Faculty Profile
Amaury Leopoldo Sosa
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese (2017)
Contact Information
Bosler Hall
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Bio
I was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and have lived and studied in New York, Vermont, Rio de Janeiro, and Madrid. These crossings inform and drive my comparative and cross-disciplinary approach to teaching and research questions about the cultural productions of Iberia, Latin America, and the Latinx diaspora. In my classes, we engage close reading strategies and queer and feminist methodologies to unpack literary and audiovisual texts. As for scholarship, I focus on early modern life writing, difference and identity, subjectivity, vigilance, and the Inquisition. I am currently working on a project tentatively titled, “The Auto/Biographical Imperative," which examines 16th- and 17th-century I/Eye-texts, surveillance, and empire.
Education
- B.A., Middlebury College, 2007
- Ph.D., New York University, 2018
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
FYSM 100 First-Year Seminar
The First-Year Seminar (FYS) introduces students to Dickinson as a "community of inquiry" by developing habits of mind essential to liberal learning. Through the study of a compelling issue or broad topic chosen by their faculty member, students will:
- Critically analyze information and ideas
- Examine issues from multiple perspectives
- Discuss, debate and defend ideas, including one's own views, with clarity and reason
- Develop discernment, facility and ethical responsibility in using information, and
- Create clear academic writing
The small group seminar format of this course promotes discussion and interaction among students and their professor. In addition, the professor serves as students' initial academic advisor. This course does not duplicate in content any other course in the curriculum and may not be used to fulfill any other graduation requirement.
SPAN 215 Spanish Comp & Conversation
Completion of both SPAN 215 and SPAN 245 fulfills the WID Requirement.
Spring 2027
SPAN 215 Spanish Comp & Conversation
This course is designed to further develop students’ writing, listening, and speaking skills in Spanish, while introducing them to more formal written assignments. Through a diverse selection of readings across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds, students will engage with the fundamentals of close reading analysis, refine their oral expression, and strengthen their knowledge of cultural themes and ideas. Prerequisite: 202. NOTE: Completion of both 215 and 245 fulfills the WID requirement. Students who have completed 231 or courses above 239 may not take this course.
SPAN 225 Panoramas I
This English-language course presents an overview of major cultural productions from Latinx, Hispanic, and Luso-Brazilian individuals and communities. Students will engage with diverse genres and media from Latin America, the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, Africa, the United States, and diasporic populations from across the globe. Depending on the professor, texts may focus on historical, social, cultural, political, methodological, and/or aesthetic contexts through a comparative and interdisciplinary approach. Students majoring or minoring in Spanish and Portuguese Studies should complete the sequence of SPAN 215 and 245. Taught in English.