Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Romance Languages, University of Georgia Dissertation:  La novela chilena en el exilio: del liberacionismo a la desmitificación Director:  Dr. José Luis Gómez-Martínez

Major:  Latin American Literature

Minor:  French and Caribbean Francophone Literature.  1993-7     

 

Master of Arts Degree, Spanish, University of Georgia 

Thesis:  La literatura latinoamericana a la luz de la teología de la liberación 

Major:  Latin American Literature.  1991-3     

 

Master of Arts Degree, Chicano Studies, California State University, Los Angeles.  Thesis:  From Mazatlán to McAztl@n: Los Angeles in Chicana/o Literature and Chicanas/os in Los Angeles Literature.  2003-5

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree, “Licenciado” in English Philology and “Diplomado” in French Philology, Universidad Complutense.  Madrid, Spain.  1986-91 Madrid, Spain.  1988

  

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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

 

Professor of Latin American Literature and Chair of the Graduate Group of World Cultures. University of California, Merced. Merced, California.  Fall 2008-Present

 

Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Chair of the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of North Texas.  Denton, Texas.  2007-2008

 

Associate Professor of Spanish, University of North Texas.  Denton, Texas.  2005-2007

 

Associate Professor of Spanish, California State University, Los Angeles.  Los Angeles, California.  2003-2005  

 

Assistant Professor of Spanish, California State University, Los Angeles.  Los Angeles, California.  1997-2003 

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia.  Athens, Georgia.  Taught Spanish and Hispanic literature.  1991-7      

 

Teacher of English and French as a second language.  Assimil-Prodocente    

Madrid, Spain.  1987-91      

 

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GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS

 

Scholar grant from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange to carry out research in Peru for my project “The Dragon in the Land of  the Condor: The Chinese Diaspora in Peru’s Cultural Production.” January 1, 2009-December  31-2009. ($10,000)

 

I received a second UNT Small Grant from Office of the Vice President of Research and Technology Transfer for co-editing book Caminos para la paz: literatura israelí y árabe en castellano. Spring 2007. ($750)

 

UNT Center of Spanish Language Media Research Grant for the project “Re-Constructing La Crónica in the Latino Literary Journalism of Los Angeles.” ($2500)

Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange to read a paper in Macau, China. Spring 2007 ($1000)

 

UNT Travel Grant. 15^th Annual Afro-Hispanic Literature and Culture Conference. Quito, Ecuador. Spring 2007 ($1000)

 

UNT Faculty Research Grant for my project “From Mazatlán to McAztl@n: Los Angeles in Chicana/o Literature and Chicanas/os in Los Angeles Literature.” Summer 2006. ($5000)

 

Humanities Texas grant (which was matched by UNT) to pay the keynote speaker at conference on Orientalisms that I organized on April 21-22, 2006. ($1000)

 

UNT Travel Grant. Latin American Studies Association Conference. Puerto Rico. Spring 2006. ($750)

 

UNT Faculty Research Grant for my project “Imaging the Chinese in Cuban Literature and Culture.” Fall 2005. ($5000)

 

UNT grant to organize conference “Orientalisms and the Chinese diaspora in the Americas.” Fall 2005. ($1000)

 

UNT Small Grant from Office of the Vice President of Research and Technology Transfer for co-editing book Caminos para la paz: literatura israelí y árabe en castellano. Fall 2005. ($750)

 

Dean’s List, M.A. Alumni Certificate of Honor for Outstanding and Distinguished Academic Achievement. Department of Mexican American Studies, California State University, Los Angeles.  2004-5

 

National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Research Award in order to write book “‘Trujillo and God’: Literary Representations of the Dominican Dictator.”  2002-3. ($24,000)

 

Recipient of three Creative Leaves at California State University, Los Angeles.  Winter 2001, winter 2003, and winter 2004. ($11,640 each)

 

As faculty advisor for Spanish Honorary Society Sigma Delta Pi from 1999-2003, our CSULA Gamma Psi Chapter won National Certificate of Honor and Merit for 2000-2001 

 

My article “El pensamiento de Paulo Freire en Un día en la vida de Manlio Argueta” received the E. Bradford Burns and Hubert Herring Award for the best article at the PCCLAS (Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies) Conference on October 30, 1999

 

Honorary member of Sigma Delta Pi.  1998

 

Spanish Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi.  1993