Spanish, PhD

Program Overview

The PhD program in Spanish at Johns Hopkins University focuses on literary history, close textual analysis, and interpretation theory, with faculty expertise in critical theory disciplines. The program emphasizes teaching experience through apprentice teaching of undergraduate courses and encourages research abroad. Graduate students may have the opportunity to pursue non-teaching research years or compete for fellowships and teaching appointments.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The PhD in Spanish program at Johns Hopkins University emphasizes work in three complementary areas: literary history, close textual analysis, and theory of interpretation. The faculty and visiting professors offer training in various disciplines pertaining to critical theory, including philosophy, theory of language, psychoanalytic theory, intellectual history, and cultural anthropology.

Teaching:

The program requires all graduate students to complete four years of apprentice teaching of elementary and intermediate level undergraduate courses as part of their professional preparation. This typically involves three to four hours of classroom teaching per week.

Other:

• Students must demonstrate proficiency in one or two other languages besides English, depending on their specialization.
• The department encourages and expects graduate students to do research abroad during their program of study.
Spanish students may elect to make their fourth year a non-teaching year.
• Students may elect to go abroad for a semester or the entire academic year to conduct research essential to their dissertation.
• The department offers a number of fellowships for graduate students, including university fellowships and teaching fellowships.
• Fourth- and fifth-year graduate students may also compete for Dean’s Teaching Fellowships.