Christina Beaubien

Assistant Professor

Having begun her career at Westfield State as an adjunct, Dr. Christina Beaubien joined the Department of Sociology, Hispanic, Liberal & Interdisciplinary Studies full-time in Fall 2021. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies and the Program Area Chair for Liberal Studies. Her research explores the intersections of gender and historical memory in contemporary Peninsular Studies with a special focus on deconstructing residual cultural myths carried over from the Franco regime, as well as those that were perpetuated during the Transition and carried into the democracy. Since beginning at Westfield State, Dr. Beaubien has expanded her research interests to include ungrading pedagogy in the L2 classroom, and has redesigned elementary, intermediate, and advanced Spanish-language courses to reflect that research. She also teaches advanced courses in literary, film, and cultural analysis both in Spanish and English. As a first-gen, Dr. Beaubien strongly believes in redefining success within the classroom via ungrading pedagogy – granting students agency in their own learning journey and encouraging them to think critically about their own positionality within the world around them. Pronouns: (she / ella)

• B.A. Modern Languages (Spanish), Framingham State College
• M.A. Spanish, St. Louis University Madrid
• Ph.D. Iberian Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst