Through effective communicative instruction, we prepare students to read, speak, write, and understand Spanish and Portuguese. Our course offerings reflect and respond to the diversity of our students, who include: heritage speakers, non-traditional students, professionals in a variety of fields, as well as traditional students. We encourage students to participate in study abroad programs and second-language activities as a means of improving proficiency.
Faculty are actively engaged in advancing knowledge in their respective areas of expertise and striving to link, in the manner most beneficial for students, critical and scholarly work to classroom instruction and advising activities.
We assume a leadership role in disseminating Hispanic, U.S. Latino, and Luso-Brazilian culture, not only to the campus community but to the Milwaukee area and the state of Wisconsin as well.
Portuguese Courses
PORTUGS 103 First-Semester Portuguese
PORTUGS 104 Second-Semester Portuguese
PORTUGS 110 Accelerated Portuguese I
PORTUGS 197 Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 199 Independent Study
PORTUGS 203 Third-Semester Portuguese
PORTUGS 204 Fourth-Semester Portuguese
PORTUGS 225 Understanding Brazil:
PORTUGS 289 Internship in Portuguese, Lower Division
PORTUGS 297 Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 299 Ad Hoc:
PORTUGS 310 Advanced Composition and Conversation
PORTUGS 313 Advanced Speaking and Listening
PORTUGS 360 Luso-Brazilian Culture:
PORTUGS 380 Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation:
PORTUGS 397 Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 489 Internship in Portuguese, Upper Division
PORTUGS 497 Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 499 Ad Hoc:
PORTUGS 597 Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 597G Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 697 Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 697G Study Abroad:
PORTUGS 699 Independent Reading
Spanish Courses
SPANISH 103 First-Semester Spanish
SPANISH 104 Second-Semester Spanish
SPANISH 197 Study Abroad:
SPANISH 203 Third-Semester Spanish
SPANISH 204 Fourth-Semester Spanish
SPANISH 225 Understanding the Hispanic World:
SPANISH 289 Internship in Spanish, Lower Division
SPANISH 296 UROP Apprenticeship
SPANISH 297 Study Abroad:
SPANISH 299 Ad Hoc:
SPANISH 308 Advanced Writing and Reading
SPANISH 318 Advanced Speaking and Listening
SPANISH 319 Advanced Speaking and Listening for Heritage Speakers
SPANISH 332 Business and Legal Spanish I
SPANISH 333 Advanced Spanish Grammar
SPANISH 338 Spanish for Health Professionals
SPANISH 341 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPANISH 342 Business and Legal Spanish II
SPANISH 348 Introduction to Translation: English to Spanish
SPANISH 348G Introduction to Translation: English to Spanish
SPANISH 350 Introduction to Literary Analysis
SPANISH 371 Introduction to Latino Literature in English
SPANISH 388 Health Issues in the Hispanic World
SPANISH 391 Social and Historical Issues in the Hispanic World:
SPANISH 397 Study Abroad:
SPANISH 443 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPANISH 443G Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPANISH 444 Spanish Syntax and Morphology
SPANISH 444G Spanish Syntax and Morphology
SPANISH 446 Hispanic Sociolinguistics
SPANISH 446G Hispanic Sociolinguistics
SPANISH 470 Survey of Hispanic Literature and Civilization
SPANISH 472 Survey of Spanish-American Literature and Civilization
SPANISH 474 Survey of Spanish Literature and Civilization
SPANISH 489 Internship in Spanish, Upper Division
SPANISH 491 Topics in Hispanic Culture:
SPANISH 491G Topics in Hispanic Culture:
SPANISH 497 Study Abroad:
SPANISH 497G Study Abroad:
SPANISH 499 Ad Hoc:
SPANISH 506 Seminar in Spanish Literature:
SPANISH 506G Seminar in Spanish Literature:
SPANISH 507 Seminar in Spanish-American Literature:
SPANISH 507G Seminar in Spanish-American Literature:
SPANISH 508 Seminar in Hispanic Literature:
SPANISH 508G Seminar in Hispanic Literature:
SPANISH 541 History of the Spanish Language
SPANISH 541G History of the Spanish Language
SPANISH 545 Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics:
SPANISH 545G Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics:
SPANISH 570 Seminar in Spanish Golden Age Literature:
SPANISH 570G Seminar in Spanish Golden Age Literature:
SPANISH 571 Seminar in Spanish-American Colonial Literature and Civilization:
SPANISH 571G Seminar in Spanish-American Colonial Literature and Civilization:
SPANISH 572 Seminar on Cervantes:
SPANISH 572G Seminar on Cervantes:
SPANISH 575 Seminar in 18th & 19th Century Spanish-American Literature & Civilization:
SPANISH 575G Seminar in 18th & 19th Century Spanish-American Literature & Civilization:
SPANISH 577 Seminar in Modern Spanish-American Literature and Civilization:
SPANISH 577G Seminar in Modern Spanish-American Literature and Civilization:
SPANISH 578 Seminar in Modern Spanish Literature and Civilization:
SPANISH 578G Seminar in Modern Spanish Literature and Civilization:
SPANISH 597 Study Abroad:
SPANISH 597G Study Abroad:
SPANISH 697 Study Abroad:
SPANISH 697G Study Abroad:
SPANISH 699 Independent Study
SPANISH 700 Practicum in Spanish Language Teaching Methods
SPANISH 701 Historical Linguistics
SPANISH 702 Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics:
SPANISH 703 Seminar on Language and Society:
SPANISH 705 Seminar in the Structure of the Spanish Language:
SPANISH 707 Introduction to Translation: Spanish to English
SPANISH 717 Seminar in Advanced Translation: Spanish to English
SPANISH 720 Approaches to Hispanic Literary Theory and Criticism
SPANISH 751 Seminar in Medieval Literature and Related Topics:
SPANISH 755 Seminar in Renaissance Literature and Related Topics:
SPANISH 757 Seminar in One or More Areas of Siglo de Oro Literature and Related Topics:
SPANISH 763 Seminar-Romantic Literature in Spain &/or Spanish America & Related Topics:
SPANISH 767 Sem on Realistic Literature in Spain &/or Spanish America & Related Topics:
SPANISH 768 Naturalism and Its Influences
SPANISH 769 Seminar in 20th Century Literature of Spain and/or Spanish America & Related Topics:
SPANISH 770 The Modern Spanish Novel
SPANISH 771 Seminar in Early Spanish American Literature and Related Topics:
SPANISH 781 Seminar in Hispanic Literature:
SPANISH 782 Modern Spanish Women Writers
SPANISH 785 Detective Fiction of Spain
SPANISH 790 Thesis
SPANISH 791 Spanish Culture and Related Topics:
SPANISH 793 Spanish American Culture and Related Topics:
SPANISH 799 Independent Study
SPANISH 888 Candidate for Degree
| Name | Rank | Degree | School | Graduate Faculty | Emeritus Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susana Antunes | Assistant Professor | PhD | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | No | No |
| Nancy Bird-Soto | Professor | PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Yes | No |
| Santiago Daydi-Tolson | Professor Emerita | PhD | No | Yes | |
| César Ferreira | Professor | PhD | University of Texas-Austin | Yes | No |
| R. John McCaw | Associate Professor | PhD | Princeton University | Yes | No |
| Ismael Márquez | Professor Emerita | PhD | No | Yes | |
| Isabel Méndez Santalla | Senior Lecturer | MA | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | No | No |
| Gabriel Rei-Doval Grela | Associate Professor | PhD | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela | Yes | No |
| Julio Rodríguez-Luis | Professor Emerita | PhD | No | Yes | |
| M. Estrella Sotomayor | Senior Lecturer | PhD | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | No | No |
| Ester Suárez-Felipe | Senior Lecturer | MA | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | No | No |
| Marguerite Suárez-Murias | Professor Emerita | PhD | No | Yes | |
| Allison Libbey | Lecturer, Spanish Language Coordinator | PhD | University of Virginia | No | No |
| Pierre Ullman | Professor Emerita | PhD | No | Yes | |
| Katie Vater | Associate Professor | PhD | Pennsylvania State University | Yes | No |
| Kathleen M. Wheatley | Associate Professor, Chair | PhD | University of Michigan | Yes | No |
| Magaly Zeise | Senior Lecturer | Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia | No | No |