New Faculty Spotlight
The Department of Spanish and Hispanic Studies was greeted with four recent faculty additions. Here they are:
F. Komla Aggor joined the Department as its Chair in Fall 2008 from John Carroll University, a Jesuit university in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana, University of Western Ontario, and UCLA. Professor Aggor directs TCU’s Summer Study Abroad in Ghana, which is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2010. He is also co-director of the bi-annual International Conference on Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and Latin American Studies (ICALLAS).
Sohyun Lee joins the Department in Fall 2009 as a Trans-Atlantic scholar from the University of Arizona, where she completed her doctorate earlier in the year. Her work deals with documentary film, gender studies, and border studies. She also has interest in studying the dynamics of urban processes and their repercussions on socio-cultural phenomena. She has previously served as a reporter, producer, and translator for Korea Broadcasting System, after living for years in Paraguay. As a graduate student, Dr. Lee served in multiple academic capacities, as Coordinator of Services, editor and assistant editor, Undergraduate Student Representative, Graduate Student Representative.
Ryan Schmitz becomes a member of the departmental family in Fall 2009 as a scholar of Golden Age Spanish literature. He completed his doctorate earlier in the year at the University of Texas, Austin, where he distinguished himself as an outstanding teacher. His research focuses on Cervantes’s works, with strong interests in Trans-Atlantic, particularly as they relate to colonial narratives of Spanish America. Dr. Schmitz lived for three years in Mexico, where he also taught English to business executives.
María Zalduondo is the third member to join the Department in a single year. After obtaining her doctorate from the University of Texas, Austin, she taught for a few years at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and later at Purdue University. Dr. Zalduondo’s specialty area is the literature of Spanish America from Independence through 1940 (especially Mexico and Peru). Within that broad field, she has done research work related to Afro-Hispanic literature, women and gender studies, and the cinema. Dr. Zalzuondo is also a writer, and the Department can’t wait to receive her new offering in Creative Writing.
New Courses Spotlight
Beginning Fall 2009, these new courses will become part of the regular Spanish curriculum. Consider enrolling in them.
SPAN 20403 - The Hispanic City
SPAN 31303 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 31803 - Service-Learning in the Latino Community
SPAN 32203 - Popular Cultures of Spanish-speaking Countries
SPAN 32303 - The Cinema and Media of Spain
SPAN 32403 - The Cinema and Media of Latin America
SPAN 32503 - Panorama of Spanish Literature 1 (Pre-1800)
SPAN 32603 - Panorama of Spanish Literature 2 (Post-1800)
SPAN 32703 - Panorama of Latin American Literature 1 (Pre-1820)
SPAN 32803 - Panorama of Latin American Literature 2 (Post-1820)
SPAN 41003 - The Art of Spanish Translation
SPAN 41103 - Golden Age Spanish Poetry and Drama
SPAN 41203 - Cervantes and the Renaissance
SPAN 41303 - Modern Spanish Literature
SPAN 41403 - Latin American Poetry and Theater
SPAN 41503 - Latin American Short Story
SPAN 41603 - Latin American Novel
SPAN 41703 - Contemporary Mexican Indigenous Literatures
SPAN 41803 - Afro-Hispanic and Caribbean Literature
SPAN 41903 - Hispanic Women Writers
SPAN 42003 - Hispanic Literature in USA
SPAN 42103 - Luso-Brazilian and Hispanic Literatures and Cultures
SPAN 43303 - Hispanic Topics in English Translation
SPAN 49003 - Special Topics in Hispanic Literature and Culture
International Conference
The Department was co-sponsor of the II International Conference on Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and Latin American Studies (ICALLAS), which was held at the University of Ghana, August 5-7, 2009. For details, go to www.personal.psu.edu/yxa3/ghanaindex.htm.
Study Abroad
Two new study-abroad programs are in the pipeline; one in its planning stages, the other certain for inauguration in 2010.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Scheduled for Summer 2010, this program is in its planning stages. Interested students should contact the program director, Dr. Steven Sloan, s.sloan@tcu.edu.
Ghana Summer Study Abroad
Scheduled to begin the summer of 2010, this interdisciplinary cultural program is ground-breaking at TCU. For details, go to www.international.tcu.edu or contact the program director, Dr. Komla Aggor (k.aggor@tcu.edu).
Student Activities
The formation of a Spanish Club at TCU is in process. Stay tuned and prepare to join La Mesa Hispánica once an announcement is made early in the Fall semester.
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