Department of Spanish Studies

Faculty

Dr. José L. Gómez
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Phone: 325-793-4661
E-mail: gomezjo@mcm.edu

José L. Gómez is an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish Studies at McMurry University where he teaches all beginners and advanced Spanish language, literature and culture classes.  He is a native speaker from Quito, Ecuador, a Retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Ecuadorian Air Force, and received his Doctor’s Degree in Education Science from the “Escuela Politécnica Javeriana”.  Gómez's scholarly research investigates The Art of Language as an Instrument of Knowledge. His latest article, “No Teacher Should Be Left Behind” was published in The Texas Foreign Language Association Journal, spring, 2011.  Gómez firmly believes in Confucius' philosophy about work, education and moral values, and lives by one of his most known teachings: “if your goal is to progress one year, plant wheat, if your goal is to progress ten years, plant trees, if your goal is to progress one hundred years, educate your children". Gómez also strongly believes that if your goal is to be successful during this time in the economy of knowledge, where people should have scientific, technical, and creative skills in this competitive and globalized world, you must be bilingual. Currently, José is the advisor for the McMurry Spanish Club and he is voluntarily teaching Spanish to the fifth graders of the Magnet School here at McMurry University.