Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D (Spanish)
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.A. (Spanish)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Licenciatura (Filolog铆a Hisp谩nica, especialidad: Literatura)
Courses Taught
- SN 104 Intermediate Spanish II
- SN 201 Spanish Conversation and Composition
- SN 203 Introduction to Literature
- SN 307 Contemporary Spanish Civilization and Culture
- SN 335 Spanish Literature from 1975 to the present
- SN 336 Rewriting the Self: Women鈥檚 Literature in Contemporary Spain
- SN 355 Spanish Postwar Literature
- SN 372 Spanish Realism and Naturalism
- SN 363 Contemporary Span Lit: Generations of 1914 and 1927
- SN 364 Spanish literature of exile (1939-1975)
Publications
Books
- Mujer, vanguardia, exilio y existencialismo en La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel. [Forthcoming in North Carolina Studies in the Romance Language and Literatures (NCSRLL), a University of North Carolina Press series]
- Las trampas de la memoria. Pensamiento apocal铆ptico en la literatura espa帽ola moderna: Gald贸s, Baroja, Chacel y Torrente Ballester. Newark, DE: Juan de la Cuesta鈥揌ispanic Monographs, 2005.
Articles
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鈥淓l silencio de la sibila: mujer y vanguardia en 鈥楥hinina Migone鈥� (1928) y 鈥楨n la ciudad de las grandes pruebas鈥� (1952) de Rosa Chacel鈥� Hispanic Review (2024) Forthcoming.
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鈥淟a vanguardia como punto de partida: Cuestiones de g茅nero en Estaci贸n. Ida y vuelta y La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥� Anales de la Literatura Contempor谩nea Espa帽ola (ALEC). 46.1 (2021): 79-100.
- 鈥淟as confesiones de Rosa Chacel: Memorias de Leticia Valle y La sinraz贸n.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Bulletin of Spanish Studies 96.2 (2019): 261-279. Available .
- 鈥淟a nueva Ifigenia: feminismo, vanguardia y exilio en La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 36.1 (2014): 19-34.
- 鈥淕onz谩lez Prada y Miguel de Unamuno.鈥� In 鈥淓l porvenir nos debe una victoria鈥�: La ins贸lita modernidad de Manuel Gonz谩lez Prada. Ed. Thomas Ward. Lima: Red para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales en el Per煤, 2010. 261-271.
- 鈥淩osa Chacel y la (auto)biograf铆a: Reflexiones en torno a Timoteo P茅rez Rubio y sus retratos del jard铆n.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Letras Peninsulares 20.2-3 (2007-2008): 401-423.
- 鈥淏aroja y el anarquismo: pol铆tica y est茅tica de oposici贸n.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hisp谩nicos 30.2 (Winter 2006): 311-330.
- 鈥淭orrente Ballester and the Specter of Fascism: Fragmentos de Apocalipsis.鈥� Translated by Ram贸n Espejo-Saavedra. In Traces of Contamination. Unearthing the Francoist Legacy in Contemporary Spanish Discourse. Eds. Eloy E. Merino and H. Rosi Song. Lewisburg: Bucknell U P, 2005. 99-123.
- 鈥淟a confesi贸n en La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Revista Hisp谩nica Moderna 54.2 (December 2001): 348-363.
- 鈥淟a manipulaci贸n de la naturaleza en Fortunata y Jacinta.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;贬颈蝉辫补苍贸蹿颈濒补 133 (Sept. 2001): 17-30.
- 鈥淭orrente Ballester y el espectro del fascismo: el conflicto de Javier Mari帽o.鈥� vol. 2. Actas del XIII Congreso de la Asociaci贸n Internacional de Hispanistas: Madrid, 6-11 de julio de 1998. Eds. Florencio Sevilla and Carlos Alvar. Madrid : Castalia/Fundaci贸n Duques de Soria, 2000. 631-636.
Reviews
- Inmaculada Plaza-Agudo, Modelos de identidad en la encrucijada. Im谩genes femeninas en la poes铆a de las escritoras espa帽olas (1900-1936). M谩laga: Universidad de M谩laga, 2015. Feministas Unidas, Inc. Newsletter 37.2 (Fall 2017): 18-20.
- Carmen Rivero Iglesias (Ed.) El realismo en Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. Poder, religi贸n y mito. Madrid: Iberoamericana/Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2013. Bulletin of Spanish Studies 92.6 (July 2015): 1034-1035.
- William M. Sherzer. The Spanish Literary Generation of 1968. Jos茅 Mar铆a Guelbenzu, Lourdes Ortiz, and Ana Mar铆a Moix. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2013. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 35 (2013): 212-215.
- Gemma Ma帽谩, Rafael Garc铆a, Luis Monferrer y Luisa A. Esteve. La voz de los n谩ufragos. La narrativa republicana entre 1936 y 1939. Madrid: Ediciones de la Torre, 1997. Hispanic Review 68 (2000): 334-336.
- Urioste Azcorra, Carmen de. Narrativa andaluza (1900-1936). Erotismo, feminismo y regionalismo. Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla, 1997. Hispanic Review 68 (2000): 332-334.
- Juan Benet: A Critical Reappraisal of His Fiction. Ed. John B. Margenot III. West Conrwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1997. Hispanic Review 67 (1999): 390-391.
- Rodr铆guez Fontela, Mar铆a de los 脕ngeles. La novela de autoformaci贸n: Una aproximaci贸n te贸rica e hist贸rica al 鈥淏ildungsroman鈥� desde la narrativa espa帽ola. Kassel: Universidad de Oviedo/Edition Reichenberger, 1996. Hispanic Review 67 (1999): 294-296.
Areas of Specialization
- 20th Century Spanish Literature
- Spanish Realism and Naturalism
- Women writers
Presentations
- 鈥�La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel y la heterodoxia religiosa.鈥� Presented at the XX Congreso Asociaci贸n Internacional de Hispanistas (AIH), held in Jerusalem, on July 11, 2019.
- 鈥�La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel y la heterodoxia religiosa de la Segunda Rep煤blica.鈥� Presented at the 38th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, held at the University of Cincinnati, on April 7, 2018.
- 鈥�La sinraz贸n (1960) de Rosa Chacel y la aniquilaci贸n de la Segunda Rep煤blica.鈥� Presented at the 48th Annual NeMLA (North East Modern Languages Association) Convention, held in Baltimore, on March 24, 2017.
- 鈥淓l espectro del proyecto intelectual de la Segunda Rep煤blica espa帽ola: En torno al contexto hist贸rico de La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥� Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies (ASPHS), held at San Diego, on March 19, 2016.
- 鈥淔eminismo y vanguardia en Estaci贸n. Ida y vuelta y La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥� Presented at the MACHL (Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature) 2014, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on October 10, 2014.
- 鈥淟a m谩scara de la masculinidad y su subversi贸n en Estaci贸n. Ida y vuelta y La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥� Presented at the 70th Annual South Central MLA (Modern Language Association) Conference, held in New Orleans, on October 3, 2013.
- 鈥淟a nueva Ifigenia: vanguardia y exilio en La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel.鈥� Presented at the MACHL (Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature) 2012: Exiles, Migrations, & Movements, held at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, on October 13, 2012.
- 鈥淯na nueva Orest铆ada: La sinraz贸n de Rosa Chacel y la lucha de los sexos en el contexto de la vanguardia.鈥� Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel. International Conference, held at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, on March 9, 2011.
- 鈥淩osa Chacel y la Revista de Occidente. En torno al discurso hisp谩nico de g茅nero del primer tercio del siglo veinte.鈥� Presented at the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature held at Washington University in St. Louis, on October 29, 2010.
Service Activities, Memberships in Academic Societies
Service: College Activities (Representative assignments)
- Coordinator of SN 102 (Fall 2006, Spring 2007-Fall 2007)
- Coordinator of Spanish language courses SN 101, SN 102, SN 161, SN 103 (Fall 2009; 2010-2011); SN 104 (Spring 2011)
- Sigma Delta Pi Adviser (2000-2006, 2009, 2011)
- 20th Annual Colloquium on Language, Literature and Society: 鈥淭he Distorted Mirror. Manipulating Legend and Myth to shape National and Political Identities,鈥� on April 26, 2006. Co-organizer with Prof. Ursula Beitter, Prof. Ram贸n Espejo-Saavedra, and Prof. April Wuensch.
- 2010 Hanna Geldrich-Leffman Colloquium on Language, Literature and Society: 鈥淢usic and the Art of Subversion: the Meaning Behind the Melody,鈥� on April 13, 2010. Co-organizer with Prof. Ursula Beitter, and Prof. Margarita J谩come.
- Board on Discipline (Fall 2006-20)
- Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Committee (Fall 2005-)
- Career Center Advisory Committee (Fall 2006-Spring 2008)
- Faculty Evaluation Committee (Spring 2007-Spring 2009)
- Honors Executive Board (Summer 2008-)
- Academic Standards Committee (Fall 2008-)
- Research and Sabbatical (Fall 2008-Spring 2011)
Memberships in Academic Societies
- Asociaci贸n Canadiense de Hispanistas
- Asociaci贸n Internacional de Hispanistas
- Northeast Modern Language Association
- Asociaci贸n Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hisp谩nica
- Modern Language Association