JUAN FRANCISCO MAURA CURRICULUM VITAE University of Vermont Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics Burlington, Vermont 05405
[email protected] ________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION 1987. Ph. D. University of New Mexico. Dissertation: Los Naufragios de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: o el arte de la automitificación¨. Director: Sabine R. Ulibarrí. (Ph. D. validated in Spain as “Doctor en Filología Hispánica”: Madrid, 28 of August 1998). 1984. M. A. University of New Mexico. 1983. B.A. University of Texas at El Paso. Portuguese minor. 1977, 1978, 1979. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2006-to date Professor, University of Vermont, Dept. of Romance Languages 2008-2009 Visiting Professor, Saint Louis University (Madrid/Spain Campus) 1995-2006 Associate Professor, University of Vermont, Dept. of Romance Languages 1989-1995 Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, Dept. of Romance Languages 1988-1989 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona 1987-1988 Lecturer & Teaching Assoc., University of New Mexico, Director Granada/Spain Program 1986-1987 Teaching Coordinator, University of New Mexico 1984-1986 Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS 2015 (Fall) Sabbatical Leave (Research in Spain, Portugal). 2013-to date. Contributor to ANLE, North American Academy of the Spanish Language/ Colaborador de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. 2011 Lattie F. Coor Travel Awards: Spring 2011. Valladolid, Spain: Present a paper: “´ Que de su lujuria y deshonestidad hagan grave penitencia…’: sedas, brocados y bordados en las españolas de ultramar.” Lisbon, Portugal: Present a paper, “Presencia ibérica anterior a Jacques Cartier en la costa atlántica de Canadá y norte de Estados Unidos.” 2011-2012 Sabbatical Leave (Research in Spain, Portugal).