Happy New Year and welcome back to the new school year of 2019! We are excited to introduce our first Alumni of the semester, Felix Manuel Burgos, who graduated from UNM in 2013 with a PhD in Hispanic…

This week, we would like to distinguish Alumni Carmella Scorcia Pacheco! Carmella graduated from UNM with an MA in Southwest Studies in 2011, and is currently at the University of Arizona, where she h…

Gracing our Alumni Spotlight this week is, Karen Schairer.  Karen graduated from UNM in 1990 with a PhD in Spanish Linguistics.  Currently she is an associate professor at Northern Arizona U…

Alumni Jessica Arreola graces our Alumni Spotlight, this week!  Jessica graduated in 2016, with an MA in Southwest Hispanic Literature, and is currently pursuing a law degree.  She credits S…

As our Spring 2019 Semester comes to an end we would like to distinguish an astonishing Alum Shelli Rottschafer!

S.L. Rottschafer completed her doctorate in Spanish from the University of New Mexico w…

Our inspiring Alumni this week is Sara Vicuña Guengerich! In addition to completing her PhD in Hispanic Literature, she also completed her BA and MA at UNM.  Currently she is an Associate Pr…

Spanish and Portuguese is grateful for all the wonderful individuals that make up who we are!  This year, we are pleased to announce that 5 of our astonishing graduate students have been selected…

On November 20, 2019, Spanish and Portuguese PhD candidate Diego Bustos participated in the Bilinksi Colloquium.The Bilinski Fellowship is available to Ph.D students in the final stage of the writing …