Co-Coordinator of Black and Africana Studies program
Faculty leader of the study abroad program in Equatorial Guinea
Dr. Castillo-Rodriguez has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2017.
Office Hours: SPRING 2025
On sabbatical
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2013.
Ph.D., Social Anthropology, Complutense University, Madrid, 2000.
B.A., Sociology, Complutense University, Madrid, 1992.
Affiliations
ACBLPE (Association of Portuguese- and Spanish-Lexified Creoles)
AEA (Asociación Española de Africanistas)
ASMEA (Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa)
IACPL (International Association of Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics)
NYASA (New York African Studies Association)
Most Recent Publication
Susana Castillo-Rodríguez (2023) Spreading the word of God and Benga: the Presbyterian Church in Corisco Bay, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2023.2253336
More About Me
Research Interests:
Colonial Linguistics, Language Policy and Planning an language Ideologies, particularly in Central-Western Africa, and most specifically in Equatorial Guinea.
https://geneseo.academia.
Other Interests:
Yoga, running, travel and reading.
Classes
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SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I
Introductory communication-based language course. Develops the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Intensive practice of real-world communication and cultural knowledge.
- SPAN 388: Exp: Talk (about) Spanglish