Synopsis:
I received my M.A. in Romance Philology (1985) from the Università degli Studi (Pisa), and my PhD in Hispanic Renaissance Linguistics (1991) from the University of California (Santa Barbara). My teaching and research interest have continued to develop in these two areas. As a philologist, I am interested in diachronic and historical linguistics and in the literary production of Spain during the Middle Ages. As a Renaissance scholar I am interested in Renaissance and Golden Age linguistic theories on the origin and development of the vernaculars, and in the impact of the New World on the European intellectual thought of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries. At UNC I teach several of the required courses for undergraduate Spanish majors (Spanish 50, Advanced Grammar and Composition; Spanish 53, Latin American Civilization; Spanish 71, Spanish Literature to 1700; Spanish 82, Masterpiece of Spanish Literature). I also teach upper class and graduate courses (Spanish 145, Phonetics and Phonology; Spanish 126, History of Language; Spanish 221-222, Morpho-Phonetics and Syntax of Old Spanish). Click here for a detailed list of publications and projects.

Course Pages : [Span 271] [Span 76] [Fall 2002]