Beatriz Urrea
- Associate Professor of Practice, Spanish and Portuguese
Contact
- (520) 626-3620
- Modern Languages, Rm. 532
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- urrea@arizona.edu
Degrees
- M.A. Comparative Literature
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
- B.A. Anthropology
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1998 - Ongoing)
Awards
- Five Star Award
- University of Arizona, Spring 1999 (Award Finalist)
- University of Arizona, Spring 2017 (Award Finalist)
- Five Star Teaching Award
- University of Arizona, Spring 2020 (Award Finalist)
- Provost's General Education Teaching Award
- Spring 2006
- Innovation in Teaching Award
- College of Humanities, University of Arizona, Spring 2005
- University of Arizona, Spring 2005
Interests
Teaching
Spanish and Latin American literature and film, immigration, human trafficking
Research
Spanish and Latin American literature and film, immigration, human trafficking
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2025) -
Second Semester Spanish
SPAN 102 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Second Semester Spanish
SPAN 102 (Spring 2025) -
Second Semester Spanish
SPAN 102 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2024) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2023) -
Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 251 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2023) -
Reading Literary Genres
SPAN 350 (Spring 2023) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2022) -
Latin America on Film
SPAN 210 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2022) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2021) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2020) -
Issues:Span-Am Culture
SPAN 431 (Spring 2020) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2019) -
Latin America on Film
SPAN 210 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2019) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Inter Conversation
LAS 330 (Spring 2018) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2018) -
Immigration through Film
SPAN 220 (Fall 2017) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2017) -
Reading Literary Genres
SPAN 350 (Spring 2017) -
Immigration through Film
SPAN 220 (Fall 2016) -
Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Inter Conversation
SPAN 330 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Urrea, B. (1996).
El cuerpo femenino: Identidad(es) problematizada(s) en dos cuentos de Rosario Ferré
. Revista De Critica Literaria Latinoamericana, 22(43), 279-300. doi:10.2307/4530863
Others
- Urrea, B. (2013, November). La decisión de Temeka. amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/decision-Temeka-Temekas-Spanish-Edition/dp/0615783031More infoWhile my workload distribution is 80% instruction, 20% service, I completed the translation into Spanish of the book Temeka's Choice by Temeka Johnson. The piece was published by amazon.com.
