Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Teaching Professor Israel Herrera has been awarded the 2023 AATSP Outstanding Service Award. In the letter he received it is stated that “Israel has served as President of the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers’ Associations (IFLTA), and twice as President of the AATSP-Indiana chapter. Under Israel’s leadership, new committees were formed to fulfill the needs and gaps of underrepresented groups, giving voice to minority groups such as Portuguese teachers and students, and highlighting the accomplishments of heritage speakers of both languages at the middle school, high school and university levels.”