EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Cum laude) Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
1992
M.A. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1985
Teaching Certificate (Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica),
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1981
B.A. (Licenciatura) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1980
AREAS OF INTEREST
Translation Studies, U.S. Latino Literature, Code-switching,
Second Language Learning and Teaching
AWARDS AND SERVICE
Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. University of Hawaii Manoa, 2010.
Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Languages,
Linguistics and Literature 2002
Faculty Adviser, Sigma Delta Pi, Theta Tau Chapter "Capítulo
de Honor y Mérito" 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Aranda, L. V. 2007. Handbook of Spanish-English Translation. Lanham, Maryland: University of America Press.
"The Languages U.S. Latino Literature Speaks," Journal of Intercultural Disciplines, in press. Also appeared
in 2000 Literature Monograph Series, National Association of Hispanic
and Latino Studies, Houston, Texas, 2000, 58-77.
"Crossing the Equivalent Border in Translation: Gains and Losses,"
ACTAS II, Centro de Lingüística Aplicada, VII Simposio Internacional
de Comunicación Social, Santiago de Cuba, 2001, 195-197.
"The Duality of Ethnic and Female Identities in U.S. Minority
Literature," Philologica Canariensia, Summer/Autumn, 2000.
La alternancia lingüística en la literatura chicana:
una interpretación desde su contexto sociohistórico. 1992.
Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
COURSES TAUGHT AT U.H.
1st, 2nd and 3rd year Spanish, Writing and Reading;
Spanish-English
Translation; Spanish Civilization; U.S. Latino Literature