Director, School of American and Global Studies; Associate Professor of Spanish
Christine Garst-Santos (U of Iowa Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the inaugural Director of the School of American & Global Studies at South Dakota State University. She began serving as interim Department Head of Modern Languages and Global Studies in 2017, leading the department through academic and organizational transitions to the formation of the School of American and Global Studies in 2019. The school houses seven majors, ten minors, and six interdisciplinary certificates as well as three active research and outreach units: The Ethics Lab, The SD Polling Project, and the Public Humanities Initiative.
Christi is a Cervantes scholar by training and her current projects explore what early modern Spanish literature and culture can teach us about our own disinformation age. Ensuring that the liberal arts are central to the university’s land-grant mission is her calling. Christi has developed or co-developed several collaborative outreach projects that work to create flourishing local communities through ESL classes for agricultural workers, cultural venues for immigrants and refugees in Sioux Falls, Lakota language revitalization projects, and civic engagement through a new, donor-endowed public service academy. She has presented at MLA Academic Program Services Summer Seminars and Virtual Leadership Institutes in 2018, 2022, and 2023. She is currently serving a three-year term on the MLA’s Delegate Assembly and a two-year term on the MLA’s Nominating Committee. She was recognized as the 2019 J.P. Hendrickson Liberal Arts Faculty Scholar and Lecturer, the recipient of the 2022 Global Engagement Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education and Leadership, and the 2024 Bailey Award for Excellence in Academic Department/School Leadership.
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About Christine Garst-Santos
Christine Garst-Santos (U of Iowa Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the inaugural Director of the School of American & Global Studies at South Dakota State University. She began serving as interim Department Head of Modern Languages and Global Studies in 2017, leading the department through academic and organizational transitions to the formation of the School of American and Global Studies in 2019. The school houses seven majors, ten minors, and six interdisciplinary certificates as well as three active research and outreach units: The Ethics Lab, The SD Polling Project, and the Public Humanities Initiative.
Christi is a Cervantes scholar by training and her current projects explore what early modern Spanish literature and culture can teach us about our own disinformation age. Ensuring that the liberal arts are central to the university’s land-grant mission is her calling. Christi has developed or co-developed several collaborative outreach projects that work to create flourishing local communities through ESL classes for agricultural workers, cultural venues for immigrants and refugees in Sioux Falls, Lakota language revitalization projects, and civic engagement through a new, donor-endowed public service academy. She has presented at MLA Academic Program Services Summer Seminars and Virtual Leadership Institutes in 2018, 2022, and 2023. She is currently serving a three-year term on the MLA’s Delegate Assembly and a two-year term on the MLA’s Nominating Committee. She was recognized as the 2019 J.P. Hendrickson Liberal Arts Faculty Scholar and Lecturer, the recipient of the 2022 Global Engagement Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education and Leadership, and the 2024 Bailey Award for Excellence in Academic Department/School Leadership.
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