Dr. Sara Fernandez Medina
Department Head of Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Dr. Sara Fernandez Medina is a Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, where she also works as the Spanish Section Coordinator, Spanish Club Adviser, Mexico Summer Study Abroad Director, and placement coordinator.
Born in Madrid, Spain, Dr. Fernandez Medina got her first Bachelor’s in History (Archaeology) and started a second Bachelor’s in English Philology at Alcala University, Spain, and decided to move to the U.S. to get her Masters and PhD at Texas Tech University in Spanish Literature and Applied Linguistics.
Her research interests include Spanish Civil War, Gender violence in Spain, new trends in European Film and Media, and pedagogy applied to teaching languages.
Latest Publications:
Books Edited:
2017 Almudena Grandes, memoria, compromiso y resistencia. Sara Fernández Medina (Ed) Ed Valparaíso: Granada, Spain.
Book Chapters:
2018 “Workshop: Drawing Equality.” The Future is Drawn by the Girls. Ed. Fund. General de la U. de Alcalá, febrero 2018.
2018 Crisis and Retirement, a Look to Our Future in: Solas and Carmina y Amen. Cinematographic Answers to the Spanish Economic Crisis in the XXI Century. M. J. Hellín García & H. Talaya (Eds.) U. Oberta de Catalunya: Barcelona, Jan 2018.
Awards and nominations:
2017 Nominated to Commission on Higher Education Service Learning Award, SC
2016 Service Learning Recognition Award. Krause Center, The Citadel, SC.
2013 NROTC Teaching Appreciation and Recognition. The Citadel, SC.
2012 The James A. Grimsley, Jr. Award Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The Citadel, SC.
2011 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award to teachers for “high thought and noble endeavor.” The Citadel, SC.
Degrees
Ph.D. Spanish Language and Literature (Texas Tech University)
M.A. Romance Languages and Literatures (Texas Tech University)
B.A. History (Universidad de Alcala)