Dr. Polly Hodge

Dr. Polly J. Hodge received her Ph.D. in Spanish at the University of California, Irvine and has been teaching Spanish Literature and Language at Chapman since 1997. She is an Associate Professor of Spanish and currently serves as the Director for the Spanish Major and Minor programs as well as the Advisor for Chapman's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Hispanic Honor Society. Her professional activities include: Editorial Board of the bilingual theater journal, Estreno; Associate Editor for Ediciones de Gestos; editor of two bilingual theater volumes on the plays of Spanish playwright, José Moreno Arenas; author of many articles in English and Spanish on contemporary Spanish playwrights, the interconnection between theater and photography, drama and literary intertextuality, Hispanic cinema and historical memory; co-author of the high school Spanish textbook, Bravo III, published by Houghton Mifflin.

Courses Taught at Chapman:

• SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I
• SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II
• SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
• SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 326 Reading and Interpreting Literature
• SPAN 344 - Spanish Writing Workshop
• SPAN 375 - Lit. & Culture of Spain I
• SPAN 376 - Lit. & Culture of Spain II
• SPAN 484 - 20th Century Spanish Poetry & Drama: Literary Pictures
• SPAN 485 Hispanic Theatre in Dialogue with the Classics
• SPAN 487Hispanic Cinema and Globalization