Faculty Profile
Eva Copeland
Professor of Spanish (2005)
Contact Information
Bosler Hall
717-254-8152
Bio
She teaches courses on the intersections of race, sexuality, gender, and national identity in 19th- to 21st-century Spanish cultural production. Her essays have appeared in journals such as Romance Quarterly, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, and Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades. Her article, "On Blackness and Belonging in Contemporary Spain: Desirée Bela-Lobedde's 'Ser mujer negra en España'" (Hispania, December 2022) received the 2023 AATSP Outstanding Scholarly Publication Award. Recent work includes "Afro-Spanish Countervisual Genealogies of Blackness in Rubén H. Bermudez's 'Y tú, ¿por qué eres negro?'" (Journal of the African Literature Association, fall 2024) and "La madre patria: Domesticity, Empire, and the Affective in Eva Canel's 'El agua turbia' (1899)" (Hispanic Review, spring 2025). She is writing a book on blackness and cultural memory in modern and contemporary Spain.
Education
- B.A., Colgate University, 1994
- M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1999
- Ph.D., 2004
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
The primary goal of this course is to develop students' formal knowledge of Spanish by reviewing and studying the more challenging grammatical structures. The course will also work on development of skills in reading, oral expression, and vocabulary development. The purpose of the course is to equip students with the formal grammatical background necessary to be successful in courses on Hispanic literatures, linguistics and cultures. Prerequisite: 201 or placement by department.
SPAN 215 Spanish Comp & Conversation
Completion of both SPAN 215 and SPAN 245 fulfills the WID Requirement.
Spring 2027
SPAN 215 Spanish Comp & Conversation
This course is designed to further develop students’ writing, listening, and speaking skills in Spanish, while introducing them to more formal written assignments. Through a diverse selection of readings across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds, students will engage with the fundamentals of close reading analysis, refine their oral expression, and strengthen their knowledge of cultural themes and ideas. Prerequisite: 202. NOTE: Completion of both 215 and 245 fulfills the WID requirement. Students who have completed 231 or courses above 239 may not take this course.
SPAN 380 Advanced Topics
Study of significant, cultural, literary, and historical topics concerning the Spanish and/or Portuguese speaking world. Specific class topic to be decided by professor. This course is taught solely in Spanish. Prerequisite: 245 or permission of the instructor.