Sheridan Wigginton, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Languages and Cultures / Associate Professor of Spanish
Sheridan Wigginton came to California Lutheran Univeristy in fall 2011 to chair the new Department of Languages and Cultures. She brings her experience as a department chair and a program director to CLU's multi-language department, which offers majors, minors and other course work in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew and Spanish.
Dr. Wigginton teaches courses in Spanish that range from elementary level language to senior level seminars. She also serves as a steering committee member of Afro-Latin American Research Association (ALARA).
Education
- Ph.D., Foriegn Language Curriculum and Instruction, University of Missouri
- M.A., Spanish, University of Missouri
- B.A., Spanish, Eastern Kentucky University
Expertise
Caribbean Studies, Dominican Republic, Critical Pedagogy, National Identity in Textbooks
Email: swiggint@callutheran.edu
Phone: (805) 493-3358
Office: Swenson 235
