University at Buffalo (UB)
Melissa McCarron
PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Teaching and Research Interests
Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP); Spanish for the Health Professions; Medical Spanish; Spanish for Pharmacy; community-engaged experiential learning; generative-AI applications in advanced pedagogical tool development; transdisciplinary approaches to language education; applied humanities; health humanities; proficiency-based language instruction; assessment methods in LSP domains; intersections between linguistic proficiency and culturally competent medical education in navigating social and structural determinants of health.
Education
- PhD, University at Albany, SUNY
- MA, Spanish, New York University
- MA, Anthropology, Yale University
- BA, Spanish and Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY
Courses Taught
- SPA104, Transitional Elementary Spanish
- SPA152, Intermediate Spanish, 2nd semester
- SPA207, Spanish Conversation and Language Workshop
- SPA208, Spanish Composition and Language Workshop
- SPA215, Intermediate Review of Spanish Grammar
- SPA314, Advanced Communication for Students of Spanish
- SPA324, Medical and Health Spanish
- SPA151 HRP, Intermediate Spanish for the Health Professions I
- SPA152 HRP, Intermediate Spanish for the Health Professions II
- SPA522, Introductory Spanish for the Health Professions
Affiliations
- National Association for Medical Spanish
- Cenfer for Information Integrity