Julio A. Quintero

Curriculum Vitae

2018

Department of Modern Languages
HAL 203C
Grove City College
100 Campus Dr
Grove City, PA 16127

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Romance Languages and Literatures). University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008.

M.A. (Colombian Literature). Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 2003.

B.A. (Philosophy and Literature). Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, Colombia, 1999.

 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Grove City College. 2014-present.

Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Waynesburg University. 2008-2014.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

La máquina dictatorial: Poder y narrativa en Guatemala, Colombia y Venezuela. Pittsburgh: Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI), 2016.

El poeta en la novela hispanoamericana: Una lectura de Roberto Bolaño, Sergio Ramírez, Cristián Barros y otros escritores desde el modernismo hasta hoy. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, 2010.

Articles Published in Refereed Journals

“Defying Revolution in Venezuela: Biography as Utopic Discourse in Federico Vegas’s Falke.Utopian Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2017.

 “Comprender y novelar el archivo: El material humano de Rodrigo Rey Rosa”. Istmo: Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos, no. 31, 2015, pp. 1-19, istmo.denison.edu/n31/articulos/index.html. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

“Panopticism and Monarchical Rule in Miguel Ángel Asturias’s El Señor Presidente.” Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, 2015, www1.udel.edu/LAS/Vol16-2Quintero.html. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

“Threatening Masculine Images of Power: María Lionza and Juan Vicente Gómez as a Vampire in Arturo Uslar Pietri’s Oficio de difuntos.” Writing Monsters: Essays on Iberian and Latin American Cultures. Hispanic Issues On Line, vol. 15, 2014, pp. 121-139, cla.umn.edu/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/hiol_15_07_quintero_threatening_masculine_images_of_power.pdf. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

Baroni, un viaje de Sergio Chejfec: Una mirada abismal a la representación del artista.” Revista Hispánica Moderna, vol. 65, no. 2, 2012, pp. 199-211.

“El novelista contemporáneo en Hispanoamérica y su representación del poeta: Una lectura de La tarea del testigo de Rubi Guerra.” Hispania, vol. 93, no. 4, 2010, pp. 547-554.

“El tema del destierro y la culpa en la poesía de Héctor Rojas Herazo.” Hispanic Poetry Review, no. 11, 2007, pp. 74-81.

“El espacio en Las úlceras de Adán de Héctor Rojas Herazo: el doble significado de lo cotidiano.” Hipertexto, no. 4, 2006, pp. 129-137.

“‘El suburbio del ídolo’ de Héctor Rojas Herazo desde una lectura del rizoma.” Ciberletras, no. 14, 2005, www.lehman.cuny.edu/ciberletras/v14/quintero.htm. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

“El narrador en Don Quijote: De la pregunta por su historia al descubrimiento de su función”. Espéculo, no. 30, 2005, pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero30/narraqui.html. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

 “El Salmo de la derrota de Héctor Rojas Herazo.” Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, no. 14, 2004, pp. 137-145.

Book Chapters

“Razón, sublimidad, desposesión: El gótico de Evelio Rosero en Los almuerzos”. Evelio Rosero y los ciclos de la creación literaria. Bogotá: Universidad Javeriana, 2017.

Reviews

“Albright, Daniel. Putting Modernism Together. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2015. Print.” Cincinnati Romance Review, no. 40, 2016, pp. 319-321. www.cromrev.com/volumes/Vol40/Reviews/CRR%20v40-R02%20Julio%20Quintero%20about%20Putting%20Modernism.pdf. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.

“Bernal, Álvaro Antonio. Percepciones e imágenes de Bogotá: Expresiones literarias urbanas. Bogotá: Editorial Magisterio, 2010”. Revista Iberoamericana, no. 240, 2012, pp. 700-702.

“Lindsay, Claire. Contemporary Travel Writing of Latin America. New York: Routledge, 2010.” The Latin Americanist, vol. 56, no. 2, 2012, pp. 192-194.

“Werner Mackenbach. Intersecciones y transgresiones: Propuestas para una historiografía literaria en Centroamérica.” Revista Iberoamericana no. 235, 2011, pp. 590-591.

“Martiatu, Inés María. Over the Waves and Other Stories / Sobre las olas y otros cuentos.” Hispania, vol. 94, no. 2, 2011, 382-383.

“Caso, Nicole. Practicing Memory in Central American Literature. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.” The Latin Americanist, vol. 55, no. 2, 2011, pp. 94-96.

“Lavín, Mónica. Yo, la peor. México: Grijalbo, 2009. 391 pp.” Hispania, vol. 94, no. 1, 2011, pp. 226-227.

“Rey Rosa, Rodrigo. El material humano. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2009.” Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura, no. 7, 2010.

“Kline, Harvey F. Showing Teeth to the Dragons: State-Building by Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, 2002-2006. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2009.” The Latin Americanist, vol. 54, no. 3,  2010, 104-105.

“Minellono, María, ed. La distorsión en el espejo: Estrategias de representación en textos de literatura argentina y comparadas. La Plata: Ediciones Al Margen, 2008.” Confluencia, vol. 25, no.1, 2009, pp. 177-178.

“Edwards, Jorge. La casa de Dostoievsky. Buenos Aires: Planeta, 2008. 329 pp.” Hispania, vol. 92, no. 3, 2009, pp. 526.

“Ampuero, Roberto. El caso Neruda. Bogotá: Norma, 2008.” Hispamérica, no. 112, 2009, pp. 123-124.

“Pauls, Alan. La historia del llanto. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2007. 125 pp.” Hispamérica, no. 108, 2008, pp. 122-123.

“Dobry, Edgardo. Orfeo en el quiosco de diarios: Ensayos sobre poesía. Buenos Aires: Adriana Hidalgo, 2007. 326 pp.” Hofstra Hispanic Review, vol. 3, no. 7, 2008, pp. 176-177.

“García Usta, Jorge, Comp. Héctor Rojas Herazo: Obra periodística, 1940-1970: Vigilia de las lámparas. Obra periodística, 1940-1970: La magnitud de la ofrenda. Medellín: Fondo Editorial Universidad Eafit, 2003” Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, no. 14, 2004, pp. 164-166.

Manuscripts in Preparation

“Latino Passing: Finding Cora in The Postman Rings Twice.

“Hegemonía, complicidad y marginalidad masculinas en Manuela de Eugenio Díaz”.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Global Brands in the Hispanic World. Fall 2017.

Professional Spanish. Spring 2017.

Urban Spaces: Main Street America and the Hispanic Plaza. Fall 2016.

Writing and Composition. Spring 2015-2018.

Advanced Grammar. Fall 2014-2017.

Conversation. Fall 2014-2017.

Applied Phonetics. Spring 2015-2018.

Detective Fiction. Spring 2014.

Latino Literature in the United States. Spring 2013.

The English Language Learner. Spring 2012-2014.

History and Culture of Latin America. Spring 2012.

Freshman Seminar. Fall 2011-2014.

Poetry in Translation. Fall 2011.

Spanish for Medical Purposes. Fall 2010.

Film and Social Justice in Latin America. Fall 2009.

Contemporary Issues in Latin America. Fall 2009.

Latin America Today. Spring 2006.

Basic and Intermediate Spanish. 2004-2006; 2008-2014.

 

SELECTED CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Panels Organized

"Narratives of Intra-migration, Exile, and Displacement within Latin America." NeMLA. Pittsburgh, PA. April 12-15, 2018.

 “Bordering States: Spectral Trespasses in Latin American Literature” MMLA. Saint Louis, MO. November 10-13, 2016.

“Ambiguous Rhetoric: Monstrous Leadership and the Representation of Political Figures in Hispanic Literatures.” MMLA. Milwaukee, WI. November 7-11, 2013.

Papers presented

"What Peace Looks Like: Exploring Conflict in Post-1996 Narratives in Guatemala." MLA 2018. New York, NY. January 4th-7th, 2018.

“Looking for Community Based Learning: Engaging Comparisons in an Urban Studies Class.” Let's Talk 2017: Relationships, Research, and Results. University of Notre Dame. March 31st-April 1st, 2017.

“Beyond Mimesis: Decoding Desire in Contemporary Latin American Narrative of the Dictator.” NeMLA. Baltimore, MD. March 23-26, 2017.

“Trespassing Social Borders: Portraying the Maid in Alejandra Pizarnik and Evelio Rosero’s Narratives.” MMLA. Saint Louis, MO. November 10-13, 2016.

“La máquina dictatorial: déspotas y distopías en Sumario (2010) de Federico Vegas”. PCA/ACA National Conference. Seattle, WA. March 22-25, 2016.

“Re-Cycling Student Research through Online Forums in a Conversation Class.” ACTFL. San Diego, CA. November 20-22, 2015.

“Buscando a Cora desde esta orilla en El cartero llama dos veces”. 55º Congreso Internacional de Americanistas. San Salvador, El Salvador. July 12-17, 2015.

“Ansiedad capitalista en la Venezuela bolivariana: Negociando la utopía en La otra isla de Francisco Suniaga.” LASA. San Juan, PR. May 27-30, 2015.

“Designing a New Latin American Gothic: The narrative of Evelio Rosero.” SCMLA. Austin, TX. October 19, 2014.

“Utopia and Ruins in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela: Reading Federico Vegas’s Falke.” MMLA. Milwaukee, WI. November 9, 2013.

“‘There’s an Eye after Me!:’ Panopticism and Monarchical Law in El Señor Presidente”. LASA. Washington, DC. May 29-June 1, 2013.

“Juan Vicente Gómez Revisited: Vampires and Women in Arturo Uslar Pietri’s Oficio de difuntos.” PAMLA. Seattle, WA. October 19-21, 2012.

“Memoria, alegoría e historia en Sumario de Federico Vegas y El material humano de Rodrigo Rey Rosa”. AATSP. San Juan, Puerto Rico. July 7-10, 2012.

 “Plutón de Evelio José Rosero: Entre la novedad y lo tradicional”. 24th Annual Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference. Pittsburg, PA. September 24, 2011.

“El Estado como simulacro: una lectura de El material humano (2009) de Rodrigo Rey Rosa”. Thirty-Fourth Colloquium on Literature and Film. Morgantown, WV. October 1-2, 2010.

“La artista en la novela hispanoamericana contemporánea: Crisis y desafíos al imaginario modernista”. LASA. Toronto, Canada. October 6-9, 2010.

PRESENTATIONS

"Fostering Engagement with Online Repeatable Quizzes." Ed Tech Best Practices. Grove City College. April 16, 2018.

"Enhance Information Delivery through PowerPoint and Microsoft Stream." Ed Tech Best Practices. Grove City College. April 9, 2018.

“Recycling Research Using Online Forums.” Faculty Orientation Week. Grove City College. September 24, 2016.

“Would a Puerto Rican Moratorium Cause a Ripple Effect in the Market of Municipal Bonds in the U.S?” Monthly World Matters. Grove City College. September 22, 2015.

“An Introduction to Diigo, a Tool for Highlighting and Annotating Online Sources.” Waynesburg University Convocation Week. August 22, 2012.

“The Narrative of Roberto Bolaño.” Hot Topics (Waynesburg University Faculty Conference Series). April 8, 2009.

“Perspectives on Colombia.” Window to the World: Perspectives on China, Ghana, Colombia, Europe and the Middle East from International Students. University of Cincinnati Worldfest. April 28, 2008.

 

EXTRA TRAINING

"Digital Humanities Tools and Technologies for Students, Emerging Scholars, Faculty Members, Librarians, and Administrators." MLA Convention Workshop. January 6, 2018.

"Teaching Languages and Literatures Online: Key Principles for Course Design." MLA Convention Workshop. January 4, 2018.

“Integrating Explicit Knowledge into the Second Language Classroom.” ACTFL Pre-Conference Workshop. November 19, 2015.

“Connecting the Dots: Formative Assessment, Feedback, and Standards-Based Grading.” ACTFL Pre-Conference Workshop. November 19, 2015.

“Curriculum Design.” ACTFL Webinar Series. April 3, 2013.

“Content-Rich Units of Instruction.” ACTFL Webinar Series. April 17, 2013.

“Purposeful Lesson-Planning.” ACTFL Webinar Series. May 8, 2013.

“Workshop for New Chairs.” 2010 ADFL Summer Seminar West. Rochester, NY. June 2-3, 2010.

2010 ADFL Summer Seminar West. Rochester, NY. June 3-6, 2010.

 

LANGUAGES

Spanish: Distinguished. 

English: Superior.

German: Intermediate High.