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SPO alum Julian S. Alvarez '22 has accepted a scholarship to enter PhD program at Duke University
May 8, 2023

Julian shares his thoughts with SPO about his plans for the future.

Former SPO PhD student, Lizabel Mónica '22, awarded Center for Digital Humanities Dissertation Prize
Nov. 1, 2022

The Center for Digital Humanities awards the Dissertation Prize every year to recognize outstanding doctoral work by Princeton PhD alumni. A former SPO student was among the winners this year.

SPO alum Lane Kauffmann '70 establishes the Howard and Suzanne Kauffmann Fund For Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Oct. 3, 2022

Lane Kauffmann, SPO alumnus, honors the memory of his late parents by offering a fellowship to SPO concentrators in their name.

2019 SPO graduate Jordan Salama thesis later expanded to book is chosen for Princeton 2022 Pre-read!
April 29, 2022
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Written by Patrizia D'Adamo

“Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena” traces SPO Class of 2019 graduate Jordan Salama’s voyage along Colombia’s most important river and exemplifies the opportunities students have to pursue their passions at Princeton. Trips to Cuba, Spain and Portugal as part of his Princeton courses fueled Salama’s penchant for storytelling.

Mauricio Acuña appointed Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College
April 18, 2022

SPO graduate alum Mauricio Acuña has been appointed an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College. Prior to his tenure-track appointment, he will hold a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College beginning this fall.

Mauricio completed his dissertation titled “Poéticas e…

Ingrid Brioso Rieumont appointed Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College
April 18, 2022

SPO graduate alum Ingrid Brioso Rieumont has been appointed an Assistant Professor of Cuban and Caribbean studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College. Prior to her tenure-track appointment, she will hold a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College beginning this fall.

Ingrid completed…

Jimin Kang '21 publishes Spanish-language piece in Casapaís
March 26, 2022

Jimin Kang '21 just published a Spanish-language piece called "Mi madre y yo" in the prestigious Casapaís literary journal. It is about her experience reading and reflecting on Don Quixote with her mother.

About the inspiration for the piece, Kang said, "I remember sitting in my college library [during…

The Joy of Translation: A Roundtable with SPO Majors Brandon Flora Dunlevy ’21, Cecilia Hsu ’20, and Jimin Kang ’21
March 21, 2022
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Written by Danielle Ranucci, SPO Social Media Assistant

By Danielle Ranucci, SPO Social Media Assistant

On March 16, SPO alumni Brandon Flora Dunlevy, Jimin Kang, and Cecilia Hsu joined the SPA 215: A Spanish Writing Workshop seminar for a conversation about their experience writing senior theses featuring translation.

“Thinking about the types of theses that SPO majors write, we…

Article by SPO alumna Anne Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff ‘20 published in Developmental Psychobiology
Jan. 7, 2022

For her senior thesis, Anne Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff ’20 designed a collaborative project between the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute to study the impact of detention at the United States–Mexico border, parent-child separation on children’s mental health, and to determine whether pre-immigration…

The Daily Princetonian: Q&A with author and journalist Jordan Salama ’19
Dec. 13, 2021

SPO alum Jordan Salama ’19 was featured in a Q&A published by The Daily Princetonian. Salama reflects on his book "Every Day the River Changes" and the process behind his writing.

The full article is available on The Daily Princetonian…