College Honors and University Awards
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES LECTURESHIPS Lynn Williams
James Barker Lectureship
Lynn Williams was born in Wales, the United Kingdom. From 1971–1978, he studied at the University of London, where he majored in Spanish, minored in Portuguese, and completed a PhD in Spanish sociolinguistics. During the last year of his doctoral studies, he taught part-time at the University of Wales, Cardiff. In 1978, Lynn secured a permanent position at the University of Exeter. There he taught Spanish language, Spanish linguistics, Medieval Spanish literature, as well as various aspects of the history and culture of Spain. At Exeter, Lynn served as Deputy Chair of the School of Modern Languages, as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and as Chair of the Department of Spanish. From 1997–1998, he was external examiner for Spanish language and linguistics at Oxford University; in 1998, he spent two semesters at Cambridge University, where he taught history of the Spanish language. He has also lectured at various universities in Spain. Over the years, Lynn has written and published on Medieval Spanish literature, Cervantes, Spanish sociolinguistics, language and national
identity in Spain and the United Kingdom, seventeenth-century Spanish diplomatic history, as well as the language and culture of the court of Philip IV of Spain. In July 2000, Lynn left Exeter to come to BYU, where he joined the linguistics section of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. In the department, he has served as associate chair, section head, and graduate coordinator. He is currently working on two research projects: the preparation of the Spanish text of the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) and, in collaboration with Jeff Turley, the transcription and translation of BYU’s Philip II letters. Lynn is married to Mabel, a native of Spain. They have three children and five grandchildren.
Kristin Matthews
P.A. Christensen Lectureship
Kristin L. Matthews, Professor of English, received her PhD in American Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since joining the faculty at BYU in 2004, she has taught courses in American literature, women’s literature, African American literature, and writing, as well as courses for the American Studies
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