Two ROMS Graduate Teaching Fellows have been awarded UNC’s prestigious 2024 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Assistants. Santi Giron Gesteira (Spanish) and Emanuele Stefanori (Italian) were each recognized by the University Teaching Award Committee for their … Read more
Teaching Assistant Professor Lorna Aviles has been awarded a 2024 Johnston Teaching Excellence Award by the University Teaching Awards committee at UNC. Based on evidence provided by students and faculty colleagues, the committee recognized Prof. Aviles’s “outstanding contributions to undergraduate … Read more
Dr. Alicia Rita Rueda-Acedo Associate Professor of Spanish Translation and Literature at The University of Texas at Arlington Successful community outreach: how to incorporate community translation and service-learning in language courses This presentation explores the impact that incorporating service-learning and … Read more
Our Committee for the Carolina Conference for Romance Studies is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for our Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference: Nostalgia: Painful and Joyful Memory of “The Good Ole’ Days.” The conference will be held at the … Read more
Congratulations to Rafael Núñez Rodriguez on receiving a 2023 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants! A PhD candidate in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Rafael has taught extensively in the Spanish language program … Read more
Congratulations to Prof. Anastacia Kohl, recipient of a 2023 Chapman Family Teaching Award from UNC! The award committee cites Dr. Kohl for her ability to create “a true community of learning within her class” and for her “significant impact on … Read more
Several ROMS undergraduate classes are opening their doors in the concluding weeks of the semester to share some of the exciting projects students have been completing. Students and faculty are welcome to pop in and visit these classes at the … Read more
Romance Studies PhD candidate Colleen McAlister has advanced to the top 10 in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final Competition scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. in Bondurant Hall G100. Colleen focuses on nineteenth-century Spanish literature, art and … Read more
We’re happy to announce that the ROMS Podcast has just launched its first episode, devoted to the experiences of graduate exchange students in the department. The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple podcast, Amazon music (and soon in Google podcast). … Read more
