Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D.
Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), 2007
Dissertation: Nationalism and Narratives of Subjectivity in the Cold War Imaginary
Committee: Carl Gutiérrez‐Jones, Suzanne Jill Levine, Leo Cabranes‐Grant
Dissertation: Nationalism and Narratives of Subjectivity in the Cold War Imaginary
Committee: Carl Gutiérrez‐Jones, Suzanne Jill Levine, Leo Cabranes‐Grant
M.A.
Comparative Literature, UCSB, 2002
B.A.
English Literature, Pepperdine University, 1992
Teaching
Assistant Professor
2008 - present
2008 - present
SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS, PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY (PhilaU)
Humanities (Literature) 225, Exploring World Literature
Junior Seminar (Literature) 361, Fiction to Film
Writing Seminar 101, Finding Philadelphia
Writing Seminar 217, Science, Engineering, Technology & Health Professions
Junior Seminar 302, Introduction to Narrative (for Design, Engineering & Commerce majors)
Humanities (Literature) 225, Exploring World Literature
Junior Seminar (Literature) 361, Fiction to Film
Writing Seminar 101, Finding Philadelphia
Writing Seminar 217, Science, Engineering, Technology & Health Professions
Junior Seminar 302, Introduction to Narrative (for Design, Engineering & Commerce majors)
Lecturer
2007 - 2008
2007 - 2008
WRITING PROGRAM, UCSB
Writing 1 and 1ACE, Approaches to University Writing
Writing 2ACE, Academic Writing
Writing 50, Writing and the Research Process (Topic: Immigrant Culture & ID)
ACE = Academic Communities for Excellence, these courses prioritize enrollment for EOP students
Writing 1 and 1ACE, Approaches to University Writing
Writing 2ACE, Academic Writing
Writing 50, Writing and the Research Process (Topic: Immigrant Culture & ID)
ACE = Academic Communities for Excellence, these courses prioritize enrollment for EOP students
Teaching Associate
2002 - 2006
2002 - 2006
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PROGRAM & WRITING PROGRAM, UCSB
Comparative Lit. 34: Literature of the Americas/U.S. Immigrant Literature (x3)
Writing 1ACE (Acad. Communities for Excellence): Approaches to University Writing (x3)
Writing 2 and 2ACE: Academic Writing (x5)
Writing 2E: Academic Writing for Engineers (Technical Writing)
Intro. Writing STEP (Summer Transitional Enrichment Program, EOP students) (x2)
EOP = Educational Opportunity Program for first-generation and low-income college students
Comparative Lit. 34: Literature of the Americas/U.S. Immigrant Literature (x3)
Writing 1ACE (Acad. Communities for Excellence): Approaches to University Writing (x3)
Writing 2 and 2ACE: Academic Writing (x5)
Writing 2E: Academic Writing for Engineers (Technical Writing)
Intro. Writing STEP (Summer Transitional Enrichment Program, EOP students) (x2)
EOP = Educational Opportunity Program for first-generation and low-income college students
Teaching Assistant
1999 - 2002
1999 - 2002
TEACHING ASSISTANT, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PROGRAM, WOMEN'S STUDIES, & BLACK STUDIES, UCSB
Comparative Literature 30A, Major European Literature—Classical (x3)
Comparative Literature 30B, Major European Literature—Renaissance (x2)
Comparative Literature 30C Major European Literature—Modern
Comparative Literature 31, Japanese Literature
Women’s Studies 40, Issues in the Humanities (x2)
Women’s Studies 60, U.S. Women of Color
Women’s Studies 70, Women and Development
Black Studies 38B, Introduction to African American Literature, Part II
Comparative Literature 30A, Major European Literature—Classical (x3)
Comparative Literature 30B, Major European Literature—Renaissance (x2)
Comparative Literature 30C Major European Literature—Modern
Comparative Literature 31, Japanese Literature
Women’s Studies 40, Issues in the Humanities (x2)
Women’s Studies 60, U.S. Women of Color
Women’s Studies 70, Women and Development
Black Studies 38B, Introduction to African American Literature, Part II
Other Course Instruction
2002
SUBSTITUTE ESL INSTRUCTOR: UC INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, SANTA BARBARA
Substituted for UCIP English language course for foreign students.
Substituted for UCIP English language course for foreign students.
Instructor
1997 - 1999
1997 - 1999
PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, TEACHER OF ENGLISH, MOSCOW
English as a Foreign Language, 4th‐11th grade, in Svyerdlovsky (Moscow oblast) American literature, 16‐unit university seminar at Saratov State University
English as a Foreign Language, 4th‐11th grade, in Svyerdlovsky (Moscow oblast) American literature, 16‐unit university seminar at Saratov State University
Publications
2011
“Desire, Arenas, and Cold War Discourse: Reinaldo Arenas as Protagonist in Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls” in, Latin American Studies: Critiques of Contemporary Cinema, Literatures, Politics and Revolution. Editor, David Gallagher. Academica Press.
2009
“iPods and Your Health” with Christopher Dean. In Bedford/St. Martin's Bedford Select - WAC/WIC Section. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. Web.
2004
Translation (Russian to English). Biography of Nikolai Sheptulin, author of “The Fabric of Film.” Published in the on-line journal ARTMargins
Works in Progress
“Reinaldo Arenas: Writer, Not Victim.” Translation of Enrique del Risco, “Reinaldo Arenas: víctima imposible, literatura posible.” Originally published in Guayaba Sweet: literatura Cubana en Estados Unidos. (2004) 255‐79. (seeking publisher)
“The Politics of Not Belonging: Reinaldo Arenas' Exile and 1980s Cold War Nationalism.” (working title)
“Teaching World Literature: Balancing Professional Values and Student Edification.” (working title)
“The Narrative of Mural Painting: Belonging through Process in Philadelphia's Latino/a Community Art.” (working title)
“The Politics of Not Belonging: Reinaldo Arenas' Exile and 1980s Cold War Nationalism.” (working title)
“Teaching World Literature: Balancing Professional Values and Student Edification.” (working title)
“The Narrative of Mural Painting: Belonging through Process in Philadelphia's Latino/a Community Art.” (working title)
Editorial Work
2007 - 2011
Advisory Board Member: Translation, a Translation Studies journal at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB.
2005 - 2007
Editor: Translation, a Translation Studies journal at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB (First 2 issues).
Scholarly Presentations
April 2012
“Narrating Belonging: Latino/a Mural Art in Philadelphia,” paper presentation. 26th Annual MELUS (Multi‐Ethnic Literature of the U.S.) Conference, “Ethnic Literatures and Transnationalism.” Santa Clara University, California. April 19‐22, 2012. (proposal accepted)
April 2011
“Teaching World Literature: Balancing Professional Values and Student Edification,” paper presentation. Annual ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) Conference, “World Literature/Comparative Literature.” Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, April 1‐4, 2011.
Oct. 2010
“Philadelphia Mural Art and Latino/a Models of National Belonging: artist Michelle Ortiz,” paper presentation. Annual NEASA (The New England American Studies Association) Conference, “The Arts and the Publics.” Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, October 1‐3, 2010.
April 2010
“Desire and National Discourse: A Study of Reinaldo Arenas' Before Night Falls and Julian Schnabel's 2000 Film Adaptation,” paper read in my absence due to pregnancy. ACLA Conference, “Creoles, Diasporas, Cosmopolitanisms.” New Orleans, April 1‐4, 2010.
Nov. 2009
“Literature Appreciation in Online Environments,” paper presentation for panel “How Online Environment Enhances Learning.” NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention, “Once and Future Classics: Reading Between the Lines.” Philadelphia, November 19‐24, 2009.
April 2009
“Community Art and Latino/a Models of National Belonging: artist Betsy Casañas,” paper presentation. 23rd Annual MELUS Conference, “Poetic Justice: Imagination, Empowerment, and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the US.” Washington State University, Pullman, Spokane. April 2-5, 2009.
April 2008
“Chicano/a Mural Art and Cuban Community: Art and the Struggle for Home in America,” seminar presentation. 22nd Annual ACLA Conference, “Arrivals and Departures”.
May 2007
“America, the Cold War and National Belonging,” presentation of research. AAUW (American Association of University Women) Luncheon, Goleta Valley Branch, CA.
Oct. 2006
“Ricky, Che, Fidel, and Arenas: Trumping Masculinity in U.S./Cuban Cultural Maneuvers,” paper presentation. The United States from Inside and Out: Transnational American Studies, ASA (American Studies Association) Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA.
April 2004
“Narration and Belonging in Reinaldo Arenas’s El portero and selected poems by Joseph Brodsky,” paper presentation. Globalization is/in America, an interdisciplinary graduate student conference. Northwestern University.
March 2004
“Exile Literature Narrating Nation: Narratives of Belonging in Reinaldo Arenas’s El portero,” paper presentation. Excentric Texts Exiled Selves, Foreign Language and Literature Annual Graduate Student Conference. University of Miami.
May 2003
“Identity in Exile: Reinaldo Arenas’s Antes que anochezca,” paper presentation. 5th Annual Spanish and Lusophone Graduate Student Conference. UCSB.
Pedagogical Development
2011-present
Participant in ongoing Assessment Workshop, PhilaU
2010-present
Led faculty development for Writing, Humanities, and Social Science courses, PhilaU
2011
Participated in Smart Design Workshop on design models of teaching, PhilaU
2008-09
Participated in faculty teaching workshops, PhilaU
2007
CCUT (Certificate in College and University Teaching), UCSB
2004
FITT (Faculty Institute for Teaching with Technology), UCSB
2004
STIA (Summer Teaching Institute for Associates), UCSB
2004
Course: Teaching Technical Communication (Madeline Sorapure), UCSB
2002
Course: Practicum in Academic Writing Instruction (Susan McLeod), UCSB
2001
TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), UC Extension, Santa Barbara
University Service
Phiadelphia University
2011-present
Writing Professor search committee
2011-present
Revisioning College Studies working group
2011-present
Coordinator for Social Science I course group
2010-present
Coordinator for Humanities I course group
2010-present
School of Liberal Arts Assessment committee
2010-present
Nexus Learning Grant committee
2010-present
Graduate education curriculum committee
2009-present
School of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Education (Curriculum) committee
2008-present
Workgroup leader for annual Unity Week events, celebrating diversity
2011
Coordinator for Writing II course group (interim)
2011
Community summits on College Studies committee
2010-11
Working group to create Narrative course for new DEC curriculum
2010-11
Ethics/Philosophy Professor search committee
2010-11
Working group to create Ethnography course for new DEC curriculum
2009, 10
Discussion leader on summer reading with first year students for FYE and START
2009
Grader for Writing placement exams
2009-10
WAC Director Search committee
2009-10
Academic advisor for first‐year students
2009-10
Summer Reading selection committee
University of California Santa Barbara
2007
Curriculum committee for Writing 1, 50, ACE, & “Starting Lines” (student anthology)
2006
Conference co‐organizer: “Translation in a No‐Literary Age”
2005-06
Research assistant for Translation Studies Research Focus Group
2002-06
CLAS (Campus Learning Assistance Services) writing tutor mentor
2003-06
Grader for Analytical Writing Placement Exam (formerly Subject‐A), UC‐wide
2004-05
Curriculum committee for Writing for Engineering
2003-05
Co‐organizer, presenter, assist., manual writer for new TA training (CompLit & WP)
2004-05
Annual W.E.B. Du Bois event co‐organizer, Writing Program
Fellowships and Awards
2006/2007
AAUW (American Association of University Women) Dissertation Fellowship
Philip & Aida Siff Educational Foundation Graduate Fellowship Grant
Philip & Aida Siff Educational Foundation Graduate Fellowship Grant
2004
UCSB Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship
2003/2004
UCSB Graduate Opportunity Fellowship
2003
Comparative Literature Grant for two-months study in Cuba
Research Interests
Immigration/Exile/Nation and Transnationalism, American/Ethnic/Latino/a Studies, Cold War, Cuba and Diaspora, Citizenship, Gender Studies, PedagogyReferences
Carl Gutiérrez-Jones, Dissertation Chair, Professor, Department of English, UCSB(805) 893-8879 or 893-8711
carlgj@english.ucsb.edu
Susan McLeod, Professor Emeritus and former Director, Writing Program, UCSB
(805) 893-7488
mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu
Valerie Hanson, Associate Professor of Writing, Philadelphia University
(215) 951-2795
hansonv@philau.edu
Leo Cabranes-Grant, Associate Professor, Depts. of Spanish & Portuguese and Dramatic Arts, UCSB
(805) 893-5376 or 893-3161
cabranes@spanport.ucsb.edu
Suzanne Jill Levine, Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UCSB
(805) 893-3983
sjlevine@spanport.ucsb.edu
Dossier available upon request.