Sean Saxon
Ph.D Student, Spanish and Portuguese
Bio
Sean is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana he studied and worked in Madrid, Spain before joining the Department as a Lecturer and now as a graduate student. His research interests include 20th and 21st century Spanish political identity, food studies, and media studies. He is interested in seeing how gastropolitics can be used as a tool to impose a singular national identity, and how food can be an act of resistance.
Courses Taught
- SPAN-0100 – Elementary Spanish I
- SPAN-0200 – Elementary Spanish II
- SPAN-0210 – Elementary Spanish I and II: Advanced Beginners
- SPAN-0340 – Intermediate Spanish I and II: Accelerated
- SPAN-0400 – Intermediate Spanish II
- SPAN-0405 – Spanish for the Medical Professions, Intermediate II
- SPAN-1300 – Foundations of Spanish Culture and Civilization
Education
- M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania (2019)
- B.S. Neuroscience & Spanish, Tulane University (2015)