Category Archives: Faculty News

Dr. Rodríguez Sabater’s article accepted for publication

Dear HISP Faculty & Friends, I am very happy to announce that Dr. Silvia Rodríguez Sabater’s short-form article, “Food for Thought: Building Socially Conscious Readers and Writers through Exploring Eating Practices and Sustainability Perspectives,” has been accepted for publication in Hispania. Please join me in congratulating her for this significant achievement. All best, Mike Gómez

HISP Faculty Focus, December 2019: Dr. Daniela Meireles

  Professor Daniela Meireles earned her Ph.D. in Iberian and Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research on inter-American cultures focuses on contemporary Brazilian and Spanish-American literature and film and examines the ways such cultural production challenges mainstream discourses of hemispheric citizenship, while building on those of  pan-Americanism […]

HISP Faculty Focus, November 2019: Marisol Castro-Calzada

Ms. Marisol Castro-Calzada–a 2008 graduate of the College of Charleston’s M.Ed. in Spanish program, as well as of Western Carolina University (B.A. in Business Administration, 2002)–has been an integral part of Hispanic Studies since December of 2008. Since joining the department as an Adjunct Lecturer in Spanish, Ms. Castro-Calzada has expertly taught classes in the […]

HispaCasts: Episode 9, Mike Gómez (Professor and Chair)

Click the playbar below to hear the 9th episode of HispaCasts created in collaboration with Dr. Mike Overholt from the Teaching and Learning Team.Dr. Michael A. Gómez – October 2019   This summer, Professor and Chair Mark Del Mastro accepted the position of associate provost for curriculum and academic administration in the Office of the Provost and […]

HISP Faculty Focus, October 2019: Dr. Elizabeth Martínez-Gibson

Dr. Elizabeth Martínez-Gibson has a B.A. in French Language and Literature from De Sales University, an M.A. in Hispanic Literature and a Ph.D. in Spanish with a specialization in Spanish and General Linguistics from the University at Albany. Before joining the faculty at the College of Charleston twenty-eight years ago, she taught at the University […]

Dr. Gómez Becomes Chair of HISP, Dr. Del Mastro Transitions to Associate Provost

Effective August 5, 2019, Dr. Michael Gómez, Professor of Hispanic Studies, will become Chair of his department.  Professor Gómez has served as the inaugural Associate Chair of Hispanic Studies since July 1, 2015, and in his new leadership role he brings a wealth of administrative experience and knowledge. Professor Mark P. Del Mastro, who has […]