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Education and Professional Experience:
Dr. MacDonald pursued a Master's Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ph.D. in Romance Languages from Princeton University in 2006. Thesis title: "Joseph Blanco White: An Intellectual Biography, 1776 - 1810."

Teaching and Research Interests:
In addition to the Introductory level Spanish language courses taught in the Multimedia Classrooms of the Plaza Building and other Intermediate and Advanced level courses, her interests include Peninsular Spanish literature, history, culture and civilization, 18th- and 19th-century literature, European and Peninsular Enlightenment studies, institutional polemics, and Spanish grammar and stylistics. Dr. MacDonald is currently working with an international consortium toward the publication of the complete works of Joseph Blanco White.

Professional Affiliations:
She is active in the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) and the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT).

Regularly Taught Courses:

• Elementary Spanish I and II
• Spanish Grammar and Composition
• Advanced Composition
• Spanish American Culture and Civilization
• Advanced Spanish Writing and Grammar I and II
• Culture and Civilization of Spain
• Introduction to Literary Studies
• Survey of Peninsular Spanish Literature
• Masterpieces of Latin American Literature