Lucia Ortiz

Professor

College Hall 346 B
Department Humanities

Mailing Address

Regis College box 1068

235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493

About

Lucía Ortiz is professor in the Department of Humanities at Regis College in Massachusetts. Her teaching areas are Latin American literature and history, Latinx literature in the U.S. and Spanish language and culture. She currently serves as coordinator of the Certificate in Spanish for Health Sciences and as the Spanish minor advisor. Her research focuses on Latin American studies, and she has scholarly publications that focus on Afro-Latin American literature, women’s literature and testimonial literature.

Classes Taught

  • SP 100, SP 300 Introductory and Advanced Spanish for Health Sciences
  • HI 111, HI 112 Latin American History
  • SP, EN 325 Latinx Literature in the United States
  • SP 320, ID 220 Environmental Justice in World Literature

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Hispanic Language and Literature, Boston University, 1993.

Master of Arts in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture, Syracuse University, 1987.

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Syracuse University, 1984.