Professor of Spanish
B.A., Ph.D., Minnesota
Old Main 22A
narvaez@stolaf.edu
(507) 786-3557
Office Hours:
Monday - 8:00 - 10:00
Tuesday - 2:45 - 3:30
Thursday - 1:30 - 2:15
or by appointment
A recipient of Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Narváez was awarded the Ph. D. degree at the University of Minnesota in Hispanic literature and linguistics. He finished his secondary training at Colegio Nueva Granada (Bogota, Colombia), completed part of his college work at the Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) and has lived in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, and Costa Rica. His research interests include cultural and migration studies as well as literary and linguistic analysis. Narváez is the former president of the state association for teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and former coordinator of the Minnesota State Spanish Contest, and he has worked as an administrator, editor, interpreter, recording artist, consultant and translator. In addition to numerous articles, language games, and reviews, his published work includes nine books and two workbooks edited or written by him or in collaboration with others. Of over fifty awards/honors, three examples are: in 1987 he received the Ricardo A. Narváez Award for excellence in the teaching of Spanish from the Minnesota chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) and in 1988 he was recognized by the AATSP through a national teaching award as the outstanding college/university teacher of Spanish in the United States. In 2001 Narváez was given the Award of Merit by the North Central Council of Latin Americanists for promoting understanding and cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
