Possible topics
Film, literature, linguistics, creative work, and cultural studies in the Spanish-speaking world.
SIPs in the Spanish Department must be written in Spanish. If a student wishes to work with a Spanish faculty member on a SIP written in English, they should register for a LNG or IDSY SIP.
Requirements
Completion of SPAN-301 and one 400-level course or faculty approval.
Deadlines
Students considering completing a fall or winter SIP in the Spanish Department in must meet with Spanish faculty by week 8 of spring-term of their junior year to discuss a research and writing timeline.
SIPs Completed in the Spanish Department
Meganne, Skoug, K ’25, “Identidad y materialidad urbana: La memoria política en La cordillera de los sueños de Patricio Guzmán”
Ximena Arteaga, K ’24, “El laberinto del fauno y Voces inocentes: Desafiando la niñez sacralizada”
Maria Kasperek, K ’24, “Performing Kimvn: The Indigenous Repertoire of Identity in Wallmapu“
Grace Garver, K ’23 “Mujeres monstruosas: La política de género en el cine de terror mexicano”
Elizabeth Knox, K ’20: “La institucionalización como una fuerza opresiva: La discapacidad mental en Los santos inocentes“
Grace Beck, K ’19, “The Perseverance of Women in the Historically Sexist World of reguetón“
Katherine McKibbon, K ’19, “#MeToo versus #YoTambién: Using Twitter to Investigate the Transition of Social Movements”
Brooke Nosanchuk, K ’19, “Ayahuasca as Portrayed Through Film: An Analysis of the Controversy that Considers it Both a Medicine and a Danger”
Samuel Rice, K ’19, “El acceso y la práctica de la interpretación médica de calidad”
Peter Schultz, K ’19, “La traducción automática como herramienta en el proceso de aprender un idioma”
Yu Shang, K ’19, “Una historia olvidada: La migración china en México y su cuestionamiento del mestizaje”