While my specialty is Spanish theater, I have taught courses on a wide variety of topics and themes, ranging from basic Spanish grammar classes to advanced literature and culture courses. I am prepared to teach on the following topics:

Spain:

  • Survey of Peninsular Literature and Culture

  • Medieval Spain - Literature and Culture

  • Golden Age Spain - Literature and Culture

  • 19th-20th Century Spanish Literature and Culture

  • 20th-21st Century Spanish Literature and Culture

Latin America:

  • Latin American Civilization and Culture

General:

  • Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced Spanish Language and Grammar

  • Survey of Spanish Literature and Culture

  • Introduction to University Studies (Freshman Seminar)

  • Spanish in the Community

Specialized:

  • Don Juan

  • The Spanish comedia

  • Spanish Painters: Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Goya

  • Saints and Bandits in Spanish Literature

  • Disease and Metaphor

  • Boccaccio’s Decameron

  • Spain’s Generation of ‘98

  • The Bildungsroman (vis-à-vis Augustine’s Confessions and Hesse’s Siddhartha)

I also have significant experience in preparing course websites and using online materials (e.g., Canvas, Blackboard, Quia, McGraw-Hill’s CENTRO, and McGraw-Hill’s connect). During the summer of 2012, I created the online templates (foundation courses) on connect for UCI’s Spanish 1A, 1B, and 1C classes.

Below is a list of all the classes I have taught (all syllabi available upon request):

hillsdale college
(2021-present)

Honors:

  • The Liberal Arts Tradition (CSP 101)

  • Storytelling during Quarantine: Boccaccio’s the Decameron (CSP 261)

Spanish Grammar, Conversation, and Culture:

  • Beginning Spanish 101 (SPN 101)

  • Beginning Spanish 102 (SPN 102)

  • Language Seminar: Writing and Theater (SPN 393)

Spanish Literature, Civilization, History, and Art:

  • Introduction to Iberian and Latin American Literature (SPN 304)

  • Spanish Literature: 1140-1700 (SPN 410)

  • Spanish Literature: 1700-present (SPN 411)

  • Special Topics: Golden Age Theater (SPN 493)

  • Special Topics: Generation of ‘98 (SPN 493)

Study Abroad:

  • Study Travel in a Spanish-Speaking Country (SPN 350)

    • Costa Rica (2022)

buena vista university
(2015-2021)

Freshman orientation:

  • University Seminar (0BVU 100)

    • A New Chapter: Storytelling, Story Listening, and Story Writing

Honors:

  • Honors Humanities (HONR 230)

    • The Meaning of Disease: Novelistic, Critical, and Filmic Interpretations of Illness throughout the Twentieth Century

Spanish Grammar, Conversation, and Culture:

  • Elementary Spanish I (SPAN 101)

  • Elementary Spanish II (SPAN 102)

  • Elementary Spanish Conversation Lab (SPAN 105)

  • Intermediate Spanish I (SPAN 201)

  • Intermediate Spanish II (SPAN 202)

  • Intermediate Spanish Conversation Lab (SPAN 205)

Spanish Literature, Civilization, History, and Art:

  • Culture and Civilization of Latin America (SPAN 312)

  • Introduction to Hispanic Literature (SPAN 335)

  • Survey of the Literature of Spain (SPAN 410)

  • Spanish Classics: La comedia (SPAN 430)

  • Special Topics: Santos y bandidos (SPAN 450)

  • Senior Seminar: La visión artística de un romántico: Francisco de Goya (SPAN 498)

Study Abroad:

  • International Experience (SPAN 490)

    • Lima & Cuzco, Perú (2017)

    • Barcelona, Spain (2019)

Community-based:

  • Spanish in the Community (SPAN 308)

University of california, Irvine
(2008-2015)

Spanish Grammar, Conversation, and Culture:

  • Fundamentals of Spanish I (SPAN 1A)

  • Fundamentals of Spanish II (SPAN 1B)

  • Fundamentals of Spanish III (SPAN 1C)

  • Fundamentals of Spanish I & II (accelerated; SPAN 1AB)

  • Fundamentals of Spanish II & III (accelerated; SPAN 1BC)

Humanities Freshman Seminar:

  • Humanities Core 1A (HUM 1A)

  • Humanities Core 1B (HUM 1B)

  • Humanities Core 1C (HUM 1C)

brigham young university
(2005-2008)

Spanish Grammar, Conversation, and Culture:

  • Foundational Spanish 1 (SPAN 101)

  • Foundational Spanish 2 (SPAN 102)

  • University Spanish 1 (SPAN 105)

  • University Spanish 2 (SPAN 106)

  • University Spanish 1 & 2 (accelerated; SPAN 105-106 acc.)