CURRICULUM VITAE

Anna-Marie Aldaz, Ph.D.

Office: Academic Complex 221    
Office Phone: 928.317-6455
Office Fax: 928.317-6419
e-mail: annamarie.aldaz@nau.edu

Northern Arizona University in Yuma  
P.O. BOX 6236  
Yuma, AZ 85366-6236    
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EDUCATION
1969:
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. University of Oregon (Eugene)
1967: 
M.A. in Comparative Literature. University of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
1966:
B.A. in Comparative Literature. University of New Mexico (Albuquerque)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005-present
Interim Executive Director at Northern Arizona University, Yuma, AZ
2002-2005
Professor of Spanish and Liberal Studies Coordinator at Northern Arizona University, Yuma, AZ
1995–2001 
Associate Professor of Spanish and Liberal Studies Coordinator at Northern Arizona University, Yuma, AZ
1995–92  
Associate Professor of Spanish at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
1992–91 
Resident Director in Granada, Spain, for Arizona State University’s Study Abroad Program
1991–85 
Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University
1984  
Instructor at Northern Arizona University
   
HONORS
2002-2005   
Arizona Humanities Council Board of Directors
1999   
Teacher of the Year (NAU-Yuma)
1998 &1997
NAU-YSA Student Choice Award
1997  
Centennial Teacher of the Year (1997/98) (NAU-Yuma)       
1993  
Phi Kappa Phi (Faculty)
1993      
Alpha Lambda Delta (Faculty)
1992  
Honorary Member of Hermandade dos Fillos e Amigos de Padrón
1989  
AFLA Outstanding Teacher Award
1965  
Phi Beta Kappa

 
PUBLICATIONS

Books
Espina, Concha. The Metal of the Dead, translated and with an introduction by Anna-Marie Aldaz.
          Cranbury, NJ: Bucknell University Press, 2003. 311pp

Scorza, Manuel. Requiem for a Lightning Bolt, translated and with an introduction by Anna-Marie Aldaz.
           New York: Peter Lang, 2000. 208 pp.

Scorza, Manuel. The Ballad of Agapito Robles, translated and with an introduction by Anna-Marie Aldaz.
           New York: Peter Lang, 1999. 178 pp.

Scorza, Manuel. The Sleepless Rider, translated and with an introduction by Anna-Marie Aldaz.
           New York, Peter Lang, 1996. 174 pp.

Scorza, Manuel. Garabombo, the Invisible, translated and with an introduction by Anna-Marie Aldaz.
           New York: Peter Lang, 1994. 230 pp.

Castro, Rosalía de. Poems, translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz, Barbara N. Gantt, and Anne C. Bromley.
           New York: SUNY, 1991. A book-length  anthology of English translations of poems by Rosalía
           de Castro from Spanish and Galician, with critical apparatus, 216 pp.

Aldaz, Anna-Marie. The Past of the Future: The Novelistic Cycle of Manuel Scorza. New York:
            Peter Lang, 1990. A critical analysis of the novels of this 20th century Peruvian author, 192 pp.


Contributions to Books

Aldaz, Anna-Marie. “Rosalía de Castro,” In La Escritora Hispánica , edited by Nora Erro-Orthman &
         Juan Cruz Mendizábal. Barcelona: Ediciones Universal, 1990.

Aldaz, Anna-Marie. Annotations for María Rosa Alonso, Isabel Calvo de Aguilar, Luisa Forrellad,
        Felisa García, María Teresa Huidobro, and Celia López  Sainz. In Women Writers of Spain , edited
         by Carolyn Galerstein. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

Articles
Aldaz, Anna-Marie. “Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: A Study of Theme and Symbol in Henry James’
        ‘The Beast in the Jungle.’” ITA-Humanidades V (1976): 133–158.

Aldaz, Anna-Marie. “James Joyce’s Ulysses: A Perspective.” ITA - Humanidades V (1975): 83–5.

GRANTS
2001  Organized Research Grant
1991 
Translation Grant from the Ministerio de Cultura deEspaña
1990 
Organized Research Grant
1985  
Ford Foundation Scholarship

COURSE OFFERINGS

Theory and Practice of Translation
Peninsular and Hispanic Literature
Peninsular and Hispanic Culture and Civilization
Special Topics: Hispanic Nobel Prize Winners; Hispanic Women Writers; Spanish Novels & their Cinematic Versions
Intermediate & Advanced Conversation & Composition




                                                                                        
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