UNO Foreign Languages: Faculty and Staff

University of New Orleans

Faculty and Staff

ELAINE S. BROOKS, Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Davis.

Professional Background

University of California, Davis; Ph.D. Spanish; Dissertation: The Word Is the Sword : A Study of Language, Themes, and Rhyme in Fifteenth-century Spanish "Cancionero" Debate Poetry, Director: Samuel G. Armistead; Degree conferred September 1990.

University of California, Davis; M.A. Spanish; Degree conferred December 1982.

California State University at Sacramento; B.A. with Honors in Spanish; Minor- Economics; Degree conferred December 1980.

Areas of Expertise

Medieval Spanish Literature
Theories on Literary Aesthetics
15th-Century Cancionero Poetry

Academic Administrative Positions Academic Director for UNO-Costa Rica program 1998, 2001

Every year UNO leads 35 students to San Ramón in Costa Rica for 5 weeks of instruction in a variety of disciplines (including developing written and spoken Spanish). Our program continues to grow every year and we encourage the participation of Hispanic and non-Hispanic students from all over the United States to take advantage of the wonderful cultural experience we offer in Costa Rica.

Office: Liberal Arts 225
Office Phone: 280-7138
e-mail: esbrooks@uno.edu

Last modified 7 May 2003
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