Alvaro Ramirez  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D Literature and Applied Linguistics, University of Southern California, 1993
  Dissertation Title: Cervantes and the New Spanish-American Narrative.
• M.A. Literature and Applied Linguistics, University of Southern California, 1985
• Secondary School Teaching Credential Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 1982
• B.A. Spanish, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 1982

Teaching Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages - Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California (1993 - Present)
• Instructor, Department of Chicano and Latino Studies - California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California (1990 - 1993)
• Adjunct Instructor, Department of Modern Languages - Occidental College (1989 - 1991)
• Assistant Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages - University of Southern California (1982 - 1993)
• Student Teacher - Fitch High School, Austintown, Ohio (1982)

Professional Experience:

• English Instructor - La Hermandad Mexicana (1989 - 1990)
• Language Consultant - Burbank Studios, Burbank, California (1988)
• Translator - Educational Computer Games, Los Angeles, California (1988)
• Assistant to the Director, Summer Program in Mexico - University of Southern California (1984 - 1986)

Awards:

• Brother Manuel Vega Latino Empowerment Award - Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California (1996)
• Scholarship award for advanced studies in Italian Language, History and Renaissance and Contemporary Literature, Summer Program - Universitá per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy (1988)
• George M. Wilcox Award in Education - Youngstown State University (1982)

Fellowship:

• Fellowship, Summer Program in Madrid, Spain - sponsored by the University of Southern California (1983)

Honors:

• Harold P. Gould Honor Society - Youngstown State University (1982)
• Honor Society of Sigma Delta Pi - (1979)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Don Quijote and the Prison House of Language. Ramirez, Alvaro (paper)
  American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
  (November 2011)
• Race, Class and Identity in The Rain God and Migrant Souls. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Strangers in Paradise: Vocies in Exile Conference, Palm Desert, California
  (March 1996)
• Cervantes and the Empowerment of the Reader. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  (February 1996)
• Riconete y Cortidillo: Una Lectura Satiacuterica. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Fall Meeting, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, University of La Verne
  (October 1995)
• So Far From God and So Close to the Quixote. Ramirez, Alvaro
  National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, San Diego, California
  (August 1995)
• Quixotic Alienation in Onetti's El Pozo. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Fourteenth Annual Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  (May 1994)
• Cervantine Resonance in Three American Television Programs. Ramirez, Alvaro
  National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Phoenix, Arizona
  (August 1993)
• The Quixote and Los Pasos Perdidos: From 'admiratio' to 'lo real maravilloso'. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Thirteenth Annual Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  (May 1993)
• De la Novela de la Revolucioacuten Mexicana y la Novela Revolucionaria. Ramirez, Alvaro
  University of Southern California
  (October 1991)
• Death as a Structuring Motif in Pedro Páramo. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Occidental College
  (February 1990)
• Cervantistas Versus Quijotistas. Ramirez, Alvaro
  Occidental College
  (January 1990)

Publications:

• Ramirez, Alvaro. 1994. Librao, San Jose Studies, vol. 20, issue 2