Department of Languages

Category: Faculty News

Faculty news: Faculty receive national and university awards

September 18, 2015

Photo of Graciela Tissera receive the Frank A. Burtner Award for Excellence in Advising. Pictured with Tissera, second from left, are President Jim Clements, X and Vice Provost Bob Jones.

Stephen Fitzmaurice, assistant professor of American Sign Language, was awarded the National Association of the Deaf Golden Hands Award for his work with the South Carolina Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. The Golden Hand Award is bestowed by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and recognizes exemplary, volunteer contributions. […]

Department welcomes new faculty

September 17, 2015

photo of Ana Paula Miller

Meet the newest members of the Department of Languages who joined us this fall. Adrienne Fama, lecturer of Spanish

Subjects taught: elementary and intermediate Spanish

Education: M.A. in Hispanic linguistics from the University of Florida; B.A. in Spanish from Northwestern University