Department News
Spanish
Section publishes newsletter- Eva Nunez-Mendez has spearheaded
the development of a departmental newsletter.
Read the first edition here
PSU
Leads in Textbook Standardization Efforts
Collaboration between Portland State University, Portland Community
College, and Mount Hood Community College is improving continuity
of learning experience for first-year Spanish students. PSU and all
PCC campuses now use the same textbook, Dos Mundos. MHCC
will begin implementation of Dos Mundos this spring and summer.
Additionally, Dos Mundos WebCT content specially modified
and enhanced at PSU is now in use at PCC and is scheduled for implementation
at MHCC fall 2005. The program coordinators at the three schools have
begun new discussions on facilitating student movement between the
three schools.
Departmental Achievements
4/17/08
Graduate Student Dawn Stanfield (MA Spanish) has received a Fulbright
Scholarship for teaching and research in Spain. She will be researching the
juvenile literature of Ana María Matute.
3/11/08
Eva Nunez, Spanish faculty
just published her article entitled "Cognitive advantages of bilinguals over
monolinguals" in the journal Linguistica 47: 77-84, 2007.
3/19/07
Oscar Fernández, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, was a
co-writer on a grant from the 2007 Higgins Housing Fund of Equity
Foundation for Outside In's Identity Project, an integral service of
the Transgender Resource Center at Outside In.
4/11/06
DeLys Ostlund, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, authored
"Portland's Miracle Theatre Group and Fuente Ovejuna" published in
Comedia Performance, Vol. 3, No. 1.
10/18/05
Congratulations to Eva Nunez Mendez, FLL faculty, for the publication
of her first book: Fundaments of Spanish phonology and phonetics,
published by Lincom, Germany, 2005.
10/18/05
Manya Wubbold, Spanish Instructor and Outreach coordinator is currently
in Mexico teaching on a Fulbright teaching exchange at ITESCA, Instituto Tecnológico Superior
de Cajeme. Manya will return to PSU in Dec.
4/9/05
Eva Nunez - Mendez, Faculty of FLL, has just published a book review
titled "A Philosophy of Second Language Acquisition" by
M. Johson, Yale University Press, at the journal Rocky Mountain Review
of Language and Literature, 59 91): 81-83, 2005.
4/19/05
Eva Nunez-Mendez, Foreing Language Faculty, has just published a book
review about the importance of bilingualism in Education. Her review
of "Trascending Monolingualism, Linguistic Revitalisation in
Education" is published in the journal Bilingual Education and
Bilingualism vol 8, no. 2, pp. 249-51 (Spring 2005).
4/11/05
Eva Nunez-Mendez, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, has published
a book review of Michel Achard and S. Niemeir's "Cognitive Linguistics,
Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching" in
Language, Culture and Curriculum Vol. 18, no. 2 (2005).
4/12/05
Congratulations to Eva Nunez-Mendez who has received the Northwest
Council on Study Abroad appointment to teach at the University of
Oviedo (Spain) during the winter term 2006.
3/31/05
Oscar Fernandez, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, has been
selected to serve as board member for Portland's Equity Foundation,
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funding programs in community education,
youth and family, health and social services, and arts and culture
http://www.equityfoundation.org/
3/16/05
Oscar Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature,
presented a a paper, Francisco Clavijero and Transatlantic Natural
Histories, at the annual American Comparative Literature Association
conference (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA,
March 11-13, 2005).
3/6/05
Congratulations to Eva Nunez Mendez, whose article "El complemento
indirecto introducido por 'para" was published in Hispanic Research
Journal 6 (1): 3-12, Feb. 2005, at the University of London, U. K.
11/17/04
DeLys Ostlund & Manya Wubbold, Foreign Languages & Literatures,
were part of a panel on Service Learning in a Foreign Language during
the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association meeting held at
Reed College Nov. 5-7. Ostlund presented a paper entitled "What
Does Service Learning Have To Do With Don Quijote," and Wubbold
presented a paper entitled "Service Learning Here and Abroad."
11/17/04
Oscar Fernández, was a co-presenter for Portland State's First
Annual Edúcate Conference organized by M.E.Ch.A (Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán) with a session on "Latinos
in Education" (with David Martínez, Director of Multicultural
Programs, Linfield College), Nov. 12, 2004. The conference welcomed
250 Latino high school students from the metro area.
11/17/04
Eva Nunez Mendez, recently presented a paper "Mistica de los
trabajadores en la prosa chilena de Eltit" at the annual Pacific
Ancient & Modern Lang. Assoc. conference at Reed College, Portland,
Nov. 7, 2004.
10/14/04
Eva Nunez, FLL faculty, presented a paper "Mastretta and their
female characters" at the annual Rocky Mountain Modern Lang.
Assoc. Conference at the U. of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Nunez also chaired
the session of Spanish Linguistics and was alternative chair for the
session of Second Language Acquisition.
10/5/04
Eva Núñez, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty,
wrote a book review of P. Eckert's Style and Sociolinguistic Variation,
M. Reyes' The Best for Our Children, S. Kellman's The Translingual
Imagination, and W. Calvin's Lingua ex Machina published in the following
journals: American Speech from Duke University Press, Linguistics
and Education from the University of Pennsylvania, South Central Review
from Texas A & M, and Linguistica Antverpiensia, a Belgium independent
journal of linguistics.
9/30/04
Congratulations Eva Núñez, Spanish Department faculty
who presented a paper, "La Dianela Eltit de Mano de obra,"
at the Conference of Trans-Atlantic Studies at Brown University in
April, 2004.
6/4/04
PSU’s M.E.Ch.A (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán)
hosted their first annual award banquet. During the course of the
evening, staff, faculty, and students were honored for their work
with Hispanic and Chicano communities. Dr. Oscar Fernández
was the recipient of an award "In recognition for your hard work
and dedication [2004].”
5/24/04
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Sanders and Mark Wubbold, whose article
"Connecting Educational Communities: Guatemala ~ Portland State
University" was published in this Spring's issue of Faculty Focus.
An online version is available at: http://www.cae.pdx.edu/FacultyFocus/Spring04/sanders.html
5/5/04
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Sanders who has received his second
ACTFL Testing Grant. This year's award is valued at $1750.
5/5/04
Spanish major Shannon Gust has been awarded a prestigious Phi Kappa
Phi fellowship for graduate study. Shannon is a Portland native. In
2000 she graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton and decided
to attend PSU. At Portland State she is majoring in Spanish Langauge
and Literature, minoring in Biology and obtaining her Certificate
in Biomedical Ethics. She will be graduating this June, Summa Cum
Laude. After graduation Shannon plans to attend Johns Hopkins University
in Baltimore Maryland where she will study medicine.
4/15/04
DeLys Ostlund, Mark Wubbold and Ann Angel won a Teaching With Technology
award for their project Spanish 404-Bilingual Education and the
Spanish Curriculum Archive. You can view the Archive at: http://www.sca.pdx.edu/
12/27/03
Oscar Fernandez, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, presented
a paper, "State of Emergency: AIDS, Dissidence, and Bioterrors,"
at the annual Modern Language Association conference on Biotropics:
Latin
American Discourses of Disease in San Diego, Dec. 27.
12/20/03
Congratulations to Dr. Eva Núñez-Méndez whose
article “Poeta en el exilio, el Juan Ramón Jiménez
de Dios deseado y deseante”was featured in the Journal
Ojáncano, a publication of the University
of Georgia.
12/15/03
First year Assistant Professor Oscar Fernandez has received a Faculty
Scholarship Grant for: AIDS in Costa Rica: Current Policies and
its Literary Manifestations. This project will gather the source
materials emanating from Costa Rica on current AIDS prevention policies;
works of fiction arising from the pandemic; and testimonials by Costa
Rican PLWAs (people living with AIDS).
6/1/2003
Drs. George T. Cabello, Claudine Fischer and Lou Elteto are officially
retiring this year. They will continue to work with the Department
of Foreign Languages and Literatures and their students. We are greatly
appreciative of their service and scholarship at PSU. They will be
honored at a reception on June 10th, at 5:00 pm in the Urban Center
Gallery.
5/15/2003
Congratulations to the PEW Redesign Team (Robert Sanders, Misty Richards,
Maggie Lynch, Bill Fischer, Terrel Rhodes) for their work in First-Year
Spanish. Dr. Robert Sanders is the recipient of a 2003 WebCT Exemplary
Course Project Award. There are six such awards in 2003 for projects
in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The redesign of First-Year Spanish
was funded by the Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
5/15/2003
Drs. Sandra Freels and George T. Cabello are each recipients of
the 2003 John Elliot Allen Outstanding Teacher Award. This award is
confered by students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to
professors they nominate and recommend based on their exemplary teaching.
The award includes a monetary prize from Dean MArvin Kaiser of CLAS.
5/15/2003
Dr. DeLys Ostlund and her design team (Manya Wubbold, Mark Wubbold,
Robert Sanders) have received a $10,000 grant from the Center for
Academic Excellence for their cooperative internship course in bilingual
education.
5/1/2003
Professor Emeritus of Spanish Literature and Language Dr. George T.
Cabello is the sole winner of the 2003 Portland State University "Distinguished
Faculty Achievement Award." He will receive the award on Thursday,
May 1, at the PSU Salutes Ceremony in Hoffman Hall from 5:30 to 7:30.
4/1/2003
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures has won a 2003
Portland State University Civic Engagement Award for its Applied Langauge
in Service Program. This program places language students with local
community service agencies and is lead by Sandra Freels and Manya
Wubbold.
3/1/2003
Inés Warnock, Robert Sanders and Sandra Freels have won
a $10,000 Portland State University Faculty Vitality Grant for the
redesign of the second-year Spanish program.
1/15/2003
Manya Wubbold received a mini-grant from the Internationalization
Action Council and will be traveling to Cuba to attend the national
pedagogical conference.
1/1/2003
Delys Ostlund, Robert Sanders, Manya Wubbold and Mark Wubbold received
a $2500 Departmental Engagement Grant from the Portland State University
Center for Academic Excellence for their new cooperative bilingual
education course.
11/15/2002
Dr. George T. Cabello has received a $3,000 grant from the Oregon
Council for the Humanities in support of CINE-LIT V: An International
Conference on Hispanic Film and Fiction, held in Portland February
26-March 1, 2003.
5/1/02
Dr. Robert Sanders received an ACTFL Testing Grant valued at $5250.
5/1/02
Congratulations to Dr. Eva Núñez-Méndez whose
article “Mastretta y sus protagonistas, ejemplos de emancipación
femenina” was featured in the Journal Romance Studies
which is published by the University of Wales Press.
