<p> Alison Caplan Department of Foreign Language Studies Providence College Providence, RI 02918 Phone: (401) 865-2893 E-mail: [email protected]</p><p>Education Ph.D. University of California at Santa Barbara. Hispanic Languages and Literature, 1997. Honors: Humanities Pre-Doctoral Special Fellowship </p><p>M.A. Middlebury College in Madrid. Spanish, 1987. A.B. Harvard University. History and Literature of Latin America, 1986. Honors: Magna cum laude</p><p>Professional Experience Assistant Professor of Spanish (with tenure), Providence College. Department of Foreign Language Studies, 1997-present</p><p>Assistant Professor, Providence College. Liberal Arts Honors Program, 2006-present </p><p>Teaching Honors: Nomination for the Joseph R. Accinno Faculty Teaching Award, 2007, 2009, 2013</p><p>Grant Awards ”,الحدود /’with Nuria Alonso García) “Neighboring Cultures: A Vocabulary of ‘la frontera) Committee on Aid to Faculty Research, Providence College, 2013 ($7,000).</p><p>(with Nuria Alonso García) “GALGO (GoldenAgeLiteratureGlossaryOnline),” Student Engagement Mini-grant, Providence College, 2013 ($3,000).</p><p>(with Nuria Alonso García) “Comprehensive Digital Glossary for Golden Age Spanish Literature,” Student Engagement Mini-grant, Providence College, 2010 ($4,200).</p><p>Selected Publications A. Annotated Edition Caplan, Alison and Bryan Betancur, eds., La Numancia, by Miguel de Cervantes. Newark, DE: Cervantes & Co. Classics, 2010.</p><p>B. Critical Essays Alonso García, Nuria and Alison Caplan, “Reading the World’s Classics Critically: A Keyword- Based Approach to Literary Analysis in Foreign Language Studies.” Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 11.2 (2014): 100-120.</p><p>Caplan, Alison, “Tirant lo Blanc, Don Quijote de la Mancha y la diferencia de género en la caballeresca medieval.” U.S.A. Cervantes. 39 cervantistas en Estados Unidos, ed. Georgina Dopico Black and Francisco Layna Ranz (Madrid: Ediciones Polifemo, 2009), pp. 277-304.</p><p>Caplan, Alison, “The World of Isabel la Católica.” Isabel la Católica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays, ed. David A. Boruchoff (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003), pp. 25-40.</p><p>C. Other Publications Review of James Casey, Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570-1739 (Cambridge University Press, 2008) in Sixteenth Century Journal 43.3 (Fall, 2010). </p><p>Caplan, Alison and David. A. Boruchoff, trans., “Isabel, Infanta and Princess of Castile,” by María Isabel del Val Valdivieso. Isabel la Católica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays, ed. David A. Boruchoff (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003), pp. 41-55.</p><p>Recent Conference Presentations (with Nuria Alonso García) “Developing Transcultural Competence in the Study of World Literatures: Golden Age Literature Glossary Online (GALGO).” Short paper presented at the Digital Humanities Conference 2012, Hamburg, Germany, July 16-22, 2012.</p><p>(with Nuria Alonso García) “Unlocking Meaning: The Comprehensive Digital Glossary of Golden Age Spanish Literature.” Roundtable presentation given at Northeast Modern Language Association, Rutgers University, April7-10 2011.</p><p>“Daring and Decadence in the Late Medieval World of Tirant lo Blanc.” Paper presented at the 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13, 2007.</p><p>Invited Lectures “Una introducción a Don Quijote 1615.” Lecture on Don Quijote delivered in class for students enrolled in Master’s Degree program in Spanish, Rhode Island College, October 23, 2002.</p><p>“Don Quijote in America.” Lecture presented in celebration of the Día de la Hispanidad, University of Rhode Island, Providence campus, October 12, 2002.</p><p>“Renaissance Spain, Cervantes, and the End[s] of Romance.” Lecture delivered as part of the Development of Western Civilization Colloquium Series, Providence College, March 15, 2002.</p><p>“Cervantes and Don Quijote.” Lecture delivered as part of the Viva España Program, Providence Athenaeum, April 1, 2001.</p><p>Professional Service at Providence College Member, Dean of Arts and Sciences Advisory Council, 2011-2014</p><p>Department Representative, Faculty Senate, 2011-present Member, Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee, 2011-present</p><p>Member. Fulbright Scholarship Campus Evaluation Committee, 2009-present</p><p>Member, Liberal Arts Honors Advisory Committee, 2009-2013</p><p>Member, Student Engagement Advisory Committee, 2009-2012 </p><p>Member, Committee on the Enhancement of Learning, 2003-2007</p><p>Organizer, 400th Anniversary Celebration of Don Quijote (1605), Development of Western Civilization Colloquium Series, April, 2005</p><p>Community Service Chairperson, Religious School Committee, Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI, 2010-2014</p><p>Professional Memberships American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Cervantes Society of America International Society for Language Studies Medieval Academy of America Modern Language Association Renaissance Society of America</p>