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Perla Abrego
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
The department maintains ties with several other colleges for a variety of study-abroad experiences. Visit our southern neighbors in Mexico.
Tianran L. Savaiinaea
Lecturer in Chinese
Employers think students who have studied other languages build accuracy and ease in their own.
German A. Salinas
Adjunct Associate in Modern Languages
Employers think students who have studied other languages build accuracy and ease in their own.
Dr. Susan M. Smith
Professor of Modern Languages
Bagby Hall, 302
(434) 223-6986
ssmith@hsc.edu
Education
B.A., California Lutheran College, Thousand Oaks, CA (1966); M.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1993); Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1998).
Teaching Interests
Spanish language and culture
Medieval and Early Modern Spanish literature (especially allegory, drama and poetry), composition, translation
Committee Assignments & Service to the College
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee
Most Recent Publications
"Notes on a Newly Discovered Play: Is Marcela de San Félix the Author?" Bulletin of the Comedinates. 52:1 (2000)
El convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas de Madrid y la vida de sor Marcela. Madrid: Espasa Calpe (Real Academia Española), 2001.
Entre aventuras y encantamientos. Trans. audio CD. Alcalá de Henares (Spain): Music and Productions, 2005.
"Saint Teresa of Avila", Dictionary of Literary Biography: Sixteenth-century Spanish Writers, Detroit, Mich.: Gale Group, 2005.
Los coloquios del Alma: Cuatro dramas alegóricos por sor Marcela de san Félix, hija de Lope de Vega. Newark, Del: Juan de la Cuesta Press. 2006
Professional Affiliations
Treasurer, Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas
Member, Modern Language Association and South Atlantic MLA
Member, Renaissance Society of America
Other Interests
Golf
travel
Mexican history and culture
detective fiction
Family
Spouse: Curt Smith