Juan Carlos Martin Galvan

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Ph.D., Spanish Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
M.A.. Spanish Literature, Brigham Young University, 2002
B.A.. Spanish Translation and Interpretation, Brigham Young University, Magna Cum Laude, 2000

E-mail: jmartin1@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508) 565-1243
Office: Duffy Academic Center, 243

Juan Carlos Martín Galván is an Assistant Professor of Spanish language and literature at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Professor Martin is a native of Spain, from the Canary Islands. In Spain, he studied computer science and worked in a youth center as a coordinator. He also coached youth teams and played semi-pro soccer for a few years.

In 1997 he moved to the United States and started his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University. After graduating with a Bachelors degree in Spanish translation and interpretation, he completed a Masters program in Spanish Literature.

In 2002, he moved to North Carolina where he completed his PhD. studies in Peninsular literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2006 he joined the Foreign Language Department at Stonehill College. He teaches intermediate and advanced Spanish language courses as well as culture and literature courses. He is the faculty coordinator of the recently formed Spanish Club.

Research Interests:
Professor Martin’s research interests include the realistic discourse in the Spanish contemporary novel, and the relationship between history, literature and memory. Moreover, he studies the relationship between science and literature in Spanish narrative and film. His pedagogical interests also include the integration of new technologies into the curriculum.

Courses Taught:

• Intermediate Spanish I-II
• Advanced Spanish I-II
• Contemporary Spanish Novel
• Spain Today