Position Title
Professor Emerita of Spanish
Position Title
Professor Emerita of Spanish
Bio
EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)
- Ph.D., Indiana University
RESEARCH INTEREST(S)
- Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literature
- Contemporary Hispanic Culture
- Latino Identity
- History and Philosophy of Higher Education
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- "Carlos Maynes o las ropas de la emperatriz," Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 83, 1 (2006), pp. 15-25.
- "Women's Leadership Shortage: The Leaky Tank," Women in Higher Education, 15, 8 (2006), pp. 22-23.
- "When is a Mentor Like a Monk?" Academe, 92, 3 (2006), pp. 29-32.
- "Why We Like to Call Ourselves Latinas," Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 4, 4 (2005), pp. 392-398. Patricia Gándara, Co-Author.
- "Breaking Into the Guildmasters Club: What We Know About Women Science and Engineering Department Chairs at AAU Universities," National Women's Studies Association Journal, 16, 1 (2004), pp. 157-171. Debbie Niemeier, Co-Author.
- "The Baby Who Did Matter: Work-Life Balance in the Academy," Women in Higher Education, 13, 8 (2004), pp. 1-2.
- "Knowledge, Wisdom and Luck," Science, 304, 5668 (2004), p. 13.
- La ystoria del noble Uespesiano emperador de Roma, Ed.(New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 2003).
- "Alfonso X y la conquista de la otredad," Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica, 51 (2003), pp. 205-212.
- "The New Generation of American Scholars and the Structure of the University," Academe, 89, 4 (2003), pp. 56-60. Debbie Niemeier and Alexandra Navrotsky, Co-Authors.
- "The Role of the Graduate School in Interdisciplinary Programs: The University of California, Davis, Budget Model," The Communicator, 36, 5 (2003), pp. 1,2 & 4.
- "All Knowledge is Local," Science, 302, 5651 (2003), pp. 1683-1684.
- "Speaking a Language of Color: A Personal Reflection on the Rise of Spanish," The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 13, 16 (2003), pp. 24-26.
- "El cuento del medio amigo y la articulación onírica del Zifar," Revista de Literatura Medieval, 14 (2002), pp. 53-61.
- "Graduate Education and the Diversity Debate," The Communicator, 35, 4 (2002), pp.1, 2 & 7.
- "Graduate Education in Germany and the United States: From Isolation to Cooperation," Academic Leader, 18, 4 (2002), pp. 5 & 8.
- "Undergraduate Research, Graduate Mentoring, and the University's Mission," Science, 293, 5335 (2001), pp. 1624-1626.