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Spanish

Lourdes Albuixech received her Ph.D. from U.C. Riverside in 1997. A native of Spain, Dr. Albuixech specializes in Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages (especially Late Middle Ages) and the Early Modern period.

She is an Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and International Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her research revolves around the areas of late-medieval and early modern Spanish literature and culture. She has written about Spanish sentimental romance, Spanish pastoral romance, Spanish comedia, and Cervantes, and published in journals such as Celestinesca, Hispanófila, Anales cervantinos, Anuario de estudios cervantinos, and Bulletin of the Comediantes. Albuixech is also co-author of an introductory study to Luis Vélez de Guevara's La Serrana de la Vera (Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs 2002).

Albuixech teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Spanish language, literature, culture, and translation.