CV- 1-23-20 Stafford

This is a picture of me in front of el Río Duero in Soria, Spain, home of one of my favorite Spanish poets, Antonio Machado.

I joined the Lafayette College Foreign Language Department in 2013 after graduating with a PhD in Spanish Literature from the University of California, Davis. I started studying Spanish in High School, and since have lived in Barcelona, Madrid, and Medellín. I decided to pursue a career as a Spanish Professor because I am passionate about equipping students to communicate in, understand and navigate cross-cultural and intercultural experiences. I specialize in 20th and 21st century Peninsular literature and film, but am also interested in the larger themes of political transitions, justice, and memory in Latin American literature and film.

This is a picture of me in front of el Río Duero in Soria, Spain, home of one of my favorite Spanish poets, Antonio Machado.  I joined the Lafayette College Foreign Language Department in 2013 after graduating with a PhD in Spanish Literature from the University of California, Davis. I started studying Spanish in High School, and since have lived in Barcelona, Madrid, and Medellín. I decided to pursue a career as a Spanish Professor because I am passionate about equipping students to communicate in, understand and navigate cross-cultural and intercultural experiences. I specialize in 20th and 21st century Peninsular literature and film, but am also interested in the larger themes of political transitions, justice, and memory in Latin American literature and film.