Education
PhD, Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM. Dissertation: "The Americas in Spanish Classical Theater:
Mythology, Romance, Religion, and Politics."
MA, Hispanic Literature, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
BA, University Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
AS, Electronics Technology, College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA.
Teaching and research interests
Spanish Golden Age Theater, Medieval Literature, and Colonial Literature.
Transatlantic cultural studies.
Talks given
"Indígenas, españoles y demonios: la conquista
espiritual de América y sus representaciones dramáticas
en el teatro del Siglo de Oro" El Colegio de Jalisco, Zapopan,
México, June 2004.
Papers delivered
"Subverting the dominant patriarchy: Teresa de Cartagena's authority
in Arboleda de los enfermos" 40th International Congress on Medieval
Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2005.
"Voices of Dissent: Unveiling the Truth in Lope de Vega's El
Nuevo Mundo descubierto por Cristóbal Colón and Fernando
de Zárate's La conquista de México" Association
for Hispanic Classical Theater: Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium,
El Paso, Texas, March 2004.
"The Mexican Pastorela: Piety or Subversion?" La Gran Pastorela:
Festival and Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, November 2002.
"El tlaxcalteca visto por el extranjero: la homogeneización
de América y la colonización espiritual en el Coloquio
de la nueva conversión y bautismo de los cuatro últimos
reyes de Tlaxcala en la Nueva España," Colloquium on Latin
American and Chicana Literature, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, May 2001.
"Mito y muerte en dos obras de Elena Garro," Rocky Mountain
Council for Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January
2000.
"Las técnicas narrativas como herramientas de autoridad
en Arboleda de los enfermos de Teresa de Cartagena," American
Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Denver, Colorado,
August 1999.
"Their Techniques, Her Authority: Tools of Transgression in Teresa
de Cartagena's Arboleda de los enfermos," Symposium on Teresa
de Cartagena: Mujer, Monja, Conversa, Sorda, y Autora. University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1999.
Courses taught
Seminar in Hispanic Literature
Masterworks of Spanish Literature.
Spanish Literature in Translation.
Cultura y Civilización Mexicana.
Developing Writing Skills in Spanish.
Special Topic in Hispanic Culture: Voces coloniales; Cultura popular
mexicana: tradiciones y actualidades; Cultura española a través
del teatro (Trujillo, España); Cultura mexicana (Morelia, Michoacán,
México).
First and second year Spanish.
Other related experience
Reader in Celebración Quijotesca / Quixotic Celebration. University
of New Mexico & Instituto Cervantes, Albuquerque, NM, April 16-22,
2005.
Cast in Exposición Bilingüe de la Poesía de Pablo
Neruda presented by Teatro Paraguas at the Outpost Performance Center,
Albuquerque, NM, February 26 and 27, 2005. Crawford McCallum, Director.
Cast in Auto de los reyes magos presented at the University of New
Mexico Medieval Studies Conference March 23, 2001
La Gran Pastorela: Festival and Symposium, November 21-24, 2002. Michael
Kidd, Director.
