Research Profile - Delaware State University

Research Profile
First Name: Rick
Middle Initial:
Last Name: McCallister
Title: Associate Professor (tenure)
Department/School/Center: English & Foreign Languages, College of
Humanities and Social Sciences
Work Address: EH 230, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Hwy,
Dover, DE 19901
Work Phone: 302-857-6579
Work Fax: 302-857-7597
Work Email: rmccalli@desu.edu
Research Website: N/A
Professional Education:
Ph.D., Latin American Literature, University of Texas - Austin
Research Interest Area(s):
Latin American Poetry, Central American Literature, Film
Active Grants & Funding:
• 2006 Delaware Humanities Forum Mini-Grant (applied January 2006)
• 2006 Delaware Humanities Forum Ordinary Grant (applied January 2006)
• 2006 Title III Grant to Attend Latin American Studises Association Congress, San Juan Puerto Rico
(Awarded February 2006) $1600
• 2005 National Institute of Health (co-PI under aegis of Dr. Samuel Bessong) (applied October
2005)
• 2005 National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Translation (applied October 2005)
• 2005 Fulbright Grant to bring a Scholar-in-Residence to DSU (awarded October 2005; effective
August 2006) approx. $60,000 (Aug 2006-May 2007)
• 2005 Universidad de Costa Rica Grant to attend CIICLA Conference in San José, Costa Rica
(room & board --awarded October 2005) $300
• 2005 Delaware Humanities Forum Ordinary Grant (awarded October 2005) $10,000
Professional Affiliations:
• Congreso Internacional de Literatura Centroamericana (1993-present)
• International Conference on Caribbean Literature
• National Association of Multicultural Education
Honors & Awards Received (last five years):
• Nominated by DSU for NAFEO Noble Prize
• 2005 Who's Who among American Teachers
• 2004 Who's Who among American Teachers
Publications (last three years):
“Cerro Su’mal: Prosodia de la poesía narrativa ixil” Istmica [Heredia, Costa Rica] under consideration.
“Cuba maculada:Declaraciones sinceras y confesiones impuras” Paraninfo [Tegucigalpa, Honduras] In
press.
“Kronos kai topos: Cronotopos y nomadología en Después de las bombas por Arturo Arias” Letras
[Tegucigalpa, Honduras] In press.
“Luna que no cesa de Lety Elvir” Iximché [Tegucigalpa, Honduras] In press.
“Desnuda de mí de Silvia Elena Regalado” Colatino [San Salvador, El Salvador] In press.
“La recuperación de la historia en el verso de Helena Ramos” Istmica [Heredia, Costa Rica] In press.
“Todos es igual y distinto de Vidaluz Meneses.” ANIDE [Managua, Nicaragua] In press.
“Escribir para vivir: La poesia existencialista de Conny Palacios” Letras [Managua, Nicaragua] In press.
“The Overthrown Game: The Exploration of Cultural Options in Las cenizas de Izalco de Claribel Alegría."
Antípodas [Brisbane, Australia] Under consideration.
“La geografía del deseo en Los pobres de Roberto Sosa.” Cincinnati Romance Review. Under
consideration.
“Una nomenklatura de paranoia y esquizofrenia en Un dia de vida de Manlio Argueta.” Under consideration
as chapter of book by Linda Craft & Asvaldur Asvaldsson.
“A nomenklatura of paraoia y schizophrenia in Un dia de vida by Manlio Argueta.” Under consideration as
chapter of book by Linda Craft & Asvaldur Asvaldsson.
“Contrapunto y dialéctica en Conciero barroco de Alejo Carpentier” Journal of Hispanic Philology. In Press.
“El cronotopo de Xibalbá a través de la literatura centroamericana” CILCA [Guatemala] In Press.
“Poesía contemporánea nicaragüense: Hurtado, Palacios, Terán” CILCA [Guatemala] In Press.
“El juego nomadológico en la novela centroamericana: Miguel Angel Asturias y Claribel Alegría” Revista de
la Universidad Rafael Landívar [Guatemala] In Press.
“El juego derribado: La exploración de opciones culturales en Las cenizas de Izalco de Claribel Alegría”
Colatino [San Salvador] In Press.
“Poesía en vivo: El verso quinético de Isolda Hurtado.” ANIDE [Managua, Nicaragua] III: 7 (Julio 2004)
“El amor como praxis en Plaza de los comunes de Milagros Terán” ANIDE [Managua, Nicaragua] II: 5
(Diciembre 2003).
“Contra el atardecer: El uso de tiempo en la obra de Pablo Antonio Cuadra” Revista Iberoamericana [U
Pittsburgh] 204 (Julio-Septiembre 2003).
© 2006 Office of the Associate Provost for Research, Delaware State University.