Diane Birginal, M.A.

Senior Lecturer - Spanish; Modern Languages and Literature

Diane Birginal received her B.A. in Spanish and International Studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1988. After living in Salamanca, Spain, for two years, she returned to the U.S. and began work on her graduate degree. She obtained an M.A....

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Education & Curriculum Vitae

M.A., Spanish Applied Linguistics, Arizona State University

B.A., Spanish and International Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Courses Taught

MDLA 193 - Exploring Spain

SPAN 101/102 - Elementary Spanish

SPAN 201/202 - Intermediate Spanish

SPAN 301/320 - Advanced Spanish


Diane Birginal received her B.A. in Spanish and International Studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1988. After living in Salamanca, Spain, for two years, she returned to the U.S. and began work on her graduate degree. She obtained an M.A. in Spanish Linguistics, with an emphasis in translation theory, from Arizona State University in 1995. She has worked in the field of international educational exchange, both with U.S. students studying abroad and with international students studying in the U.S. She also has experience as a freelance translator. Ms. Birginal has been teaching Spanish at the university level since 1996; she joined the Gonzaga University faculty in 2001.