The Judith Liskin-Gasparro Outstanding Spanish TA Award will be given to one TA from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese per academic year. The winner will receive a monetary compensation of $100, awarded at a ceremony at the end of the Spring semester, and lunch with Judith and department faculty.
Dr. Liskin-Gasparro is Associate Professor Emeritus in our department. She had an impactful career at the University of Iowa. Her area of research was Applied Linguistics, focused on classroom teaching and second language acquisition. Dr. Liskin-Gasparro mentored many graduate students (and faculty) on teaching, classroom techniques, and generally how to be better, more purposeful teachers. Her work reminds us how important it can be to teach well and to keep growing as a teacher. Dr. Liskin-Gasparro was the founder and Co-Director of the Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition (FLARE), an interdisciplinary second language acquisition doctoral program from 2000-2015. She was an important figure in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and her mentoring was critical to the professional success of many of our graduate students. Her important contributions to our Department and to the field of Second Language Acquisition overall make this award a great pleasure and honor for us to grant.
Minimum Requirements
The award is open to MA, MFA, and PhD students currently enrolled in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese who have taught a department during the current academic year.
- Students must be in good standing in the Department in terms of coursework and progress on thesis and dissertation projects
- Students may apply more than once, but they can receive the award only once.
- Students may not receive this award in the same year they receive the Council for Teaching TA award.
How to Apply
Click the link below to upload your SPOT evaluations from the last three semesters along with a 1-page statement on teaching. This statement should be a purposeful and reflective essay outlining the nominee's teaching believes, practices, and innovations.
Previous Awardees
- Oriette D'Angelo
- Camila Núñez
- Rachel Wagle
- Emerson Craig