Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pgh. PA, 1980.
BA, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member (Researcher and Contributor) of ILICIA (Inscripciones Literarias de la Ciencia), a GIR Group (Recognized Research Group) of the University of Salamanca.
Member of the Scientific Committee on Science and Culture Lince-0, Cooperativa Libraria Editrice Università di Padova
Academic Adviser for Blood Wedding, Federico García Lorca, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, vol. 367, Framington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2019.
Directorship/Editorship of Cuadernos de ALDEEU, the official journal for the Association of Spanish Professionals and Doctors in the United States (2011-2015)
Editorial Board of Salina, Revista de Letras, University Rovira I Virgili
Board of Advisers for Gulf Islands Review, an interdisciplinary journal
Editorial Board, Crítica Hispánica
EVALUATOR OF RECORDS FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE; EVALUATOR OF MANUSCRIPTS FOR PUBLICATION
Chair of a 4-member team made of professors from different colleges and Universities across the country to conduct a program review of language programs at Oxford College/Emory, Atlanta, February 23-25, 2014.
External Evaluator for professional records of faculty being considered for tenure and promotion, Distinguished Professorships and PhD dissertations at institutions like Illinois State University, Salem College, Florida International University, Flinders University (Australia), Texas State University, U of Rhode Island, The U of the South, U of California (Riverside), U of Louisvislle (Ky), Chestnut Hill College, Wesleyan University, U of North Carolina-Greensboro, Loyola U (Chicago), U of Nebraska, Indiana University (Bloomington), Yale University
Reviewer of professional articles submitted for publication to journals like South Atlantic Review, Letras peninsulares, Estreno, Verbum, Bucknell University Press, Studies in 20th Century Literature, Crítica Hispánica, Hispania, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Epistémocritique, Cognella Publishers, Hispanic Studies, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES HELD
Secretary, member of the Executive Committee, Vice-President and President of the Philological Association of the Carolinas.
Sessions Chair, NEMLA
Sessions Chair, AATSP
Session Chair, SAMLA
Elected to the Committee on Honorary members, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), 1990, term expiring in 1994. Elected Chair, l993-1994.
Member of the Nominating Committee for the XVIII, XIX, XXth C. Spanish Literature Session, SAMLA, 1989-1993.
Elected Secretary for the “García Lorca” session at NEMLA, 1991-1992; Chairperson, 1992-1993.
In charge of local arrangements for the North Carolina Chapter of the AATSP and AATF meeting, Wake Forest University, April 3, 1993.
Session Chair, Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades
Invited to the Committee on selecting best Graduate Papers for the 18th century Association of America.
OFFICES HELD AND COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION ON CAMPUS
Chair of the Department of Romance Languages (nine years)
Wake Forest Study Abroad Programs in Salamanca (Spain), Director
Languages across the Curriculum, Coordinator
Certificate in Spanish Studies, Coordinator
University Senate – Representative of the College
Curriculum Committee
Grievance Committee
Tenure and Promotion Committee
Multiple Search Committees at the University and Departmental Levels
Committee on Admissions
Committee on Publications
The Judicial Council
Within Bounds QEP Subcommittee: Focus Group Leader and Committee Member
The Nathan and Julie Hatch Prize, Committee Member