Curriculum Vitae

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Dinorah Cortés-Vélez Assistant Professor of Spanish

Special Fields:

Education:

Colonial Latin American literature and culture; Barroco de Indias: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; Spanish Renaissance and Baroque; Female writing; Feminist ethics 1989-1994

University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras, San Juan

1994-1996

Caribbean Center for Advanced Studies San Juan, Puerto Rico

1997-1999

University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, Wisconsin

1997-2006

University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, Wisconsin

Degrees: 1994

B.A. Hispanic Studies

1997

M.S. Clinical Psychology

1999

M.A. Spanish

2006

Ph.D. Colonial Latin American literature (Ethico-Political Uses of Humor in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Professor Margarita Zamora, director)

Academic Experience: 2006-Present Assistant Professor, Marquette University

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PUBLICATIONS:

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Articles:

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In print: 2006

“Letras sin elación: La Respuesta a Sor Filotea como una adaptación del discurso místico en las Vidas de monjas.” Dissidences: Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism (Online journal) (No. 2: Fall 2006). 1-28.

B.

Creative Works: Short Stories In print:

1995

“Día de la calendaria” & “Soplido de carne.” El rostro y la máscara: Antología alterna de cuentistas puertorriqueños contemporáneos. José Ángel Rosado, ed. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de P.R./ Isla Negra Editores, 1995. 121-130.

1999

“Ritos”. I didn’t know there were latinos in Wisconsin, Vol. II: 20 Hispanic Writers. Oscar Mireles, ed. Madison: Focus Communications, 1999. 34-43.

2003

“Almendras maduras”. Zona literary journal. Madison, WI: Vol. 2, Spring, 2003. 120-22.

2007

“Leyendo a Virginia.” Estancias del sol. República Dominicana. Ediciones Sociedarte, Agrupación Avanti y Ediciones Peralta Domínguez, 2007. 37-44.

2008

“Estampida.” Breves cuentos hispanos. 4th edition. Thomas E. Kooreman et al., eds. Prentice Hall, 2009. 80-89.

Poetry In print: 1996

Contornos literary journal, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Fall 1996.

2002-2004

Zona literary journal. Madison, WI: Vols. 1, 2 & 3 Spring 2002, 2003

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& 2004. 2004

Letras salvajes cybernetic literary journal: Núm. 5, 2004.

2004

El Cuervo literary journal. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

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PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND/OR PAPERS PRESENTED:

1995

Poster Section: Vygotsky y la conciencia puertorriqueña [Vygostky and Puerto Rican Consciousness]. XXV Interamerican Congress of Psychology. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1995.

2000

Paper read: “Deseo patriarcal, deseo fundacional: La metáfora de la paternidad literaria en Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.” Mid-American Conference on Hispanic Literatures. University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2000.

2001

Paper read: “Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca y José María Arguedas: De la deterritorialización al texto” [“Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and José María Arguedas: From Deterritorialization to Text”]. Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures. University of Kansas, 2001.

2007

Paper read: “El socratismo de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.” VI Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. México, March 2007. Original short story read: “Si Aristóteles hubiera menstruado: Quimera filosófica en una descarga.” Creative worshop: VI Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. México, March 2007.

2007

Paper read: “Gnosis verdadera y falsa: La búsqueda sincrética del saber en Sor Juana”. Mid-American Conference on Hispanic Literatures. University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2007.

2007

Original creative pieces read at workshop entitled, Texts, Contexts, and Other Literary Enterprises: Recovery of Historical Memory Through Fiction: Excerpts from the manuscript of my novel, El arca de la memoria. Latin American Studies Association. Montréal, Canada, September 2007.

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TEACHING A. Courses Taught: Spanish 82:

Grammar Review and Writing

New course development: Prepared and posted to D2L an electronic packet of grammar exercises for Spanish 82. This electronic packet was used as a replacement for the traditional workbook, and students found it very helpful. Spanish 90:

Introduction to Literary Analysis

Spanish 102: Peoples and Cultures of Spanish America

Spanish 105: Masterpieces of Early Spanish Literature

Spanish 193: Survey of Colonial Latin American Literature (Spanish-American Literature I).

Spanish 270: Seminar in Spanish-American Literatures: Pre-Columbian to Modernismo—Ethics of Alterity in Colonial Latin American Literature.

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COMMITTEES AND UNIVERSITY SERVICES: A. University Services: College of Arts and Sciences June 2007

Pre-Major Advising (one student)

Professional Development Spring 2008

Participant in Theology seminar on Catholic higher education, and particularly on Marquette’s Mission and Identity, conducted by Professor Patrick Carey.

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B. Department Committees & Services: 2006-2007

Research Committee

2007-2008

Curriculum & Assessment Committee Ad-Hoc Committee – Revision of the identifications section of the rubrics for the M.A. exam Ad-Hoc Committee on Service – Revision of departmental Bylaws. MA Exam committee member for the Colonial literature section; Melissa Huertas (Spring 2007), Vicente Cortéz and Jennifer Krutina (Spring 2008).

Spring 2008

Registration for Arts and Sciences Scholarship Competition Guest Speaker at Sigma Delta Pi Initiation. Title of my talk: “The Narration of My Inclination, or How I Joined the Sor Juana Sisterhood”.

Spring 2008 V.

Reader at the National Poetry Month reading at Raynor Library.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Modern Languages Association Latin American Studies Association

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HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS Faculty Development Award ($600.00). Office of Research & Sponsored Programs. To cover for conference related expenses at the VI Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. Riviera Maya, México: May 07-09, 2007. Faculty Development Award ($500.00). Office of Research & Sponsored Programs. To cover for conference related expenses at the Latin American Association Congress. Montréal, Canada from September 5-8, 2007.

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Faculty Development Award ($5,000.00). Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. Summer research, 2007.

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