Spanish and Portuguese Department at UC Davis

Advising Appointment Update

In alignment with the campus directives regarding the precautions surrounding COVID-19, the Languages and Literatures academic advising offices are now physically closed. Our Advisors remain available and will be offering academic advising appointments to students through zoom, phone call, or email. Once you have scheduled your appointment in the online appointment system, your advisor will reach out to you via email with instructions on how to connect with them using zoom, phone call, or email.

News

Spanish and Religious Studies Double Major Receives Leon H. Mayhew Memorial Award

Kenton Goldsby of Ferndale was recognized with the Leon H. Mayhew Memorial Award, presented by the College of Letters and Science to undergraduates majoring in music, art or literature for their academic achievement and service to the university.

https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/news/winners-top-college-awards-announced

Spanish majors can choose classes to fit their interests: focusing either on Spain or Latin America and on either linguistics or literature and culture.

Oh, the Things You Can Do as a Spanish Major!

When I mention I attend UC Davis, people usually assume I study Animal Science or another similarly scientific major. While UC Davis is known for its exemplary STEM programs, my interests lie in the realm of languages and literature. I love being a Spanish major at UC Davis.

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Staff working remotely as of March 16th

The Languages & Literatures staff are currently working remotely. Please visit http://langlit.ucdavis.edu/staff to view their contact information.

Professor Newcomb co-edits New Book

Professor Robert Patrick Newcomb is a co-editor, along with professors Cecilia Enjuto Rangel, Pedro García-Caro (both University of Oregon), and Sebastaan Faber (Oberlin College; Ph.D. in Spanish, UC Davis), of a new volume Transatlantic Studies: Latin America, Iberia, and Africa, published by Liverpool University Press.

Border Wall Mural envisioned by Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana has been completed

A UC Davis student is telling the stories of people who came to the United States as young, undocumented immigrants, and she’s doing it in one of the most prominent places imaginable: the razor wire-topped border wall in Tijuana.