José María García Sánchez, Ph.D. Professor of Spanish

José María García Sánchez, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Spanish Program
Eastern Washington University
526 5th Street
Cheney, Washington 99004-2431
Phone: (509) 359-2862
Home; (509) 455-6773
E-mail: jgarcia@mail.ewu.edu
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Academic Background:
1996
Ph.D.: Spanish. Arizona State University
• Specialization: Modern Spanish Literature
• Minor: Cultural Studies
1993
Master of Arts: Spanish. Arizona State University
• Specialization: Spanish American Essay
1989
Licenciado: University of Salamanca
• Spanish Philology
Academic Experience:
Eastern Washington University
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
2007-Present Professor
2003-2007
Associate Professor (Spanish Program Coordinator)
1998-2003
Assistant Professor
Basic Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Advanced Spanish, Spanish American Civilization and
Culture, Don Quixote, Spanish for Heritage Speakers, Modernism, Spanish Conversation, Nobel
Prizes of Hispanic Literature, Spanish Civilization and Culture, Survey of Spanish Literature,
Spanish Narrative and Film, Spanish Film and Cultural Trends, Hispanic Cultural Issues,
Spanish Narrative, Spanish Poetry.
Saint Anselm College
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
1996-98
Visiting Professor.
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Arizona State University
Department of Languages and Literatures.
1991-94
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1994-95
1994-95
Teaching Associate: Spanish
Teaching Associate: Campo etnográfico de Ensenada, México
Research Associate
Editorial Assistant, Chasqui: revista de literatura latinoamericana
Awards, Honors, Grants:
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Teaching Learning Grant (Fall 2006)
Diversity Initiative Project Span 196/Spanish for Professional Development (Summer 2006)
Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society
Ed Yarwood Honor Student Award 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th EWU Student Research & Creative Works Symposium mentor (May 2002present)
Academic Research:
Book:
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La novela corta de José María Vargas Vila. New Orleans: University Press of the South,
2000.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
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“Los discursos de reconocimiento de Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra”. Dieciocho 29.2
(2006): 165-77.
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El que anda mucho y lee mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho. Forum. Journal of the Washington
Association for Language Teaching. 37.2 (2006): 11-13.
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“Nacionalismo, ironía y compromiso en El estudiante de Salamanca”. Cuadernos Cervantes
de la lengua española 51 (2004): 8-12.
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Reinscripción de la tragedia y de la figura femenina en “Amantes del círculo Polar de Julio
Medem”. Espéculo: Revista de estudios literarios 26 (2004).
<http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero26/medem.html>
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“Lázaro de Tormes: El texto infiel”. Studies in Modern and Classical Languages and
Literatures 6 (2004): 149-56.
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“José María Vargas Vila”. Gay & Lesbian Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature. A Bio-critical
sourcebook. Ed. David William Foster. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999
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“El nacionalismo de José María Vargas Vila en Ibis”. Revista de estudios colombianos 16
(1996): 6-11.
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“Edgar Allan Poe: foto-síntesis de una máquina reproductora en Los raros de Rubén Darío”.
Cuaderno para la investigación de la literatura hispánica 20 (1995): 189-95.
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Ballón Aguirre, Enrique et al. “Un motivo etnoliterario andino: La deslealtad”. Escritos
(1992): 85-101.
Reviews:
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Felix Driver and Luciana Martins (eds.),Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire. Chicago:The
University of Chicago Press, 2005. 279 pp., ISBN 0-226-16472-1. Nuncius. Journal of the
History of Science.
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Volver de Pedro Almodóvar. Forum. Journal of the Washington Association for Language
Teaching 37.1 (2006): 21.
Presentations:
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En torno al tropicalismo del viaje de Francisdo Mourelle de la Rúa por el Océano pacífico
(1780-81). XLIV Congreso de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas. University of
Bristish Columbia, Vancouver, 2008.
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Paradigma y renovación: De las cartas relatorias a los Diarios de navegación del siglo
XVIII en el Pacífico Septentrional. RMMLA: Calgary, Canada. 2007
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Exploring the Genre: Spanish Discoveries in the Pacific Northwest at the End of the 18th
Century. 5th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Travel Writing. Denver,
2006.
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Los discursos de reconocimiento de Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. RMMLA:
Coeur d’Alene, 2005
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Video and Language Production in the Spanish Classroom. WAFLT-COFLT: Portland,
2004.
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Lázaro de Tormes: El texto infiel. XV Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and
Literatures. Orlando: Rollins College, 2004
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Reinscripción y tragedia de la figura femenina en Los amantes del círculo Polar. Cine-Lit
V Conference. Portland: Portland State University, 2003.
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José María Blanco White: ¿Paradoja autobiográfica o la autobiografía como paradoja?
XIV Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Literatures. DeLand: Stetson
University, 2002.
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La retórica nacionalista romántica de José de Espronceda. XXI Annual Cincinnati
Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati,
2001.
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Chair. Metropoli y Colonia: Espacio y representación en la literatura hispánica de los siglos
XVI, XVII, XVIII. Second Biennial Conference on Iberian-American Literatures. Miami:
Florida International University, 1999.
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Señas de identidad literaria en La endiablada de Juan Mongrovejo de la Cerda. Second
Biennial Conference on Iberian-American Literatures. Miami: Florida International
University, 1999.
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Cine y ensayo en las aguafuertes españolas de Roberto Arlt. XVI Simposio Internacional de
literatura. Fronteras finiseculares en la literatura del mundo hispánico. Madrid: Casa de
América, 1998.
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La escritura polivalente de José María Vargas Vila en la ‘novela corta’. First Conference on
Iberian/Iberian American Literatures. Miami: Florida International University, 1997.
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Amantes de Vicente Aranda: Nuevo romance de castellanos viejos. Cultura y región. Tempe:
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Arizona State University, 1994.
Textbook Reviews:
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Prisma. Prentice Hall, 2005
Ventanas. Vista Higher Learning, 2004
AP/Intermediate Spanish. Prentice Hall, 2004.
Más allá de la Pantalla. Thomson/Heinle, 2003.
Spanish Civilization and Culture. Thomson/Heinle, 2003
Guest speaker:
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Miguel de Cervantes y el Quijote. Seattle: University of Washington, 2005.
Representation of the Nation and the Female in Spain in the Modern and Postmodern Age.
Cheney: EWU, 2004
Spanish Culture and Life. Spokane: SFCC, 2003.
Other:
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Cincinnati Romance Review Editorial Board.
Student Research & Creative Works Symposium Mentor (2002-Present)
WAFLT Conferences (presider, vendors chair, attendance, etc.)
Service to the University, College, Department:
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Spanish Program Director in Salamanca, Spain (2002-present)
“Study abroad Manager” Hiring Committee (2007)
College Personnel Committee (2007-present)
Academic Computing Council (ACC) (2005-present)
WAFLT Board Member (2005-2007)
Interdisciplinary Group (Spring 2005-Fall 2005)
College Personnel Committee (2003-2005)
Modern Languages and Philosophy Personnel Committee. (2003-present)
Florence and Earle Stewart Book Scholarship Applications Committee (2003-Present)
Counseling, Admissions, Advising, Registration and Placement Committee (CAARP) (20022005)
Professional Degree Candidacy Interview Committees (1998-present)
Modern Language Hiring Committees (1998-present)
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Graduate Council Representative (1998-present)
Eastern Horizon Program. (1998-2003)
E.F. Evaluator
McNair mentor
Professional Development:
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Teaching Learning Workshops
Independent Learning Workshop on line (2006)
Thompson Learning Workshop (March 2006)
Best Practices in Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Faculty, Web Conference (Fall 2005)
Webquest. Workshop with Steven Marx (Instructional Designer, College of Education &
Human Development, EWU) (Fall 2001)
“On Line Computer Training”. Learning Center Scholarships (2001)
Tour Monterrey Language Institute (May 2000)
WFLA, PNCFL Conferences (1996-present)
Assessment Workshop (Fall 1999)
Workshop with David Herren. (Director of Middlebury Language Learning Center) about the
use of technology in the classroom. (October 1997)
Academia Literaria Renacentista. Universidad de Salamanca (Spring 1989)
Professional Associations:
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Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)
American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
WAFLT-PNCFL: Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers