Faculty of Humanities and Education

Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature

Staff


Dr. Ian Craig - Head of Department

Dr. Ian Craig - Head of Department

Senior Lecturer, Spanish

Department: LLL

Contact details

Bio

Ian Craig was born in Lincoln, England and studied at the University of Essex and the University of London, from where he obtained his doctorate in Hispanic Studies. He worked as a translator in Madrid for two years before coming to Cave Hill in 1999.

Qualifications

PhD Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1997

Research Areas

His research over the last two decades has mostly centred on study abroad by Caribbean students, as well as analysis of intercultural competence as a component of internationalization in the Caribbean context. He has also conducted research in the areas of Latin American and Caribbean film, translation in the Caribbean, Francoist censorship, and contemporary Cuba.

Teaching Areas

Spanish language

English-Spanish Translation

Spanish for Tourism

Latin American Film

Immersion for Languages (intercultural development course taken around an immersion programme).

Publications

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8692-2716

Articles and Book Chapters

  1. (Co-authored) Craig, Ian, Kalyani Unkule, Santiago Castiello Gutiérrez and Jean-Blaise Samou. Pluralizing Educational Mobilities: Towards a More Equitable and Inclusive Discourse, special issue of Comparative and International Education/Éducation comparé et internationale, vol. 53, no. 2, 2024. Https://doi.org/10.5206/cie-eci.v53i2.21076
  2. “Values-Based Innovation in the Caribbean Context: Grounding a Postcolonial Pedagogy for the Cave Hill Spanish Section of The University of the West Indies”. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, edited by Diego Mideros, Nicole Roberts, Beverly-Ann Carter, Hayo Reinders, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2023, pp.83-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34182-3_5
  3. “Toward a Transformative Decolonial Paradigm of Study Abroad Research.” Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research: Critical Reflections on Methods and Data, edited by John L. Plews and Janice McGregor, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2022, pp.65-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05053-4_4

Additional Info

Dr. Craig currently coordinates the Assistantship in Colombia for graduates of the Spanish Major and Minor.