Ph.D., Spanish and Latin American Literature, University of Chicago, 1991
M.A., Hispanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1983
B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1979
Paper submitted to the 21st. International Conference in Literature, Cinema and Visual Arts.
University of West Georgia. Fall Semester, 2006.
Title: Alegoría de la crueldad en las obras de Regina José Galindo: una escritora y algo más
Paper submitted to the 5th Latin American Literatures and Cultures Conference Antiers Hilton,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fall Semester, 2005.
Title: La mujer, la cultura y la poesía: tres autoras guatemaltecas, un solo tema
Participated in the drama workshop “Talleres de dramaturgia Julián Álvarez” in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Fall Semester, 2005.
Interview with Professor Osvaldo Pellettieri, critic and director of GETEA (Grupo de Estudios de
Teatro Argentino) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fall Semester, 2005.
Article Published in CAUDAL, Revista trimestral de letras, artes y pensamiento. Año 4 No 14 –
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Spring Semester, 2005.
Title: Teatro Gayumba: perspectiva social de sus adaptaciones teatrales
Paper submitted to the 58th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky. Fall Semester, 2004.
Title: Teoría y práctica de la enseñanza de la gramática española a estudiantes universitarios de
origen hispano mediante la técnica de la visualización de los conceptos gramaticales
Abstract submitted to the 56th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference to be considered for a
paper presentation. Fall Semester, 2002.
Title: Evaluación del aprendizaje de español del estudiante universitario de origen hispano dentro
del contexto del estudiantado de idioma español básico.
Paper submitted to the VI Conferencia Latin American Theatre Today Festival y Congreso, at
University of Connecticut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Storrs, Connecticut. Fall
Semester, 2004.
Title: La imagen del varón en las obras de tres dramaturgas contemporáneas argentinas
Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Caribbean Literature (I.C.C.L.), St. Croix,
U.S. Virgin Islands. November 3-4, 2004.
Title: Teatro Gayumba: perspectiva social de las adaptaciones teatrales
Paper presented at the 19th Annual International Conference in Literature, Visual Arts, and/or
Cinema: Truth & Mendacity, at State University of West Georgia-Atlanta, Georgia. October 22,
2004.
Title: La presencia del terror en los dramas de Susana Gutiérrez Posse: Diez años después de La
historia oficial
Paper presented at the Octavo Congreso de Didáctica del Español, at Indiana University-Perdue
University, Indianapolis. September 27, 2003.
Title: La enseñanza del Español a través de la imitación y la recreación del lenguaje
This paper was published in ACTAS SELECTAS DEL OCTAVO CONGRESO DE DIDÁCTICA
DEL ESPAÑOL (http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/wlac/congreso.actas.html), March 30, 2004.
Address to the students members of the Sigma Delta Pi National Spanish Honor Society.
Speech: “Variedad y riqueza de la lengua española”. Spring Semester, 2002.
Associate Professor, Northeastern Illinois University, Department of World Languages & Cultures, 2007-Present
Assistant Professor, Northeastern Illinois University, Department of World Languages & Cultures, 2001-2007
Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator, Department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994-2001
High School Spanish Instructor, Intensive Foreign Language to Careers Pilot Project, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996-1997
Spanish Instructor, Greeley and Hansen Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, 1995-1996
Assistant to the Coordinator, Department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989-1994
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1988-1989
Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola University-Chicago, 1987-1988
Lecturer, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, 1985-1987
Teaching Assistant, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1985
Spanish Teacher, Kenwood Academy, Chicago, Illinois, 1984-1985
Lecturer, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, 1984-1985
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984-1985
Assistant to the Resident Director, UIC-UC Year Abroad Program, University of Barcelona, Spain, 1981-1982
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1980-1982
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