Luisa Quintero

Luisa Quintero

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

• Latin American film studies and history
• Experiential learning integration
• Teaching language through service-learning and internships
• Second language acquisition

Education

• Ph.D. in Romance Languages, Spanish, Wayne State University, Detroit, May 2008
• Baccalaureate in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998
• Baccalaureate in Spanish and Literature, University of Medellín, Colombia 1988
• Baccalaureate in Spanish and Literature, University of Medellín, Colombia 1988

Awards and grants

• Graduate teaching assistant, WSU, Dept. of Romance Languages, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005
• King Chavez Parks (KCP) Future Faculty Fellowship, WSU 2005-2007
• Thomas C. Rumble Graduate Fellowship, WSU Dept. CMLLC, 2006-2007
• Summer Dissertation Fellowship, WSU, 2007

Selected publications

• “Agency in the Abject: the Disposable Children in Víctor Gaviria’s films,” Hispanet Journal Volume 3, Nov. 2011

Courses taught by Luisa Quintero

Winter Term 2025 (future)

• SPA2010 - Intermediate Spanish
• SPA2025 - Cultural Connections, Grammar and Composition I
• SPA3200 - Conversation

Fall Term 2024 (current)

• SPA2010 - Intermediate Spanish
• SPA2025 - Cultural Connections, Grammar and Composition I
• SPA3200 - Conversation

Winter Term 2024

• SPA2010 - Intermediate Spanish
• SPA3200 - Conversation

Fall Term 2023

• SPA2010 - Intermediate Spanish
• SPA2025 - Cultural Connections, Grammar and Composition I
• SPA3200 - Conversation

Winter Term 2023

• SPA2010 - Intermediate Spanish
• SPA3200 - Conversation

Fall Term 2022

• SPA2025 - Cultural Connections, Grammar and Composition I
• SPA3200 - Conversation

Spring-Summer Term 2022

• SPA3200 - Conversation

Winter Term 2022

• SPA2010 - Intermediate Spanish
• SPA3200 - Conversation