Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
FRANCISCO GARCIA MORENO-BARCO,
Professor, Ph.D., 1992, Michigan State University.
Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish Literature;
Narrative and Writing.
JACQUELINE GIRON-ALVARADO, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1993, The Pennsylvania State
University. Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish
American Poetry and Theater (20th Century). Puerto
Rican Literature, Feminist Literature Criticism, Short
Story writer, Poet, Literature Critic.
MIRIAM GONZALEZ-HERNANDEZ, Professor,
Ph.D., 1994, Florida State University. Research and
Teaching Interests: Puerto Rican and Spanish
American Literature, and Writing. Short story writer.
MAGDA GRANIELA-RODRIGUEZ, Professor,
Ph.D. 1987, University of Illinois, Urbana. Research
and Teaching interests: Spanish American and
Mexican Literature, Critical Theory of Literature,
Novel, Writing.
RAQUEL LLOREDA-DIAZ, Assistant Professor,
M.A., 1990, University of Puerto Rico. Research and
Teaching Interests: Spanish American Literature.
DORIS MARTINEZ-VIZCARRONDO, Assistant
Professor, Ph.D., 1998, Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid. Research and Teaching Interests:
Linguistics.
NADESKA MAYENS-ROBLES, Instructor, M.A.,
1994, University of Puerto Rico. Research and
Teaching Interests: Hispanic Linguistic.
ALFREDO MORALES-NIEVES, Professor, Ph.D.,
1987, University of California at Irvine. Research and
Teaching Interests: Spanish American and Hispanic
Caribbean Literature; XIX Century, Essay, Philosophy
and Studies of Nationhood, Race, Gender in
Literature, Writing. Poet and Short Story Writer.
CATALINA OLIVER-PREFASI, Professor, Ph.D.,
1982, New York University, N.Y. Research and
Teaching Interests: Spanish Literature (19th Century,
17th Century-Cervantes Novel-Theatre, Golden Age
Drama).
AMPARO ORTIZ-ACOSTA, Associate Professor,
Ph.D. 1989, University of Puerto Rico, Research and
Teaching Interests: Hispanic Linguistics, syntax,
writing.
JULIA CRISTINA ORTIZ-LUGO, Professor,
Ph.D., 1989, Tulane University. Research and
Teaching Interests: Spanish American and Puerto
Rican Literature, Modernism, Oral Literature and
Writing. Essay Writer.
DAVID L. QUIÑONES-ROMAN, Professor, Ph.D.,
1988, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish Literature
(17th Century-Golden Age Fiction-Cervantes),
Spanish Literature (Medieval Period), Spanish
American Literature (from Colonial Period to
Modernism), Poet.
JOSEFINA RIVERA-DE ALVAREZ, Emeritus
Professor, Ph.D., 1954, Universidad Central de
Madrid. Research and Teaching Interest: Puerto Rican
Literature.
VICTOR J. RIVERA-DIAZ, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 1997, University of Illinois-Urbana. Research
and Teaching Interests: Knowledge Presentation and
Advertising, Memory Processes and Media,
Communication and Mass Communication Theory,
Business Communication, Journalism Writing.
CARMEN M. RIVERA VILLEGAS, Assistant
Professor, Ph.D., 1997, Vanderbilt University.
Research and Teaching Interests: Puerto Rican Poetry
and Contemporary Mexican Literature.
AURA N. ROMAN-LOPEZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1981,
Tulane University. Research and Teaching Interests:
Spanish American Literature, Folklore. Poet.
JORGE MA. RUSCALLEDA-BERCEDONIZ,
Professor, Ph.D., 1988, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México. Research and Teaching
Interests: Poetry, Novel, Essay, Spanish American
and Puerto Rican Literature. Poet and Novelist.
EVELYN SANABRIA-LUGO, Associate Professor,
M.A., 1972, University of Puerto Rico. Research and
Teaching Interest: Spanish Literature.
MARIA M. SOLA-FERNANDEZ, Emeritus
Professor, Ph.D., 1977, University of Puerto Rico.
Research and Teaching Interests: Hispano American
Literature.
PATRICIA TRIGO-TIO, Associate Professor,
M.A., 1985, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Campus. Research and Teaching Interests: Puerto
Rican Literature and Spanish Grammar.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF HISPANIC STUDIES
Undergraduate Courses
ESPA 0041-0042. SPANISH FOR BEGINNNERS.
No credit. Three hours of lecture per week.
A practical course in conversation for students
whose native language is not Spanish, including the
basic elements of the language, and the acquisition
of a working vocabulary.
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