Dr. Alexandra Wilhelmsen
Professor of Spanish
Adjunct Professor of History
Education
Secondary education (Italy and Spain)
BA, Spanish and Politics, University of Dallas
MA, History, Rice University (thesis on Visigothic law)
Ph. et Litt. D., History, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (dissertation on
nineteenth-century Carlist political thought)
Courses Taught
Intermediate Spanish II History of medieval Spain (in Spanish) History of Habsburg
Spain (in Spanish) History of Bourbon Spain (in Spanish) Civilization of Mexico (in
Spanish) Introduction to the Art of Spain and Mexico (in Spanish) History of Spain
I (in English) History of Spain II (in English) History of Mexico (in English)
Courses taught occasionally:
Elementary Spanish I Elementary Spanish II
Expertise/ Scholarship
Biography of Maria Teresa of Braganza, Princess of Beira
Book on the Carlist branch of the Spanish Royal Family
Member of Editorial Boards:
--Aportes (published in Madrid, Spain, and dedicated to Spanish history)
--Faith and Reason (Christendom College)
Advising: Luis Hernando de Larramendi Contest, judge, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007
U.S. Student Fulbright Program, National Screening Committee for Spain, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005
Professional Awards
Luis Hernando de Larramendi Award, Hernando de Larramendi Foundation (Madrid, Spain),
1994.
King Award, University of Dallas, 2004
Professional and Cultural Organizations
American Catholic Historical Association
Asociacion de Amigos del Camino de Santiago en Navarra (Spain)
Instituto Historico e Geografico de Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Phi Beta Kappa
Society for Catholic Social Scientists
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studie
