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Judith Reyna

Judith Reyna
Associate Professor of Spanish
Liberal Arts, Modern Languages, Spanish, World Cultures and Languages

Judith Reyna has been a teacher since her first educational experiments at 6 years of age with her brother Abraham, one of her earlier victims, and a language lover since her first classes in English in elementary school when she was 10 years old. Meeting her favorite teacher five years later triggered her to study English literature, completed at the University of Seville in 1995, and expand her incursion in languages throughout the years: English, Latin, German, French, Portuguese and especially Italian would become her next pastimes and her way to earn money through tutoring in the summer. The swift from English to Spanish Literature would take effect in 1997 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where, as a Spanish T.A., with lots of free time, she would take additional literature courses in her native language for pure fun. Another inspirational teacher there would encourage her to pursue the Masters Degree, which eventually would be followed by the Ph.D. program, both attained at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, OH. After teaching both languages and literature since 16, she finally reached her dream in 2005 by teaching and sharing her passion for Hispanic culture, language and literature at a personal level in a small-size liberal arts college, 茄子视频 University. Handling five and six courses, advising students, participating in committees and trying to expand the Spanish program are only possible through the personal joy of liking her work and her students. Besides her academic responsibilities, she works as a translator, a textbook reviewer, and an interpreter.

Education

  • Ph. D. The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), 2005

  • M.A., The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), 2000

  • Spanish Lecturer at College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), 1997

  • Diploma in Italian, University of Seville, 1996

  • B.A., Universidad de Sevilla (Sevilla, Espa帽a), 1995

  • Erasmus Student at The University of Hull (Hull, U.K.), 1994

Publications

  • "Exceso de equipaje: el cine y Enrique Jardiel Poncela". Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 38, 2 (2017)

  • Mar铆a de Estrada: la gran desconocida鈥. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 37, 2. Duquesne: Duquesne University Press (2015: 173-190).

  • "Mar铆a de Estrada: de la historia a la ficci贸n." Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos. 781-782 (2015: 38-51)

  • 鈥淓l entretenimiento educativo en las telenovelas鈥. Revista Internacional de Humanidades. 4, 1 (2015:53-64)

  • "La parodia y Enrique Jardiel Poncela." Rondas literarias de Pittsburgh 2012. (2013, Duquesne University, 95-103).

  • El inconformismo pol铆tico de Jardiel Poncela y La tourne茅 de Dios鈥. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 34, 1. Duquesne: Duquesne University Press. (2012: 107-126)

  • "Enrique Jardiel Poncela: divina locura." Rondas literarias de Pittsburgh 2010. (2011)

  • "Valent铆n and the Power of Storytelling." Films with Legs: Crossing Borders with Foreign Language Films. (Cambridge Publishing House, 2011: 130-143).

  • "La Sevilla de Cervantes: de rufianes y de santos." Cuadernos transatl谩nticos. (2010, ALDEEU, Alcal谩 de Henares): 42-57).

  • "Si quer茅is los mayores elogios, mor铆os: contra el encasillamiento de Jardiel Poncela." Hecho teatral No. 10. Ojeadas: la farsa y el teatro espa帽ol del siglo XX. (2010, Valladolid, Universitas Castellae, 77-97).

  • El amor m谩s all谩 de la muerte: Un marido de ida y vuelta y El caso de la mujer asesinadita." Necrofilia y necrofobia: la representaci贸n de la muerte en la cultura hisp谩nica. (2010, Valladolid, Universitas Castellae, 95-104).

  • "La fiesta del chivo por Mario Vargas Llosa: del texto a la pantalla." Rondas literarias de Pittsburgh 2008. (2010, Duquesne University, 71-79).

  • "La imprecisi贸n de los l铆mites en Los enemigos en casa de Lope de Vega." Del Barroco al Neobarroco: realidades y transferencias culturales. (2009, Valladolid, Universitas Castellae).

  • "La C贸rdoba andalus铆 en la nueva novela hist贸rica." Cuadernos transatl谩nticos. (2009, ALDEEU, C贸rdoba, 81-88).

  • 鈥淟a Zona y La Comunidad: claustrofobia vecinal.鈥 Rondas literarias de Pittsburgh 2009. Duquesne: Duquesne University: (117-125). 2010

  • "Pero, 驴hubo alguna vez once mil v铆rgenes?: la defunci贸n de Don Juan" (2008). Comedia, fiesta y org铆a en la cultura hisp谩nica. Valladolid: Universitas Castellae, 79-87.

  • "La mirada del Capit谩n Alatriste." Rondas literarias de Pittsburgh 2006-2007, II. (2008, Duquesne University, 309-318).

  • "El esclavo negro en las comedias sevillanas de Lope de Vega." Rondas literarias de Pittsburgh 2006-2007. (2008, Duquesne University, 69-79).

  • "Visiones espaciales de la Sevilla del Siglo de Oro" (2006). La cultura hisp谩nica en sus cruces trans-atl谩nticos. (2006, Valladolid: Universitas Castellae, 91-100).

  • "El Manuscrito encontrado en Zaragoza: el bazar de los espejos." Monstruosidad y transgresi贸n en la cultura hisp谩nica. (2003, Valladolid: Universitas Castellae).

  • "隆Ay, Carmela! o 驴el poder de la palabra?" Actas de Semi贸tica de la Universidad a Distancia. (2002, Madrid: UNED), 351-358).

  • Reviewer of the book From Amazons to Zombies: Monsters in Latin America, by Persephone Braham. (2017) Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica, 39, 1.

  • Reviewer of the book C贸mo sobrevivir a Carla by Luis Cano Ruiz. (2016) Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica, 38, 2

  • Reviewer of the book Approaches to Teaching the Works of Carmen Mart铆n Gaite, ed. by Joan L. Brown. (2016) Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica, 38, 2.

  • Reviewer of the book Una ni帽a posfranquista, by Cristina S谩nchez Conejero. (2016) Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica, 38, 2

  • Reviewer of the book Lluvia, bamb煤, by Cristina S谩nchez Conejero. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 37, 1 (2015: 213-218).

  • Reviewer of the book Los 煤ltimos d铆as de noviembre, by Luis Cano Ruiz. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 37, 1 (2015: 244-246).

  • Reviewer of the book Los trabajos de Thal铆a. Perspectivas del teatro espa帽ol actual, by Emilio de Miguel Mart铆nez. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 36, 1 (2014).

  • Reviewer of the book The Cambridge Companion to Jorge Luis Borges. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 36, 1 (2014: 203-206).

  • Reviewer of the book Im谩genes femeninas en la literatura espa帽ola y las artes esc茅nicas (siglos XX-XXI)], coordinated by Mar铆a Francisca Vilches de Frutos and Pilar Nieva de la Paz. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 35, 2 (2013: 159-163).

  • Reviewer of the book The Collected Works of Gonzalo de Berceo in English, by translator J. K. Bartha, A.Grant Cash, and R. Terry Mount. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 33, 2 (2011: 449-453).

  • Reviewer of the book Antonio Garc铆a Guti茅rrez. El trovador, by editor M. L. Guardiola Tey. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 31, 1 (2009: 163-167).

  • Reviewer of the book La narrativa espa帽ola en la prensa estadounidense, by M. Caballer Dondarza. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica 31, 1 (2009: 187-192).

  • Reviewer of "La sombra del viento" by Carlos Ruiz Zaf贸n. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica. (2009, 31, 1: 151-156).

  • Reviewer of "Love and Law in Cervantes" by Roberto Gonz谩lez Echevarr铆a. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica. (2006, 28, 2: 338-343).

  • Reviewer of "La creaci贸n del F茅nix. Recepci贸n cr铆tica y formaci贸n can贸nica del teatro de Lope de Vega" by Enrique Garc铆a Santo-Tom谩s. Cr铆tica Hisp谩nica. (2003, 25, 2: 228-232).

  • Proof-reader for the Spanish to English translation of Gertrudis G贸mez de Avellaneda鈥檚 Dos Mujeres (2016) by B. Ichiishi

  • Peer-reviewer of 鈥淪elling the 鈥楢uthentic鈥: Performance and Hybridity in Carlos Saura鈥檚 Carmen and Ana Castillo鈥檚 Peel my Love like an Onion (Letras Hispanas, 2016).

  • Proof-reader for the Spanish to English translation of Josefina Aldecoa鈥檚 The Story of a Teacher (2015) by B. Ichiiishi

Awards

  • Best Professor of the Year Award: 茄子视频 University (2010)

  • Awarded funds from the NCCHS in order to participate at the Yad Vashem Summer Institute Workshop on Studies of the Holocaust, Israel, July 2-19, 2006.

Organizations

  • ALDEEU

  • AHCT

  • AASTP

  • ACTFL

  • MLA

Presentations

  • "La cr铆tica teatral en Los escritos del conde Enrico di Borsalino por Enrique Jardiel Poncela.鈥 XXIV Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hisp谩nicos. Valencia, Spain, June 26th-28th, 2019

  • "El libro del convaleciente鈥: el humor jardielesco en relatos cortos.鈥 69th Annual KFLC: The Language, Literatures, and Cultures Conference. Lexington, KY, April 14th-16th, 2016

  • "Exceso de equipaje鈥: el humor cinematogr谩fico de Enrique Jardiel Poncela. 98th Annual AATSP Conference. Miami, FL, July 8th-11th, 2016

  • "Mar铆a de Estrada: la gran desconocida.鈥 International Conference of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Duquesne: Duquesne University, September 25-27, 2015

  • "La experiencia hollywoodiense de Enrique Jardiel Poncela.鈥 Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 23-25, 2015

  • "Angelina o el honor de un brigadier: el Don Juan revisitado.鈥 International Conference of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Duquesne: Duquesne University, September 19-21, 2014

  • El entretenimiento educativo y los nuevos enfoques de g茅nero en las telenovelas: Por ella soy Eva.鈥 12th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Madrid, Spain, San Pablo University. June 11-13, 2014

  • "Jardiel y la parodia.鈥 International Conference of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Duquesne: Duquesne University, September 21st-22nd, 2012.

  • "Esp茅rame en Siberia, vida m铆a: parodiando la novela de aventuras." Foreign Language Conference at WVU. Humor and Literature (Morgantown, WV) September 2012

  • "El indiano en la comedia sevillana del Siglo de Oro." International Congress in Transatlantic Studies. Universidad de Castro Urdiales. (Cantabria, Spain), September 2010.

  • "La autoridad desmantelada en Los enemigos en casa de Lope de Vega." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (Lexington, KY), April 2010

  • "Fear and Gaze in La Comunidad by Alex de la Iglesia." Foreign Language Film Conference at Illinois State University (Carbondale, IL), November 2009

  • "Don Alfonso, el de la mano horadada: la parodia del deseo." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (Lexington, KY) April 2009

  • "Alejandro Agresti's El sue帽o de Valent铆n: una mirada interior". Foreign Language Film Conference at Louisiana State University (November 13-15, 2008)

  • "Guillermo del Toro's El espinazo del diablo and El laberinto del fauno: una de buenos y de muy malos". 32nd Annual Colloquium. WVU (September 11-13, 2008)

  • "La C贸rdoba del Al-Andalus en la novela hist贸rica contempor谩nea". 28th General Assembly of ALDEEU (July 1-5, 2008)

  • "Lope de Vega's Lo fingido verdadero: hablar a la espa帽ola o el arte de los equ铆vocos". KFL (April 17-19, 2008)

  • "Bajo la sombra del Capit谩n Alatriste". XXIII Congreso de Literaturas Hisp谩nicas. IUP (October 18-21, 2007)

  • "V铆ctor Barrera's Adaptation of Zorilla's Don Juan Tenorio: Amar y Morir en Sevilla". Thirty-First Annual Colloquium in Literature and Film. WVU (October 4-6, 2007)

  • "El Arenal de Sevilla y sus posibilidades de representaci贸n". AATSP International Conference. Salamanca, Spain (June 27-30, 2006)

  • "Visiones espaciales de la Sevilla del Siglo de Oro." Spanish Golden Age Theatre Symposium (El Paso, TX), March 2004

  • "El 谩ngel exterminador" y "El discreto encanto de la burgues铆a": el ritual de la repetici贸n. February 26-March 1, 2003. Portland, OR. International Conference Cine-Lit V.

  • "Masques: a court spectacle." Conference of Comparative Drama (Columbus, OH), March 2002

  • "El tema de Polifemo en las comedias mitol贸gicas de Lope de Vega y Calder贸n de la Barca." Monstruosidad y transgresi贸n en la cultura hisp谩nica (Valladolid, Spain), July 2000

  • "Sistemas semi贸ticos en El perro del hortelano de Lope de Vega." Congreso internacional de Cine y Literatura (Cine-Lit.) (Portland, OR) March 2000.

Certifications

  • National Spanish AAPPL rater certification for Interpersonal Listening & Speaking, and Presentational Writing (2019)

  • Certificate for completion of Teaching Languages with VoiceThread Course, January 8th-15th, 2018.

  • Certificate for completion of the 2019 Quizlet Unconference for Teachers (14 hours, July 31st-August 1st, 2019).

  • CAP (Certificaci贸n de Aptitud Pedag贸gica) del Ministerio de Educaci贸n de Espa帽a 1995

Achievements

  • Fulbright National Screening Committee member (2019)

  • Faculty Innovation Award for Best Practices in Mobile Technology in 2016

  • Responsible for the creation of a tuition exchange agreement between the University of Cordoba and 茄子视频 University by which students from SHU spend a semester in Spain, and students from UCO spend a spring semester at 茄子视频. (September 2010-current)

  • Proof=reader for the Spanish to English translation of Esther Tusquets鈥檚 Hab铆amos ganado la guerra [We Had Won the War] by B. Ichiishi. Peter Lang, 2012. Proof-reader for the Spanish to English translation of Esther Tusquets鈥檚 Confesiones de una vieja dama indigna [Confessions of an Old Shameless Lady] by B. Ichiishi. Peter Lang, 2014 Proof-reader for the Spanish to English translation of Esther Tusquets鈥檚 Siete miradas en un mismo paisaje [Seven Views of the Same Landscape] by B. Ichiishi. Austin, TX: Host Publications, 2010. Proof-reader for the Spanish to English translation of Esther Tusquets鈥檚 Correspondencia Privada [Private Correspondence] by B. Ichiishi. Bucknell University Press, 2008. Proof-reader for the Spanish to English translation of Esther Tusquets鈥檚 Siete miradas en un mismo paisaje [Seven Gazes upon a Single Landscape] by B. Ichiishi. Bucknell University Press, 2008.

  • Served as affirmative action representative in three search committees of the Humanities Division, 2006-2011

  • Creator, director and organizer of the M-Term program (month of May) to C贸rdoba, Spain, which started taking students to Spain for three weeks in May 2009, and has continued in May 2011, and May 2013. Students typically reside with local families, attend Spanish classes, participate in cultural activities and explore the rich history of Andaluc铆a with trips to Granada (the Alhambra) and Seville and organized excursions to the Castle of Almod贸var, palaces, gardens, the ruins of Medina Azahara, the Mosque of C贸rdoba, the Arab baths, and the Jewish Quarter. Additionally, they will experience the beauty of C贸rdoba in May with the festival of patios and crosses, tapas, and the Fair of the city.

  • Treasurer of the PA Chapter of AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese) (2007-current)

  • Recipient of the Best Professor of the Year Award at 茄子视频, 2010.