Melissa Simmermeyer, Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies and Lecturer, Spanish, of Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Coordinator SP 101/106E

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2016 Campus Drive, #206
Office Phone:	(919) 684-4877
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• SPANISH 206.01, INT SPAN 2: HEALTH PROFESSIONS Synopsis

  Languages 109, TuTh 12:00 PM-01:00 PM; Languages 114B, M 12:00 PM-01:00 PM

• SPANISH 306.01, HEALTH, CULTURE, LATINO COMMUN Synopsis

  Languages 207, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

  (also cross-listed as CULANTH 306.01, GLHLTH 326.01, HLTHPOL 306.01, LSGS 306.01)

Office Hours:

Fall 2013
Tuesday, 1:30-2:30 and 4:30-5:30 or by appt

Education:

M.S.	Georgetown University	1992
B.A.	University of Notre Dame	1990

Specialties:

Spanish
Spanish and Latin-American Studies
Latino Studies

Research Interests: Spanish-language pedagogy, second-language instruction and assessment, second-language writing instruction and assessment, Spanish grammar instruction and assessment, 20th-century Latin American literature and culture, language-learning technologies

Keywords:

Critical theory • Language and culture • Latin American literature • Second language acquisition • Spanish language • Spanish language materials • Spanish language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc • Spanish language--Written Spanish • Translating and interpreting