Liana Ewald is Senior Lecturer in Spanish. Her teaching at MIT has spanned beginning to advanced Spanish language instruction to upper-level courses in Hispanic literatures and cultures. Before joining MIT, she served as Associate Professor at San Diego State University. Her recent pedagogical work focuses on second-language acquisition and the integration of content and language across the curriculum. A specialist in modern Spanish literature and culture, she has also been deeply engaged in curriculum innovation that connects language learning with critical thinking and global competencies. Her scholarly work has appeared in journals such as Second Language Research and Practice, Hispanic Review, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, and Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. She is also the co-editor of the forthcoming Modern Language Association volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Benito Pérez Galdós.