Department for Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

The Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese confers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in Spanish, Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Italian, and Bachelor's degrees in Portuguese. Our innovative courses and curricula prepare undergraduates and graduates for critical thinking and great employment flexibility. The department's philosophy emphasizes extensive faculty-student contact outside the classroom. Over the last ten years, every doctoral graduate of the program has obtained academic employment in his or her specialty.

Contact:
PO Box 400777
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4777
Phone: (434) 924-7159
Fax: (434) 924-7160
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/span-ital-port/index.html


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Projects By Department for Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese:

Mellon Emeritus Fellowship
Herrero, Javier S. Sponsor: Mellon Foundation

The Poetics of the Libro de Buen Amor in Cultural Context
Gerli, Edmondo M. Sponsor: U.S. Nfah - Nat'L Endowment For The Humanities
This five-week summer seminar (June 9-July 11, 2003) held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville covered critical perspectives on the Libro de buen amor, the fourteenth-century Castilian work ...

The World of Dante: Teaching the Divine Comedy with Digital Resources
Parker, Deborah W. Sponsor: The National Italian American Foundation
Datne’s Divine Comedy is universally celebrated as one of the greatest works of both Italian and world literature. But the poem is not easy to understand or to appreciate, especially for students today. ...

Faculty:
Anderson, Andrew A – Professor of Spanish
Arbulu, Ivy Sara – Lecturer in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Barolo-Rizvi, Maya M – Lecturer in Italian
Catta-Preta, Fernando Eugenio – Lecturer in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Cesaretti, Enrico F – Associate Professor
Chavez, Daniel – Assistant Professor
Della Coletta, Cristina – Professor
Di Dio, Maria Paula – Lecturer in Spanish
Dooley, Brendan – Distinguished Visiting Professor of Italian
Durand, Elaine L – Lecturer in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Garner, Julia H – Lecturer
Gerli, Edmondo M – Commonwealth Professor of Spanish
Gies, David T – Commonwealth Professor of Spanish
Haberly, David T – Professor of Spanish
Herrero, Javier S – Professor Emeritus
Hill, Ruth A – Professor
Lagos, Maria-Ines – Professor and Chair
Lopez, Sergio Daniel – Lecturer in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Munoz Pina, Margarita – Lecturer
Opere, Fernando – Professor of Spanish
Padron, Ricardo – Associate Professor
Parker, Deborah W – Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professor of A&S
Pellon, Gustavo – Associate Professor of Spanish
Pope, Randolph D – Commonwealth Professor of Spanish
Rini, Joel – Professor of Spanish
Sansano Belso, Gabriel – Visiting Scholar
Scida, Emily E – Associate Professor
Shaw, Donald L – Brown-Forman Professor of Spanish
Tejedo-Herrero, Luis Fernando – Assistant Professor
Visscher, Paloma – Lecturer
Ward, Adrienne – Associate Professor
Weber, Alison P – Professor

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