Welcome new member Judith Martinez-Garcia
Brad Bodenhausen, her cosponsor, introduced Judith on Aug. 24. Her sponsor is Rachel Walsh.
Judith is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Religions at Missouri State University. She also directs the Bear Bridge mentoring program for new faculty members. She's been a faculty member since 2005.
Judith came to Springfield in 2003 as a graduate student at SMSU (now MSU). While studying, she also taught foreign languages for one year in Sparta High School and two years at Central High School in Springfield. She’s also taught in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, and worked for the American School Foundation of Monterrey, her hometown.
Judith has many honors and awards for her work at MSU, including a Faculty Research Award and an Outstanding Teaching Award. Her research topics have included forced migration, violence along the Mexican borders, and Latinx literature. Her professional affiliations include American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages, Latin American Studies Association, American Comparative Literature Association, Diversity Education Leadership Academy, and Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
Judith earned a PhD in 2017 in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Hispanic emphasis, at University of Arkansas; a Master’s degree in 2005 in French and Spanish as a Second Language at MSU; and a Bachelor’s degree in 2002 in Law and Social Sciences at Autonomous University of Nuevo León in northern Mexico.
Judith’s community service includes the Hand-in-Hand Multicultural Center and Junior League of Springfield. She’s a graduate of Leadership Springfield’s Class 42 and a member of the Leadership Springfield board.
Judith and her husband, Jesús Garcia, live in southeastern Springfield and have two sons. One is a freshman at Grinnell College in Iowa and the other is a Central High School student.
Judith is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Religions at Missouri State University. She also directs the Bear Bridge mentoring program for new faculty members. She's been a faculty member since 2005.
Judith came to Springfield in 2003 as a graduate student at SMSU (now MSU). While studying, she also taught foreign languages for one year in Sparta High School and two years at Central High School in Springfield. She’s also taught in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, and worked for the American School Foundation of Monterrey, her hometown.
Judith has many honors and awards for her work at MSU, including a Faculty Research Award and an Outstanding Teaching Award. Her research topics have included forced migration, violence along the Mexican borders, and Latinx literature. Her professional affiliations include American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages, Latin American Studies Association, American Comparative Literature Association, Diversity Education Leadership Academy, and Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
Judith earned a PhD in 2017 in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Hispanic emphasis, at University of Arkansas; a Master’s degree in 2005 in French and Spanish as a Second Language at MSU; and a Bachelor’s degree in 2002 in Law and Social Sciences at Autonomous University of Nuevo León in northern Mexico.
Judith’s community service includes the Hand-in-Hand Multicultural Center and Junior League of Springfield. She’s a graduate of Leadership Springfield’s Class 42 and a member of the Leadership Springfield board.
Judith and her husband, Jesús Garcia, live in southeastern Springfield and have two sons. One is a freshman at Grinnell College in Iowa and the other is a Central High School student.
