Contact Information

Office: 3148 JFSB

Phone: 422-3191

Email: valerie_hegstrom@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses Spanish 339 (Introduction to Hispanic Literature)
Spanish 441 (Survey of Spanish Literature)
Spanish 439R/639R (Spanish Theater Performance)
Spanish 443R/643R ("Golden Age" Spanish Literature: Comedia, Novella, Poetry, or Women Writers)
Women's Studies 392 (Women's Studies Colloquium)
Women's Studies 222 (Introduction to Women's Studies)

Semester Schedule: WS 392R Women's Studies Colloquium F 12-12:50

Women's Studies Office Hours: F 2-2:55 (1065 JFSB)
Spanish Office Hours: by appointment

Biography:

Dr. Hegstrom received her PhD from the University of Kansas. She taught for four years at the University of New Mexico and then joined the Department of Spanish and Portguese in 1994. She is an affiliated faculty member of Comparative Literature, European Studies, and the Women's Studies Program as well. At Brigham Young University, she has organized two College of Humanities Theater Festivals and helped mentor the production of seven full-length Early Modern Spanish plays and two entremeses, including works by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca, Angela de Azevedo, and Sor Marcela de san Félix. She has also enjoyed co-directing study abroad programs in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Dr. Hegstrom's research focuses on the recovery of literary works by Early Modern women who wrote in Spanish and Portuguese. She currently serves as the Coordinator of the BYU Women's Studies Program.

Degrees: BA, English, Brigham Young U, 1982
MA, Comparative Literature, Brigham Young U, 1986
MA, Spanish, U of Kansas, 1988
PhD, Spanish Literature, U of Kansas, 1992

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