August 20, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Sheri Spaine Long, Ph.D., has been named editor of Hispania, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).

Hispania is a comprehensive publication of literary, linguistic and pedagogical scholarship related to the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian world.

Long's appointment was approved at the AATSP business meeting on July 8 in Costa Rica. The appointment will become effective Jan. 1, 2010.

Long, who is chairwoman of the UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, teaches Spanish and Spanish culture and literature. She has been an active member of the AATSP since 1981. She is a frequent presenter at the association's annual conference and a contributor to Hispania.

In 2006, Long was named editor of the Foreign Language Annals, the journal of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).