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Francis Whitfill

PhD Student

No office hours Fall 24

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, 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 

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature 

Religious Texts 

Women’s and Gender Studies 

Queer Studies 

Colonial Latin America 

Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Latin America 

Comparative Literature 

Language