Faculty Profile
Elise Bartosik-Velez
Professor of Spanish (2003)
Contact Information
Bosler Hall
717-245-1844
Bio
Professor Bartosik-Vélez received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Illinois. She teaches students about Latin American history and literature, focusing in particular on the colonial period through independence. She also teaches courses that compare British America and Spanish America in the early modern period. Her research interests include: intellectual history, the history of empire, the legacy of the classical world in the Americas, and the economic, political, and cultural entanglements of early modern empires.
Education
- B.A., University of California at San Diego, 1987
- Masters in Pacific International Affairs, University of California at San Diego, 1990
- M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
- Ph.D., 2003
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
LALC 390 Senior Research Seminar
Cross-listed with SPAN 401-01. Students will work on a semi-independent basis along with the professor on a focused research project in the humanities. Students will choose a research project that investigates at least one primary text relevant to Hispanic or Luso-Brazilian studies. Students will be required to submit regularly scheduled progress reports and will participate in discussions on research strategies, the writing process, and peer review of their writing. Students will be required to present their research at various stages. The culmination of this course will be a research paper that may serve as a launch pad for the Honor's Thesis in the spring semester.
SPAN 401 Senior Research Seminar
Cross-listed with LALC 390-01.
Spring 2027
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
LALC 300 Panoramas II
Cross-listed with SPAN 325-01.
SPAN 325 Panoramas II
Cross-listed with LALC 300-01.