Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.30 GPA, 52.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.27 GPA, 61.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
Spring 2027
From Bad Bunny to Bad Hombres: the (mis)representation and (in)visibility of Spanish in the US
Surveys the historical and contemporary presence of Spanish in U.S. communities, pop culture, media, schools, and politics through linguistic and sociolinguistic lenses.
offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Catherine Stafford3.6/5
Summary
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.30 GPA, 52.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.27 GPA, 61.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe the social, cultural, and linguistic diversity that characterizes Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S.
Analyze how Spanish is (mis)used in the U.S. to variously assert, silence, promote or oppress social, cultural and political identities and causes.
Identify and critically assess linguistic, sociolinguistic and raciolinguistic attitudes and ideologies surrounding the presence of Spanish and communities of Spanish speakers in the U.S.
Explain how history has affected present-day circumstances regarding ethnoracial and linguistic inequalities in the U.S.
Reflect on how the racialization of language impacts their own lives.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
5151 letter grades
A27.5%27.5%
AB29.4%29.4%
B25.5%25.5%
BC7.8%7.8%
C9.8%9.8%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
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Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
CATHERINE STAFFORD is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 50 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.30 GPA, 52.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.27 GPA, 61.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
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Topics
- Historical and contemporary presence of Spanish in U.S. communities, pop culture, media, schools, and politics
- Linguistic, sociolinguistic, raciolinguistic, and linguistic-anthropological analysis of Spanish use and identity construction
Skills
- Analyze how Spanish is used to assert, silence, promote, or oppress social, cultural, and political identities
- Identify and critically assess linguistic, sociolinguistic, and raciolinguistic attitudes and ideologies
- Explain how history affects present-day ethnoracial and linguistic inequalities
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A23.1%23.1%
AB38.5%38.5%
B19.2%19.2%
BC7.7%7.7%
C11.5%11.5%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Through Spring 2026
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UW–Madison
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From Bad Bunny to Bad Hombres: The (Mis)representation and (In)visibility of Spanish in the US
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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