The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is pleased to announce Rocío Gordon’s successful defense of her dissertation proposal entitled: “Narrativas de la suspensión: Contemporaneidad, experiencia y narración desde la literatura y el cine argentinos del presente,” on October 5, 2010.  Prof.  Laura Demaria chaired the committee consisting of Professors Sandra Cypess, Juan Carlos Quintero, and José María Naharro Calderón.  ¡Felicitaciones!