Lillian Gorman
Dr. Lillian Gorman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona (U of A). She is the Director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program and has over 20 years of experience teaching in and leading Spanish heritage language programs. Dr. Gorman is a proud Chicana with deep roots in New Mexico. She graduated with her B.A. and M.A. from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and with her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include issues of language and identity within U.S. Latina/x/o communities and popular culture. Her book Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identity in Northern New Mexico is the most recent of many publications in this area Dr. Gorman served as a U of A HSI Fellow and as the Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Regional Studies at UNM in 2020. She is also the recipient of the 2023 U of A “Mentoring Future Scholars Award” from the Office of the Provost.