Rate My Professor Catherine Seaton

Dr. Catherine Seaton is a Lecturer in the Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wollongong, within the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry. She holds a PhD from the University of Wollongong, a Masters in Translation and Linguistics from Western Sydney University, and a BA (Hons) in Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of Wollongong. Appointed as Lecturer since 2022, she previously served as a sessional tutor and lecturer at the same institution. In 2023, she was appointed Scholarly Teaching Fellow in Spanish. Seaton coordinates and teaches intermediate Spanish subjects, including SPAN152, SPAN241, and SPAN242. Her teaching emphasizes student engagement through innovative projects such as the Student as Partners initiative, Compañeros de Camino, where students took leadership roles to bridge peer and coordinator interactions in SPAN241.

Seaton's research specializations focus on Spanish migrant literature in Australia, particularly the crónica genre and themes of migratory grief. Key publications include 'Salvador Torrents and the Birth of Crónica Writing in Australia' (Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 2015), which examines early Spanish-language crónicas by Latin American writers, and 'One Woman's Experience of Migratory Grief: The 'Woggy Girl' Crónicas in Spanish-language Newspapers in Australia' (2020). Additional works explore translating migrant experiences through 20th-century crónicas, such as 'Of Cats and Wogs.' Her scholarship contributes to understanding multilingual writing and South American migration narratives in a monolingual context, drawing from interviews and archival research, including with figures like Guillermo Hertz. Seaton has presented on language learning benefits and participates in academic events related to her field.