Where Are They Now?
Examples of alumni placement:
Assistant Professor at Wichita State University
PhD Programs:
- Texas A&M University - College Station
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Miami
- University of Houston; Presidential Fellowship Recipients (Programs in Hispanic Studies and Communication Disorders)
- Visiting Instructor in Spanish, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX
- Lecturer in Arkansas State University
- English Language Institute trainer at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
Austin ISD
Core Faculty, Griffin School, Austin
Comal ISD, Dual Credit Spanish Teacher
San Antonio ISD
Program Assistant at Avenue Community Development Corporation
Lectures/Instructors at Texas State
Program Manager/Bilingual Professional—Ameritas Hispanic Pathways – TCC Trinity River Campus (Dallas)
Court processing system as a bilingual translator for the courts in San Antonio.
Teaching Junior College
Teaching English in Spain.
University of Mary Hardin Baylor (Admin.)
Account manager at the advertising agency GSD&M in Austin.
U.S. Department of Labor
Among Spanish M.A. thesis titles in last 5 years:
Ida Benavides:
El Rock Argentino: Del discurso "underground" al discurso oficial
(Antonio Gragera, Thesis Committee Chair) 2009
Rebecca M. Bowman
“El delicado fulgor de las cosas": María Luisa Puga, Virginia Woolf y la interconectividad
(Blake Locklin, Thesis Committee Chair) 2010
Diva Brashear:
La literatura y las figuras históricas de la Guerra del Chaco en Bolivia
(Dr. Miriam Echeverría, Thesis Committee Chair) 2011.
Isis Campos:
La mujer poderosa en la poesía de mujer: Ana Rossetti, Carmen Burgo y Concha Méndez
(Dr. Sharon Ugalde, Thesis Committee Chair) in progress.
Lorella Di Gregorio:
Español para italianos: ¿primo hermano o falso amigo?
(Dr. Matthew Juge, Thesis Committee Chair) 2014
Isaac Martínez: (2009):
Tlatelolco 1968: Representación en testimonies, literature y medios visuals de un hecho histórico
(Dr. Miriam Echeverría, Thesis Committee Chair) 2008.
Claire Meadows:
Un nuevo acercamiento a la enseñanza de español como segunda lengua: El Modelo Neurocognitivo
(Antonio Gragera, Thesis Committee Chair) 2009
Erin Mursch:
Two Approaches to Teaching Spanish Object Pronouns in the Second Language Classroom (Antonio Gragera, Thesis Committee Chair) 2010
Pilar Leoni-Lanz:
El cuento infantil hispano y su estructura narrativa
(Dr. Sharon Ugalde, Thesis Committee Chair) 2012
Dennys Pérez Obregón
La evolución del papel del lector en la novelística de Vargas Llosa
(Thesis Committee Chair, Dr. Sharon Ugalde) In progress.
Randal Scarmardo:
La España de Alvah Bessie. Dissertation in progress at the Universidad de Cádiz
(Dr. Lucy Harney—Expert International Professor) In progress
María Juanita Vargas:
La memoria histórica en Cinco horas con Mario (1966) y Si te dicen que caí (1973) de Juan Marsé (Dr. Nieves Pujalte, Thesis Committee Chair) 2014
Julio Verdi:
Causas de la tiranía vista desde la estética de Valle-Inclán en Tirano Banderas
(Dr. Miriam Echeverría, Thesis Committee Chair) 2013
Carolina Wilson:
Cruz de olvido y Managua, Salsa City: Devórame otra vez: El reflejo de los rastrojos de la violencia en la nueva realidad urbana de la Centroamérica de posguerra (Dr. Sharon Ugalde, Thesis Committee Chair) 2011
Allison Yakel:
Adult Literacy Among the Hispanic Population of Central Texas: Opportunities, Challenges, and Outcomes (Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, Thesis Committee Chair) 2014