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Education

  • Ph.D., Spanish major, French minor, Vanderbilt University, 1968
  • International Academy of Spanish in Saltillo, Mexico, Graduate Studies, Summer 1963 (Spanish American literature and culture).
  • M.A., Spanish major, French minor, Vanderbilt University, 1963
  • B.A., Spanish major, English minor, David Lipscomb College, 1960

Teaching Experience

  • Vanderbilt University, 1960-65, Teaching Assistant.
  • University of South Florida, 1965-69.
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1969-2003.  Teaching specialities: Spanish and Spanish American poetry, Spanish American prose fiction.

Administrative Experience

  • Department Chair, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1982-88.
  • Associate Department Chair, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2000-03.
  • Appointed lifetime Emeritus Member of the Graduate Faculty, 2012.

Published Studies on Spanish and Spanish American Poetry

  • “Neruda and Lorca: A Meeting of Poetic Minds.” Research Studies  48 (September 1980): 142-51.
  • “Modes of Metaphoric Expression in Pablo Neruda’s Estravagario.”  Chasqui 19 (May 1990): 47-55.
  • “The Reaffirmation of Analogy: An Introduction to Jorge Carrera Andrade’s Metaphoric System.” Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura 10 (Fall 1994): 33-41.
  • “For (and Against) the Birds: The Swallow as a Motif in Modern Spanish American Poetry.” Hispanic Journal 16 (Spring 1995): 135-45.
  • “A Heap of Broken Images: Lorca’s Poeta en Nueva York and Neruda’s Residencia en la Tierra.”  Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura 13 (Fall 1997): 26-36.