Spotlight
Faculty publications continue to grow
Sep. 6, 2022—Faculty within the Department of Spanish and Portuguese have produced an impressive catalog of publications. See our most recent work on the faculty publications page.
The Heart and Art of Language
Jul. 5, 2022—When sixth-year Spanish and Portuguese Ph.D. student Elvira Aballi Morell came to Vanderbilt to work with her mentor, William Luis who serves as a Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish, she realized the importance of creating artistic spaces for Latinx communities. Aballi’s research is primarily about Afro-Cuban religions and how the diaspora frames cultural references, such as symbols...
Class of 2022: Lauren Cerda finds cultural bridge between language and health
Jul. 5, 2022—Discussing a diagnosis with a doctor can be scary and confusing even under the best of circumstances. But when a language barrier is involved, the likelihood of a misunderstanding is far greater. Medicine, health and society and Spanish double major Lauren Cerda hopes someday to alleviate that problem as a translator and bilingual physician. “The idea of collaboration is...