faculty

Dinora Cardoso, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish and Chair of Modern Languages
(805) 565-7173

Office Location

Reynolds Hall 206

Office Available

Mondays 9-10:20 am

Fridays 2:05-3:05 pm

& by appointment

Specialization(s)

20th-Century Latin American Novels; Contemporary Latin American Women Writers; Ekphrastic Writing; Cuban Literature

Biography/Details

I was born in Cuba. 由于住在岛上,海洋成了我童年生活中一个错综复杂的部分.大海带给我如此美好的回忆,我认为生活在太平洋上是一种丰富的祝福. Even before attending my first day of kindergarten, 我妈妈告诉我,我要让我的娃娃排成一排,“玩学校游戏”.几年后,我和父母、姐姐一起去了, my family immigrated to the United States.  Grand Rapids, Michigan, became my second childhood home. 幸运的是,虽然没有海洋,但五大湖是一个更冷但受欢迎的替代品. For my undergraduate work, 我选择在卡尔文学院学习,在那里我重新发现了我作为一名教师的职业. Subsequently, I earned an M.A. from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. 我在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校认识了我的丈夫基思·朗维茨. 我们目前住在文图拉与两只猫和狗救援. Komet, Karma, 和Kismet慷慨地同意和我们分享它们的家,只要它们每天吃饱. 我的研究兴趣包括当代拉丁美洲女性小说, Cuban literature and ekphrastic writing.

Education

  • University of Texas, Austin.  (1992-1997). Doctor of Philosophy. Three-field exam included Baroque, Twentieth Century Latin American Narrative, and Women Writers of Latin America.  Dissertation Reinaldo Arenas: The Agony is the Ecstasy.  Member Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

  • University of South Florida, Tampa.  (1982-85). 外语教育和西班牙语文学硕士学位.

  • Calvin College, Grand Rapids.  (1977-81). 西班牙语教育学士学位,辅修英语. Member Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society.

Publications

  • 《ag娱乐官网》,21世纪的西班牙女作家:塑造性别, the Environment, and Global Politics. Eds. Estrella Cibreiro and Francisca López. Rutgers University Press, 2012.

  • 《ag娱乐官网》作者:zo valdsamas.”  Journal of Caribbean Literatures. 6.3 (2010).

  • " El árbol " de María路易莎·邦巴尔" La caverna " de Platón.“Cuaderno international de studios humanísticos y literature.  9 (Spring 2008):  47-56.

  • “Lobas de mar:  Women Pirates and the Postmodern.《ag娱乐官网》. Ed. Jorge Febles.  Cambridge:  Cambridge Scholar’s Press, 2006

  • “Café nostalgia:  Art and Exile,”  Neophilologus. 89. 4  (October 2005):  563-573

  • 《ag娱乐官网》,捆绑的纽带:质疑西班牙文学和电影中的家庭动态和家庭话语. Ed. Sara E. Cooper. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004

  • “Bosch and Arenas:  Two Gardens of Delights,“Cuaderno international de studios hispánicos y lingüística 1.I (2001):62-67

  • 翻译León古铁雷斯的诗歌“旧金山湾”和“加尔维斯顿小品.”  Austin International Poetry Festival ‘97:  Antología.  墨西哥:Autónoma de Nuevo León大学和泛美得克萨斯大学,1999年.  173-77

  • “La amortajada: una lectura cubista,” Literatura, historia e identidad: Los discursos de la cultura hoy.  Mexico City:  U Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcopotzalco, Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm, and U of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1996.  37-42

  • http://www.louisville.edu/a-s/cml/spanish/jornadas/publicaciones/pub1994/

  • *Re-print.  http://fuentes.csh.udg.mx/CUCSH/Sincronia/winter97.htm

  • *Re-print.  http://noesis.evansville.edu/bin/fixold.cgi?page=ai&req=/C/

  • 翻译León gutisamurez的诗歌“婴儿的井”和“晚安”.”  Voices of Land and Sea.  Austin:  Ediciones Navegante, 1995.  15-26.

  • 《ag娱乐官网》(短篇小说),Navegante: Revista literaria.  Mexico:  Ediciones, 1994.  

Conference Presentations

  • 第七届Asociación Hispánica国际人道主义大会. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. June 2014. 呈现“超现实主义实践在La cazadora de astros由zo vald.”

  • 3rd International Conference on Caribbean Studies. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. April 11-13, 2013. 由zo vald2013.13提出的“The Doppelgänger in La cazadora de astros.”

  • NACFLA Conference. Westmont College. March 2012. 由莱昂诺尔提供Elías“爱之Libro de Buen Amor的花园迷宫."

  • MLA 126th Conference. Los Angeles, CA. January 2011. 提出了“佐伊·瓦尔达姆斯的太空之家:为流亡者创造空间”.“主持古巴人和古巴侨民文化生产讨论小组会议.

  • WASC Level II Conference.Anaheim, CA. October 2010. 在“最佳实践海报会议”上展示了西班牙语项目的口语水平面试."

  • 第五届国际人权大会Asociación Hispánica,塞维利亚,España.  June 24-27, 2009.  Presented “Somewhere Between Word and Image, or Surrealist Praxis, in Cazadora de Astros by Zoé Valdés.”  Chaired the session entitled “Palabra e imagen.”

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  • 2008年全国流行文化协会/美国文化协会联席会议,  San Francisco, California, March 18-22, 2008.  Presented “Zoé Valdés’ Cazadora de astros.“主持ag娱乐官网拉丁美洲文化和文学的会议

  • 89th AATSP Conference, San Diego, CA.  August 2-5, 2007.  呈现“Ekphrastic联觉:咖啡怀旧”,作者:zo vald郁闷.”  Chaired session.

  • 第六届国际文学大会Hispánica,里维埃拉玛雅,墨西哥.  March 7-9, 2007.  Presented “Memory in Laura Restrepo’s Delirio.”

  • 第四届国际人道主义大会Asociación Hispánica,西班牙马德里.  June 24-27, 2006.  Presented “‘El árbol’ y ‘La caverna.’”

  • 88th AATSP Conference, Salamanca, Spain.  June 27-July 2, 2006.  呈现“电影对永恒的影响”,作者:zo valdsamas.”  Chaired the Latin American Women Writerspanel.

  • 2005 PAMLA, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.  November 11-13, 2005.  主讲“柏拉图的洞穴与邦巴尔的树:两个顿悟的故事”

  • 2005年全国流行文化协会/美国文化协会联席会议, San Diego, California, March 23-26, 2005.  介绍“洛巴斯·德玛:女海盗与后现代”

  • 第四届佛罗里达国际大学西班牙和拉丁美洲文学与电影双年展, Miami, Florida, Feb. 26-28, 2004.  Presented “La nada cotidiana: A Künstlerroman Subverted.”  Chaired the Literatura cubana panel

  • 第五届加勒比文学国际会议,自由港,巴哈马,2003年11月5-7日.  Presented “Café nostalgia:  Art and Exile”

  • 马奎特大学女性研究会议“女性与创造力”密尔沃基, Wisconsin, March 27-29, 2003.  提交《ag娱乐官网》Zoe Valdes

  • 基督教与文学西部地区研讨会“故事的礼物:电影与文学的希望叙事”, Azusa, California, March 14-17, 2002.  介绍“为绝望的世界创造希望:卡门·布洛萨的《ag娱乐官网》”

  • 中南现代语言协会第57届年会, San Antonio, Texas, November 9-11, 2000.  演讲主题为“土地之旅:历史、语言与极限”

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  • 第一届加勒比文学国际会议,拿骚,巴哈马,1998年11月3-7日.  呈献“博世与阿雷纳斯:两个人间乐园”

  • 1995年10月12日至14日,科罗拉多州博尔德市,中美洲西班牙文学会议.  Presented “Otra vez el mar de Arenas”

  • Jornadas Metropolitanas de Estudios Culturales en m.m.acriica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco,  Mexico City, July 4-8, 1994.  Presented “La amortajada:  una lectura cubista”

  • World Poetry Reading, Europa Books, Austin, April 22, 1993.  Read my own translations of León Gutiérrez’s poems

  • 第十届辛辛那提罗曼语文学会议, University of Cincinnati, May 16-18, 1990.  Presented “The Other Self”

  • 重新审视知识与课程:女性主义视角, Michigan State University, East Lansing, April 19-22, 1990.  介绍“罗萨里奥·卡斯特拉诺斯和Lucía洛克特-福克斯:两个短篇故事.”

Courses Taught

  • All levels of Spanish Language/Grammar (SP 1,2, 3,4)

  • Advanced Spanish/Composition (SP 100)

  • Survey of Latin American Literature I, II (SP 103, 104)

  • Hispanic Cultures: Latin America (SP 111)

  • Hispanic American Women Writers (SP 180)

  • 研讨会“加布里埃尔García Márquez和他的魔法世界”(SP 195)

Languages

  • Native proficiency: English, Spanish

  • Advanced proficiency: Portuguese

  • Reading knowledge: French, Latin

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