Assistant Professor of Spanish
Romance and Classical Languages
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8728

E-mail: GuevaraG@ripon.edu

Education

• Postdoctoral Work: Northwestern University
• Ph.D., M.A. - Pennsylvania State University (major: Spanish, minor: aesthetics and literary theory)
• B.A. - Ripon College (majors: philosophy, French, Spanish)

Awards and Honors

• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1999-2001
• Sparks Dissertation Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998-1999
• Tuition Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University, 1993-1998

Areas of Interest

• Spanish American literature
• Literary theory and aesthetics
• Spanish colonial literature
• Spanish American civilizatin and arts
• Topics in world/comparative literature
• Spanish language: grammar, composition and conversation
• French language: grammar and conversation

Recent Publications

• "Lazarillo de Tormes and the Little Tramp of Modern Times: Two Modern Pícaros Find Their Way." "Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée." 24,2 (19: 235-45).
• Forthcoming review of Stephanie Merrim's "Early Modern Women's Writing and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz" for "Latin American Literary Review."
• "The Final Silence of Sor Juana: The Abysmal Remove of Her Closing Night."

Current Courses Taught

• The Spanish American Short Story (El cuento Hispanoaméricano)
• Beginning Spanish
• Intermediate Spanish
• Advanced Composition
• Spanish American Literature Survey 1 & 2
• Cuba: Its Revolution and Its Arts
• A Survey of Literary Theory (There are Others)
• Magical Realism and Other Eccentric Realisms
• FYS: Human Nature: Identity and a Sense of Place