Professor Tom Capuano teaches elementary Portuguese and elementary and intermediate courses in Spanish, along with upper-level courses in Spanish grammar, composition, phonetics and literature, especially medieval Spanish literature and literature of the Siglo de Oro of Spain (1499-1680). His research interests include the 13th-century Riojan poet Gonzalo de Berceo and medieval Spanish lexicography. He has lived in Brazil and Puerto Rico and has traveled in Spain and Mexico, and heads up a branch of the international "Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language Project” at Truman.