Margaret Dunaway
Teaching Experience
Appointments: Teaching
2009 - Adjunct instructor of Spanish, Austin Community College.
2009 - Professor of Instruction in Spanish, Texas State University - San Marcos
2011 - 2022 Teaching Supervisor, Graduate Teaching Assistants, Texas State University - San Marcos
1993 - 2001 Associate Professor of Spanish, Southwestern University
(Tenure granted 1999). Taught beginning, intermediate, and
advanced levels of Spanish language (grammar, conversation,
and composition) and seminar courses on Spanish-American literature and cultural history
ADditional INformation
Honors and Awards
Alpha Chi Honor Society Favorite Professor Spring 2018
Alpha Chi Honor Society Favorite Professor Spring 2017
Alpha Chi Honor Society Favorite Professor Spring 2016
College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State Univ. 2014
Alpha Chi Honor Society Favorite Professor Fall 2014 (graduate inductees)
Alpha Chi Honor Society Favorite Professor Spring 2014 (undergraduate inductees)
Nominated for Presidential Teaching Award, Texas State University 2014
Danforth Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, 1989, 1990.
Degrees Held
BA in Spanish and French
Rice University, Houston, Texas
MBA
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
MA in Spanish
Rice University, Houston, Texas
PhD in Spanish granted November, 1994
Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dissertation Title: Romancing the Stones: Textual Representations of Mexican
Archaeological Sites, 1785 – 1880.
Published: March 20, 2026