David Knutson
Work Address Home Address Department of Modern Languages Xavier University 3106 Gloss Ave 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45213-2426 Cincinnati, OH 45207-5184
Telephone: +1 513 745-4240 Telephone: +1 513 841-1331 [email protected] Mobile: +1 513 470-6082
Education
PhD, Spanish University of Wisconsin-Madison 1995
Dissertation: “The Novels of Eduardo Mendoza: Parody of the Edges” Major Field: Contemporary Spanish Literature Supporting Fields: Golden Age Literature, Hispanic Linguistics Minor: Educational Administration
MA, Spanish University of Wisconsin-Madison 1989
BA, Spanish Hamline University (St. Paul, MN) 1986 Magna Cum Laude
Junior Year in Spain Central College, Universidad de Granada 1984 - 1985
Teaching Experience
Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) Professor of Spanish 2011 - present Associate Professor of Spanish 2000 - 2011 Assistant Professor of Spanish 1994 - 2000
Clarke College (Dubuque, IA) Instructor of Spanish 1992 - 1994
University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistant 1987 – 1992
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International Education Experience
Visiting Professor, University Studies Abroad Consortium Alicante, Spain July, 2011 Madrid, Spain Fall, 2003
Xavier Summer Study Abroad Coordinator San Sebastián, Spain 1999, 2000, 2006 Cuernavaca, Mexico 1998 & 2002
Group Leader, Xavier Service Learning Program in Nicaragua Spring, 1997
Group Leader, Clarke College Tour in Spain Summer, 1994
Administrative Experience
Xavier University Chair, Department of Modern Languages 2006 - present Faculty Assistant to the Office of the Academic Vice President 2001 - 2002 Chair, Xavier Faculty Committee 2000 - 2001 Member, Xavier Faculty Committee 1998 - 2001
Clarke College Acting Chair of Foreign Languages Spring, 1994 Secretary, Faculty Senate 1993 - 1994
Administrative Training
Xavier Manager - Leader Development Program Ongoing Financial Practices Institutional & Program Mission Conflict Management Core Competencies Communication Footprint Legal Requirements & Policies Leadership
American Council on Education - Chairing the Academic Department October 5-7, 2008
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Xavier Leadership Academy 2007-08
Jesuit Leadership Program, Santa Clara University July 8-13, 2001
Scholarship & Publications
Books
Eduardo Mendoza: A New Look, edited with Dr. Jeffrey Oxford. New York: Peter Lang, 2002.
Las novelas de Eduardo Mendoza: la parodia de los márgenes. Madrid: Pliegos, 1999.
Articles & Chapters
“Spanish Crime Fiction: 2001 and Beyond.” Vosburg, Nancy, Ed. Cardiff: U. of Wales Press. Iberian Crime Fiction. 2011. 93-115
“Spanish Crime Fiction and Madrid: Moving Up, Looking Back.” Craig-Odders, Renée and Jacky Collins, Eds. Crime Scene Spain. Essays on Post-Franco Crime Fiction. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 2009. 133-45.
“Novela universitaria: ¿deseo o rechazo?” Fuente Ballesteros, Ricardo de la and José Pérez-Magallón, Eds. Deseo, poder y política en la cultura hispánica. Valladolid, Spain: Universitas Castellae. 2007. 111-19.
“Independientes y malas. Las figuras femeninas de Eduardo Mendoza.” da Costa Toscano, Ana María, ed. Mulheres Más. Percepção e Representaçõs da Mulher transgressora no Mundo Luso-Hispânico. Porto: Univ. Fernando Pessoa: 2007. 259-269.
“Madrid postglobal: Sangre a borbotones de Rafael Reig.” Valdivieso, Jorge H. and L. Teresa Valdivieso, eds. Madrid en la literatura y las artes. Phoenix: Orbis, 2006: 56-61.
“Still Crazy after all these Years: Eduardo Mendoza’s Detective.” Craig-Odders, Renee W., Jackie Collins, and Glen Close, Eds. Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Detective Fiction: Essays on the Genero Negro Tradition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006: 46-59.
“A Taste of Crime: Detectives, Food, Culture, and Society.” Monographic Review XXI (2005). 220-30.
“Mundos aparte: Eduardo Mendoza y su visión de la riqueza y la pobreza.” Saval, José V, Ed. La verdad sobre el caso Mendoza. Madrid: Fundamentos, 2005: 33-48. Knutson - 4
“Eduardo Mendoza: ¿novelista catalán?” King, Stewart, Ed. La cultura catalana de expresión castellana: estudios de literatura, teatro y cine. Kassel: Reichenberger, 2005: 73-83.
“Explaining the Present as it Happens: Días contados of Juan Madrid and the History of la movida.” Monographic Review / Revista Monográfica 19 (2003): 139-52.
“Parody of the Margins: An Introduction to Eduardo Mendoza.” Oxford, Jeffrey and David Knutson, Eds. Eduardo Mendoza: A New Look. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. 7-16.
“A New Generation: Spanish Literary Characters at the End of the 20th Century.” Monographic Review / Revista Monográfica, 17 (2001): 90-103 .
“Mechanistic Imagery in Tiempo de silencio.” Hispania 80-2 (May 1998): 278-286.
“Exploring New Worlds: Eduardo Mendoza’s Sin noticias de Gurb.” Monographic Review / Revista Monográfica 12 (1996): 228-236.
“Bibliographic Research on the Internet via Gopher.” Warschauer, Mark, Ed. Virtual Connections. Online Activities and Projects for Networking Language Learners. Manoa: University of Hawaii, 1995.
Book Reviews on Arturo Pérez-Reverte: Narrative Tricks and Narrative Strategies. By Walsh, Anne L. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research 14-2 (December 2008), 105-06. on Joaquín Dicenta: Spain’s Forgotten Dramatist. By McGrath, Leticia. Hispania 89-2 (May 2006), 298-99. on Contemporary Spanish Women Narrative and the Publishing Industry. By Henseler, Christine. Hispania 88-2 (May 2005), 301-02. on Coming into one’s Own: The Novelistic Development of Javier Marías. By Grohmann, Alexis. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 10-2 (December 2004), 245-47. on Arturo Pérez-Reverte: la sonrisa del cazador by Belmonte Serrano, José. Hispania 86-4 (December 2003), 801-2. on Multicultural Iberia. Edited by Milton Acevedo and Drew Daugherty. Hispania 84-4 (December 2001): 815-16.
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on Escrituras de la ciudad. Edited by José Carlos Rovira, Editor. Hispania 84-2 (May 2001): 236-37. on Novela española posmoderna by Ana María Spitzmesser. Tesserae, 6-2 (2000): 204:05.
Presentations at Academic Conferences
“La historia y las noticias en la novela negra española.” II Congreso Internacional de Ficción Criminal. León, Spain. October 13, 2011.
“History and Current Events in Spanish Crime Fiction.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 10, 2010. “La novela negra y Madrid: marginados y mileuristas.” II Coloquio Latinoamericano de Literatura Policial.” Santiago de Chile. September 23, 2009.
“Popular Fiction or Trash Culture: The Case of Víctor Saltero.” Biennial Conference of the Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia. Melbourne, Australia. July 4, 2008.
“Spanish Crime Fiction and Madrid: Looking Up, Looking Back.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY. April 18, 2008.
"Madrid's Fearful Future: Energy, Language, and Genetics according to Rafael Reig." 49th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association. Cleveland, OH. November 11, 2007.
“Past & Present of the Spanish Civil War.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. San Diego, CA. August 4, 2007.
“The Academic Mystery in Spain.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Salamanca, Spain. July 2, 2006.
“La novela académica española: ¿deseo o rechazo?” Congreso Internacional Deseo, Poder y Política en la Cultura Hispánica. Valladolid, Spain. June 27, 2006.
“Variations on the Detective Paradigm in New Novels of Rafael Reig and David Torres.” XXV Biennial Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures.” Baton Rouge, LA. February 24, 2006.
“The Spanish Civil War in Contemporary Culture.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. New York, NY. July 30, 2005.
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“Noisy Crime Fiction.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Acapulco, Mexico. July 31, 2004.
“Madrid postglobal: Rafael Reig y Sangre a borbotones.” Madrid in Literature Conference. Madrid, Spain. July 11, 2004.
“More Death in Venice: La tempestad by Juan Manuel de Prada.” Murder & Mayhem on the Mare Nostrum Conference. Prato, Italy. July 6, 2004.
“Worlds Apart: Mendoza’s Vision of Rich and Poor.” Eduardo Mendoza International Symposium. Edinburgh, Scotland, May 15, 2004.
“Remembering Revenge: The Spanish Civil War in 21st Century Narrative.” Narrative Tricks, Narrative Strategies: Contemporary Spanish Fiction Symposium. University Colllege, Cork. Cork, Ireland. February 10, 2004.
“Worlds Apart: Images of Class, Wealth, and Poverty in the novela negra.” Memory in Crime Fiction Symposium. National University of Ireland, Galway. Galway, Ireland, February 7, 2004.
“The Wisdom of Youth in the Novels of Clara Sánchez.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Chicago, IL. August, 2003.
“Malas = independientes: las figuras femeninas de Eduardo Mendoza.” Congreso Mujeres Malas, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal. June, 2003.
“Still Crazy after all these Years: Eduardo Mendoza’s Latest Detective Novel.” The Hispanic Detective Conference. Royal Holloway, University of London. June 28, 2002.
“A New Generation: Young Spanish Literary Characters at the End of the 20th Century.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese. San Francisco, CA. July 8, 2001.
“Worlds Apart: Rich and Poor in the Spanish Novel.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese. San Juan, PR. August 4, 2000.
“Fear of the Future in Contemporary Latin American Novels.” Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages & Literatures. Cincinnati, OH. May 13, 2000.
“’Desencanto’ in Spanish Literature of the 1990's.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY. April 28, 2000.
“Días contados de Juan Madrid y el fracaso de la movida.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese. Denver, CO. August 2, 1999. Knutson - 7
“The Novels of Eduardo Mendoza: Parody of the Edges.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY. April 1998.
“Exploring New Worlds: Eduardo Mendoza=s Sin noticias de Gurb.” Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages & Literatures. May 1997.
“Barcelona’s Gangster Story: La ciudad de los prodigios of Eduardo Mendoza.” Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages & Literatures. Cincinnati, OH. May 1996.
“Fractals in Madrid: Galdós’s “La novela en el tranvía.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY. April 1996.
“Satiric Parody in Eduardo Mendoza's Sin noticias de Gurb.” Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature. Boulder, CO. October 13, 1995.
“Scientific Management in Tiempo de silencio.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese. San Diego, CA. August 11, 1995
Courses Taught
SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202 - Beginning and Intermediate Spanish I & II SPAN 205 - Hispanic Literature and the Moral Imagination SPAN 300, 301 - Advanced Spanish I & II SPAN 302 - Spanish Conversation SPAN 306 - Business Spanish SPAN 325 - History of Spanish Language SPAN 328 - Spanish Phonetics SPAN 350 - Spanish Civilization SPAN 400 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature SPAN 421, 422, 423 - Spanish Literature and Culture I, II, & III (medieval through 20th-Century) SPAN 436 - 19th Century Spanish Literature SPAN 439 - 20th Century Spanish Literature
Service
Professional Associate Editor, Hispania. 2006-present. External Expert, Senior Lecturer Promotion Scheme, University College Cork. 2008. Honorary Research Fellow. Department of Hispanic Studies. Monash University. 2007-09. Editorial Board, Cincinnati Romance Language Review (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003) Reader, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies (1999, 2000, 2003, 2008) Knutson - 8
University United Way Employee Campaign, Co-Chair, 2009-10 Community Engagement Roundtable, 2008-present Xavier Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Vice President, 2008-2009 Academic Affairs Structural Review Task Force, 2008-09 Xavier Leadership Academy, 2007-2008 Board of Undergraduate Studies, 2006-2009 WorldQuest Planning Committee, 2004-present Co-Chair, University Climate Sub-Committee, Strategic Planning Committee. 2002-2003 Diversity Advisory Council, 2002-2003 Chair, Xavier University Fine Arts Fund Campaign, 2003 Chair, Xavier University United Way Campaign, 2002, 2009 Faculty Assistant to the Office of the Academic Vice President, 2001-2002 Chair, Faculty Committee, 2000-2001 Committee on Public Honors, 1998-2001 Faculty Committee, 1998-2001 Academic Computing Committee, 1994-1997
Department Department Chair, July 2006 - present Technology Coordinator & Web Developer, 1996-2010 Rank & Tenure Committee, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Faculty Search Committee Chair, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Faculty Search Committees, 1996, 1998, 1999
Community Pleasant Ridge Montessori School Local School Decision Making Committee, April 2011- present Pleasant Ridge Montessori School PTO, Co-Treasurer, 2009-2010; Co-Secretary, 2010-2011 Nursery School Board, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, 2005-2009 Board Chair, 2007-2009 Guest Speaker, “The American University” – Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Valdezarzas, Madrid, Spain. December 5, 2003 Guest Discussant, Latino Film Festival – Cincinnati World Cinema, October 5, 2002 Elder & Clerk of Session, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, 1996-2003 Volunteer, WCET-Channel 48 Action Auction, 2000-02 VISTA Volunteer, Minnesota Literacy Council, 1986-87
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References
Dr. Janice Walker Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45207-3161 [email protected] +1 513 745-3101
Dr. José María Mantero Professor, Department of Modern Languages Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45207-5184 [email protected] +1 513 745-3464
Dr. Shelley Godsland Senior Lecturer, Department of Hispanic Studies University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom [email protected]
Dr. Vicente José Benet Ferrando Professor Titular d'Universitat, Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat Dep. de Ciències de la Comunicació Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales Universitat Jaume I 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain [email protected]