Our department supports students in becoming global citizens, working to enhance their linguistic skills in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, deepen their intercultural competence and build their sense of civic responsibility.

We offer a wide range of language courses, including those geared toward the professions, and advanced multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary courses related to the Hispanic, Brazilian and Portuguese worlds. As active scholars and professors, our faculty carries out research and teaches in the areas of literature, cultures, history, linguistics, translation, visual arts, film, theatre and performance and creative and academic writing.

Beyond an advanced level of language proficiency, our graduates will have analytical and critical skills and the ability to think comparatively in a multilingual and increasingly interconnected world. These competencies are especially valued in the professional world and will help graduates thrive beyond Dickinson.

Students interested in Portuguese may also want to learn more about Dickinson’s Portuguese & Brazilian studies minor.

Contact Info

Chair

Margaret FrohlichAssociate Professor of Spanish

Department Coordinator

Elizabeth ZizziSr. Academic Department Coordinator

Phone

717-245-1277

Fax

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Location

105, First floor, Bosler Hall Mailing Address

Department Features


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Study Abroad
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Current Courses
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Activities

Student Outcomes

Where Our Students Go From Here

Jobs:

  • AmeriCorps
  • Global Strategic and Innovative Strategies (GSIS)
  • Community Action Association of Pennsylvania
  • United Nations Population Fund
  • Peace Corps
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • Mujeres Unidas Avanzando
  • Madeira School
  • BAE Systems
  • SITE Program Lombardia
  • Teach for America
  • San Diego Padres
  • William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

Graduate Schools:

  • Georgetown University
  • Universidad de Málaga
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Virginia
  • Miami University
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Miami
  • Boston University
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Vanderbilt University
Where Our Students Have Interned
  • House of Blues San Diego
  • Marie Claire
  • Milwaukee Magazine
  • National Defense Fund/Community Coalition
  • Newark Academy Summer Session
  • Nos sobran los motivos (We Are the Reason)
  • PA Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition; CASA
  • Planned Parenthood (Keystone)
  • Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (RAC)
  • TripAdvisor
  • U.S. Army War College - Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
  • YSC Sports Marketing

Student Perspective

During the spring of my junior year, I studied abroad in Málaga, Spain. Looking back, this is one of the best decisions I made in college, because it helped me look at my life in a completely different way. I could not believe how much my Spanish improved and how in-tune I felt with the Spanish culture by the time the program ended. 

—Olivia Lowden '19 (Spanish, neuroscience)


Please take a look at a series of videos our students have made about their experience while in these programs


Spanish & Portuguese News

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For the Love of Travel: Alumni Couple Share Tips, Stories From Global Adventures

For the Love of Travel: Alumni Couple Share Tips, Stories From Global Adventures

“We’ve definitely had some adventures and mishaps." Dan Litwack '05 and Ana Atach '08 share lively travel stories in a Spanish-language book.

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Dickinson College to Host Virtual Documentary Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker

Esery Mondesir, an award-winning filmmaker, will share his documentary film “What Happens to a Dream Deferred?” and participate in a post-film question-and-answer session in a virtual event.

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Dickinson College to Host Virtual Lecture on Immigration Imprisonment

Dickinson College to Host Virtual Lecture on Immigration Imprisonment

César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, law professor and expert in criminal and immigration law, will discuss the history of the immigration-imprisonment system in the U.S.

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Dickinson College to Host Virtual Discussion on Arms Sales and Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dickinson College to Host Virtual Discussion on Arms Sales and Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean

Adam Isacson, director of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) Defense Oversight program, will discuss arms trafficking in a virtual program.

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Student Snapshot: Justina Warnick

Student Snapshot: Justina Warnick '20

"Dickinson provided me with the best mentors," says Justina Warnick ’20, who researched neurodegenerative disease and addiction and will attend med school on full scholarship.

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Dickinson College Professors to Discuss Protests Around the World

Dickinson College Professors to Discuss Protests Around the World

A panel of five Dickinson professors representing a variety of disciplines and national backgrounds will address worldwide environmental activism and protest movements in different countries.

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