CURRICULUM VITAE Luis Felipe Díaz, Ph.D. P.O. Box 2097, Toa Baja. P.R. 00951 Tel. 787-672-9198 (Cell.). 787-792-7128 (Home) E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: 1978 - 83 University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese. Thesis: "Irony and Ideology in La Regenta of Leopoldo Alas." 1975 - 77 University of Illinois, M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature. 1969 - 75 University of Puerto Rico, B.A. in Humanities. Major: Literature and History. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 1987 - 2011 University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras), Professor in Hispanic Studies. 1987 - 88 Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Assistant Professor in Spanish Language and Literature, and Critical Thinking. 1986 – 87 Kalamazoo College, Michigan, Assistant Professor in Spanish Language and Literature. 1983 – 85 Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Assistant Professor in Spanish, Puerto Rican Literature, Critical Thinking, and World Literature. 1978 – 80 University of Minnesota, Spanish Instructor. 1975 - 77 University of Illinois at Chicago, Spanish Instructor. AREAS OF INTEREST: Generalist in Latin American and Spanish Peninsular Literature (special interest in 19th and 20th Centuries); Caribbean Literature and Culture; Literary Theory and Criticism (semiotics, sociology, post-structuralism, postmodernism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction), Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Theory of Language and Cultural Thought (Ideologies), Post-colonialism and Cyber Culture. Luis Díaz 2 COURSES TAUGHT (1983-2011) Undergraduate: World Literature; Logical and Critical Thinking, Caribbean Literature, Contemporary Spanish Literature, Puerto Rican Literature I (16th to 19th Cents.), Puerto Rican Literature II (20th to 21st Cents.), Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature, Spanish Literature I (IX to XV Cent), Spanish Literature II (XVI to XX Cent), Latin American Literature I (XVI-XIX), Latin American Literature II (XX-XXI), Puerto Rican Literature and Psychoanalysis, Puerto Rican Society and Literature, Psycholinguistics and Media Society, Spanish Seminar in Monographic Writing, Literary Genres in Latin America, Contemporary Spanish Poetry and Theater. Graduate: Latin American Modern Novel, Latin America and Its Literary Boom, Puerto Rican Literature and Society I and II (19th-21st Cents.), Linguistics and Literary Theory, Literary Criticism, Semiotics and Theory of Communication, The 20th Century Spanish Novel, Spanish Enlightenment and Romanticism, Generation of 98, M.A. Thesis Seminar, Ph.D. Thesis Seminar, Spanish Romanticism, Spanish Realism and Naturalism, Caribbean Literature (20th Cent.), Aesthetics and Communication in the Present Culture, Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature, Puerto Rican Theatre, Puerto Rican Literature and Cultural History, Advanced Grammar and Writing. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: — Coordinator: Graduate School of Hispanic Studies, University of Puerto Rico (from 1994 to 1997; 2004 to 2006; 2008 to 2009). — Acting Director: Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Puerto Rico, (Summers of 1995, 1996, 2008). — Director of General Education Studies Program (Inter American University, 1986-87). In charge of curriculum development, personnel training, and grant writing. GENERAL PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES: — Invited to teach at the Colegio de Artes Plasticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico (M.A. Seminar), 2011. — Invited to participate in curricular planning and teach the following graduate courses: Literary Theory, Caribbean Narrative, Puerto Rican Literature and Culture. Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe (CEAPRC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2005-2011). — In charge of M.A. Thesis Proposals at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan (2007-2011). — In charge of Ph.D. and M.A. Thesis Proposals in the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puerto Rico (1997-2009). — Exchange Professor at City College of City University of New York, with participation in its M.A. thesis program (1998-1999) — Invited to teach at City University of New York, Summer Programs of 1999, 2000, and 2001. Luis Díaz 3 — Member of the Personnel Committee, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, 2000-2002. — Member of the Personnel Committee, Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 1993-1995, 1999-2002, 2003-2004, and 2007-2009. — Member of the Committee for Curricular Development, Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 1994-1997 and 2003-2005. — Invited to teach a graduate course (Aesthetics and Communication) in the School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, 2004. — Invited to teach a graduate course (Semiotic of Modern and Postmodern Communication) in the School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, 1996. — Invited to teach “Psychoanalysis and Puerto Rican Narrative” in the Department of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, 1994. — Invited to teach “Interdisciplinary Puerto Rican Studies” in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 1992 and 1995. — Invited to teach Psycholinguistics in the School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, 1994. — Invited to teach Psycho-Social Problems in Puerto Rican Literature, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, 1993. — Member of many departmental and faculty committees: Personnel, Student Activities, Faculty Activities Planning, Curriculum Development, and Search, University of Puerto Rico, (1987-1990). — Faculty Member in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. In charge of the Puerto Rican Studies Program, Curricular Development and Lecturing, 1990-92. — Consultant and Lecturer of Curriculum Development in Acquisition of Values and Critical Thinking, Department of Public Education of Puerto Rico and the University of Puerto Rico (1988-90). — Invited to teach Psycholinguistics and Semiology, School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico, 1988 and 1991. — Invited to teach Puerto Rican Literature and Society, School of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, 1992. — Consultant: Cayey Research Program for the Study of the Quality of Thinking for Students, University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus (1989). — Participated in workshops and forums on the essay as a genre, Federico de Onís Seminar, University of Puerto Rico, Summer, June, 1988. — Attended Workshops for the Editing of Proposals, Inter American University, Aug., 1987. — Member of the Academic Senate of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Participated in the Curricular Development and Student Affairs Committees at Inter American University (1984-85). — Attended seminars and workshops in the teaching of Spanish language through structural grammar and applied linguistics, University of Illinois and University of Minnesota (1976-77; 1978-79, respectively). — Board Member at the Center for the Study and Analysis of Puerto Rican Affairs, Chicago, Illinois, 1980-1982. — Participated in the development of a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant in Chicago. The grant was awarded to establish the Center for the Study Luis Díaz 4 and Analysis of Puerto Rican Affairs. I was in charge of Curricular Development and Lectureship, 1980-82. — Board Member and Lecturer Resource for the International University, Chicago (A Site of Governor State University in Illinois). Lecturer on Sociology of Minorities in the United States, 1981. — Board Member of Journal of Contemporary Puerto Rican Thought (1975-77), Chicago, Illinois. — Lecturer: Sociology of Minorities in United States and History of Puerto Rico, YMCA Community College, Chicago, Illinois, 1975-76. BOOKS PUBLISHED: — Modernidad, postmodernidad y tecnocultura actual. San Juan: Ediciones Gaviota 2011. — De charcas, espejos, velorios e infantes en la literatura puertorriqueña. San Juan/ Santo Domingo: Isla Negra, 2010: 153 pp. — La na(rra)ción en la literatura puertorriqueña. San Juan: Ediciones Huracán: 2008: 239 pp. — Modernidad literaria puertorriqueña. San Juan: Editorial Isla Negra/Editorial Cultural, 2005: 300 pp. — Globalización, nación, postmodernidad. Luis Felipe Díaz and Marc Zimmerman, Editors. San Juan: Ediciones LACASA Chicago/San Juan, 2001: 350 pp. — Semiótica, psicoanálisis y postmodernidad. San Juan: Editorial Plaza Mayor, 1999: 215 pp. — Ironía e ideología en La Regenta de Leopoldo Alas. New York: Peter Lang Editorial, 1992: 275 pp. FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION: — Modernidad, postmodernidad y tecnocultura actual. San Juan: Editorial Gaviota: (Norberto González), 450 pp. (to be released in May, 2011). OTHER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: — “El discurso poético puertorriqueño en el umbral de fin del siglo”, El Sótano 00931, Edición Especial, República Dominicana y San Juan, 2009: 189-200. — “Travestismo literario en la narrativa de Mayra Santos”, Revista del Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, 2004: 24-36. — “La guaracha del Macho Camacho de Luis Rafael Sánchez y la cultura de la pseudo- comunicación”, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Vol. XXX, No. 1, 2003. — “En el fondo del caño hay un negrito”: una lectura semiótica”, Primer Congreso Internacional de Lengua, Literatura y Educación, San Juan: Departamento de Educación, 2004: 264-272. — “Ironía e ideología en el discurso del siglo XIX. Alonso, Tapia y Rivera, Hostos y Zeno Gandía”, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Año XXIX, Núms. I y 2, 2002: 49-70. Luis Díaz 5 — ”El discurso vanguardista de Tuntún de pasa y grifería de Luis Palés Matos”, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Vol. XXVII, No.