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Francis Whitfill

PhD Student

New Cabell Hall 438

Office hours: Monday 12:30-2:30PM

Education 

  • PhD in Spanish - University of Virginia (In progress)
  • MA in Spanish - Idaho State University (2023)
  • BA in Spanish, German - Murray State University (2010) 

Teaching Experience 

  • Spanish 2010 - University of Virginia (Fall 2025)
  • Spanish, ESL (Grades 9-12) – Roanoke City Public Schools, VA (2022-2024)
  • Spanish, German (Grades 9-12) – Benton County Schools, TN (2012-2015, 2017-2022)
  • Spanish (Grades 9-12) – Williamson County Schools, TN (2015-2016)
  • English for Professionals (Individual Lessons for Adults) - Mexico City (2010-2012) 

Research Interests 

  • Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature
  • Clerical poetry and religious discourse
  • Literary depictions of Satan and evil

Professional Memberships 

  • Cervantes Society of America
  • EMoDiR (Early Modern Religious Dissents and Radicalism) International Research Group
  • Renaissance Society of America

Panels Organized 

  • Upcoming: “Satan the Seductor: Willful and Unwitting Damnation in Early Modern Europe” (Renaissance Society of America, San Francisco, 2026)

University Service Activities

  • Facilitator, Organizer – Spanish Conversation Meetups

Fellowships and Awards

  • Charles Gordon Reid Summer Fellowship, University of Virginia: funding to study Latin at the Summer Language Institute (2025)
  • Graduate Creative Writing Grant, Idaho State University (2022)
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Office Address/Hours
438 Office Hours: Monday 12:30-2:30PM