Alison Carberry Gottlieb is a Master Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Romance Studies. Originally from western Massachusetts, she began learning Spanish as a high school sophomore and quickly discovered a passion for exploring the diverse communities of the world through language study.
Her goals as a language instructor center on building student proficiency across all skills, but always with an emphasis on real world communication and authentic cultural works and materials. A firm believer in accessibility, equity, and inclusion, she strives to create courses that promote and celebrate diversity, both local and global. As a “non-neutral educator,” she sees every class as a vehicle for collective progress towards a better, more just world. In addition to her focus on language teaching, Alison remains active in the field of medieval and early modern Iberian studies. As a feminist scholar, her research focuses on the roles of women in both popular and learned texts, correlating relevant issues of race, class/station, and religion, as well.
When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her son, writing frivolous fiction, playing video games — and, whenever possible, trying to fit a decent siesta into her day.
Learn about her most recent scholarly and pedagogical activities at her profile on the Department of Romance Studies webpage.