EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Romance Languages, University of Georgia Dissertation:  La novela chilena en el exilio: del liberacionismo a la desmitificación (Chilean Novel in Exile: from Liberationism to Demystification)

Director:        Dr. José Luis Gómez-Martínez

Major:            Latin American Literature

Minor:            French and Caribbean Francophone Literature. 1993-1997     

Master of Arts Degree, Spanish, University of Georgia 

Thesis:          La literatura latinoamericana a la luz de la teología de la liberación 

                     (Latin American Literature in Light of Liberation Theology)

Major:            Latin American Literature. 1991-1993       

Master of Arts Degree, Chicano Studies, California State University, Los Angeles.  Thesis:  From Mazatlán to McAztl@n: Los Angeles in Chicana/o Literature and  Chicanas/os in Los Angeles Literature. 2003-2005 

Bachelor of Arts Degree, "Licenciado" in English Philology and "Diplomado" in French Philology, Universidad Complutense. Madrid, Spain. 1986-1991       

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Latin American Literature, Senate Vice-Chair (2012-2013), Chair of the World Cultures Graduate Group (fall 2008-spring 2011), andFaculty Chair of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (fall 2009-fall 2010).University of California, Merced. Merced, California.  Fall 2008-Present

Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Chair of the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of NorthTexas.  Denton, Texas.  2007-2008

Associate Professor of Spanish, University of NorthTexas.  Denton, Texas. 2005-2007

Associate Professor of Spanish, CaliforniaState University, Los Angeles.  Los Angeles,California.  2003-2005  

Assistant Professor of Spanish, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Los Angeles.  Los Angeles, California.  1997-2003 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia.  Athens, Georgia.  Taught Spanish and Hispanic literature.  1991-1997        

Teacher of English and French as a second language.  Assimil-Prodocente

Madrid, Spain.  1987-1991      

EDITOR

Co-founder and co-executive director of Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World

Member of the editorial boards of Chasqui, Alba de América, Magazine Modernista, Cuadernos de ALDEEU, Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico, L'Érudit franco-espagnol, Ventana Abierta, Desde el Sur (Peru), Revista Iberoamericana (Corea), Series "In Extenso, Serie Creación" (University Press of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico), Centro de Investigaciones Ibéricas e Iberoamericanas (Fez, Morocco), Magriberia (Fez, Morocco), and Proyecto Argus-a(Argentina).

I have reviewed manuscripts of articles and books for PMLA, Estudios del Caribe / Caribbean Studies (Puerto Rico), Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (Canada), Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS), Bulletin of Latin American Research, University Press of Florida, Palgrave Macmillan Press, and Temple University Press.