Senior Lecturer in Spanish
Mildred Basker-Seigel has served as Head of the Spanish Language Section and as Coordinator of the beginner and intermediate levels of the Spanish Four-Skills and Reading Sequence. She is currently serving a second term as Interim Overall Coordinator. She published and co-published various course books, a lab manual and a study guide for Gabriel García Márquez’ novel El coronel no tiene quien le escriba. She also teaches the Graduate Seminar for Spanish Reading Proficiency, and a 300-level topics course “Spanish through Translation”. She has done medical, and legal translations, as well as translations of children’s stories. She will be participating faculty in the upcoming MFA in Literary Translation in fall 2020 and she will assist in mentorship of the students. Her interests lie in literary and academic translation as well as teaching strategies and materials that provide an inclusive environment and incorporate diverse learning styles in the classroom.