Summer 2020

Letter from the Chair

The last few months have presented a variety of challenges to the department and to each of us as individuals—among other things, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic…

Interview with Elvia Andía Grágeda, Coordinator of the Quechua Language Program - Part 2

In the Spring 2020 Edition of the SPPO Newsletter, we highlighted Elvia Andía Grágeda, the coordinator of SPPO’s Quechua Language Program, and her passion for educating students on the Quechua…

BuckIDream Ally Training Program and Working Group: Increasing Support for Undocumented Students on OSU's Campus

Dr. Anna Babel has participated in groups involved in immigration advocacy work on OSU’s campus for many years. In 2018, she held the first session of the BuckIDream Ally…

Exploring Immigration & the Galician Identity with Dr. Eugenia Romero

Dr. Eugenia Romero is an associate professor in the field of Iberian Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Dr. Romero’s research specifically focuses on Galician studies. “I chose this…

Investigating the Importance of Phonetics & Phonology in Second Language Acquisition

Palo Pinillos Chávez is a fourth year Ph.D. student in Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Her research focuses on phonetics and phonology, second language acquisition…

Class of 2020 Alum Presents Undergraduate Thesis at OSU 2020 Spring Undergraduate Research Festival

OSU Class of 2020 graduate Sydney Warinner used her final semester at OSU to write an impactful undergraduate thesis, Disability Protections for Central American Migrants in…