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Debra Faszer-McMahon Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish & Director of Faculty Development
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Debra Faszer-McMahon Ph.D.
Debra Faszer-McMahon Ph.D.
Joined 茄子视频
2007
Hometown
Sioux Falls, SD
Contact Info
McMahon@setonhill.edu
(724) 552-1735

Dr. McMahon serves as the Director of Faculty Development and Professor of Spanish at 茄子视频 University. She received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of California, Irvine, and she also holds an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, an M.A. in English Literature, and an M.A. in the Teaching of Languages.

Her most recent book is a co-edited collection titled A Laboratory of Her Own: Women and Science in Spanish Culture (Vanderbilt University Press 2021). She has also published the co-edited collection African Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait (Routledge/Ashgate Press 2015, 2nd edition 2020) as well as a monograph focused on Clara Jan茅s's Poetry titled Cultural Encounters in Contemporary Spain (Bucknell Press 2010). In addition, she has published articles in Hispania, Anales de la Literatura Espa帽ola Contempor谩nea, Afro-Hispanic Review, Letras Femeninas, Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, and Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature and Culture.

She loves to travel and has lived in, traveled to, or taken students on trips to the following places: Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Morocco, India, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Germany.

Dr. McMahon is also living proof that it is never too late to learn a language! She did not begin studying Spanish until after graduating from college (she was an English Education and Religious Studies Double Major), so she often tells students that her experience is proof that non-native speakers, even those at or beyond college age, can become experts in a foreign language.

Education

  • Ph.D., Spanish. University of California, Irvine, 2006
  • M.A.T.L. Spanish. University of Southern Mississippi, Morelia, Mexico, 2001
  • M.A. English. University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 2000
  • M.A. Curriculum and Instruction. University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 1998
  • B.A. English and Religious Studies. Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS, 1996

Publications

  • Books:

    • A Laboratory of Her Own: Women and Science in Spanish Culture. Co-edited with Victoria L. Ketz and Dawn Smith-Sherwood. Vanderbilt University Press, 2021.听
    • African Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait. Ed. Debra Faszer-McMahon and Victoria L. Ketz. Burlington, VT: Ashgate / Routledge Press, 2015.听2nd edition, 2020.
    • Cultural Encounters in Contemporary Spain: The Poetry of Clara Jan茅s. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell UP, 2010.听

    Articles in Refereed Journals and Edited Collections:

  • "Saharaui Women Writers in Spain: Voices of Resistance in Mil y un poemas saharauis II." 21st Century Arab and African Diasporas. Cristi谩n Ricci, ed. Routledge Press, 2022. Forthcoming.

  • "Science in the Works of Clara Janes: A Poetics of Theoretical (Meta)Physics." In A Laboratory of Her Own: Women and Science in Spanish Culture. Victoria L. Ketz, Dawn Smith-Sherwood and Debra Faszer-McMahon.

  • "Moroccan Immigrant Authors and Transnational Feminism in Najat El Hachmi's Mare de llet i mel and Lamiea El Amrani's Poesia femenina y sociedad. Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the luso Hispanic World. Vol. 9.4. 2020: 1-23.

  • "Images of the Global Hispanophone: Transnational Iconography in Saharaui Literature." Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures. 72.1 (2018): 13-26.

  • 鈥淐onversaciones con Bahia Mahmud Awah: Recuperaci贸n de la memoria cultural saharaui.鈥� Afro-Hispanic Review. 34.1 (Spring 2016): 137-152.

  • 鈥淧oetics and Politics: Digital Interventions in Sahrawi Cultural Production.鈥�听 Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World. Special Issue: Sahara. 5.3 (2015): 20-39.

  • 鈥淚ntroduction. Representations of African in Contemporary Spain: Literatures and Cultures Crossing the听Strait.鈥� African Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait. London: Ashgate Press, 2015. 1-36.

  • 鈥淎frican Poetics in Spain: Um Draiga and the Voices of Contemporary Saharaui Poetry.鈥� African听Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait. London: Ashgate Press, 2015.听223-40. 听

  • 鈥淭raducci贸n y migraci贸n de textos po茅ticos en la obra de Clara Jan茅s.鈥� 贰鲍-迟辞辫铆补蝉 5.1 (July 2013): Universitat de Valencia.

  • 鈥淪ocial Networking, Micro-lending and Translation in the Spanish Service-Learning Classroom.鈥� Special Topics Issue: The Scholarship of Community Engagement. Hispania 96.2 (June 2013). 252-263.
  • 鈥淢igration and the Foreign in Contemporary Spanish Poetry: El sue帽o de Dakhla (Poemas de Umar Abass) (2008) by Manuel Moya. 听Special Topic: Defining Differences 鈥� 20th and 21st Century Spanish Poetry. Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature. 36 (Summer 2012). 听340-355.
  • 鈥淐ultural Contact through Musical Poetry in Clara Jan茅s鈥檚 Kampa.鈥� 听Hispania 92.1 (Winter 2009): 25-36.
  • 鈥淲omen and the Discourse of Underdevelopment in Rosa Chacel鈥檚 Memorias de Leticia Valle,鈥� Letras Femeninas (Winter 2007). 13-32.
  • 鈥淧oetry and Postmodernism in Almod贸var鈥檚 Hable con ella.鈥� 听Anales de la literatura espa帽ola contempor谩nea 31.1 (Spring 2006): 47-70.听

  • 鈥淪ecrets of Poetic Translation in the Work of Clara Jan茅s: Homage to Adonis in Variables ocultas. Secretos y verdades: Los textos de Clara Jan茅s. London: Peter Lang, 2014. 81-104.

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Awards

  • UISFL Grant (Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language) - US Department of Education. 鈥淏ridges to Understanding: African, Latin American, and Caribbean Languages and Cultures.鈥� Funded in 2022 for delivery & curricular development 2022-2024: $200,000.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant 鈥� Summer Institute for K-12 Educators: 鈥淕rappling with Genocide: Fostering Empathy & Engagement through Text and Image.鈥� Funded in 2021 for delivery in 2022. $174,426.41.
  • 2020: KIVA.org Translator of the Month Award (for volunteer Spanish translations to support micro-lending in Latin America)
  • 2017: Excellence in Assessment Award, 茄子视频 University. For developing Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) for Medical Spanish curriculum.
  • 2017: Summer International Research Grant for Research in Spain, 茄子视频 University.
  • 2015: TalkAbroad curriculum development grant: "Authentic Conversational Practice and Self-Reflection via Voicethread and TalkAbroad. Principle researcher.
  • 2014: Summer International Research Grant, 茄子视频 University.
  • 2012: Invited Symposium Address at the University of Texas at Austin: 鈥淭raducci贸n y migraci贸n de textos po茅ticos en la obra de Clara Jan茅s.鈥� UT Austin Poetry Symposium: 鈥淓xtra帽eza, Extranjer铆a, Migraci贸n: Po茅ticas para el Siglo XXI.鈥� Austin, October 26-28, 2012. []
  • 2012: Invited External Reviewer 鈥� Program Evaluation: The University of St. Joseph, Hartford Connecticut. Nov. 6-7, 2012.
  • 2011: 茄子视频 Student Government Association 鈥淗onorary Member of the Month鈥� Award, October 2011. Awarded for support of the goals and activities of SHGA.
  • 2008: American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Award Recipient. First-time Presenter, San Jos茅, Costa Rica. July 8-11, 2008.
  • 2006: Feministas Unidas Essay Prize for 鈥淲omen and the Discourse of Underdevelopment in Rosa Chacel鈥檚 Memorias de Leticia Valle.鈥�
  • 2006: P.E.O. Scholar Award
  • 2005-2006: Regents鈥� Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
  • 2005: Spanish Ministry of Culture Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation
  • 2005: Research Grant, International Center for Writing and Translation; UCI
  • 2004: Best Program Graduate Student Essay Award, UCI: 鈥淓l hombre salvaje y el amor 鈥榗ivilizador鈥� en El amante liberal de Cervantes.鈥�
  • 2003-2004: Chancellor鈥檚 Fellow, University of California, Irvine.
  • 2003: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar: 鈥淐ritical Approaches to Hispanic Poetry at the Turn of the Century.鈥� Led by Andrew P. Debicki and Jill S. Kuhnheim
  • 1995: Pew Younger Scholar, Pew Charitable Trusts, University of Notre Dame.
  • 1992-1996 National Merit Scholar, Tabor College

Organizations

  • AATSP: American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese []
  • ACTFL: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages []
  • AILCFH: Asociaci贸n internacional de literatura y cultura femenina hisp谩nica
  • MLA: Modern Language Association []
  • NEMLA: Northeast Modern Language Association []

Presentations

  • 鈥淓nhance Proficiency and Teach Intercultural Empathy via Narrative 4 International Story Exchanges. American Association for the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Salamanca, Spain, June 2023.
  • 鈥淭he Metr贸poli and Memory in the Work of Bahia Mahmud Awah: El sue帽o de volver.鈥� Modern Language Association International Conference (MLA). San Francisco, CA, January 2023.
  • 鈥淯sing International Story Exchanges to Teach Culture and Enhance Linguistic Proficiency.鈥� Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Conference, Lancaster, PA, October 13-15, 2022.
  • 鈥淪aharaui Women (Tran)scribing the Nation: Gender and Genre in 21st Century Spanish Culture.鈥� Modern Language Association International Conference (MLA). Panel: Gender and Black Subjectivities in Spain Today. Washington, DC, January 2022.
  • 鈥淯sing Simulations to Foster Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice.鈥� Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 13-16, 2021.
  • 鈥淗igh-impact Practices for Developing Empathy and Intercultural Linguistic Competence.鈥� PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association). Oct. 24-26, 2019. State College, PA.
  • 鈥淪TE(A)M in 21st Century Spanish Poetry: The Case of Clara Jan茅s鈥� Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. April 11-13, 2019. Lexington, KY.
  • 鈥淯sing Digital and Real-World Simulations to Teach Intercultural Linguistic Competence.鈥� PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association). Oct. 11-13, 2018. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • 鈥淚PAs for the Professions: Integrated Performance Assessments using Telenovelas, Documentaries, and Spontaneous Encounters in Medical Spanish.鈥� 100th Annual AATSP Conference (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese). Salamanca, Spain. June 25-28, 2018.
  • 鈥淟iterature Professors versus Language Teachers: Bridging MLA Divisions via ACTFL鈥檚 IPA, OPI and WPT.鈥� Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA). Pittsburgh, PA. April 12-15, 2018.
  • 鈥淚magining the Global Hispanophone: Memory and Transnational Iconography in Saharaui Literature.鈥� Mid-American Conference on Hispanic Literatures (MACHL). Washington University in St. Louis. Oct. 26-28, 2017.
  • 鈥淢edical Spanish and Authentic Assessments: IPAs for the Professions.鈥� Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA). Harrisburg, PA. October 5-7, 2017.
  • 鈥淯sing the Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) in Post-Secondary 鈥楥ontent鈥� Courses.鈥� IUP Spring Methodologies Conference on Foreign Language Teaching. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. April 21, 2017.
  • 鈥淪cience in the Works of Clara Jan茅s: A Poetics of Theoretical (Meta)Physics.鈥� Mid-American Conference on Hispanic Literatures (MACHL). University of Kansas. November 3-5, 2016.
  • 鈥淢ultimodal Conversational Exchange via TalkAbroad for Enhancing Oral Proficiency in Spanish.鈥� 98th Annual Conference of the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Miami, Florida. July 8-11, 2016.
  • 鈥淐ubaraui Consciousness: Postcolonial Identities between Western Sahara, Cuba, and Spain.鈥� Global Hispanophone Forum. 131st Annual Modern Language Association Convention (MLA). Austin, Texas. January 7-10, 2016.
  • 鈥淒igital Poetics and Saharawi Immigrant Culture in Spain.鈥� Council of European Studies Conference. Paris, France. Panel organized by Jill Robbins and Sonia Roncador: 鈥淢igrations in 21st Century Iberian Cultures鈥�. July 8-10, 2015.
  • 鈥淭he Ethics of Memory in Bahia Mahmud Awah鈥檚 Spanish-Saharaui Relatos.鈥� 68th Annual KFLC (Kentucky Foreign Language Conference): Lexington, KY. April 23-25, 2015.
  • 鈥淭rauma Theory and African Poetics in Spain.鈥� 12th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Madrid, Spain. San Pablo University. June 11-13, 2014.
  • 鈥淪ituated Writing and Nomadic Poetics: Ritos de jaima (2012) by Limam Boisha.鈥� 67th Annual KFLC (Kentucky Foreign Language Conference). Lexington, Kentucky. April 10-12, 2014.
  • 鈥淧oetic Translation and Variables ocultas.鈥� Panel: Artistic Affinities and Feminist Thought in the Works of Clara Jan茅s. 129th Annual MLA (Modern Language Association). Chicago. January 9-12, 2014.
  • 鈥�21st Century Spanish Poetry by and about Saharaui Women.鈥� 23rd Annual Conference of the AILCFH (Asociaci贸n Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispanica). The Claremont Colleges, Pomona CA. Oct. 10-12, 2013.
  • 鈥淕aming to Learn: Loter铆a, Bicentenario, and Authentic Cultural Texts through Games.鈥� Western PA Chapter of the AATSP. 茄子视频 University. Saturday, Oct. 5th, 2013. With 1 student presenter 鈥� Anthony Palmiscno
  • 鈥淓ngaging Cultural Texts and Increasing Oral Proficiency via iPad Apps and Web 2.0 Tools.鈥� 66th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC). Lexington, Kentucky. April 18-20, 2013.
  • 鈥淯sing iTunesU and iBooks Author to Promote Oral Proficiency in the Modern Language Classroom.鈥� Indiana University of Pennsylvania Spring Methodology Conference. Chestnut Ridge, PA. April 26, 2013.
  • 鈥淭raducci贸n y migraci贸n de textos po茅ticos en la obra de Clara Jan茅s.鈥� Poetry Symposium: 鈥淓xtra帽eza, Extranjer铆a, Migraci贸n: Po茅ticas para el Siglo XXI.鈥� University of Texas, Austin. Invited symposium presentation. Austin, Texas. October 26-28, 2012. []
  • 鈥淭rafficking Texts: Crossing the Straits between Africa and Spain.鈥� Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature (MACHL). October 12-14, 2012. Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • 鈥淧oemas africanos and the Making/Marketing of Africa in Spanish Poetics.鈥� 65th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC). Lexington, Kentucky. April 19-22, 2012.
  • 鈥淧oetics of Migration in Spain: Um Draiga (2007) and the Voices of Contemporary Saharaui Poetry.鈥� Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) Annual Convention. Lexington, Kentucky April 13-16, 2011.
  • 鈥淓ncounters with Sinbad: Poetic Visions of Arab African Others in Miriam Jurado鈥檚 La muchacha del mar rojo.鈥� Northeastern Modern Language Association (NEMLA) 41st Annual Convention. Montreal, Canada, April 7-11, 2010.
  • 鈥淢igration and the Foreign in Contemporary Spanish Poetry: El sue帽o de Dakhla (Poemas de Umar Abass) by Manuel Moya.鈥� Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, Kentucky, April 16-18, 2009.
  • 鈥淎pproaching Borders through Poetic Translation: The Case of Contemporary Spain.鈥� SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association). San Antonio, TX. November 6-8, 2008.
  • 鈥淪ervice Learning through KIVA Translations in the Intermediate Language Classroom.鈥� AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese). San Juan, Costa Rica. July 8-11, 2008.
  • 鈥淭he Spanish Migration of an Ancient Islamic Legend: Culture and Mutual Being in Div谩n del 贸palo de fuego (O la leyenda de Layla y Machn煤n).鈥� NEMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association). Buffalo, New York. April 11-13, 2008.
  • 鈥淏ridging the Island of the Self: Cultural Contact in Clara Jan茅s鈥檚 Kampa.鈥� Associaci贸n Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hisp谩nica (AILCFH), Sevilla, Spain, October 24, 2007.
  • 鈥淓xploring Signs of Self in Clara Jan茅s鈥檚 Espacios transl煤cidos: Translucent, not Transparent Culture,鈥� University of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 21st, 2007.
  • 鈥淓l performance de la raza en And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself,鈥� LASA 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18.
  • 鈥淐reating Poetic Space: Poetry in the Films of Saura and Almodovar,鈥� Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures, UC Boulder, October 2-4, 2003.
  • 鈥淧eripheral Reflections on Postmodernism in Carlos Saura鈥檚 Tango,鈥� Red River Conference on World Literature, April 25-27th, 2003.