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Claudia Sokol serves as a Teaching Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Northeastern University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has been a dedicated faculty member since 1988, teaching all levels of Spanish and pioneering a specialized three-year program in Spanish for healthcare professionals within the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Additionally, she has instructed business Spanish courses in the D'Amore-McKim School of Business.
Her educational background includes:
- Medical Degree in Gastroenterology from the University of Buenos Aires
Prior to her U.S. academic career, Dr. Sokol practiced clinically in Argentina, providing hospital and private patient care. This medical expertise uniquely informs her pedagogical approach to professional language contexts.
Dr. Sokol's research focuses on practical language applications with emphasis on:
- Medical Spanish for healthcare provider-patient communication
- Business Spanish for corporate environments
- Argentinean cultural immersion in language curricula
- Romance language pedagogy for adult professionals
- Cross-cultural communication strategies
- Curriculum development for discipline-specific language training
Fluent in Spanish and French, she integrates cultural fluency into language instruction. While specific graduate advisees and research grants aren't documented, her specialized programs have trained thousands of healthcare professionals and business students through structured coursework and regular student engagement via office hours.
