CURRICULUM VITAE 

   Michele C. Dávila Gonçalves, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Salem State University
Foreign Languages Department
Salem, MA 01970-5353
Tel:  (978) 542-7425
E-mail:    mdavilagoncalv@salemstate.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D.   - University of Colorado at Boulder, Spanish & Latin American Literature, 1997.
                 Dissertation: El archivo de la memoria: la novela de formación femenina en
                 Rosa Chacel, Rosa Montero, Rosario Castellanos y Elena Poniatowska (The
                 Archives of Memory: The Female Novel of Formation by Rosa Chacel, Rosa
                 Montero, Rosario Castellanos and Elena Poniatowska).
M.A.    - University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Comparative Literature, 1992. 
                  Thesis: El Bildungsroman femenino en las novelas Wide Sargasso Sea y Pluie
                  et vent sur Télumée Miracle (The Female Bildungsroman in the Novels Wide
                  Sargasso Sea and The Bridge of Beyond).
B.A.     - University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Comparative Literature, 1985. 
                  Magna Cum Laude

Other:

Post-doctorate courses in Brazilian Literature, Pontifícia Catholic University, Department of
   Letters, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 2001-2003.
Faculty Development in International Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC,
   summer 2000.
Graduate Teacher's Program Certificate, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, 1993-1995.
Exchange Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1982-1983.
Advanced School of Personnel Administration, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1991-1992.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Salem State University, Foreign Languages Department, Salem, MA, 2008-
   present (tenure-track).   

   Undergraduate Courses Taught in Spanish: SPN 101 - Elementary Spanish I, SPN 102 –
   Elementary Spanish II, SPN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I, SPN 202 – Intermediate Spanish II,
   SPN 222 – Spanish Business, Travel & Tourism, SPN 350 - Advanced Spanish Grammar, SPN
   353 - Readings from Hispanic World, SPN 416 - Hispano-American Civilization & Culture,
   SPN 416 - Hispano-American Civilization & Culture Hybrid Course, SPN 417 – Hispano- 
   American Literature I, SPN 420 - US Latino Literature in Spanish, SPN 501 - Senior Seminar
   with Thesis.

   Undergraduate Courses Taught in English: FLT 251 - Continental European Literature in
   Translation I, FLT 252 - Continental European Literature in Translation II.

   Graduate Courses Taught in Spanish: SPN 700 – Advanced Spanish Grammar and Textual
   Analysis, SPN 705 - Seminar in Latin American and US Latino Literatures, SPN 711 - Seminar
   in Latin American and US Latino Cultures.  

   Directed Study: Marilyn Fernández, Senior, Latin American Literature, 2010.

   Courses Created: SPN 420 - US Latino Literature in Spanish (Undergraduate), SPN 700 -
   Advanced Spanish Grammar and Textual Analysis (Graduate).

   Proposals for Programs Created:  Master in Arts in Hispanic Literatures & Cultures (MA),
   Combined Master in Arts in Hispanic Literatures & Cultures and Master of Arts in Teaching
   Spanish (MA/MAT), with 16 syllabi.

Other:

Assistant Professor, Framingham State University, Modern Languages Department,
   Framingham, MA, 2005-2008.
   Classes in Spanish:  Undergraduate: Advanced Spanish Composition & Conversation I & II,
   Business Spanish. Graduate: Hispanic Media and Culture, Advanced Spanish Grammar
   through Textual Analysis, Contemporary Spanish Narrative
   Classes in Portuguese:  Beginners Portuguese I, Beginners Portuguese II.

Foreign Visiting Professor, Pontifícia Catholic University, Department of Letters, Rio de Janeiro,
   RJ, Brazil, 2004-2005 (three semesters).
   Classes in Portuguese:  Graduate: Melodrama in Nelson Rodrigues and Pedro Almodóvar.
   Undergraduate: The Latin American Short Story Memory and Feminine Literature: Lygia
   Fagundes Telles
 
Adjunct Assistant Professor, (Visiting Assistant Professor 2000-2001), Worcester Polytechnic
   Institute, Humanities & Arts Department, Worcester, MA, 1998-2005.
   Classes in Spanish: Undergraduate: Beginners Spanish II, Intermediate Spanish I & II,
   Advanced Spanish I & II, Spanish XX Century Literature, Latin American Media and Culture,
   Comparative Business Environments in Latin America, Business Spanish.

Adjunct Professor, Assumption College, Foreign Languages Dept., Worcester, MA, 1998-2000.
   Classes in Spanish:  Undergraduate: Basic Spanish 1 & 2 & 3, Intensive Intermediate Spanish,
   Introduction to Literature.
   Class in English for the Comparative Literature Department:  Graduate: Latino Literature
   in the United States.

Lecturer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spanish & Portuguese Dept., CO, 1997-1998. 
   Classes in Spanish:  Advanced Grammar, Composition & Conversation.

Graduate Part-time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spanish & Portuguese
   Department, CO, 1993-1997.
   Classes in Spanish:  Beginners Spanish I, Beginners Spanish II, Intermediate Spanish I,
   Intermediate Spanish II, Advanced Grammar, Composition & Conversation, Intensive Spanish
   Summer Institute.

PUBLICATIONS

Book:

El archivo de la memoria: la novela de formación femenina en Rosa Chacel, Rosa Montero,
   Rosario Castellanos y Elena Poniatowska (The Archives of Memory: The Female Novel of
   Formation by Rosa Chacel, Rosa Montero, Rosario Castellanos and Elena Poniatowska).  New
   Orleans: University Press of the South, 1999. Print.
  
            Review: Flores Silva, Dolores. “La formación del Bildungsroman femenino” (The
            Formation of the Female Bildungsroman).  Caligrafias 2.1 (2002): 63-65. Print.

            Citations:

Moret, Zulema.  Esas niñas cuando crecen, ¿dónde van a parar?  (Those Girls when They Grow,
Where Are They Going to End?).  Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 2008. Print.

Leonard, Kathy S.  Latin American Women Writers: A Resource Guide to Titles in English.  
Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2007.  335. Print.

Schwalm, NE.  “El Bíldungsfílm: el viaje de aprendizaje en Diarios de motocicleta e Y tu mamá también”
(The Bildungfilm: The Apprentice Journey in The Motorcycle Diaries & And Your Mother Too).
Con-textos 2007. Print.

Jácome Liévano, Margarita Rosa.  “La novela sicaresca: exploraciones ficcionales de la criminalidad juvenil
del narcotráfico” (The Sicarii Novel: Fictional Explorations of the Narcotraffic Juvenile Delinquency). 
Dissertation. The University of Iowa. 2006.

Holtus, Günter, Ed.  Romanische Bibliographie, 2004. Volume 120, Part 1.  Germany: Max Niemeyer, 2006. 
305. Print.

International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and
Humanities and the Social Sciences. Volume 34, Part 1.  F. Dietrich, 2003. 288. Print.

Gnutzmann, Rita. “El juguete rabioso: del aprendizaje a la escritura” (The Raving Game: From Apprenticeship
to Authorship).  Revista de literaturas modernas (2002): 57-75. Web.

Inestrillas, María del Mar.  Exilio, memoria y autorrepresentación: la escritura autobiográfica de María
Zambrano, María Teresa León y Rosa Chacel (Exile, Memory and Autorepresentation: Autobiography
Writings of María Zambrano, María Teresa León and Rosa Chacel).  Dissertation. Ohio State University. 
2002.

Hernández, Rubén.  “Rosario Castellanos.” Literate World. 2002. Web. 11/13/03.

Castro Lee, Cecilia. “La novela de formación en la narrativa de Rocío Vélez, Ketty Cuello, Silvia Galvis y
Consuelo Triviño” (The Novel of Formation in the Narrative of Rocío Vélez, Ketty Cuello, Silvia Galvis
and Consuelo Triviño). La novela de formación (The Novel of Formation). Volumen 3-2-Litocamargo.pdf. 
356-391. Web. 14/04/00.

Journal & Book Articles: 

“El universo caleidoscópico de Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro” (The Kaleidoscopic Universe of
   Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro). La escritura de mujeres en Puerto Rico a finales del Siglo XX y
    principios del XXI: narradoras, cuentistas, cronistas, relatoras / Essays on Contemporary
   Puerto Rican Writers.  Ed Amarilis Hidalgo de Jesús.  New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. 
   By invitation.  In print.

“When the Spirits Dance Mambo: la experiencia femenina negra en la diáspora 
   puertorriqueña” (When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Black Female Experience in the Puerto
   Rican Diaspora).  Revista Surco Sur 3 (2011): 93-98.  Peer reviewed.  Print.

 “Una nueva estética de la violencia latinoamericana: Archivo de oscuridades de José E. Santos”
   (A New Latin American Aesthetic of Violence: Archive of Obscurities by José E. Santos). 
   Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura/International Journal in  
   Humanistic Studies and Literature (CIEHL) 15 (2011): 115-123.  Peer Reviewed.  Print.

“Lo que nos hace humanos: deconstruyendo El pintor de batallas de Arturo Pérez-Reverte”
   (What Makes Us Humans: Deconstructing The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte). 
   Hipertexto 12 (2010): 161-171.  Peer Reviewed. Web.
   <http://www.utpa.edu/dept/modlang/hipertexto/docs/Hiper12Davila.pdf>

 “En busca del Corazón de Voltaire: el detective epistolar de Luis López Nieves” (In Search 
   of Voltaire’s Heart: The Epistolary Detective of Luis López Nieves). Voces del Caribe 2.1
   (2010): 53-68. Peer Reviewed. Web. <http//:www.vocesdelcaribe.org/journal/>.  Also in:   
   <http://www.ciudadseva.com/obra/2010/03/00mar10/00mar10.htm>

      Citations:

Irizarry, Estelle. “De docta ignorantia: las trampas de la historia y los historiadores en El silencio
de Galileo de Luis López Nieves.”  Hispania 94.2 (2011): 266-272.

“Ciudad Seva: hogar electrónico del escritor Luis López Nieves.” Web. 6/15/2010. <http://www.
ciudadseva.com/libros/voltaire/medios.htm#davila>

“Andando por los márgenes: travestismo y lenguaje en Sirena Selena vestida de pena de Mayra
   Santos-Febres” (Walking in the Margins: Travestism and Language in Sirena Selena by
   Mayra Santos-Febres). La mujer en la literatura del mundo hispánico (Women in Literature in
   the Hispanic World). Vol. VIII. Eds. Juana A. Arancibia & Rosa Tezanos-Pinto. Argentina:
   Instituto literario y cultural hispánico (ILCH), 2009. 177-189. Peer reviewed. Print.

“Cada uno al ritmo de su propio tambor: la poesía negra de Jorge Artel y Luis Palés Matos”
   (Each One by the Rhythm of their Own Drum: Black Poetry in Jorge Artel and Luis Palés
   Matos)  Ed. Lucía Ortiz.  ‘Chambacú, la historia la escribes tú,’  Ensayos sobre cultura
   Afrocolombiana. Madrid: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2007.  69-86.  Peer reviewed. Print.

Citations:

Afrodescendientes en Colombia: compilación bibliográfica (Afrodescendants in Colombia:
Bibliographic Compilation).  Restrepo, Eduardo & A Rojas.  Instituto de Estudios Sociales y
Culturales, Pensar. Colombia: Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, 2008. 33. Print. afro-bibliografia-
2008.pdf.

 “Voces en contrapunto: dialogismo interno en Tú, la oscuridad de Mayra Montero” (Voices in
   Counterpoint: Internal Dialogism in In the Palm of Darkness by Mayra Montero).  Con-textos
   17.35 (2005): 30-41.  Peer reviewed. Print.

“De Pulp Fiction a metaficción literaria: las transformaciones del personaje detectivesco en la
   narrativa policial brasileña” (From Pulp Fiction to Metafiction: The Transformations of the
   Detective in Brazilian’s Crime Novel).  Chasqui 34.2 (2005): 78-91.  Peer reviewed. Print.

“La voz caribeña femenina en la literatura de los Estados Unidos”  (The Caribbean Female Voice
   in the Literature of the United States).  Exégesis  13.37-38 (2000): 42-46. Peer reviewed. Print.

Citations:

Torres-Padilla, José L. “When ‘I’ Became Ethnic: Ethnogenesis and Three Early Puerto Rican
Diaspora Writers.” In Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature
of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. José L. Torres-Padilla & Carmen Haydée Rivera, eds.  Washington:
University of Washington Press, 2008. 81-103. Print.

González, Oneida.  “Anacaona-Malinche o el juego con la otredad” (Anacaona-Malinche or the Game
with Otherness).  Antenas 16 (2005): 3-8. Print.

Torres-Padilla, José L. “When ‘I’ Became Ethnic: Ethnogenesis and Three Early Puerto Rican Diaspora
Writers.” Centro Journal 14.2 (2002): 181-197. Web.

 “El poder de la escritura: una alegoría del juego de ajedrez en Urraca de Lourdes Ortiz” (The  
   Power of the Written Word: The Allegory of Chess in Urraca by Lourdes Ortiz).  Mester 24.2
   (1995): 13-32. Peer reviewed. Print.

            Citations:

Flesler, Daniela. “De Cluny a Schengen: Europa y la heterogeneidad étnica de España en Urraca de
Lourdes Ortiz” (From Cluny to Schengen: Europe and the Ethnic Heterogeneity of Spain in Urraca
by Lourdes Ortiz).  Bulletin of Spanish Studies 85.5 (2008): 603-620. Print.

Proceedings:

“‘Elemental mi querido Watson’: variaciones y transgresiones de la novela detectivesca en el
   Caribe hispano” (‘Elementary my Dear Watson’: Variations and Transgressions in the
   Hispanic Caribbean Detective Novel), Anais das IX Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latino-
   Americana (JALLA).  CD-Rom.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010.  1437-1441.
   <http://www.proppi.uff.br/jalla/sites/default/files/Anais_do_Jalla_Brasil_2010.pdf>

“Una nueva estética de la violencia: Archivo de oscuridades de José E. Santos” (A New
   Aesthetic of Violence: Archive of Obscurities by José E. Santos). “Beauty is in the Details:  A
   Global View of Persons of Color” - 2010 NAAAS National Conference Monograph Series. CD-
   Rom.  Baton Rouge, LA, 2010.  1248-1263.  

"Pop culture en la literatura puertorriqueña contemporánea” (Pop-culture in Contemporary PuertoRican
   Literature).  Latin American Studies Association Database, LASA. 2009.  Web.  8/20/2009.
   <http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/members/congresspapers/lasa2009/files/DavilaGoncalvesMichele.pdf>

“Identidad personal e identidad nacional en Vuelo de Cisne de Rosario Ferré” (Personal and
   National Identity in Rosarios Ferré’s The Flight of the Swan).  Ed. Celia Vázquez. 
   Enhebrando palabras al hilo de la escritura.  Encuentro Internacional de Escritoras
   Rosalía de Castro, 2006.  Vigo: Editorial Academia del Hispanismo, 2007. 49-55. Print.
 “Utopías futurísticas: el poder femenino en Temblor de Rosa Montero” (Futuristic Utopias:
   Feminine Power in Temblor by Rosa Montero). Annals of the II International Seminar of
   Women and Literature by ANPOLL (National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in
   Literature and Linguistics), CD-Rom, RJ, Brazil, 2005. 1751-1762.
 “Re-creación de una historia personal y nacional en La ‘Flor de Lis’ de Elena Poniatowska”
   (Re-Creation of a Personal and National History in La ‘Flor de Lis’ by Elena Poniatowska).
   Annals of the 17 ABRALIC Congress (Brazilian Association of Comparative Literature), CD-
   Rom, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 2004.  w/n.

 “Para comerte mejor: plan de seducción en ‘Recetario de incautos’ de Carmen Lugo Filippi”
   (To Eat you Better: Plan of Seduction in ‘Recetario de incautos’ by Carmen Lugo Filippi).
   Virtual Humanistic Caribbean Congress, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, 2002.  Web. 
   8/25/2010.  <http://www1.uprh.edu/cvhc/ponenciaspublicadas.htm>

Review: 

“The Incredible Stories in Spain's Cordel Literature of the Sixteenth Century.” Sixteenth Century
   Journal 35.2 (2004): 567-568. Print.

Prologues in Books:

“Foreword.” Rosario Ferré y Mayra Montero: entre la espada y la cruz (Rosario Ferré and
   Mayra Montero: Between the Sword and the Cross). Alejandra Rengifo and Dolores Flores-
   Silva. México: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad de Juárez, 2009. 15-18. Print.

“Foreword.” Archivo de oscuridades (Archive of Obscurities: Stories).  José E. Santos. San
   Juan, P.R.: Editorial Callejón, 2009. 7-11. Print.

Encyclopedia Entries:

“Puerto Rican Poetry and Poetry Journals: 1960-2000.” World Literature in Spanish: An
   Encyclopedia. Maureen Ihrie and Salvador A. Oropesa, eds. Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO,
   2011.  Print.

“Contemporary Puerto Rican Short Story Writers: 1980 to the Present.” World Literature
   in Spanish: An Encyclopedia. Maureen Ihrie and Salvador A. Oropesa, eds.  Santa Barbara,
   CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011.  Print.

Newsletter Articles:

“Why Learning a Foreign Language is Good for Business Students,” Lingua Franca 8.2, Salem
   State University, spring 2011, page 9.

“Should We Care About Assessment,” MaFLA Newsletter - Assessment Special Edition, End of
   the year, 2010, page 9.

“Where in the World do they Speak. . . Arabic?  In Lebanon!: Interview with Dr. Joseph
   Hitti,” Lingua Franca, Salem State University, fall 2010, pages 3-4, 12.

“Are Puerto Ricans Americans?” Lingua Franca, Salem State University, fall 2010, pages 4, 12.

“Hispanic USA,” Lingua Franca, Salem State University, spring 2010, page 1.

 “Do You Know Where Your Ancestors Came From?” Lingua Franca, Salem State University,
   fall 2009, page 8.

“Where in the World do they Speak. . . Spanish?  In Ecuador!: Interview with Prof.
   Guadalupe Pierce,” Lingua Franca, Salem State University, spring 2009, page 6.

“Where in the World do they Speak. . . French?  In the Congo, Africa!: Interview with Dr.
   Donatien Cicura,” Lingua Franca, Salem State University, fall 2008, pages 1, 10.

Poetry:

Mosaicos.  Poetry book.  Puerto Rico: Casa de los poetas, 2011.

Poetry selection in Revista Boreales: Literatura de Puerto Rico y Latinoamérica. Puerto Rico,
   2010. 72-73. Print.

Projeto Editorial Banda Hispânica: Jornal de Poesia. “Acervo Geral - Porto Rico” (The
   Editorial Hispanic Project: Poetry Journal.  “General Database - Puerto Rico”).  Eds. Floriano
   Martins, Maribel Sánchez, Madeline Millán.  Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. 7/15/2010. Web.
   8/25/2010. <http://www.jornaldepoesia.jor.br/BHBHpuertorico.htm>

Citations:

Cancel, Mario R.  “Banda Hispânica: muestra de poesía puertorriqueña” (The Hispanic
Project: Selections of Puerto Rican Poetry). Lugares Imaginarios: Literatura
Puertorriqueña.  07/29/2010. Web. 08/24/2010. <http://lugaresimaginarios.wordpress.
com/2010/06/29/banda-hispanica-poesia-puertorriquena/>

Vázquez Paz, Johanny.  “Banda Hispánica de Brasil celebra a los poetas puertorriqueños”
(The Hispanic Project Celebrates Puerto Rican Poets).  Blog Tinta Derramada. 07/23/2010. 
Web.  7/25/2010. <http://johannyvazquezpaz.blogspot.com/>

Poetas en el tiempo (Poets in Time, 2006).  Ed. Leticia Ruiz Rosado.  Aguadilla: Universidad
   de Puerto Rico. 203-206. Print.

Nueva Poesía Hispanoamericana.  14ta ed.  (New Hispanic American Poetry, 2006). Ed. Leo
   Zelada.  Lima: Ediciones Lord Byron. 111-112. Print.

Poemas al Mar. (Poems to the Sea, 2006).  Ed. by the Female Writers Association. Galicia,
   Spain. Print.

Poetas sin tregua (Poets without a Pause, 2006).  Book of poetry selections from six Puerto
   Rican Female Poets.  Madrid: Publidisa.  10-17. Print.

Citations:

Malavé, Jorge Ortiz. “Libros publicados en Puerto Rico, 2005-2006” (Books published in
Puerto Rico, 2005-2006).  Acceso 8 (2006): 95. Print.

“Comunicado de prensa: Poetas sin tregua” (Press Release: Poets without a Pause). Blog
Boreales: escritos de Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro. 3/17/2007. Web. 6/7/2010.
<http://narrativadeyolanda.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html>

Cancel, Mario.  "Sobre Poetas sin tregua" (About Poets without a Pause).  Lugares imaginarios:
literatura puertorriqueña.  2006.  Web.  6/7/2010.  <http://lugaresimaginarios.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/
lugares-imaginarios-nuevos-monodialogos-y-critica/>

Font Acevedo, Francisco. “Poetas sin tregua: compilación de poetas puertorriqueñas de la generación del 80”
(Poets without a Pause: Compilation of Puerto Rican Poets of the Eighties Generation). Radio Universidad.
6/2006. Web. 6/7/2010.
“Poetas sin tregua” (Poets without a Pause).  Primera hora. 5/20/2006. Web. 6/7/2010.

Letras Salvajes 3 (Wild Letters, 2004). Web. 7/20/2007.

Poetas Boricuas (Boricua Poets). 2004. Web.  <http://www.tainoworld.com/ppr-poetas.html>
   6/7/2010.

Filo de Juego: los 20 años.  (The Edge of the Game: The 20 Years, 2002).  Ed. Belia Segarra.    
   Web. 6/7/2010. <http://feodos.50g.com/belisis2002/>.

Caligrafías 2.1  (Caligraphies, 2002): 77, 80-83. Print.

Caligrafías 1.1  (Caligraphies, 2001): 57-60. Print.

Anthology of Puerto Rican Poetry: IV - Contemporary.  Ed. Rubén Alejandro Moreira.  San
   Juan: Comisión del  quinto centenario del descubrimiento de Puerto Rico, 1993. 322-29. Print.

Shadows.  Ed. Tracy Thomas.  Texas:  Poetry Unlimited, 1990. 78. Print.

Tríptico 2.1 (Triptych, 1989): 4-13. Print.

Citations:

Santos Febres, Mayra. “En Rojo, cuna de literatos” (In Red: Birthplace of Authors). 
Claridad-En Rojo. Newspaper. 5/22/2010. Web. 5/26/2010. <http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=4C21437F304856266F0DECC66A78CAEF>

L@s nuev@s caníbales- V.2: antología de la más reciente poesía del Caribe hispano
(The New Cannibals- Volume 2: Anthology of the Most Recent Poetry of the Hispanic
Caribbean).  Alex Pausides, Pedro Antonio Valdez, Carlos R. Gómez Beras, eds.  San Juan:
Editorial Isla Negra, 2003.  171. Print.

Exégesis 1.3 (Exegesis, 1987): 52. Print.
                                  
Método y Sentido 6-7 (Method and Sense, 1987): 43-45. Print.
             
Poetic Anthology of Puerto Rican Poets: 1984-1985.  Ed. Manuel de la Puebla.  Río Piedras:
   Mairena, 1986. Print.

 Filo de Juego  2.2  (The Edge of the Game, 1986): 42-43. Print.

 Filo de Juego  2.1  (The Edge of the Game, 1985): 30. Print.

 Filo de Juego  1.3  (The Edge of the Game, 1985): 24-26. Print.

 Filo de Juego  1.2  (The Edge of the Game, 1984): 22-23. Print.

 Filo de Juego  1.1  (The Edge of the Game, 1984): 3, 7, 11, 14, 27. Print.

            Citations:

Jiménez Benítez, Adolfo.  “Consideraciones sobre un punto de vista generacional: la poesía
puertorriqueña de los ochenta" (Considerations About the Generation Point of View: Puerto
Rican Poetry of the Eighties). Claridad-En rojo. Newspaper. 1/12-18/1989: 22. Print.

Lugo Filippi, Carmen.  “Filo de Juego” (The Edge of the Game).  In  El tramo ancla: ensayos
puertorriqueños de hoy.  Ed. Ana Lydia Vega.  Río Piedras: Editorial de la Universidad de
Puerto Rico, 1988.  109-113. Print.

Jiménez Corretjer, Zoé. "Poetas de la última generación" (Poets of the Last Generation). Claridad-En rojo.  
Newspaper.  12/2-8/1988: 22. Print.

Acevedo, Rafael.  “La presente es para extenderles una cordial invitación: la poesía de los ochenta” (This is
to Extend a Cordial Invitation: Poetry of the Eighties).  Claridad-En Rojo.  Newspaper. 12/2-8/1988: 18. Print.

Albadalejo, Luis Raúl. “La generación soterrada” (The Underground Generation).  Claridad-En Rojo.
7/10-16/1987: 14. Print.

PRESENTATIONS

“Maternidades criminales en los cuentos de Vanessa Vilches Norat” (Criminal Maternities in
   Vanessa Vilches Norat’s Short-stories” 24th Annual Pennsylvania Foreign Language
   Conference, Pittsburg, PA, September 24, 2011.

"Enseñando cultura con cuentos puertorriqueños" (Teaching Culture with Puerto Rican Short-
   stories), MAFLa Diversity Day, Lasell College, MA, May 7, 2011.

“Enseñando literatura puertorriqueña desde ‘Arroz con leche’ a ‘Encancaranublado’ (Teaching
   Puerto Rican Literature from ‘Arroz con leche’ to ‘Encancaranublado’), 2010 Annual
   American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention (ACTFL), Boston, MA,
   November 20, 2010.

“‘Elemental mi querido Watson’: variaciones y transgresiones de la novela detectivesca en el
   Caribe hispano” (‘Elementary my Dear Watson’: Variations and Transgressions in the
   Hispanic Caribbean Detective Novel), Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana
   (JALLA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, August 7, 2010.

“When the Spirits Dance Mambo: African Tradition in the Puerto Rican Diaspora.” NEMLA 41^st
   Annual Convention (New England Modern Language Association), Montreal, Quebec,
   Canada, April 9, 2010.

“Una nueva estética de la violencia: Archivo de oscuridades de José E. Santos” (A New
   Aesthetic of Violence: Archivo de oscuridades by José E. Santos), 2010 NAAAS &
   Affiliates National Conference (National Association of African-American Studies & National
   Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies - NAHLS), Baton Rouge, LA, February 10, 2010.

“Puertorriqueños y Nuyoricans: su cultura a través de la literatura, lenguaje y música” (Puerto
   Ricans and Nuyoricans: Their Culture through Literature, Language and Music), 43rd Annual
   Conference of MaFLA (Massachusetts Foreign Language Association), Pre-conference
   Workshop, Sturbridge, MA, October 29, 2009.

 “El universo caleidoscópico de Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro” (The Kaleidoscopic Universe of
   Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro), NECLAS (New England Council on Latin American Studies), Union
   College, Schenectady, New York, October 3, 2009.

“Ethnic Perceptions between Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rican-Americans” Invited Guest
   Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month Events – Lunch and Learn Series, Worcester Polytechnic
   Institute, Worcester, MA, September 29, 2009.

“Entendiendo a Puerto Rico: su historia, lenguaje y música” (Understanding Puerto Rico:
   History, Language & Music), MaFLA (Massachusetts Foreign Language
   Association), Lasell College, Newton, MA, August 15, 2009.

“Pop-culture en la literatura puertorriqueña contemporánea” (Pop-culture in Contemporary
   Puerto Rican Literature), Program Track: “Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary
   Approaches,” Panel: “Reflexiones de un mundo desigual: paradigmas interdisciplinarios en la  
   literatura latinoamericana” (Reflections of Inequality: Interdisciplinary Paradigms in Latin
   American Literature), LASA (Latin American Studies Association), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil,
   June 11, 2009.

“Diversidad y unidad: las múltiples caras del Caribe” (Diversity and Unity: The Multiple Faces
   of the Caribbean), MaFLA May Diversity Day Program (Massachusetts Foreign Language
   Association), Lasell College, Newton, MA, May 3, 2009.

“Syncopated Rhythms: Music in Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature,” Department of Foreign
   Languages & the School of Arts and Sciences, Salem State University, Salem, MA, April 6,
   2009.

“Latino Literature:  Sandra Cisneros,” Power Point presentation with audio in English to Dr.
   Angélica’s Silva “WC174: Mexicans in America” class in DeSales University, Center Valley,
   PA, April 13, 2009.

“Bildungfilmes de Brasil” (Bildungfilms from Brazil), 42nd Annual Conference of MaFLA
   (Massachusetts Foreign Language Association), Panel: “Crecer de golpe: cine de formación
   de Latinoamérica” (Growing-up by Force: Coming-of-Age Films from Latin America),
   Sturbridge, MA, October 31, 2008.

“Topografías de la violencia: el Cinema da Retomada brasileño” (Topographies of Violence:
   Brazil’s Cinema da Retomada), VII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Cusco,
   Peru, March 2008.

 “En busca del Corazón de Voltaire: el detective epistolar de Luis López Nieves” (In Search of
   Voltaire’s Heart: The Epistolary Detective of Luis López Nieves). XXIX Simposio
   Internacional de Literatura, Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2007.

“Lo que nos hace humanos: deconstruyendo El pintor de batallas de Arturo Pérez-Reverte”
   (What Makes Us Humans: Deconstructing El pintor de batallas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte), VI
   Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Riviera Maya, Mexico, March 2007.

“Identidad personal e identidad nacional en Vuelo de Cisne de Rosario Ferré” (Personal and
   National Identity in Rosarios Ferré’s The Flight of the Swan).  VII  International Female
   Writers Congress, Galicia, Spain, March 2006.

“Andando por los márgenes: travestismo y lenguaje en Sirena Serena vestida de pena” (Walking
   in the Margins: Travestism and Language in Sirena Selena by Mayra Santos-Febres).  62nd
   South Central Modern Language Association Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2005.

“Utopías futurísticas: el poder femenino en Temblor de Rosa Montero” (Futuristic Utopias: 
   Feminine Power in Temblor by Rosa Montero). II International Seminar
   of Women and Literature, ANPOLL, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil,
   2005.

“Metáfora e engajamento dos contos de Julio Cortázar,” (Political Compromise and Metaphor in
   Julio Cortazar’s Stories)  Symposium: Julio Cortázar’s Life and Work, Pontifícia Catholic   
   University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 2004.

“Re-creación de una historia personal y nacional en La 'Flor de Lis' de Elena Poniatowska” (Re-
   Creation of a Personal and National History in La ‘Flor de Lis’ by Elena Poniatowska).
   17 ABRALIC Congress (Brazilian Association of Comparative Literature), Federal University
   of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 2004. 

“Voces en contrapunto: dialogismo interno en Tú, la oscuridad de Mayra Montero” (Voices in
   Counterpoint: Internal Dialogism in In the Palm of Darkness by Mayra Montero). 24^th
   Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages & Literatures, Louisiana State University, Baton
   Rouge, LA, 2004.

“De Pulp Fiction a metaficción literaria: las transformaciones del personaje detectivesco en la
   narrativa policial brasileña” (From Pulp Fiction to Metafiction: The Transformations of the
   Detective in Brazil’s Crime Novel).  Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese Annual
   Convention, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 2002.

 “‘Todo es según el cristal con que se mira’: el enigma de un cuadro en El Sueño de Venecia de
   Paloma Díaz-Mas” (Everything is According the Crystal Through Which You See: The
   Enigma of a Painting in El Sueño de Venecia by Paloma Díaz-Mas). Rocky Mountain Modern
   Language Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2001.

 “La memoria bifurcada: re-creación de una niñez en Ximena de dos caminos de Laura Riesco”
   (The Divided Memory: The Re-creation of a Childhood in Ximena de dos camino by Laura
   Riesco), Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Radford University, VA, 2000.

“Teaching Latin America Media and Culture,” 16^th Mid-America Conference on Hispanic
   Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 2000.

“La voz caribeña femenina en la literatura de los Estados Unidos” (The Caribbean Female Voice
   in the Literature of the United States).  South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Georgia
   State University, Atlanta, GA, 1999.

“El poder de la escritura: una alegoría del juego de ajedrez en Urraca de Lourdes Ortiz” (The   
   Power of the Written Word: The Allegory of Chess in Urraca by Lourdes Ortiz). 12^th Mid-
   America Conference on Hispanic Literature, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1996.  

“Metaficción apocalíptica: mosaico intertextual en Dulcinea encantada  de Angelina Muñiz-
   Huberman” (Apocaliptic Metafiction: The Intertextual Mosaic in Dulcinea encantada  by
   Angelina Muñiz-Huberman). Graduate Conference of New Readings of Hispanic Literature,
   Brown University, Providence, RI, 1996.

“Concordancias y variaciones del Bildungsroman femenino en Nada y La plaza del diamante”
   (Variations and Agreements of the Feminine Bildungsroman in Nada and The Time of the
   Doves).  Sixteenth Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages & Literatures, University
   of Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

“African Language and Culture in the Caribbean,” Association of Teachers of Spanish &
   Portuguese Regional Convention, Metro College, Denver, CO, 1994.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Advising

Co-advisor, Spanish Club, Foreign Languages Department, Salem State University, MA, 2008-
   present: 

a)       Organized the Spanish Movie Night: 

     1.  Al otro lado/The Other Side – USA, Mexico & Spain (Spring 2010).
     2.  El laberinto del fauno/Pan’s Labyrinth – Spain (with Dr. Fátima Serra, Fall 2009).
     3.  Nueve Reinas/Nine Queens – Argentina (Spring 2009).
     4.  Voces inocentes/Innocent Voices – El Salvador (Fall 2008).   

b)       Coordinator of the Spanish Chat Hour La tertulia (Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 
 2011).       

Advisor, Senior Thesis, Salem State University, Salem, MA, Spring 2009.  Project Titles:

1. Ana Chadbourne – “España es (era) diferente: futuras proyecciones turísticas”
2. Benjamín Coronel – “Jóvenes de alto riesgo: las causas, las soluciones y los resultados del proyecto VIA en ROCA”
3. Mathew Daniels – “Quisqueyanos soñando: el camino entre Santo Domingo y los Estados Unidos”
4. Marilyn Fernández – “¿Ama de casa o mujer profesional?: los retos de la mujer hoy en día”
5. Miguel Pérez – “La polémica de la educación bilingüe”
6. Zoraida Rivera – “Energía eólica: ¿teoría, ficción o realidad alternativa?
7. Raynoli Tejeda – “Tecnología como parte de la educación primaria”
8. Liza Elmstrom – “Segregación entre las mujeres y los hombres en el campo de la salud”
9. Mario Lino Fernandes – “¿Por qué lo entendo, pero no lo falo?: entre el español y el portugués”
10. Christina Martindale – “La terapia danza/movimiento: ¿reconstrucción del individuo?”
11. Patrick McDermott – “Cambios y constantes: identidad étnica entre los transmigrantes ixchiguanenses en Lynn, Massachusetts”
12. Kathryn Stallard – “La Torre de Babel: sobre las herramientas de comunicación entre lenguajes”
    

Interim Advisor for the Study Abroad Program, Framingham State University, Framingham,
   MA, Spring 2008.

Interim Advisor for the Master of Education concentration in Spanish program, Framingham
   State University, Framingham, MA, 2008.

Independent Study:  Marisela Doyle, La situación de la mujer Latina (The Situation of Latina
   Women), Framingham State University, Framingham, MA, 2006.

Advisor of Master students independent studies: Luis Felipe Carvalho, Glauber Rocha e o
   Cinema da América Latina (Glauber Rocha and Latin America Films Theory) and Marcelo
   Magalhães, Estudos Culturais na América Latina (Latin American Cultural Studies), Pontifícia
   Catholic University, Letters Department, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 2005.

Co-advisor in Master’s Degree Thesis of Irene Bosio, A crônica policial de Nelson Rodrigues,
   Pontifícia Catholic University, Letters Department, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,  Brazil, 2004.

Advisor, Senior Students Sufficiency Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Humanities &
      Arts Department, Worcester, MA, 2001.   
        -  Adams, Corey.  Religion in Latin America  

        - Quinteros, Tracy.  La industria de la música: autenticidad de los Latin Grammy Awards,

Chairing & Facilitating

Session Chair, Table: “Nuevas tendencias en la literatura caribeña” (New Tendencies in
   Caribbean Literature), Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana (JALLA), Rio de
   Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2010.

Chair of the Search Committee, Foreign Languages Dept. for a new Assistant Professor of
   Spanish, Salem State University, MA, 2009-2010.

Facilitator for the FYRE discussion group, Opening Day, Salem State University, MA,
   September 2009, 2011.

Session Co-Chair and Organizer. Program Track: “Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary
   Approaches,” Panel: “Reflexiones de un mundo desigual: paradigmas interdisciplinarios en la
   literatura latinoamericana,” in the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Rio de Janeiro,
   RJ, Brazil, 2009.

Session Chair, Reescribiendo la historia: cartas, detectives y revolución, XXIX Simposio
   Internacional de Literatura, Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007.

Session Chair, Texto y contexto: lo interdisciplinario en la literatura hispánica, Rocky Mountain
   Modern Language Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2001.

Chaired Initiation for the new members of the Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society, University of
   Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, 1994-1996.

Committees

Library Liaison, Library Liaison-Library/Media Development Committee, Foreign Language
   Department, Salem State University, 2011.

Elected Member, University-Wide Advisory Assessment Committee (UWAC), Salem State
   University, 2010-2012.

Member, Best Translation Prize Committee of the New England Council on Latin
   American Studies Prize Committees (NECLAS), 2010-2011.

Member and Convener, Assessment Sub-Committee of NEASC Standards Committee -
   The Academic Program, Salem State University, 2009-2010.

Member, Strategic Planning Committee (SOAS), Salem State University, 2008-2010.

Member, First Year Experience Committee, Framingham State University, Framingham,
   MA, 2006.

Editing

Revision and editing work of Narradoras, cuentistas, cronistas, relatoras: la escritura de
   mujeres en Puerto Rico a finales del Siglo XX y principios del XXI.  Ed Amarilis Hidalgo de
   Jesús.  New York:  Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. 

Invited Guest Editor, Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y
   Literatura/International Journal of Humanistic Studies and Literature (CIEHL), Special
   Volume: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature 70’s, 80’s & 90’s. University of Puerto Rico at
   Humacao, 2010-2011.

Co-editor, Lingua Franca, Foreign Languages Departmental Newsletter, Salem State University,
   2008-2010.

Co-editor, Tríptico Poetic Journal, Puerto Rico, 1984-1986.

Reviewer

Reviewer for Impresiones, a Spanish textbook from Pearson Education (Prentice Hall), 2011.

Reviewer for Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, 2010- present.

Reviewer for Edwin Mellen Press, 2010- present.

Reviewer for Voces del Caribe, 2010- present.

Community Service

Reviewed the Portuguese translation for the script of “The House of the Seven Gables Tour,” 
   Salem, MA, April 2011.

Translated to Portuguese the welcoming brochure for the Opening of the new Rainbow
   Terrace housing, Salem State University & Salem Housing Authority, MA, September 2009.

Presentation of Latin America Through Films with Prof. Emilce Cordeiro for the American
   Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Mass Bay Chapter, Framingham State
   University, Framingham, MA, 2006, 2007.

Otheruma

Faculty Consultant, College Board’s Advanced Placement Program, Trinity College, San
   Antonio, TX, 2001-2005, 2007.

Poetry recital, Poets in the AP, San Antonio, TX, 2007.

Poetry recital, VII International Female Writers Congress, Galicia, Spain, 2006.

English-Portuguese/Portuguese-English, Spanish-Portuguese/Portuguese-Spanish Translator,

   2002-Present.

Coordinator, Programa Sul-Americano de Apoio às Atividades de Cooperação do Brasil e dos
   Países da América do Sul–PROSUL (Program of Faculty Cooperation between Brazil and
   other South American Countries), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 2002-2003.

Administrator, Puerto Rico Institute of Psychiatry, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1988-1993.

Spanish-English/English-Spanish Translator, Interpreter, Tutor, 1987-Present.

Poetry recitals with Filo de Juego and Tríptico Poetic groups, Puerto Rico, 1984-1986.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Faculty Learning Community Grant, Salem State University, Salem, MA, 2011-2012.

MSCA Continuing Scholarship Fund, Salem State University, Salem, MA, 2008, 2009, 2010.

Professional Development Funds, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA, 2006, 2007.

Foreign Visiting Professor CAPES Grant (Coordination for the Enhancement of Superior Level
   Faculty from the Science and Technology Ministry of Brazil), Pontifícia Catholic University,
   Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 2004-2005.

CIBER Fellowship, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2000.

University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Fellowship, Boulder, CO, 1996.

University of Colorado at Boulder Protected Class Fellowship, Boulder, CO, 1995.

University of Colorado at Boulder Protected Class Fellowship, Boulder, CO, 1993.

Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spanish & Portuguese Department,
   Boulder, CO, 1993-1997.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Member of the Phi Sigma Iota Honor Language Society, spring 2010.

Spotlight of the Month Award – September 2009, by the Omega Zeta Epsilon Chapter of the
   National Residence Hall Honorary at Salem State University for being a facilitator in the   
   FYRE Program.
Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1996.
Graduate Women Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1995.
Dissertation Grant Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1995.
Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society, Boulder, CO, 1994.
Honor of Noteworthy Academic Achievement, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1994.
Magna Cum Laude - B.A., University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, P.R., 1985.
Acknowledgment of Academic Excellence, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, P.R., 1981.

MEMBERSHIPS

MaFLA - Massachusetts Foreign Language Association

ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

LASA - Latin American Studies Association

NECLAS - New England Council on Latin American Studies

NEMLA - New England Modern Language Association

NAAAS/NAHLS - National Association of African American Studies/ Hispanic and Latino Studies

JALLA - Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana/Andean Latin American Literature Journals

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