Spanish and Portuguese

Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez, Chairperson
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
MSC03 2100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-5907, FAX (505) 277-3885
https://spanport.unm.edu/

Associate Professors
Richard File-Muriel, Ph.D., Indiana University–Hispanic Linguistics
Kimberle López, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley–Spanish
Miguel López, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley–Spanish
Kathryn McKnight, Ph.D., Stanford University–Spanish
Anna Nogar, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin–Hispanic Literature
Mary B. Quinn, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley–Hispanic Languages and Literature
Eva Rodriguez González, Ph.D., University of Kansas–Psycholinguistics
Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz, Ph.D., Brown University–Hispanic Studies
Naomi Lapidus Shin, Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center–Linguistics
Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara–Hispanic Languages and Literature
Damián Wilson, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Hispanic Linguistics

Assistant Professors
Jessica Cary-Webb Ph.D., University Texas, Austin - Lieature and Cultures in Spanish and Portuguese
Paulo Dutra, Ph.D., Purdue University–Latin American Literature
Angelica Serna Jeri, Ph.D., University of Michigan–Romance Languages and Literature

Professors Emeriti
Garland D. Bills, Ph.D., University of Texas–Spanish
Anthony J. Cardenas-Rotunno, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Spanish
Pelayo Fernández, Ph.D., Salamanca University–Spanish
Rosa Fernández, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
Dick Gerdes, Ph.D., University of Kansas–Spanish
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
María Dolores Gonzales, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
Tamara Holzapfel, Ph.D., University of Iowa–Spanish
Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D., University of Southern California–Spanish
Margo Milleret, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin–Portuguese
Tey Diana Rebolledo, Ph.D., University of Arizona–Spanish
Susan D. Rivera, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
Alfred Rodríguez, Ph.D., Brown University–Spanish

Introduction

The mission of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is to promote quality teaching and research that integrate the languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures of the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The department shares its expertise with the university community, the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico, and is especially committed to revitalizing the Spanish language in New Mexico and to studying the interactions between cultures in the Southwest.

Faculty and students work together in the classroom, in the community, and in study abroad to develop understanding, sensitive communication and critical thinking about our diverse and interconnected world. The Department prepares its students with the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to lead productive and fulfilling lives as citizens and life-long learners.

Group Requirements

Literature courses in translation are not accepted for fulfillment of foreign language group requirements.

Language Learning Center

Work in the Language Learning Center is assigned in connection with the lower-division language courses and does not carry extra credit.

Spanish Language Instruction Program

Language instruction courses develop grammar, vocabulary, the four language skills–listening, speaking, reading and writing–and culture.

Sabine Ulibarrί Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) Program

Spanish courses SPAN 1210, 1220, 2210, and 2220 are designated for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language. This is a comprehensive program that is designed to accommodate students at all phases of learning: from true beginners to those who are more fluent and are polishing their skills. By drawing upon our connection to the language, we make the study of Spanish more relevant to SHL learners; this serves as a significant motivating factor in language learning. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes.

Spanish as a Second Language (SSL) Program

This program is designed for students of Spanish whose native home language is not Spanish. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes.

Required Placement Evaluation

All UNM students who choose Spanish to fulfill their language requirement(s) must take a Spanish Placement Evaluation for placement at the appropriate level.

Students must print their placement results before logging out of the Web site.
If a student loses or misplaces their placement results, they have to re‐take the placement evaluation.
Students should bring a printout of their placement results to the first day of class.

Continuing students who are following the sequence of Spanish language courses are not required to take the placement evaluation again, unless, a period of one year or more has passed between Spanish courses.

Continuing students are required to bring an advisement transcript to the first day of class to verify enrollment in the appropriate course.

To Challenge a Course

When a student places into a higher‐level Spanish course, the student not only can advance faster, but also has the option to earn credit for the lower level courses by taking the Spanish language CLEP test. Students also have the option of challenging a course. If a student has earned a grade of "B" or better in a higher level course, he/she may, upon paying regular tuition for the lower level courses, receive credit for them.

Courses in Spanish (SPAN) are categorized in content areas. The category for each course appears in parenthesis at the end of the course description according to the following legend:

Language (L); Linguistics, Philosophy, and Methodology (LPM); Literature (LT); Peninsular Literature (PL); Spanish American Literature (SA); Southwest Hispanic Studies (SH).

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