Dr. Ángeles López Agüera
Prof. Angeles López-Agüera is a Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC, Spain) and Chairman of the CLRLA-UNESCO. Member of the International Panel for Climate Changes, she led the Sustainable Energy Application Group (SEAG) at USC and the Energetic Systems Characterization Laboratory (LACEM). She has been Dean of the Physics Faculty at USC, Associated Research at CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research, Geneva), Coordinator of Master on Renewable Energies and Sustainability USC and Associated Professor at the Padova University (Italy). In her CV are more than 300 international publications, 36 international financed projects, 16 doctoral theses, 45 graduated theses. Her field of research are Sustainable Transition Protocols for Sustainable Communities Development, the design of adequate technologies and the photovoltaic energetic installations.
Email: a.lopez.aguera@usc.es
Maria-Jesus Iglesias Barca
Assistant Professor
Pursuing her passion for languages and foreign cultures, Iglesias Barca studied English Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia (Northwestern Spain) from which she received a “Licenciatura” (five-year degree). She then moved to Oxford, U.K. where she worked as a translator for i-Tech Translations and taught Spanish for University of Oxford’s St. Anne’s College. Her interest in the study of language and grammar led her to pursue a master’s degree in Linguistics at Reading University. Fruit of her research at Reading University was her Master’s dissertation on Null Subject Romance Languages. She was invited to present her thesis at the University of Oxford’s 4th International Conference on Galician Studies in 1994.
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area was her next international adventure, where she taught Spanish and served as the liaison officer for Howard School of Continuing Education in Silver Spring, MD. Two years later, she accepted a position as a lecturer in Spanish at Penn State University, PA, where she worked until she moved to California in 2001. Since then, she has taught at Monterey Peninsula College, Santa Catalina High School, the Panetta Institute, the Monterey County Herald, the International School of Monterey, All Saint’s Episcopal School, the Institute’s Custom Language Services, and finally as a faculty member at the Institute.
Email: miglesiasbarca@middlebury.edu
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) is a public university in northwestern Spain, in the Celtic region of Galicia. Founded in 1495, USC is one of Spain’s oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education. It is a comprehensive university that not only offers a wide range of academic courses in all major fields of knowledge, but it is also a major research institution. The university’s main campus is located in the urban setting of the beautiful monumental city of Santiago de Compostela, declared Cultural World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for its historical, religious and cultural importance. USC is home to more than 35,000 students who play a key role in the city’s daily life and are very much a part of its culture and tradition. In 2009, USC received the Campus of International Excellence certification from the Spanish Ministry of Education.
Program participants will be taking courses at the university and staying at the university housing facility.
