Spanish MA Spring Graduates Accepted Into PhD Programs

Recently, both Erik González Campos and Elizabeth Rivera Muñoz have been accepted into PhD Programs to continue their Spanish language and Hispanic cultural studies.

Erik will start his PhD at the University of California-Riverside in the Department of Hispanic Studies in the fall 2025 semester, and Eli will begin at the University of Houston, focusing her studies on Hispanic linguistics.

Erik has been studying Mexican and Chicano cultural studies while in the MA program at ISU and has presented his work twice at the ISU Spanish MA Arconexiones graduate student conference. He will continue to pursue those areas of interest in his PhD as well.

About her choice, Eli says, "Elegí el programa de doctorado en español con especialización en lingüística de la universidad de Houston porque me apasiona explorar los procesos lingüísticos en el contexto hispano, y este programa me ofrece una formación académica sólida en un entorno diverso e inclusivo que me inspira a seguir creciendo como investigadora."

(I chose the PhD program in Spanish specializing in linguistics at the University of Houston because I am passionate about exploring linguistic processes in the Hispanic context, and this program offers me a solid academic formation in a diverse and inclusive environment that inspires me to continue growing as a researcher.)