Brianne Orr-Álvarez
Research and Teaching Area
About
Brianne is an Associate Professor of Teaching (Spanish), and has taught in various capacities at UBC since 2010 (Assistant Professor (without Review), Lecturer, Arts One Instructor), and at universities in the United States prior to coming to Canada.
At UBC, Brianne teaches across the undergraduate Spanish language curriculum in the Department of French, Hispanic, & Italian Studies, and also offers literature and culture classes in Spanish and in English that grapple with different aspects of the Romance World, with a particular focus on Latin American resistance literature.
One of her favourite courses to teach is RMST 280: Revolution!, which looks at revolution as theory and practice through contemporary Spanish American literature, music, documentary, and film.
Beyond FHIS and Arts One, Brianne is the Academic Director (Arts) of the First Year Experience (FYE), and a Faculty Fellow for Jump Start, UBC’s orientation program for incoming first-year students.