Resume NAME: Loknath Persaud ADDRESS : 20239 Arminta street, Winnetka, Ca 91306 TELEPHONE: (626) 585-7433 (Office) (818) 349-3464 (Home) EDUCATION: 1980: Ph.D (Spanish) SUNY at Buffalo 1976: M.A. (Spanish) SUNY at Buffalo 1971: B.A. Spanish. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. TEACHING INTERESTS: Spanish Language, Latin American and Caribbean literature, Literature in Translation, Spanish Culture and Civilization PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Instructor, Pasadena City College (1987- present) Assistant Professor, University of Southern California (1982-83) Assistant Professor, Colgate University (1978-82) Lecturer, University of the West Indies (1973-74) HONORS AND AWARDS: Mellon Fellow, University of Southern California, 1982-83 Graduate Scholarship, SUNY at Buffalo, 1976-78 Graduate Scholarship, University of the West Indies, Jamaica (1971-73) COURSES TAUGHT: Spanish Language (Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced) Introduction to Golden Age Literature Introduction to Modern Peninsulat Literature Modern Spanish Theater Spanish-American Literature (Prose and Poetry) Spanish Culture and Civilization Latin American Culture and Civilization Language in the Barrio SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Vice-President-AATSP , Southern California Chapter, 1994-96 President, AATSP, SC Chapter, 1998-2000 Secretary-Treasurer, SC Chapter 2004-Present Coordinator, Languages, Pasadena City College, 1995-1998, 1999-2005 Department Representative, Faculty Senate Board,PCC, 2004-2010 Regular Participant or attendee at AATSP National Conventions and the Modern Language Convention, the University of California Consortium on Foreign Languages, California Community College Foreign Language Council, AATSP SC chapter meetings. PAPERS READ: Papers on literature read on Alejo Carpentier, Carlos Fuentes, Juan José Arreola, V.S. Naipaul, N. D. Williams, Terry Eagleton and Mario Vargas Llosa, Octavio Paz, on Caribbean Poetry, at various conferences and at AATSP conventions. Papers on Language Teaching and Learning Styles given at the AATSP conventions in 2008, 2009, 2010. MOST RECENT PAPERS: “Octavio Paz and India” given at the Conference on Octavio Paz, May 20th -21st, California State University, Los Angeles. “A Case For The Traditional” given at AATSP Annual convention Guadalajara, Mexico, July, 12th, 2010. References will be provided upon request. Dossier can be obtained from: University Placement and Career Guidance, State University of New York at Buffalo, Hayes Annex C, Buffalo, New York 14214 .