newest Assistant Professor of Spanish: Dr. Catalina Iannone 

Dr. Catalina Iannone will be joining our Department in autumn 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Spanish. Before she begins working with us in the fall, let’s dive into where she has been, what type…

A Farewell Interview with SPPO Senior Lecturer, Dr. Elena Foulis   

The 2021-2022 academic year marks Dr. Elena Foulis’ 12th year teaching in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Ohio State. Unfortunately for us, it is also her last, as she has been hired as a…

Student Interviews Student: Learning about Hallie Fried, Student Curator for the Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifacts Research Collection   

We asked Legend Andoh, an undergraduate student working in SPPO, to sit down with Hallie Fried to discuss her work and overall experience as an undergraduate curator for the Andean and Amazonian…

Exploring Integrated Performance Assessments with Dr. Nicole Sedor

Dr. Nicole Sedor is the Assistant Language Program Director of Spanish and Portuguese. Before beginning at Ohio State, she received her PhD in Spanish Language and Literature from SUNY at Buffalo in…

SPPO’s Sebastián Muñoz Participates in the Department of Theatre’s Production of Sweat

Sebastián Muñoz is a current PhD student in Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. During this past spring semester, Sebastián had the opportunity…