Spanish 

Faculty:  Dr. Cynthia Jayne, Dr. Julie Glosson, Dr. Karen Martin                                        La ciudad questions

  The Spanish division offers a major in one of three tracks.
  • Literature and Culture
  • Language and Culture
  • Teacher Education (7-12)

 

 

You may also choose to minor in Spanish using either the Literature and Culture track or the Language and Culture track.

 

 Dr. Cynthia Jayne

  • PhD. Spanish (Medieval Spanish literature, folklore); MA Romance Philosophy, Louisiana State University; BA Spanish, Mississippi College.
  • Faculty development seminars--Vanderbilt, "Science & Art in the Renaissance"; "Semiotics".  NEH Institute-University of Kentucky, "Alfonso X & Cantigas de Santa María." Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, OR. CCCU Faculty Development seminar in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
  • Institute for International and Intercultural Studies

 Dr. Julie Glosson

  • EdD.   Instruction and Curriculum Leadership, The University of Memphis; M.A.   Romance Languages, The University of Memphis; B.A.  Spanish and Sociology (Social Work), Union University.
  • As an MK (missionary kid) Dr. Glosson learned Spanish as a child in Pasto, Colombia.  She has also lived in Costa Rica and traveled to Ecuador, Panamá, and Honduras. Currently, she makes annual trips to Costa Rica with students and her husband, who is also a Spanish teacher. During the spring of 2001 the Glossons led the Spring Break Trip to San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • Teacher Education
  • Spanish 111   Spanish112   Spanish 211   EDU 423

  Dr. Karen Martin       

  • PhD, Middlebury College (20th-century Latin American fiction); MA Spanish Literature, University of Alabama; BA Spanish, Samford University; BA French, Union University
  • Publications

    “The Virgin Mary, Gidget, and The Total Woman:  Constructing the Self in The Cheerleader.”  Pembroke (2002).

    Review of Denise Chavez’s Loving Pedro InfanteLetras femeninas (2002).