Sylvia Graciela Carullo
Curriculum Vitae
May 2007
Sylvia Graciela Carullo
Associate Professor / Spanish
Department of Romance Languages
St. Olaf College Office Phone: (507) 646-3470
Northfield, MN 55057 Email: carullo@stolaf.edu
II. EDUCATION
Ph.D. Spanish-American Literature, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 1988.
M.A. Hispanic Literature, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 1983.
Licenciatura Professor of English Language and Literature, Instituto Superior del Profesorado "Del Carmen," San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, 1972.
Dissertation Title: "El retrato literario en Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz"
Area of Expertise & Special Interests:
Spanish-American Literature/Colonial
20th Century Spanish-American Literature
Afro-Hispanic Literature
Studies on 15th century representational codes and Theory of Art and the Representation of the Female Model in the Verbal and Visual Arts
Studies on Medieval and Renaissance (Italian) Concept(s) of Love and Representations of the Female Model in the Verbal and Visual Arts and their Re-appearance and Use in 20th century Spanish-American Novels
Background Teaching Material for the Teaching of Low, Intermediate Spanish and Upper Level Spanish courses
Background Technological Material for the Teaching of Beginning and Intermediate Spanish Courses.
III. EMPLOYMENT & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sept.1995-present Associate Professor, St. Olaf College
1990-1994 Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
1989 Assistant Professor, Dickinson College
1986-1988 Visiting Instructor, Dickinson College
1985-1986 Lecturer in Spanish, SUNY-Buffalo
1982-1985 Research Assistant and Editor, SUNY-Buffalo
1981-1985 Teaching Assistant of Spanish, SUNY-Buffalo
1978 Teaching Assistant of Spanish (part-time), Tyler Junior College, Texas
1977-1981 Instructor of English, Argentina
1976 English-Spanish Interpreter, Argentina
1973 Instructor of English, International Institute, Buffalo, New York
1972-1981 Instructor of English, Instituto Superior Del Carmen, Argentina
Courses taught at St. Olaf
Spanish Language: Beginning Spanish I and II, Intermediate Spanish II (on campus and in Costa Rica); Before 1997: Intermediate Spanish I in Costa Rica.
Spanish Culture and Literature: Seminar in Spanish-American Literature, Spanish-American Literature from Colonial Times to 1940, Spanish-American Literature from 1940 to the present, Independent Study on Literature; Before 1997: Culture and Civilization of Spanish-America, Spanish Theatre, Spanish Language Component for Modern Latin America/Sociology (FLAC course)
Hispanic Studies; Before 1997: The U.S. and the Peoples of Latin America (Introduction to Hispanic Studies course, in English)
The Great Conversation: The Greeks and the Hebrews, The Romans and the Christians The Middle Ages, The Tradition Renewed: New Forces of Secularization, The Traditions in Crisis: Dissenters and Defenders
IV. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Book
El retrato literario en Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1991.
Publications of Articles
"El culto del agua y su magia en Duerme, de Carmen Boullosa." Mujeres que escriben en América Latina: Actas selectas del TercerSimposio Internacional Escritura Femenina e Historia en América Latina. Ed. Sara Beatriz Guardia. Lima, Perú (February 2007).
"Semillas de amor, un regalo de la madre tierra: ... y no se lo tragó la tierra. " Anais do XI Seminário Nacional Mulher e Literatura / II Seminário Internacional Mulher e Literatura, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (August 2005). 2351-62.
"Alicia Yánez Cossío y La Casa del Sano Placer: aproximaciones a Lysistrata. " CEMHAL (Centro de Estudios La Mujer en la Historia de América Latina), Lima 6:64 (February 2005) http://www.rcp.net.pe / Cemhal.
"Las bacantes de Eurípides y La Casa del Sano Placer de Yánez Cossío: ecos dionisíacos. " CEMHAL (Centro de Estudios La Mujer en la Historia de América Latina), Lima 4:43 (March 2003) http://www.rcp.net.pe / Cemhal.
"La mujer en la tradición hispánica: Alicia Yánez Cossío y La Casa del Sano Placer. " Anais do IX Seminário Nacional Mulher & Literatura, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil (March 2002). 96-106.
Faithfulness and Betrayal: The Love Bond in Marriage, from Andreas Capellanus to García Márquez. Readerly/Writerly Texts: Essays on Literature, Literary/Textual Criticism and Pedagogy (Spring/Summer & Fall/Winter 2001): 159-69.
"Amor y matrimonio en El amor en los tiempos del cólera. Convergencias hispánicas: Selected Proceedings and Other Essays on Spanish and Latin American Literature, Film and Linguistics. Ed. Elizabeth Scarlett and Howard B. Wescott. Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs, 2001. 207-18.
"El amor como arte en El amor en los tiempos del cólera. " Visión de la narrativa hispánica: Ensayos. Eds. Juan Cruz Mendizábal y Juan Fernández Jiménez. Indiana, PA: IUP, 1999. 13-30.
"Observaciones sobre el reflejo de la tradición iconográfica medieval y renacentista en Del amor y otros demonios. " Hispanic Journal 18:2 (1997): 237-47.
"Fetichismo, magia amorosa y amor erótico en dos Cuentos de Eva Luna." Texto crítico 3.4 (1997): 125-32.
"The Real Model and The Imagined Model in Of Love and Other Demons. " Readerly/Writerly Texts: Essays on Literature, Literary/Textual Criticism and Pedagogy (Fall/Winter 1996): 157-64.
"Dialéctica occidentalización-violencia en El hablador." Texto crítico 2.3 (1996): 47-56.
"El Art Nouveau en De sobremesa, de José Asunción Silva." Texto crítico 2.2 (1996): 49-58.
"Fetichism, Magic and Erotic Love in Two Short Stories by Isabel Allende." Readerly/Writerly Texts: Essays on Literature, Literary/Textual Criticism and Pedagogy (Fall/Winter 1995): 193-200.
"Violencia y deseo mimético en Elogio de la madrastra." Hispanic Journal 14.2 (Fall 1993): 157-66.
"El vaudoux como protagonista en El reino de este mundo." Afro-Hispanic Review (Fall 1990): 3-10.
"El autorretrato en Sor Juana." Hispanic Journal 11.2 (November 1990): 91-105.
"El retrato literario en algunos poemas de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz." Luis Cortest, ed., Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Studies (Asunción - Nueva York - Buenos Aires: CEDES, 1989): 65-77.
"Sor Juana y Velázquez: Modos de representación. La Palabra y el Hombre 71 (1989): 13-29.
"Sor Juana y el autorretrato: "Soneto 145," Texto crítico 14. 39 (August 1988): 98-109,
"Honor Among malevos and compadritos in Some Short Stories by Borges." Hispanic Journal 10.1 (Fall 1988): 94-103.
"Una aproximación a la poesía federal afro-argentina de la época de Juan Manuel de Rosas." Afro-Hispanic-Review 4.1 (January 1985): 15-22.
"Hacia el rescate de la identidad colectiva del afro-uruguayo en algunos poemas de Pilar Barrios." Foro Literario (September 1984): 32-38, Montevideo, Uruguay.
"Dialéctica hambre-agresión en Chambacú: corral de negros." Afro-Hispanic Review 3.3 (1983): 19-22.
Conference Papers
El culto del agua y su magia en Duerme, de Carmen Boullosa, Tercer Simposio Internacional Escritura Femenina e Historia en América Latina, Centros de Estudios La Mujer en la Historia de América Latina, CEMHAL, Facultad de Letras y Ciencas Humanas de la Universidad Mayor de san Marcos, Lima Perú, August 9-11, 2006
Cortesanas educadas, amantes rechazadas y esposas sufridas y abnegadas en La Casa del Sano Placer, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Julio 18-20, 2006.
Semillas de amor, un regalo de la madre tierra: ... y no se lo tragó la tierra, read at XI Seminário Nacional Mulher e Literatura / II Seminário Internacional Mulher e Literatura, at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2-5, 2005.
Frutos de sueños en ...y no se lo tragó la tierra, at NAHLS, NAAAS, NANAS, IAAS 13th Annual Conference, Cultural Memory: Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in the Modern World, Houston, Texas, February 14-19, 2005.
Alicia Yánez Cossío y La Casa del Sano Placer: aproximaciones a Lysistrata, at the I Congresso Internacional Mulheres Más. Percepções e Representações da Mulher Transgressora no Mundo Luso-Hispânico, at Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Oporto, Portugal, June 25-28, 2003.
Las bacantes de Eurípides y La Casa del Sano Placer de Yánez Cossío: ecos dionisíacos, XXVIII Congreso Anual de Literaturas Hispánicas, Al fin del siglo XXI: temática y problemática, at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 10-12 October, 2002.
La mujer en la tradición hispánica: Alicia Yánez Cossío y La Casa del Sano Placer, read at IX Seminário Nacional Mulher & Literatura, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, August, 22-24, 2001.
Ideas de amor en Yánez Cossío, presented at the Second International Congress, The Spanish and the Spanish-Luso-American Woman in the New Millennium: Ideas and Reflections, Seville, Spain, July 23-25, 2000.
Faithfulness and Betrayal: The Love Bond in Marriage from Andreas Capellanus to García Márquez, read at the Latin American Studies Conference, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, Nov. 5-7, 1999.
Amor y Matrimonio en El amor en los tiempos del cólera, read at Convergencias Hispánicas: Hispanic and Latin American Studies Conference, April 9-11, 1999, SUNY-Buffalo, New York.
Ecos del De amore de Andreas Capellanus en El amor en los tiempos del cólera, presented at XXIV Annual Hispanic Literatures Conference, Indiana, PA, October 1998.
Observaciones sobre la tradición iconográfica medieval y renacentista en Del amor y otros demonios, presented at Fifteenth Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1995.
"Iconographical representation: The image of the female model in Del amor y otros demonios," read at XXI Annual Hispanic Literatures Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, October 1995.
"Portrayals of the Mexican Revolution in Stories of Nellie Campobello," presented at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, XIX Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, May 1994.
"Painting: a Way to Artistic Creation in Nellie Campobello," presented at the Eleventh Annual International Conference on Foreign Literature, The Wichita State University, April 1994.
"Campobello y Orozco: dos artistas de la Revolución Mexicana," presented at West Virginia University's Eighteenth Annual Colloquium on Modern Literature and Film, September 1993.
"Fetichismo, magia amorosa y amor erótico en dos cuentos de Isabel Allende," presented at XIX Annual Hispanic Literature Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, October 1993.
"Dialéctica occidentalización-violencia en El hablador," presented at XVIII Hispanic Literatures Conference of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, October 1992.
"Intent of an Approach to Argentinian Cultural Identity," presented at the North Central Council of Latin Americanists in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, October 1991.
"Violencia y deseo mimético en Elogio de la madrastra," presented at Eleventh Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1991.
"The Relationship Master-Slave in Some Short stories by Borges," presented at the Kentucky Hispanic Literature Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, April 1990.
"Neoplatonic Principles and Literary Creation in Sor Juana," presented at the 1990 Conference in Science and Literature, Portland, Oregon, October 1990.
"Creación y auto-reflexión: Sor Juana/Santa Catarina-Michelangelo/San José de Arimatea," presented at the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, Boulder, Colorado, October 1990.
"El vaudoux como protagonista en El reino de este mundo," read at the XV Annual Hispanic Literatures Conference, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, September 1989.
"Techniques of Portrait Painting in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Diego de Velázquez," read at the 1989 AATSP Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, August 1989.
"Sor Juana y el autorretrato: Soneto 145" - III Annual Symposium on Spanish Mexican Literature, Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas, April 1989.
Participation at a Round Table on "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz" - Organizer and Moderator: Prof. Luis Harss - XIII Annual Hispanic Literatures Conference, Indiana University, Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 1987.
"El Art Nouveau en De sobremesa, de José Asunción Silva," read at the AATSP Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, August 1987.
"Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y el retrato literario" - Symposium Honoring Juan Rulfo and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 1987.
"Honor Among malevos and compadritos in Some Short Stories by Borges" - Symposium "On Borges with Borges," Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, June 1985.
Performances
Round table on Gabriel García Márquez's influence on some Hispanic American Women Writers at the American Literature Association Symposium, San José del Cabo, México, November 1998
Invited lecturer on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's poetry and its connection to Michelangelo's poetry, to Dante's Vita Nuova and Convivio, to Petrarca's works as well as it references to Vitruvio's De Architectura, (2 hs.), at Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Neolatine, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italia, March 1997.
Honors, Awards, Grants
Participant in Boldt Faculty Seminar (Spring, 1995)
TALC (Center for Technology Across Languages and Cultures) funded by the Rockefeller Bros. Grant, two-course release (.33 FTE) to explore the feasibility of creating a pedagogically sound, technology-enhanced course at the 111/112 level in Spanish
Cited for bibliographical contributions in "Por Amor de las Letras': Juana Inés de la Cruz: Le donne e il sacro. Atti del convegno di Venezia, Roma: Bulzone Editore, 1996
Sabbatical Leaves, 1996-1997 (one year); 2004 (one year).
Professional Journals & Memberships
Review: Latin American Literature and Arts
Readerly / Writerly Texts
ReCall: European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL)
Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
Other Professional Activities
Textbook reviewing of Iberoamérica: Historia de su civilización y su cultura, by Carlos A. Loprete, 3rd. ed., Simon and Schuster Education Group, 23 Feb., 1998.
Participation in "Digital Stream: Emerging Technologies in Teaching
Language and Culture, " 5th Annual Conference, Spring 2003.
Participation in CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) International Business, Language & Technology: New Synergies, New Times, University of Miami, Spring 2003.
Special training courses in Building a Web Page with Composer, Power Point
and Dreamweaver, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, Spring 2003.
Participation in courses on Technology and Education, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, Summer 2002.
Participation in courses in Spanish literature, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, Summer 2002.
Special training courses in Windows 2000, Power Point 2000, Excel 2000, Front Page 2000 and Access 2000, INFORMAPOINT, Florence, Italy, Summer 2001.
V. COLLEGE ACTIVITIES
Department of Romance Languages Committees and Assignments
Spring 2005 Present First Year Spanish Courses Coordinator
Spring 2005 Present Coordinator of Spanish Placement Testing for Spanish
2002-2003 First Year Spanish Coordinator w/new technology component
2002-2003 Coordinator for First Year Spanish textbooks & ancillary material presentations of Vistas and Dos Mundos: En breve
2002-2003 Designer & Coordinator of First Year Spanish courses w/new technology component
2002-2003 Designer and Coordinator of Spanish webpage
2001-2002 Creator, Designer and Coordinator of Computerized Spanish Placement Exam
2001-2003 TALC (Center for Technology Across Languages and Cultures) Steering Committee
2001-2003 Coordinator of Distinction Projects
2001 Fourth Year Spanish Courses Coordinator
2000-2001 First Year Spanish Courses Coordinator
2000 Statement of Significant Professional Activity Subcommittee
2000-2003 Technology in Foreign Languages Steering Committee
1999-2000 Coordinator of collecting Teaching Material of Spanish Courses for Self- Study and Department Program Review; Co-organizer of collecting Statistics of Spanish Placement Exams for Self- Study and Department Program Review
1998-2000 Faculty Supervisor for ESL Academic Internship
1998-2001 Coordinator and Designer of Computerized Evaluation of Spanish Placement Exam
1993-1994 Ad Hoc Committee on the Writing Component in Spanish courses, Department of Romance Languages
1993-2003 Library Acquisitions
1992-1999 Faculty Supervisor/Student Teaching Program
1991-2003 Student Review Committee
1991-2003 Advisor for Spanish Majors and for college students
1990-1993 Advisor for Spanish House
College-Wide Committees and Assignments
2007-2008 Faculty Diversity Education Coordinator
2006-2009 Humanities-CEPC
2005-present Director, Hispanic Studies
2005-2006 Affirmative Action Liaison
2001-2003 Faculty Advisor for the Honor Council
2001 Humanities Nominating Committee
2000-2002 The Great Conversation Steering Committee
1998-2003 Health Benefits Committee
1998-2000 Community Budget Group
1998-2000 Humanities Council
1998-2000 College Nominating Committee
1998-2000 Buntrock Academic Scholarship Program
1994 Co-Director, Hispanic Studies
1993-1996 International Student Admissions Committee
1993-1994 Peace Prize Forum Committee
1993 Faculty Involvement in Student Recruitment Subcommittee
1993-1994 Faculty Ambassadors Program
1992-2003 Faculty Assistant for Campus Evaluation Committee for the Fulbright Program
1992-2003 Assistant and Contributor, Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Program
1992-1996 Adviser, ACM Studies in Latin American Culture and Society & Tropical Field Research Programs
1992-1994 ARFAC Committee
1992 Ad Hoc Committee of the NCA Self-Study Chapter on Faculty
1990-2000 Viva La Raza Planning Committee
1990-present Hispanic Studies Committee
1990-1992 Multicultural Affairs Committee
Presentations at St. Olaf
TALC (Center for Technology Across Languages and Cultures), Online Spanish Placement Exam & Spanish Website, Spring Semester 2002
TALC (Center for Technology Across Languages and Cultures), Creating a pedagogically sound, technology-enhanced course at the 111/112 level in Spanish, Fall Semester 2003
Mini Class for the St. Olaf Educational Talent Search, Spring Semester 2005
Panelist in "A Day in the Life of a Faculty Member, " Undergraduate Scholars Program, Spring Semester 2005
VI. COMMUNITY SERVICE
The College and the Community
Interviewer, Buntrock Scholarship Program
Translator (English/Spanish): Peace Prize Forum, 1993-1994; Translator (Italian/English): St. Olaf College, 1996-2003
Co-editor in the translations from Italian into English of Professor's Narducci's essays on Cicero for Professor James May's book on Cicero
Interpreter (English/Spanish): Hispanic Studies Program; Northfield Security Center; Northfield Hospital
Interpreter and Volunteer: Northfield Girl Scouts (1994-1998, 1999- 2000) Annunciation Catholic Parish: Member, Volunteer, After Sunday School-Presentations ( e.g.: St. Francis of Assisi, others).
