Faculty Profile
Maria Asuncion Arnedo
(she/her/hers)Senior Lecturer in Spanish (2010)
Contact Information
Bosler Hall Room 217
717-245-1874
Bio
Arnedo studied pharmacy at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, where she earned her Licenciatura in pharmacology with a minor in Ecology. She earned her Master's degree at the School of Public Health of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. At Dickinson, she combines Spanish language teaching with her background in public health. She has embraced teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes. In addition to Spanish for the Health Professions and Spanish for Business, she has taught a Globally Integrated Course on Sustainability in Hispanic Cultures, which included a trip to Cuba to study urban agriculture in Spring 2017, and Living High: Food, Literature, and Culture in the Basque Country, Spring 2024. She is currently researching the history of Hispanic gastronomy and its health implications.
Education
- B.S., M.S., Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 1981
- M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish
This is the first course in the language sequence. The course focuses on all four language skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with an emphasis on vocabulary development and listening comprehension development. Prerequisite: Placement exam.
SPAN 229 Spanish Conversation
The primary goal of this course is to continue to strengthen students' oral, aural, reading, and writing skills in Spanish while acquiring a broadened intercultural perspective. Course topics will consist of a focused cultural theme chosen by the professor. Examples of possible topics include: Current Events in Hispanic Societies, Chronicling Everyday Life, Geographical Explorations in the Spanish-Speaking World, and Gastronomy and Health in the Hispanic World.Prerequisite: 202, 203 or 205. NOTE: May be taken concurrently with 202, 231, 238 or 239. Students who have completed 231 or courses above 239 may not take this course.