Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Spanish 230*: Marcelo is a G. Genuinely funny at times, lectures can be interesting, graded by 3 exams no homework. His syllabus changed a lot and was not ready for the start of class.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Marcelo Pellegrini
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Best Spanish profesor I had at UW. Cares about his students and expects students to care about the class in return. He's really good at engaging the class during lecture and making you think critically about what you read/learn.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Marcelo is one of the best professors in the Spanish department, 100 percent recommend a class with him (I have taken multiple)! Participation gets you out of your comfort zone, which is perfect to becoming comfortable and better with speaking SpanishRate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
This class and his other classes are like the same thing repeated over and over again. Exact format copied. Downgraded for missing a single class or not talking every single class. Exams are hit or miss, sometimes easy sometimes hard depending what he feels like asking on the essay questions and grading on those is subjective. Wouldnt take anotherRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Possibly my favorite professor in the Spanish department! I don't even like literature but he made discussions so fun I looked forward to each class. He's very generous in his exam/paper grading as well. For a full participation grade, you have to speak up once or more in each class, which I found a bit unusual but I appreciate the objectivity.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
One of my fav professors, lecture based and graded on exams and papers. Exams are easy if you take notes, I didn't do some of the readings and still got A's on the exams. He is very helpful and is always willing to talk after class, he even gave me an extension once when I was struggling to get my essay in. V cool dude who really loves literatureRate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Marcelo Pellegrini
Examines the history of soccer and its role as a cultural phenomenon linked to nation building, progress, and national self-image in Latin America.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 75.7% A/AB (n=37 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleSurvey of Spanish American literature from the eighteenth century to the present, covering reading, discussions, and literary history.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Marcelo Pellegrini
Marcelo Pellegrini explained material well and inspired students to take more Spanish literature classes despite their initial dislike of the genre. He demanded attendance, which one student found fair, and exams were relatively easy because he did not believe in them. Although he came off as tough, he was described as nice and inspirational.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026SPANISH 990
Thesis
1–12 creditsThesis course involving independent research and writing for graduate students under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recorded teaching history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →Browse recorded courses
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | SPANISH 230 | The Beautiful Game: Cultural Politics of Soccer |
| Spring 2027 | SPANISH 326 | Survey of Spanish American Literature |
| Spring 2027 | SPANISH 990 | Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | SPANISH 468 | Topics in Hispanic Culture |
| Fall 2026 | SPANISH 802 | Seminar-spanish American Literature |
| Fall 2026 | SPANISH 990 | Thesis |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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