We are now accepting applications for Fall 2024 admission to our MA and Ph.D. programs in Hispanic Linguistics and Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies.
Margarita Saona’s book of short fiction, La ciudad en que no estás (Lima, 2021), has been nominated for the 2021 Luces Award in the short story category. This award is sponsored by El…
Lidia Aguilera Lora and Megan Marshall, both PhD students in Hispanic Linguistics, have been awarded the Provost’s Graduate Research Award. This annual “seed funding” competition helps students to develop stronger applications for funding…
Kara Morgan-Short, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Psychology, gave one of three plenaries at the 2021 ALAK International Symposium for Young Researchers in Applied Linguistics & International Conference. The conference was held online…
Rosilie Hernández, Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Hispanic & Italian Studies, was recently named to President’s Executive Leadership Program for the…
Liliana Sánchez, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics, and her SAIPM-COVID19 collaborators have been using their linguistic and cultural research to help create effective health education materials for minority and indigenous communities in response to…
Bernardo Navia, an alumnus of the Ph.D. program in Hispanic Studies and a lecturer in the Spanish Heritage Language Program, has just published a new book Forasteros: Tres narraciones peregrinas. It was reviewed…
Meloddye Carpio Ríos has won the second prize for graduate essays in the Gender Perspective Research Essay Competition for her essay “De afectos, procesos y excesos: reflexiones sobre la masculinidad y los héroes…
Anna Torres Mallma, a PhD candidate in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies, has received a Chancellor’s Student Service and Leadership Award. These awards “honor students who have made an outstanding contribution to the…
Lisa James, PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies, has received the Provost’s Graduate Internship Award for Summer 2021. Lisa will be working with LAS’s Office of Recruitment and Engagement under the direction of Justin…
Meloddye Carpio Ríos, PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies, has been awarded two major awards by the UIC Graduate College. The Access to Excellence Fellowship offers support to increase the number of students from…
