Born in Valladolid, Spain, Dr. Arribas came to the US in 1986. He is a graduate of the Universidad Pontíficia de Salamanca and the Universidad de Salamanca where he earned an MA degree in Social Psychology. Later Dr. Arribas completed his Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. He teaches introductory courses in Spanish and upper level culture and literature courses. A specialist in 16th century Spanish literature, he is the author of a book on the pastoral romance, Los siete libros de la Diana, published by Tamesis (London, 1996), and co-author of another on the history of Rhetoric, Temas de retórica hispana del siglo XVI, published by UNAM (México, 2000). He has also published articles on Spanish poetry in several scholarly journals.