EDUCATION
DEGREES
Ph.
D.
Spanish, University of California, Irvine, 1990. Major field of
concentration:
Spanish American Prose Fiction. Dissertation: "La
repetición
autointertextual en la narrativa de Gabriel García
Márquez."
Director: Seymour Menton.
M.
A.
Spanish, San Diego State University, 1984.
M.
A.
Political Science, Western Illinois University, 1980. Thesis:
"Nationalism
in Puerto Rican Politics: A Clarification of the Status Debate."
B.
A.
Western Illinois University, 1977. Majors: Political
Science
& Spanish. Minor: History.
GRANTS & HONORS
Fulbright
Fellow: Teaching and Research in Central American Literature in
Honduras
(at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras), Spring, 1997.
Summer
Organized Research Grants, Northern Arizona University
2004;
Translation of three narrative texts by Guatemalan authors.
1999; Translation of Caracol y
otros cuentos (short stories) by
Erique
Jaramillo Levi.
1998;
Translation of Caperucita en la zona roja (novel, 1977) by
Manlio Argueta.
1996;
Translation of Señores bajo los
árboles
(novel,
1994) by Mario R. Morales.
1994;
The Novel in Nicaragua.
1992; Contemporary
Nicaraguan Narrative.
Regents
Summer Research Assistant Fellow, University of California, Irvine,
1987.
Humanities
Summer Research Grant, University of California, Irvine, 1986.
Conducted
research on Gabriel García Márquez in Colombia.
Regents
Fellowship, University of California, Irvine, 1984-1985.
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