Ohio University
BIO:
As Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages
at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, I teach graduate courses in
medieval and Golden Age literature as well as undergraduate language
and introduction to literature classes. My Spanish 450, “The
History of Art in Spain,” offers undergraduate majors an introduction
to art history from the Renaissance to the present day with a focus on
analyzing art produced and/or exhibited in Spain. My recent
literary research focuses on thirteenth-century Spanish narrative
poetry, and I have published studies in this area in Speculum, La corónica, Hispanic Review, and Hispania. My work on the early Romance lyric and the Libro de buen amor
has also appeared in print. Since 2007, I have been involved in
several projects for development of instructional materials, including
coauthoring the John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2010, second edition of the
textbook Más allá de las palabras.
My extensive administrative experience at Ohio University includes
chairing the Department of Modern Languages from 1997-2001, chairing
various assessment committees at the departmental and university levels
since 1995, shepherding my department’s curricular transition from
quarters to semesters in 2009-2011, and coordinating Ohio University’s
second-year Spanish program from 2004 to 2012.