Dr. Enrique Cotelo is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Cotelo's research includes a study of the role played by Spanish, Portuguese and fronterizo dialects in the construction of national identities and political loyalties. His interests include languages in contact, regional ballads and current dialects among speech communities of the River Plate.
Biography
Dr. Enrique Cotelo has been teaching since 2001. He holds degrees from the Universidad de la República (Uruguay), the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Mississippi (M.A. in Spanish and a Ph.D. in Latin American history).
His dissertation “Where States Ended and Nations Began: Modernization and National Identity at the Borderlands of Brazil and Uruguay, 1850-1880” examined the contributions made by people and events at the border to the consolidation of state institutions and national identities. At the University of Mississippi, Dr. Cotelo has taught courses in Spanish, study abroad, and Latin American history.
Courses Taught
- SPAN 111 Intensive Elementary Spanish
- SPAN 211 Intensive Intermediate Spanish
- SPAN 303 Spanish Conversation and Composition I
- SPAN 304 Spanish Conversation and Composition II
- HST 362 History of Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
- HST 366 History of Mexico and Central America
Education
B.A. Music, The University of Mississippi (1985)
MM Music, University of Texas at Austin (1988)
M.A. Modern Languages, The University of Mississippi (2011)
Ph.D. History, The University of Mississippi (2012)