Associate Professor of Spanish
Department of English, Film, Languages, and Performing Arts College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry

678-839-5967
edahms@westga.edu

Cobb Hall - Room 104
Office Hours
By appointment

Download curriculum vitae for Betsy Dahms, Ph.D. in PDF
Betsy Dahms, Ph.D.

Betsy Dahms obtained a B.A. in Spanish from Centre College and a M.A. and Ph.D in Hispanic Studies with a certificate in Gender and Women's Studies from the University of Kentucky. Dahms teaches Latin American and U.S. Latinx Literatures in addition to Spanish language courses.

Dahms' publications include:

“Imaginar un hogar: desplazamiento psicológico y su relación con la imaginación en tres obras de Gloria Anzaldúa.” “Hispan@s en el mundo:Emoción y desplazamiento”. Eds. Verena Dolle, Danae Gallo González and Mirjam Leuzinger. De Gruyter. 2021.

Muriel Cormican, Betsy Dahms, and Robert Kilpatrick. “Embracing Disciplinary Trouble: Silos, Identity, and Shared Intellectual Endeavor.” Feminist German Studies 36.1. Eds. Hester Baer and Alexandra M. Hill. U of Nebraska P, (2020). 24-39. Print.

“Anzaldúa, Gloria.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Oxford University Press. Article published November 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.358.

"Es mucho hombre esta mujer: Una lectura Queer de Teresa en Sab" published in Retomando la palabra: las pioneras del diecinueve en diálogo con la crítica contemporánea (Iberoamericana),

"Shamanic Urgency and Two-Way Movement as Writing Style in the Works of Gloria Anzaldúa" (Letras Femeninas),

“Compulsory Heterosexuality in Gloria Anzaldúa’s ‘El Paisano is a bird of good omen.’” (El Mundo Zurdo 3),

"Queering Citizenship: UndocuQueer and Immigration Reform" (Diálogo: An Interdisciplinary Studies Journal Published by the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University)

"Working with Anzaldúa’s Writing Notas: An Archival Experiment in Three Parts" with AnaLouise Keating and Kelli Zaytoun (El Mundo Zurdo 5) .

Spring 2021 Sections

  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: E01
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: E02
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 5AG
  • SPAN-4785 (Curanderismo) Section: E02

Fall 2020 Sections

  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 07
  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 08
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 5BG
  • XIDS-2100 (Intro to Gender Studies) Section: 09
  • SPAN-4484 (Senior Capstone) Section: 01

Summer 2020 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 1DG
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: E01

Spring 2020 Sections

  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 01
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 02
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 51G
  • SPAN-3030 (Intro to Hispanic Literature) Section: 01
  • SPAN-4785 (Latinx Carrollton) Section: 02

Fall 2019 Sections

  • SPAN-1002 (Elementary Spanish II) Section: 06
  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 51G
  • SPAN-3102 (Spanish Composition) Section: 01W
  • SPAN-3102 (Spanish Composition) Section: 02W

Summer 2019 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 04G
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: E01
  • SPAN-3101 (Spanish Conversation) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-3102 (Spanish Composition) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-4785 (Contemporary Costa Rica) Section: 01S

Spring 2019 Sections

  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 03
  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 05
  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 51G
  • SPAN-4785 (Perspectives on Immigration) Section: 01

Fall 2018 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 04G

Summer 2018 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 03G
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: E01

Spring 2018 Sections

  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 08
  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 10
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 03G
  • SPAN-4205 (Hispanic Lit & Cult in Context) Section: 01

Fall 2017 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Foreign Languages) Section: LUC
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 01
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 02
  • XIDS-2100 (WDYKA: Foreign Languages) Section: 09
  • SPAN-3030 (Intro to Hispanic Literature) Section: 02

Summer 2017 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 02
  • SPAN-3101 (Spanish Conversation) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-3102 (Spanish Composition) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-4785 (Cien años de soledad) Section: 02S

Spring 2017 Sections

  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 01
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 02
  • SPAN-3030 (Intro to Hispanic Literature) Section: 01

Fall 2016 Sections

  • SPAN-1002 (Elementary Spanish II) Section: 01
  • UWG-1101 (First Year Univ. Experience) Section: 09
  • SPAN-4785 (Translating the Other) Section: 01

Summer 2016 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 02
  • FORL-4501 (Found of Language Development) Section: E01

Spring 2016 Sections

  • SPAN-1001C (Elementary Spanish I - Block) Section: 01
  • SPAN-1002C (Elementary Spanish II - Block) Section: 01
  • SPAN-3102 (Spanish Composition) Section: 01W

Fall 2015 Sections

  • UWG-1101 (First Year Univ. Experience) Section: 10
  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 03
  • SPAN-3030 (Intro to Hispanic Literature) Section: 01
  • SPAN-3030 (Intro to Hispanic Literature) Section: 02
  • SPAN-4484 (Senior Capstone) Section: 01

Summer 2015 Sections

  • SPAN-2001 (Intermediate Spanish I) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-2002 (Intermediate Spanish II) Section: 02
  • SPAN-3101 (Spanish Conversation) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-3102 (Spanish Composition) Section: 01S
  • SPAN-4785 (Special Topics in Spanish) Section: 01S

Spring 2015 Sections

  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 05
  • SPAN-1001 (Elementary Spanish I) Section: 06
  • SPAN-4013 (Latin- Amer Culture & Civiliz) Section: 01
  • SPAN-4484 (Senior Capstone) Section: 01