Faculty Profile
Margaret Frohlich
Associate Professor of Spanish (2007); Director, Dickinson in Malaga, 2023-25
Contact Information
on sabbatical 2025-26
Bosler Hall
717-245-1155
Bio
She specializes in 20th century and contemporary literature and film with a focus on the construction of national and sexual identities. She is the author of two books: Sexual Diversity in Young Cuban Cinema and Framing the Margin: Nationality and Sexuality across Borders, which won the international competition for the Victoria Urbano Monograph Prize of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica. Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Language and Sexuality; Studies in Documentary Film; Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas (formerly Studies in Hispanic Cinemas); Letras Femeninas; and Romance Review.
Education
- B.A., University of Colorado-Denver, 2001
- Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2006
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
LALC 300 Pan II: Embodiment and Film
Cross-listed with FMST 310-04 and SPAN 325-01. What is the role of embodiment in creating an impactful film? How does it create powerful storytelling and engagement of our senses? How do films align us with a character’s point of view or create emotional resonance with the world portrayed? This course explores the sensorial and emotional experiences of the film spectator; how thoughts and senses work together to make meaning; how intercultural cinema represents embodiment; and how films explore the affective and embodied aspects of human lives. Students will deepen their knowledge of embodiment through the analysis of a broad range of U.S. Latinx, Latin American and Spanish films. Assignments will include viewing multiple films, theoretical readings, and writing assignments. It is taught in English and films will include English subtitles.
FMST 310 Pan II: Embodiment and Film
Cross-listed with LALC 300-01 and SPAN 325-01. Course taught in English.
What is the role of embodiment in creating an impactful film? How does it create powerful storytelling and engagement of our senses? How do films align us with a character’s point of view or create emotional resonance with the world portrayed? This course explores the sensorial and emotional experiences of the film spectator; how thoughts and senses work together to make meaning; how intercultural cinema represents embodiment; and how films explore the affective and embodied aspects of human lives. Students will deepen their knowledge of embodiment through the analysis of a broad range of U.S. Latinx, Latin American and Spanish films. Assignments will include viewing multiple films, theoretical readings, and writing assignments. It is taught in English and films will include English subtitles.
SPAN 325 Pan II: Embodiment and Film
Cross-listed with LALC 300-01 and FMST 310-04.
What is the role of embodiment in creating an impactful film? How does it create powerful storytelling and engagement of our senses? How do films align us with a character’s point of view or create emotional resonance with the world portrayed? This course explores the sensorial and emotional experiences of the film spectator; how thoughts and senses work together to make meaning; how intercultural cinema represents embodiment; and how films explore the affective and embodied aspects of human lives. Students will deepen their knowledge of embodiment through the analysis of a broad range of U.S. Latinx, Latin American and Spanish films. Assignments will include viewing multiple films, theoretical readings, and writing assignments. It is taught in English and films will include English subtitles.
Spring 2027
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
The primary goal of this course is to develop students' formal knowledge of Spanish by reviewing and studying the more challenging grammatical structures. The course will also work on development of skills in reading, oral expression, and vocabulary development. The purpose of the course is to equip students with the formal grammatical background necessary to be successful in courses on Hispanic literatures, linguistics and cultures. Prerequisite: 201 or placement by department.