Latin American, Latino, & Iberian Studies

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Join us for Lunch!

Lonche con LALIS!  Every Friday, beginning Sept. 1, from 12 - 1 p.m. the Latin American, Latino, & Iberian Studies department is hosting Lunch with LALIS. Come eat your lunch with members of the LALIS Department and chat with us in Spanish! For questions, please contact Sarah Helen Studebaker at sstudeba@richmond.edu.

Feature Stories

Sustainability leaders from around the world spoke at University of Richmond during International Education Week
November 29, 2023
Research & Innovation
Scholars without borders
Experts from around the world participated in UR's International Education Week to discuss solutions to local and global sustainability.
LALIS Student Award Winners

Student Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2023 LALIS Award Winners:

Outstanding LALIS Majors
Lily Miller

Outstanding Service to the Richmond Hispanic Community
Leah Kulma

Outstanding Assistant Teacher in LALIS
Nicky Ramírez

Facilities Staff Contribute to Latest Museum Exhibition

The Department of Latin American, Latino & Iberian Studies and University Museums asked custodial staff for their input on an exhibition by Latinx artist Jay Lynn Gomez focusing on the value of domestic workers. Staff shared their impressions on the art and its layout, and provided comments and opinions that were integrated into the exhibition’s educational initiatives, catalogue, and informational panels. 

“Collaborating with facilities employees offered an opportunity for talking about the vital energy involved in a work that implies much more than keeping up cleanliness and beauty of physical spaces, and for exploring the meanings of work and working time,” said exhibition co-curator Karina Vázquez, director of UR’s Spanish Community-Based Learning Program.

Upcoming Events

Faculty Highlights

Dr. Elizabeth Kissling
Kissling Published

Elizabeth Kissling, associate professor of Spanish and applied linguistics, published “Can Concept-based Language Instruction Change Beginning Learners’ Aspectual Development?: Preliminary Experimental Evidence that Novice Learners Taught Boundedness Are Less Influenced by Lexical Aspect” in Jalda.

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Dr. Sharon G. Feldman
Feldman Attended Staged Reading

Sharon G. Feldman, William Judson Gaines Chair in Modern Foreign Languages, attended the staged reading of her English language translation of The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts (2021) by Catalan playwright Josep Maria Miró, directed by Jay Stull and performed by actor David Skeist at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center. The event, the culmination of Miró’s three-week residency in New York City, was produced by The Play Company, with the collaboration of the Institut Ramon Llull and the Sala Beckett (Barcelona).

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Dr. David Giancaspro
Giancaspro Awarded Tenure & Promotion

David Giancaspro was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of Spanish. Dr. Giancaspro's research focuses on heritage language, specifically linguistic heritage bilingualism and the acquisition of third languages.

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Dr. Jannette Amaral-Rodriguez
Janette Amaral- Rodriguez Awarded Tenure & Promotion

Janette Amaral-Rodriguez was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of Spanish. Dr. Amaral-Rodriguez's research focuses on colonial-era Latin American literature and culture with a specific emphasis on sixteenth-century Mexico, and she publishes in both Spanish andEnglish.

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Scholarship Repository Readership

The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from LALIS faculty are being read around the globe.

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Contact Information

Mailing Address:
Department of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies
University of Richmond
211 Richmond Way
Carole Weinstein International Center
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Phone: (804) 484-1543
Fax: (804) 484-1544

Department Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Kissling
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Sarah Helen Studebaker
Director of Community-Based Learning: Dr. Karina Vazquez
Director of Spanish Intensive Language Program: Mr. Ted Peebles