Position/Role
Associate Professor of Modern Languages Spanish/French
Department
Building
New Academic Building
Room
3014
Phone
E-mail
Courses Taught
- ML1100-1110 Basic Spanish 1-2
- ML1000-1010Basic French 1-2
- ML3260 Spanish Linguistics: Universals of Grammar
- ML3250 Fundamentals of Spanish Linguistics
- ML3600 Intro to the Study of Hispanic Literature
- ML4545 Civilization and Culture of Latin America (in Spanish)
- ML4800 Modernisms and Modernity
- ML6510 Structure of Spanish
- ML6840 Topics in Pre-Columbian Cultures and Literature
Degrees
- Columbia University, Ph.D. in Modern Languages
Research Interests
- Contemporary Metaphor Theory
- Literary Translation
- Cognitive linguistics
- Literary biography
Publications
Books:
- A Bilingual Anthology of Poems by Ruben Dario: Annotations and Facing Page Translations. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. 2014 (ISBN-13: 978-1495504044)
Book Chapters:
- La Traduccion del Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo como argumento del "excepcionalismo" mexicano. in Multiculturalismo y minorcas etincas en las Americas. Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez (Coordinadora) Colima, Mx: Universidad de Colima Press. 2013
Presentations:
- "Mundial Magazine (1911-1914) as a medium for the diffusion of Hispanic literary works worldwide". XV Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispanica. April 6, 2015. Antigua, Guatemala
- "Mais quelqu'un troubla la fete: Ruben Dario decepcionado en Paris". XIII Simposio Internacional Ruben Dario, Leon, Nicaragua. 18-21 January, 2013
- "Maximo Jerez y el pensamiento social de Ruben Dario". X Simposio Internacional Ruben Dario. Leon, NIcaragua. 18-21 January 2012
Office Hours
- Mondays & Wednesdays: 1:00pm-3:00pm