Dr. Martha Granados
Lecturer of Spanish
Office: Knutti 221
Phone: 304-876-5117
E-Mail: mgranado@shepherd.edu
Areas of Specialization
Dr. Granados joined Shepherd University in 2025 as a Lecturer of Spanish. Since then, she has been one of the main instructors for the core, minor, and major Spanish language courses. She is serving as the coordinator of the Spanish program’s cultural events and also participating as a co-leader for the study abroad experience in Costa Rica in the spring of 2026. Furthermore, she is actively recruiting Spanish tutors for the Academic Support Center.
Dr. Granados earned a master’s degree in Hispanic Studies from Auburn University and a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Kentucky. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in a variety of outreach initiatives, including teaching Spanish language courses, offering lessons in Spanish cartography, serving the Hispanic Community through altruistic organizations and governmental entities, and creating and conducting specialized programs of Spanish for professionals.
In addition to incorporating a variety of cultural elements as teaching materials, what truly distinguishes her Spanish language classes is the integration of music and the incorporation of masterpieces of Hispanic fine art. Dr. Granados introduces songs and paintings, allowing students not only to learn and sing Spanish songs but also to explore iconic fine art paintings celebrated in the Hispanic art world.
Her research interests include analyzing the medieval Spanish insular literature found in encyclopedias, chivalric novels, and travel literature between the 13th and 14th centuries. She studies the topic through geography, cartography, historiography, and figures of speech. Dr. Granados has actively participated in a number of literary conferences, not least the KFLC (Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference) at her alma mater, the University of Kentucky.