Miguel González-Abellás, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, International Studies, Washburn University  1700 SW College, Morgan 375-A Topeka, Kansas 66621 U.S.A. Phone: (785) 231-1010 ext. 2015 E-mail: zzgonz@washburn.edu Course Information / Información sobre los cursos Office Hours / Horas de consulta Vita / Curriculum Links / Conexiones

I have taught the following classes

Sp 101 Beginning Spanish I

Sp 102 Beginning Spanish II

Sp 207 Spanish Conversation

Sp 209  Introduction to Spanish Reading

Sp 211 Spanish Grammar Review

Sp 212 Spanish Composition

Sp 302 Advanced Grammar and Composition

Sp 305 Hispanic Culture - Mexico

Sp 306 Hispanic Culture - Latin America

Sp 370 Spanish-American Literature Until the 20th Century

Sp 372 20th Century Spanish-American Literature

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OFFICE HOURS / HORAS DE CONSULTA

Spring Semester 2001                                                                                                  Semestre de otoño del 2000
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday                                                                                 Lunes, miércoles y viernes
01:30 - 02:30 p.m.                                                                                                       de 1.30 a 2.30 de la tarde
or by appointment                                                                                                        o por cita previa

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VITA / CURRICULUM

EDUCATION

1997 Ph.D., Spanish (The University of Kansas)

1992 M.A., Spanish (The University of Kansas)

1990 Licenciatura (B.A.), English (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

1987 Diplomatura, Spanish and English in Primary Education (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

RESEARCH FIELDS

20^th-Century Latin American Narrative

Mexican and Hispanic Caribbean Literatures

PUBLICATIONS

• "Ciudades desiertas: el México profundo de José Agustín" Visión de la narrativa hispana: Ensayos.  Eds. Juan Cruz Mendizábal y Juan Fernández Jiménez.  Indiana, PA: Publications of the Department of Spanish and Classical Languages IUP, 1999.  (97-106)

• "Aquella isla: introducción a la narrativa de Zoé Valdés" Hispania  83  (March 2000):  42-50.

CONFERENCES
 

•  "La mulata desde la mujer: raza e identidad sexual en la obra de Zoe Valdes," 53rd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April 27-29, 2000.

•  "Imagenes con sentido: el cine en la obra de Zoe Valdes"  BRICHA (Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts), Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, April 13-15, 2000.

•  "En la ciudad triste: Paris en la ficcion de Zoe Valdes," 20th Century Literature Conference.  University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, February 24-26, 2000.

• "El mito que pervive: la figura de la mulata en Trilogia sucia de La Habana de Pedro Juan Gutierrez,"  XXV Congreso de Literaturas Hispanicas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 15-16, 1999.

• "La visualidad de Cafe Nostalgia: una poetica del exilio," 15th Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, October 7-9, 1999.

• "Aquella isla: introduccion al universo narrativo de Zoe Valdes," 52nd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April 22-24, 1999.

• "El México profundo de José Agustín: el autoconocimiento mexicano a través del otro en Ciudades desiertas," XXIV Congreso de Literaturas Hispánicas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 23-24, 1998.

• "La isla del Cundeamor: ajiaco, cubanía y crítica política," Eighteen Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 7-9, 1998.

• "Extranjería e identidad sexual en Reina de Corazones (1986) de Alessandra Luiselli," 51^stAnnual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April 16-18, 1998.

• "La relevancia de lo oculto: la importancia de América en La esfinge maragata de Concha Espina," XXIII Congreso de Literaturas Hispánicas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 17-18, 1997.

• "Harlem todos los días: el cuestionamiento de la asimilación puertorriqueña a la cultura anglosajona," XXII Congreso de Literaturas Hispánicas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 18-19, 1996.

• "Miguel James: el latir africano de la poesía venezolana contemporánea," Sixteenth Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 9-11, 1996.

• 1997-Present Assistant Professor

          All levels of basic and intermediate-advanced Spanish language, Latin American literature and Mexican culture.

          Creation and development of a "Spanish for Business" and a "Latin American Literature until the 20^th century" courses.

• 1994-1997 Coordinator, Intermediate Spanish II

• 1990-1996 Graduate Teaching Assistant

          All levels of basic and intermediate Spanish language, intermediate conversation, and advanced grammar and composition

• 1986 Practical Training as Primary Education Teacher

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Summer 2000 Sweet Sabbatical in Montpellier, France.

Summer 1995 Dissertation research in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Winter 1992 Research in the Dominican Republic.

LANGUAGES

Galician and Spanish: Native speaker

English: Oral and written fluency

Portuguese and French: Moderate oral and written fluency

SERVICE

• 1999-Present    University Technology Committee, Washburn University

• 1997-Present     Library Committee Member, Washburn University

• 1997-1999         Humanities Division Secretary, Washburn University

                                     University Registrar's Office, Washburn University

                                     YWCA, Topeka

                                      Krupp Elastomertechnik, Topeka

                                      AIM-Renaissance, Topeka

• 1998-1999     Chair, Search Committee for a new Professor of Spanish, Washburn University

• 1998     Committee Member, United Way of Greater Topeka, Washburn University

• April 1997     Graduate Student Organizer for the Mexican Theatre Conference-Festival, University of Kansas

• 1995-1996     Orientation for New Graduate Teaching Assistants, University of Kansas

• 1994-1996     Mentor for New Graduate Students,  University of Kansas

• April 1994     Graduate Student Organizer for the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature (MACHL),

• April-May 1992     Graduate Student Organizer for the Latin American Theatre Review Conference,

AWARDS

May 2000    Special Supermerit Award for Teaching and Service, Washburn University

May 1999    Special Merit Award for Teaching and Service, Washburn University

March 1996 Kansas University Endowment Association Award for Paper Presentation, University of Kansas

HONORS

1997    Sigma Delta Pi

1999    Phi Sigma Iota

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

1999-Present    AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese).

1997-Present     ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).

1997-1998    IILI (Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana).

1995-Present    MLA (Modern Language Association of America).

RELATED ACTIVITIES

1996-1997     Co-Chair of "Locus Amoenus" (University of Kansas Spanish-Language Theatre Group)

1993-1995     Actor of "Locus Amoenus"

                  Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín by Federico Gracía Lorca

                  Saverio, el cruel by Roberto Arlt

                  El examen de maridos by Ruíz de Alarcón

1989-1990     Actor of "Captatio Benevolentiae" (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Spanish-Language Theatre Group)

                  Madrugada by Antonio Buero Vallejo

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LINKS

Interested in news from all over the Hispanic world? Check the following newspapers 

El País Digital (Spain)

La Crónica de Hoy (Mexico)

If you are interested in other Spanish-speaking sites, check "El mundo hispano" in the Department of International Studies' World page.  Enjoy!

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