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The Spanish capstone course taught this past Fall of 2013 by Professor Natalia Santamaria-Laorden, titled “Rewriting Hispanic Identity Constructions,” focused on providing Spanish majors with a solid聽understanding of the theoretical and historical frames in which the Hispanic tradition has been conceived throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. To complete the course, students were required to draw from what they聽learned to聽create and present a research paper on their subject of choice.

The resulting 11 presentations, the titles and authors of which can be viewed below, 聽turned out o be聽as exciting as they were varied:

• Clara Campoamor y el sufragio femenino: La lucha de una mujer para la mujer (by Kathia Cintron)
• “I feel robbed”: una exploraci贸n del mantenimieto y la p茅rdida del espa帽ol en los hijos de la segunda generaci贸n聽(by Victoria Grey)
• Una exploraci贸n del iconismo de Che Guevara en Cuba聽(by Danielle Gold)
• Estudio comparativo entre su autobiograf铆a y la pel铆cula “Diarios de la motocicleta”聽(by Martin Salcedo)
• Las 煤ltimas controversias sobre las corridas de toros: Un examen de la influencia en la cultura y las razones para eliminar la tradici贸n聽(by colleen Moran)
• Una exploraci贸n de Las Meninas (1656), a trav茅s del uso de los espejos, la representaciones de la edad, y el uso espacial聽(by Andrea Arias)
• Parc G眉ell: Un mosaico modernista en s铆 mismo de estilos, materiales e ideas聽(by Emily Gang)
• Fukushima, Jap贸n (2011): Desastre nuclear, proceso fracasado, y la falta de una soluci贸n聽(by Josu茅 Castillo)
• Las condiciones del viaje de ni帽os y adolescentes de Latinoam茅rica a los Estados Unidos en busca a una mejor vida (by Catalina Kane)
• La evaporaci贸n del control: La privatizaci贸n del agua en Cochabamba, Bolivia en 2004 y las perspectivas de todos involucrados聽(by Abi Smith)
• Las Representaciones de Pablo Escobar antes y despu茅s del procedimiento聽(by Danny Restrepo)

The Epistemological Nature of the Nation:

A Roundtable Based on the Study Abroad Programs of Ramapo College Students

In November of 2009, students taking Ramapo’s Spanish Civilizations class were given the exciting opportunity to attend a round-table discussion being held at the National Collegiate Honors Council in Washington, DC. Together, Associate Professor of Spanish, Natalia Santamaria-Leorden, five Spanish Language Studies students, and several students who had studied abroad in Venice worked together to prepare for the discussion which was to address the epidemiological nature of the nation. 聽The variety of conversations that ensued at the conference among students from different聽colleges and universities聽was a great success!