Spanish and Portuguese

Spanish & Portuguese Studies

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Our department supports students in becoming global citizens, working to enhance their linguistic skills in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, deepen their intercultural competence and build their sense of civic responsibility.

We offer a wide range of language courses, including those geared toward the professions, and advanced multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary courses related to the Hispanic, Brazilian and Portuguese worlds. As active scholars and professors, our faculty carries out research and teaches in the areas of literature, cultures, history, linguistics, translation, visual arts, film, theatre and performance and creative and academic writing.

Beyond an advanced level of language proficiency, our graduates will have analytical and critical skills and the ability to think comparatively in a multilingual and increasingly interconnected world. These competencies are especially valued in the professional world and will help graduates thrive beyond Dickinson.

Students interested in Portuguese may also want to learn more about Dickinson’s Portuguese & Brazilian studies minor.

Chair: Erin DiazAssociate Professor of Spanishdiaze@dickinson.edu
Department Coordinator: Shana KitnerAcademic Department Coordinatorkitners@dickinson.edu

Phone: 717-245-1277
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Location: 105, First floor, Bosler Hall Mailing Address

Department Features

Study Abroad

Current Courses

Activities

Student Outcomes

Where Our Students Go From Here

Jobs:

AmeriCorps
Global Strategic and Innovative Strategies (GSIS)
Community Action Association of Pennsylvania
United Nations Population Fund
Peace Corps
U.S. House of Representatives
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando
Madeira School
BAE Systems
SITE Program Lombardia
Teach for America
San Diego Padres
William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

Graduate Schools:

Georgetown University
Universidad de Málaga
University of Chicago
University of Virginia
Miami University
University of Exeter
University of Miami
Boston University
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt University

Where Our Students Have Interned

House of Blues San Diego
Marie Claire
Milwaukee Magazine
National Defense Fund/Community Coalition
Newark Academy Summer Session
Nos sobran los motivos (We Are the Reason)
PA Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition; CASA
Planned Parenthood (Keystone)
Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (RAC)
TripAdvisor
U.S. Army War College - Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
YSC Sports Marketing

Student Perspective

"During fall of my sophomore year, I took a class with Lecturer in Spanish Asunción Arnedo titled Spanish for the Health Professions. The course had a service-learning component through the Keystone Health Agricultural Workers Program; my peers and I traveled throughout the Cumberland Valley to serve as medical interpreters for Spanish speaking, migrant farmworkers. We often went directly to the farms where they live and work, staying late into the night to provide Covid-19 vaccines. It was gratifying to help people who may have struggled to access vaccination services otherwise. The workers helped me with my Spanish, while I helped them with their English; it was beautiful to build mutually beneficial, cross-cultural relationships with these individuals."

— Emerlee Simons ’24

"One of the best things about the Spanish major are the Spanish tables in the Caf. Students within and outside of the major can participate. It’s a great opportunity to socialize and practice your Spanish outside of the classroom while helping other students decide if they'd like to declare a major in Spanish."

— Christian Gonzalez ’24

Please take a look at a series of videos our students have made about their experience while in these programs

Spanish & Portuguese News

Department News

Internship Spotlight: Sofia Getoff-Scanlon 鈥�26

Internship Spotlight: Sofia Getoff-Scanlon ’26

An internship with the Bronx Defenders taught Sofia Getoff-Scanlon ’26 how legal advocacy can improve lives in vulnerable communities.

Internship Spotlight: Kayla Slomeana 鈥�26

Internship Spotlight: Kayla Slomeana ’26

Kayla Slomeana ’26 explores multiple areas of neuroscience research and discovery through her internship at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Student Conducts Cancer Research Through Harvard/MIT Summer Program

Megan Cravinho '25 is focused on the fight against cancer, conducting research at the Dana-Farber Institute as part of a high-level MD/Ph.D. program.

Graduate Story: Sarah Warden '98, Imagica of Boston

Performing nationally and internationally, former Spanish major Sarah Warden '98 shares her love of ice skating as a performer with Imagica of Boston.

Dickinson Celebrates Outstanding Research & Writing

Dickinson honors the winners of its annual FYS Excellence in Writing Award, the Prize for Excellence in First Year Research and the Research Prize for Sophomores or Juniors.

Student Snapshot: Emerlee Simons ’24

Meet Emerlee Simons ’24, an All-American student-athlete, Baird Sustainability Fellow and Dialogues Across Differences student-coordinator.

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Spanish & Portuguese Studies