Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
2022-2023 Annual Awards Ceremony
Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Friends of Music Room (University Auditorium)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Hauptman Medal for Excellence in Spanish and Portuguese
Megan Hsu
Outstanding Majors
Abigail Putnam
Cherie Chick
Joseph Panara
Grace Parker
Parker Self
Steven Manso
Patrick Mena
Outstanding Spanish Heritage Students
Charlene Estevez
Emilio Figueroa
Outstanding UF Online Spanish Students
SPN 1130
Christopher Morales
Chandler Young
SPN 1131
Bobby Crocker
Eliza Porter
CLAS Scholars Award
Julia Charske (Faculty Mentor: Gabriela Puscama)
Beinecke Scholar Award
Patrick Grey
Fulbright Award (Seville, Spain)
Audrey DuBose
Honors Societies Initiates
Phi Lambda Beta (Portuguese Honor Society)
Sofi-Nicole Barreiro
Ariana Miranda
YoVanna Solomon
Phi Beta Kappa Electee
Isabel M. Curtis
GRADUATE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Spanish Degrees Earned (* Anticipated by Summer 2023)
MA: Hadder Ceballos*, Sabrina Cohen, Iván Díez de la Pava, Sheila Olivé, Valeria Pagliai, Jade Sierra, Alba Santamaría-Gallego*, Danielle Spivey, Hannah Treadway, Georgina Wilson
PhD: Tania Abella Fernández, Laura Callahan, Greity González Rivera, Hernán Rosario, Diana Velázquez-López*, Allen Zegarra*
Job Placements
Tania Abella Fernández: Jacksonville State University (AL)
Laura Callahan: Towson University (MD)
Irene Zurita Moreno: Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Outstanding Graduate Students (elected by faculty)
Hispanic Linguistics
PhD: Joshua Hidgon
MA: Sabrina Cohen
Spanish & Spanish American Literature
PhD: Laura Callahan
MA: Georgina Wilson
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Travel Awards
Marina Cuartero Marco, Nazita Fazlkhah, Juan Manuel Martínez, María Laura Mecías
Center for European Studies Travel Award
Enrique Muñoz-Mantas
CLAS Ruth McQuown Scholarship Award
Josh Higdon
Alpha Epsilon Lambda
Daniela Stransky has been inducted into the University of Florida’s Graduate Student Honor Society, “Alpha Epsilon Lambda.”
San Jordi Translation Contest
Enrique Muñoz Mantas was awarded the second prize in the 2023 San Jordi Translation Contest, jointly organized by the Translation Center and the Catalan Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
CLAS Travel Awards
Marina Cuartero Marco, Juan Manuel Martínez, María Laura Mecías, Enrique Muñoz-Mantas, Daniela Núñez de Álvarez Stransky, Gustavo Velázquez Lazcano, Diana Velázquez-López, Allen Zegarra
2023 Summer Assistantships
Valencia (Spain): María Laura Mecías, Sergio Casado Ariza
Research Awards
Feministas Unidas Graduate Student Prize ‘Emilia Pardo Bazán’
María Victoria Muñoz
Mango Languages Dissertation Award
Diana Velázquez-López
National Humanities Center Doctoral Student Summer Residency
Nazita Fazlkhah
Teaching Awards
Calvin A. Vander Werf Graduate Student Teaching Award
María Victoria Muñoz
SPS Award for Cooperative Leadership in Teaching
Laura Callahan (Lower Division Spanish)
Hannah Treadway (Upper Division Spanish)
Jade Sierra (Heritage Spanish)
Whitney Koonce Memorial Award
Greity González Rivera