EDUCATION

B.A., 1964, OBERLIN COLLEGE Major: Spanish
M.A., 1968, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Major Field: Spanish Minor Field: French

Ph.D., 1978, CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
Degree Field: Twentieth Century Peninsular Spanish Novel
Related Fields: Art History, Comparative Literature

Dissertation: "La evolución de la caracterización y función del protagonista en la obra

novelística de Juan Goytisolo", written under the direction of Armando F. Zubizarreta.

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor, Spanish
Member, Graduate College Faculty
Language Instruction Supervisor, Spanish
Director of Graduate Program, M.A. Spanish
Department of Modern Languages
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• 1978-present: Asst. Prof., Spanish, Department of Modern Languages
  Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1973-1978 Instructor, Spanish, Dept. of Modern Languages, CSU.
• 1972-1973 Instructor, Part-time, Dept. of Modern Languages, CSU.
• 1969-1970 Instructor, Part-time, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1968-1971 Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Romance Languages, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1965 Research Assistant to Prof. Manuel García Blanco, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
• 1964-1965 Teaching assistant, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, Pennsylvania State University.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (All at Cleveland State University)

• 1992-present: Director of Graduate Program, M.A. Spanish
• 1990-present: Language Instruction Supervisor, Spanish, Department of Modern Languages
• 1977-1990 Assistant Director, Instructional Media Services.
• 1976-1977 Interim Director, Instructional Media Services and Center for Effective Learning.
• 1975-1976 Assistant Director, Instructional Media Services.
• 1973-1975 Director, Language Media Laboratory, Dept. of Modern Languages.
  
  

PUBLICATIONS
BOOK

Co-editor of Studies in Honor of Donald W. Bleznick, (with Delia V. Galván and Anita K. Stoll): Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta, 1995.

"Some Narratological Problems in Don Quijote" by James A. Parr (127-142) listed in the Bibliography for the prestigious new critical edition of Don Quijote de la Mancha, directed by Francisco Rico. Barcelona, Spain: Insitituto Cervantes (1998), 1146.

BOOK CHAPTERS, PROLOGS

"Prolog (20 pp)," chapter on "Theater in Puerto Rico (25 pp)," and biocritical and bibliographic article entries for the following Puerto Rican dramatists:

Arrivi, Francisco; Belavel, Emilio S.; Benítez, María Bibiana; Brau, Salvador; Canales, Nemesio R.; Carrero, Jaime; Casas, Myrna; Corchado, Manuel; Cuchí Coll, Isabel; García del Toro, Manuel; González, Lydia Milagros; Hernández de Araújo, Carmen; López de Victoria de Reus, María; Losada, José Pérez; Lloréns Torres, Luis; Maldonado, Premier; René Marqués; Méndez Ballester, Manuel; Méndez Quiñones, Ramón; Morales Cintrón, Aleyda; Pérez Losada, José; Ramos Escobar, José Luis; Ramos Perea, Roberto; Rechani Agrait, Luis; Rosa Nieves, Cesáreo; Sama, Manuel María; Sánchez, Luis Rafael; Santaliz, Pedro; Soto, Pedro Juan; Tapia y Rivera, Alejandro;

for Dictionary of Latin American Theatre. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Greenwood Press, in press.

"Los papeles de la mujer en tres dramas de emigración puertorriqueña", chapter in Teatro latinoamericano. Puebla, Mexico, in press.

"El realismo, la esperanza y las relaciones en Historia de una escalera de Antonio Buero Vallejo y Clash by Night de Clifford Odets," in De lo particular a lo universal: El teatro español del siglo XX y su contexto. Frankfurt, Germany: Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft (1994), 101-111.

"Overview of Mexican Letters and Literature" (xxv-xliii); and

Biocritical Entries:

Carrillo y Ancona, Crescencio (146)

Castera, Pedro (153-54)

Díaz Covarrubias, Juan (195-96)

Flores, Manuel M. (232-33)

Guzmán, Francisco de Paula (313)

Montes de Oca, Juan Ignacio (449-50)

Pagaza, Arcadio (495-96)

Peña, Rafael Angel de la (520)

Peón y Contreras, José (522-24)

Rosas Moreno, Jose (604-05)

Sánchez Mármol, Manuel (620-21)

Tapia de Castellanos, Esther (653-54)

Valle, Juan (690-91);

for Dictionary of Mexican Literature, ed. Eladio Cortés. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Greenwood Press (1992). xxv-xliii.

Selected as a "Best Reference Book" for 1992 by Library Journal (April 15, 1993).

"Evaluating Communicative Risks and Achievements for Students Abroad", chapter in Creative Approaches in Foreign Language Teaching, William N. Hatfield, Editor. Lincolnwood, IL.: National Textbook Company (1992). 156-67.

CONSULTING EDITOR

One of six consultants constituting the National Advisory Council for Destinos CD-ROM PROJECT, 1995-98, Annenberg funded project submitted by McGraw-Hill Publishing. I worked for two ½ years on this series from concept through manuscript editing, the multimedia approach and implementation. Nuevos Destinos CD-ROM published 1998. Text and accompanying workbooks published sequentially: Nuevos Destinos text published Dec., 1997;High Beginner Workbook/Lab Manual published 1998; Grammar Review WorkbookandSpanish -Speaker Workbook to be published 1999.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

"Glimpses of the treasure: Access to Mexican Writers in English." MALAS Forum, Feb, 1994: 4-6.

"Structural and Psychological Aspects of the Spider Woman Symbol in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Novel and Film." Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 1988: 65-81.

"El paisaje en El jarama: Un caso de paradoja objetivista." Cuadernos de ALDEEU, Winter, 1983.

"The Tragic Adolescence: Pira and Pipo of Goytisolo's Fiestas". Hispanic Literatures, Cuadernos de ALDEEU, Winter 1979: 333-344.

"A Professional Preparation Course in Media-supported Instruction for Foreign Language teachers." Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), Clearinghouse for Language and Linguistics, Oct., 1975.

PRESENTATIONS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO CONFERENCES

Organizer of conference session, "Access in English to Works in Spanish", Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept., 1993.

Organizer of conference session, "Lo femenino-feminista en las artes mexicanas", Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgh, PA., Sept., 1991.

Organizer of conference session, "Novela española reciente", Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 21-23, 1990.

Chaired sesion, "Colleagues Helping Colleagues: How, Where, What", Central States foreign Language Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, March, 1990

Chair, Evaluation Committee for K'inal Winik Grant from Ohio Program in the Humanities, October, 1988-April, 1989.

PAPERS READ AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS

"The Values of Work in Five Moments of Puerto Rican Theater". MidAmerican Latin American Studies Conference, Bowling Green, KY, Oct. 29-31, 1998.

"El valor del trabajo en cinco momentos del teatro puertorriqueño". Sextas jornadas Internacionales de Teatro Latinoamericano, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, July 6-10, 1998.

"The Bitter and the sweet of Migration in the Theater of Pedro Juan Labarthe and Pedro Juan Soto". AATSP Convention, August, 1996.

"Carlos Chávez' Symphony: Recognizing Popular and Indigenous Music in the 29th Century", presented at the Youngstown Foreign Language Conference, Oct., 1996.

"Carlos Chavez' Mexican Symphony: Sources and Resources". Presented for the Dana School of Music, Youngstown State University, Oct., 1996.

"Women's Roles in the Theater of Isabel Cuchí Coll", Paper presented at the American Association of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Aug. 10, 1995, San Diego, Calif.

Special Session--Homenaje Session in Honor of Dr. Donald W. Bleznick. American Association of teachers of Spanish and Portutuese, Aug. 11, 1995, San Diego, Calif.

"Making the Transition from High School to College", session of the Ohio Foreign Language Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, March 3-5, 1995.

"Los papeles de las mujeres en el teatro de emigración puertorriqueña", presented at "Un escenario propio", Simposio/Festival de Teatro, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 3-8, 1994.

"Los papeles de la mujer en el drama de emigración puertorriqueña", presented at 2das Jornadas Internacionales de Teatro Latinoamericano, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, July 11-17, 1994.

"El despojo: Destruction of the Myth of the Hero in the Short Fiction of Armonía Somers", presented at 1994 Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Feb. 24, 1994, Louisville, KY.

"Using the Destinos program in High School and College", presented at Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference, Mar. 17-19, 1994, Dayton, Ohio.

"Placement Issues: High School and College" Panel presentation, at Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference, Mar. 17-19, 1994, Dayton, Ohio.

"Glimpses of the Treasure: Mexican Literature in English", presented at Midwest Association of Latin American Studies Meeting, Nov. 4-5, 1993, Dayton, Ohio.

"Improving Access to Mexican Writers in English", presented at Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Sept. 1993.

"El despojo": Destruction of the mythic hero in the short fiction of Armonía Somers, presented at Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Sept. 1993.

"Realism, Hope and Relationships in Antonio Buero Vallejo's Historia de una escalera and Clifford Odet's Clash by Night, to be presented at conference, De los particular a lo universal: El teatro español del siglo XX y su contexto, Wooster, Ohio April 15-17, 1993.

"What Can They Read? Developing Reading Skills and Literary Analysis", presented at Ohio Foreign Language Association, Mar. 11-13, 1993, Toledo, Ohio.

"Obscure rituals, intimate realities and social values in the short fiction of Armonía Somers", presented at AATSP Annual Meeting, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México, August, 1992.

"Communicative Risks and Achievements for Students Abroad", presented at Central States Conference, Dearborn, MI, April, 1992.

"The Life of Saint John and Recent Studies of his Works", presentation coauthored with Dr. Angel Zorita, for a conference commemorating the quadricentenary of St. John's death. Cleveland, Dec. 14, 1991.

"Elementos utópicos y distópicos en la poesía de Thelma Nava". Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgh, PA., Sept., 1991.

"Paisaje y sentimiento en la novela de José Luis Castillo Puche". Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgy, Pa., Sept. 21, 1990.

"Images of Love in the Poetry of Guadalupe Amor and Isaura Calderon: Computer-assisted Clustering and Analysis", Mountain Interstate Foreign Literature Conference, April, 1989.

"Study Abroad and Oral Skills: Context and Competence", Ohio Foreign Language Association, March, 1989.

"Narrative, Point of View and Structure in Juan Marsé's Esta cara de la luna", Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsgurgh, Pennsylvania, Sept., 1988.

"Ilusión infantil y realidad grotesca en ENCERRADO CON UN SOLO JUGUETE", Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept., 1987.

"Structural and Psychological Aspects of the Spider Woman in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman', novel and film", Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Houston, Texas, March, 1986.

"Dos sonetos, de Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz y de Guadalupe Amor", coloquio, Centro Bilingüe y Multicultural de Cuernavaca, Mexico, July, 1986.

"Characterization in the Short Novels of Carmen Laforet", Cincinnati Romance Language and Literature Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May, 1985.

"Cultural Reality, Symbol and Theme in the Novels of Julio Cortazar", Cincinnati Romance Language and Literature Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May, 1984.

"Communicating with Media for Foreign Language Teachers", Fall Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Youngstown, Ohio, October, 1984.

"Using Cultural Resources to Teach Language Acquisition Skills", Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association convention, March 1982, with Dr. Laura Martin.

"The Tragic Adolescence: Pira and Pipo of Goytisolo's FIESTAS", Hispanic Literatures, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Hispanic Literature, Indiana, Penn., Oct., 1978.

"The Dynamics of Instructional Development at Cleveland State University", Inter-University Council of Media Directors, Nov. 17, 1976.

"An Introduction to the Language Media Laboratory", a synchronized slide-tape presentation, August, 1973; revised 1975, 1980, 1983.

"Instructional Media Laboratory: Controlled Learning -- Open Environment", LEARNING NOTES, Vol, 4, No. 1, p. 3 (1975).

"Media-supported Instruction for Future Teachers", National Association of Language Laboratory directors Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Modern Language Association, Dec., 1974.

Pre-publication reviews for Harper & Row and Random House publishers.

Duelo en el paraíso, student edition by Dr. Donald W. Bleznick, development of the glossary contents, published 1966, Dell Laurel.

"A Guide to Journals in the Hispanic Field", (research assistant to Dr. Donald W. Bleznick), HISPANIA, October, 1965, pp. 569-53.

Editor, LEARNING NOTES, Vol. 5, 1976-1977, The Center for Effective Learning, Cleveland State University.

Numerous small articles for CSU informational publications.

Direction of productions for both informational and instructional purposes, including: "Cleveland State University: DECADE II", for the Vice President of Academic Affairs, presented continually to alumni groups from February, 1977 to June 1981.

HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS

Listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, 25th ed., Marquis Editors.

Invited Scholar, Ohio Humanities Council Directory of Scholars, 1995.

Faculty Consultant, Advanced Placement Examinations, Educational Testing Service, June, 1993 - 1997.

MERIT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, 1974, Cleveland State University, Dept. of Modern Languages

Tuition Grant for Ph.D. Dissertation Research, Case Western Reserve University, 1973.

Scholarship, Summer Session, Case Western Reserve University, 1969.

Teaching Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, 1968-1971.

Teaching Assistantship, Pennsylvania State University, 1964-1965.

Scholarship, American Congress of Strings, American Federation of Musicians, 1964.

Scholarship for Summer College in Mexico, Oberlin College, 1962.

Renewable Scholarship, Oberlin College, 1962-1964.

INSTRUCTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS

"Realia for First Year Spanish Classes", grant funded by the Center for Teaching and Learning, CSU, December 1998.

"Transformations: Non-Western Literature in the Humanities Curriculum". NEH funded grant for five faculty in the humanities at CSU. Jan-Aug, 1997.

"Understanding Federico Garca Lorca's Blood Wedding", Ohio Program in the Humanities, 1988, with Dr. Anita K. Stoll.

"Analysis of the Applicability of the Speech Spectrographic Display to Acquisition of Foreign Language Pronunciation", Cleveland State University Development Foundation, 1982, with Drs. Laura Martin and John Purcell.

"A Professional Preparation Course in Media Supported Instruction for Foreign Language Teachers", Innovative Teaching Grant, Center for Effective Learning, CSU, 1973.

"Nonverbal Behaviors", Innovative Teaching Grant, Center for

Effective Learning, CSU, 1973, with Dr. Janet Yerby.

RECENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Board of Directors, Mid-American Latin American Studies Association, 1998-2001.

Ohio Foreign Language Association, University Committee, 1998-2000.

Evaluator, Hathaway Brown School Foreign Language program in grades K-4, October 1997.

National Advisory Committee for Destinos CD-ROM Project: Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Publishing; funded by Annenberg Foundation, Dec., 1995-1998.

Faculty Consultant to Educational Testing Service for Advanced Placement Examinations 1992-present.

Certified Oral Proficiency Tester, by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Spanish, 1989-1993.

North Central Association Commission evaluation team for North Royalton City High School, April, 1991. Served on two evaluation committees: 1)Philosophy and Goals; 2)Foreign Languages.

Consultant on hiring of personnel of several schools and universities: Lake Erie College, John Carroll University, Notre Dame University, Laurel School.

Served on two Ph.D. dissertation committees, Case Western Reserve University.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Department of Modern Language committee work, including: NCA coordinator for department 1993-present; numerous search committees for Spanish, methodology and term/visiting faculty;

CSU Strategic Planning representative for Spanish 1994-1995; Curriculum Committee, 1987 to 1994; Chair of Curriculum Committee 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1992-1994. Resources and Methodology Committee, 1973-1989; Credit By Examination Committee, 1973-1975 and 1978-1981; preparation of Special Subsidy proposals for State of Ohio funding, 1974 (granted); Spanish section coordinator, 1983-1984; Spanish graduating major advisor, 1985-present. Strategic Planning Committee, 1995-present. Curriculum committee of the department, 1992-1995. Coordinated departmental offerings for Basic University Curriculum for Spanish section. Spanish section responsibilities: Spanish course description brochure development; Spanish course scheduling for 1992-present; B.A. graduation advisor.

North Central Accreditation--Department liaison to dean's office and representative for Spanish B.A.--ongoing

Preparation of Modern Language Department Supplemental Equipment Fund Grant Proposals 1992-1997; granted 67% of times submitted. Additional funding based on these requests often provided.

Preparation of Modern Language Department Title VI grant proposals, granted 50% of times submitted. (1991-1994)

Director of Study/Travel Student Programs to Spanish speaking countries every other year, most recently 1998, to Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Faculty consultant to Information Technology Masterplan Committee for Modern Language Department. April-May, 1995

Faculty Council Representative from College of Arts & Sciences, 1985-1987, re-elected for second term 1987-1989.

Numerous search committees for faculty and administrative positions.

Task Force for the Extended Campus College, 1980-1982. Faculty member and Curriculum Committee member, 1982-1985.

Steering Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, 1982-1984, re- elected for term 1984-1986.

Faculty Council Committee on Computational Services, 1982-1983.

Secretary, College of Arts & Sciences, 1981-1982.

Ad hoc Presidential Committee on Student Recruitment and retention, 1978-1979.

Faculty Advisory Board, Instructional Media Services, 1973-1975.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association (OMLTA)
Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
MidAmerican Latin American Studies Association (MALAS)

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER POSITIONS (current)

Principal Violist, Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra
Radio Committee, Cleveland Chamber Music Society (1992-1996)
Board of Directors, Cleveland Chamber Music Society (1995-2001)

COURSES ASSIGNED, DESIGNED AND TAUGHT AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

I. Spanish language courses

• Spanish language through video (Destinos); designed new sequence
• Spanish Language, standard sequence, beginning through third quarter (basic language); "rational" approach, combining knowledge of linguistic structures with practice, readings and group work.
• Introduction to Spanish (An introductory course to culture and language.
• Spanish for International Business (new course)
• Refinement of the SPN 190 course, a grammar review course which provides a transition for students not able or ready to pursue intermediate work in Spanish (now Spanish 111).
• Intermediate Spanish Conversation (Development of oral skills)
• Intermediate Spanish Composition (includes annotation skills and development of awareness of literary genres).
• Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition

II. Pedagogy courses and projects

• Media Methods for Teachers of Foreign Language (course)
• Design of computer assisted units in verb drills for beginning Spanish; successfully used by several faculty in the department.
• Oral proficiency examination structure for M.A. requirement
• Implementation of Pasajes computer coursework for second year courses in Spanish.
• Implementation of WordPerfect in Spanish for Arts & Sciences computer laboratory; used for all Spanish courses beginning in second year.
• Implementation of Destinos video-based course for first-year courses.
• Electronic conferencing for students of Destinos - procedures and guide booklet.
  
  

III. Hispanic culture courses

• Spanish in Perspective (A course in English for First College, the Arts and Sciences cluster college).
• Mexican Cultural Heritage
• Field Study: Approaches To Mexico Today
• Hispanic Resources of Cleveland
• Latin American Civilization
  
  
• IV. Hispanic literature courses
  
  
• Spanish Literature from 1898 to the Present
• Modern Spanish Novel (B.A. and M.A.)
• Twentieth Century Spanish Theater (B.A. and M.A.)
• Spanish Literature and Film (B.A. and M.A.)
• Spanish American Literature from Colonial Times to Modernism
• Spanish American Literature from 1815 to the Present
• Modern Spanish Theater (New Course, taught in English and Spanish)
• Spanish short story (B.A. and M.A.)
• Images of Women in the Modern Novel (New course, taught in English)
• Misfits in Latin American Literature and Film (New course; taught at baccalaureate and graduate levels in Spanish).
• Recent Hispanic Theater and Short Story (includes feminist theory and works)
  
  

V. French Language

• Beginning French
  

VI. Independent study courses

Numerous independent study courses for serious students with particular interests going beyond our normal course offerings

(selected titles):

• Women Poets of Latin America
• Readings in Spanish History of the Golden Age
• The novels of Julio Cortzar
• Translation of the Poetry of Antonio Machado
• Post-Civil War Spanish Novel
• Spanish for the Health Sciences
• The novels of Carlos Fuentes