Spanish and PortugueseEnvironmental Humanities: Theory, Method, and Practice
SPAN 543-401
Prof. Bethany Wiggin
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Environmental Humanities: Theory, Methods, Practice is a seminar-style course designed to introduce students to the trans- and interdisciplinary field of environmental humanities. Weekly readings and discussions will be complemented by guest speakers from a range of disciplines including ecology, atmospheric science, computing, history of science, medicine, anthropology, literature, and the visual arts. Participants will develop their own research questions and a final project, with special consideration given to building the multi-disciplinary collaborative teams research in the environmental humanities often requires.
Pedagogy Across the Spanish Curriculum
SPAN 606-301
Prof. María Victoria García-Serrano
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The aim of this seminar is to prepare graduate students in Hispanic Studies to teach a wide range of courses typically offered at North American universities and colleges--from the elementary Spanish language level to upper-division seminars--while familiarizing themselves with current approaches and methodological trends in foreign language instruction. By designing a content-based syllabus, including selecting and sequencing of reading materials and choosing the appropriate learning outcomes and assessment methods, graduate students will gain a greater awareness of curricular planning and development and acquire skills that will significantly ease their future teaching endeavors such as using a backward design model, incorporating their own research interests into their lessons and courses, or taking advantage of the resources available to language learners on campus. By the end of the course, graduate students will be able to talk about and reflect on their teaching in an effective and professional manner.
Latin American Black Feminist Literature and Knowledge
SPAN 697-401
Prof. Odette Casamayor
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How to be a black woman in Latin America? This question launches my analysis of relevant literary accounts of the black experience by contemporary writers Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe), Edwidge Danticat (Haiti/USA), Conceição Evaristo (Brazil), Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua/USA), Nancy Morejón (Cuba), and Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico). Their works will be studied in conjunction with Black anti-racist and anti-patriarchal theoretical analyses from Suzanne Césaire (Martinique), Beatriz Nascimento, Sueli Carneiro, and Lélia Gonzalez (Brazil), Ochy Curiel (Dominican Republic), Patricia Hill Collins, Audre Lorde, and bell hooks (USA).