Faculty Profile
Maria Asuncion Arnedo
Senior Lecturer in Spanish (2010)
Contact Information
Bosler Hall
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