Degrees
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B.A., Frostburg State College, Spanish, 1975
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M.A., Colorado State University, Hispanic Literature, 1978
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Ph.D., University of Arizona, Latin American Literature, 1987
Academic Experience
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Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1994-
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Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1990-1994
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1987-1990
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Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, 1980-1987
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Lecturer, Frostburg State College, 1979-1980
Distinctions
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Simón Rodríguez Award for Latin American Studies for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Tulane University, 2001
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Mortar Board Teaching Awards, Tulane University, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
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Reed Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tulane University, 1995
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Mellon Foundation Grant, 1989
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Outstanding Teaching Assistant to Faculty of Humanities, University of Arizona, 1987
Languages
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Spanish
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Portuguese
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Italian
Overseas Experience
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Mexico
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Guatemala
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Argentina
Related Experience
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Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, 2007-
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Director, Women’s Studies Program, Tulane University, 2004-2005
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Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, 1998-2000
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Editor, Twentieth Century Cultures Encyclopedia Series on Latin American Literature, 1994-1995
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Graduate Student Advisor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, 1991-1992
Selected Publications
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2017. (Re) Imaginar Centroamérica en el siglo XXI. Literatura e itinerarios culturales. Maureen E. Shea, Uriel Quesada, Ignacio Sarmiento, Eds. San José, Costa Rica, Uruk Editores.
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2013. “Trauma, fantasmas y memoria en Milagro de la Paz de Manlio Argueta, Desde la hamaca al trono…y mas allá.” Lecturas críticas de la obra de Manlio Argueta.
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2013. “Narradoras combatientes en la Centroamérica Revolucionaria” Research, Edition, Scholarly Volume, New, Accepted and forthcoming, in Hacia una Historia de literaturas centroamericanas, Tomo IV.
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2010. “Del apogeo al desaliento: La audacia de la escritora frente su comunidad centroamericana entre 1880-1950.” Tensiones de la modernidad. Del modernismo al realismo-Tomo II. Hacia una Historia de literaturas centroamericanas.
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2007. “Narradoras combatientes en la literatura centroamericana: De la ilusión al desengaño.” Istmo: Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos. 15:1-8.
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2004. “Contra el Imperio: Voces de los Andes desafian la hegemonia Occidental.” In Construccion y poetica del Imaginario Boliviano. Josefa Salmon, editor. La Paz, Bolivia.
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2002. “Asalto al paraiso: Tatiana Lobo Asalta la Historia Oficial.” Revista Comunicacion. San Jose, Costa Rica.
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2000. Culture and Customs of Guatemala. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
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1996. “La complicidad subversiva de Catalina Guzmán y Angeles Mastretta: Arráncame la vida.” Journal of Hispanic Philology. 17: 239-260.
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1993. Women as Outsiders: Undercurrents of Oppression in Latin American Women’s Novels. San Francisco: Austin and Winfield.
Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses:
Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years:
8
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty
Region
Central America, North America