Four RS Lecturers Promoted
Four Romance Studies Lecturers have been promoted to the next higher rank, effective July 1. Congratulations to each, it is a well-deserved recognition of all of your hard work! Promotion to Master Lecturer Célia Bianconi – Portuguese Promotion to Senior Lecturer Kirby Chazal – French Viktoria Hackbarth – Spanish Borja Ruiz de Arbulo – Spanish
Congratulations 2019 Romance Studies Graduates!
The Romance Studies Department proudly honored our 2019 graduating class at our departmental commencement ceremony this morning. Congratulations to each and every one of you! Speaking to our new graduates, Christopher Maurer, Chair ad interim, told them: “Each of you, whether by studying the science of language–Linguistics– or by studying particular languages, sometimes more than […]
Erker Promoted
Daniel Erker has been promoted to Associate Professor of Linguistics & Spanish. Congratulations, Danny! Erker teaches courses in general linguistics and Spanish linguistics. His research interests include language variation, contact, and change, acoustic and articulatory phonetics, Spanish in the United States, the languages of Latin America, and the evolution of human language. Erker is also the […]
Davina Mattox Departs BU
The Romance Studies Department bids a fond farewell to long-time French lecturer Davina Mattox, who is departing for a new post at the University of Oregon this fall. “We are very sorry to lose Davina Mattox but so happy for her and her family as they embark on a new adventure in Oregon. Davina was […]
O’Connor to Join Romance Studies
The Romance Studies Department welcomes Dr. Carrie O’Connor as a new Lecturer in French. Dr. O’Connor has taught for us in a part-time capacity for the past two years, but beginning in fall 2019 will become a full-time member of our faculty. Carrie is looking forward to her new role, telling us “I am enthusiastic […]
Datel Wins Teaching Award
One of Datel’s students says of her “She made sure that the topics we discussed in class were not only relevant to learning but to things going on in the news around the world.” Maria Datel, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, has won a Frank and Lynn Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations, Maria! The […]
Didem Alkan Takes Teaching Post
Didem Alkan, a 2019 May graduate of our doctoral program in French Language & Literature, has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Connecticut College. Congratulations, Didem!
Coté, Datel and Elena Carrión-Guerrero Featured in BU Today
Romance Studies lecturers Rita Coté, Maria Datel and Elena Carrión-Guerrero were featured in a BU Today article on teaching about the #MeToo movement in BU classrooms. In their advanced Spanish conversation classes this spring, Datel and Carrión-Guerrero explored the connection between the #MeToo movement and #NiUnaMenos (Not One Woman Less], a feminist campaign against gender […]
Villacorta Earns Tenure
Carlos Villacorta, who graduated from BU with his PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures in 2009, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Spanish and granted tenure at the University of Maine. Great work, Carlos!
RS Department Honors TFs
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to honor four students with our departmental Teaching Excellence Award. The honorees are pictured above. From left to right: Natanael Sarai Garcia Santos (Spanish) Edgardo Francisco Tormos Bigles (Spanish) Jenai Michelle Engelhard Humphreys (French) Stephanie Shiflett (French) Congratulations to all three!