EDUCATION. The University of Chicago Ph.D., Spanish, 1997 Spanish novel from 1900 to 1936 The picaresque novel from 1554 to 1646

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1 Lora L. Looney Department of International Languages and Cultures University of Portland 5000 North Willamette Boulevard Portland, Oregon (503) (503) (home) EDUCATION The University of Chicago Ph.D., Spanish, 1997 Spanish novel from 1900 to 1936 The picaresque novel from 1554 to 1646 Dissertation, "Alternative Cultures: Rereading Pérez de Ayala's Cycle of Early Novels" M.A., Spanish, 1990 Graduate Study Fellowship, The Colorado College B.A., Romance Languages, 1987 Spanish, French, Latin, and Linguistics Award for Excellence in Spanish The University of Barcelona Knox College Study Abroad Program in Barcelona, 1986 GRANTS AND AWARDS Grant of Sabbatical, Butine Faculty Travel Grant, Liberalism in Pérez de Ayala s Fiction, conference paper presented at AATSP, New York, July, 2005 Butine Faculty Research Grant, Tracing the Development of Recurring Techniques and Themes in Pérez de Ayala s Work, 2004 Butine Faculty Research Grant, Rereading Pérez de Ayala s First Novel, 2000 Club Advisor of the Year, Associated Students of University of Portland,

2 2 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Portland, ILC, Chair of Department, 2010-present University of Portland, ILC, Associate Professor of Spanish, 2006-present University of Portland, EFL, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Green River Community College (Auburn, Washington), Spanish Instructor, Olympic College (Bremerton, Washington), Spanish Instructor, 1995 Washington Academy of Languages (Seattle, Washington), Spanish Instructor, The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois), Spanish Lecturer, LECTURES Aventuras Workshop. Organized and led half-day workshop on integrating technology into elementary Spanish curriculum for Jesuit and Valley Catholic High School faculty, August, The Aftermath of Spain s 3/11 Attacks. Presented two lectures for the 2005 Odyssey Series organized by the John Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, May, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Spain s (Post-Transition) Self-Analysis of the Civil War in Three Recent Films: El laberinto del fauno, El espinazo del diablo, and La lengua de las mariposas. Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, Bellingham, Washington, November, Liberalism in Pérez de Ayala s Fiction, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Annual Meeting, New York, July Pérez de Ayala s and Ortega y Gasset s First Ideas on Art and Cultural Reform in Spain, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Boulder, Colorado, September, La educación estética: Pérez de Ayala s Early Theory of Perspectivism in Troteras y danzaderas, Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures, Boulder, Colorado, October, 2003.

3 3 Sex and Love in Pérez de Ayala s Fiction, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, Vancouver, Canada, October, The Question of Genre in Pérez de Ayala s Fiction, Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures, University of Kansas, October, Creating a Composition Course, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, July, Perspectives on Urban Space in Pérez de Ayala s Fiction, Conference on Poetics of Space, State University of New York, Binghamton, March, Death of the Novel in Tinieblas en las cumbres by Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, Portland State University, Portland, November, "The Virtue of Words: The Female Rogue's Double Image in Spanish Picaresque Fiction," Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference on "Word and Image," Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, April, "Twilight Century: Questions of Mortality in Tinieblas en las cumbres by Ramón Pérez de Ayala," Conference on "Apocalypse, Millenarism, and New Boundaries," State University of New York, Binghamton, May, "Articulating Desire: Confession, Penance, and Surveillance in A.M.D.G. (La vida en los colegios de jesuitas) by Ramón Pérez de Ayala," Fourth NYU-Columbia University Graduate Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Literatures, New York, March, CONFERENCES ATTENDED Summer Fishtrap, Migrations and Passages, Wallowa Lake, Oregon, July, Professional development included 5-day writing workshop with Beth Taylor, Making the Private Public: Writing About Family and Friends. Winter Fishtrap, Learning From Women, Wallow Lake, Oregon, February American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, July, Professional development included half-day workshops, Música actual de España hosted by the Spanish Embassy and Winter Fishtrap, Re-Imagining the Wild, Wallowa Lake, Oregon, February 2009.

4 Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, New Orleans, December, Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching, Annual Conference, Portland, October, 2000 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Annual Meeting, Denver, July, Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Cultures, Institute for World Languages and Cultures, California State University-Monterey Bay, Seaside, California, March, Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, San Francisco, December, Symposium on Centennial of Generation of 1898, Esplendor y agonía del 98, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, November, Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, Toronto, December, Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, Washington D.C., December, Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, Chicago, December, Modern Language Association, Annual Convention, San Diego, December, PUBLISHED ESSAYS I became a Spanish professor. Colorado Springs School Alumni News Fall 2007: 1, 4. ACADEMIC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Children Retell Spain s Civil War in Film. Ojáncano: Revista de literatura española 36 (2009): Art, Culture and Nation: Pérez de Ayala s and Ortega y Gasset s Early Theories of the Novel. Hispanic Journal 25 (2005): Pérez de Ayala s Theory of Aesthetic Education in Troteras y danzaderas. Ojáncano: Revista de literatura española 27 (2005): Unruly Bodies: Rereading Pérez de Ayala s First Novel, Tinieblas en las cumbres. Anales de la literatura española contemporánea 29.1 (2004):

5 CURRICULAR REVIEWS 5 Invited Reviewer, Spanish Curriculum, Central Catholic High School, Co-Reviewer, Foreign Languages Department, Co-Reviewer, Foreign Languages Program, TEXTBOOK REVIEWS AND CONSULTING Senderos. Reviewed textbook and video for issue of first edition, Panoramas literarios: España. Reviewed textbook for issue of second edition, Consulted with Vista Higher Learning on High Beginner textbook development, Doble vía. Reviewed textbook prospectus for development of first edition, Blanco, Panorama. Reviewed textbook for issue of third edition, Rumbos. Reviewed textbook for issue of first edition, VanPatten, Sol y viento. Reviewed textbook for marketing purposes, Blanco, Imagina. Course-tested and reviewed textbook for issue of first edition, Blanco, Revista. Reviewed textbook for issue of second edition, Explorando el español. Reviewed textbook for issue of first edition, Davis, Entrevistas. Reviewed textbook for issue of second edition, Blanco, Vistas. Reviewed textbook for issue of second edition, Terrell, Dos mundos. Reviewed textbook for issue of fifth edition, Fox, Latinoamérica Reviewed textbook for issue of second edition, UNIVERSITY SERVICE University of Portland, 1998-present Chair, Department of International Languages and Cultures, June, 2010-present Member, Steering Committee, CISGO, 2011-present Panelist, CISGO session, Global Initiatives, Faculty Development Day, May 2011

6 Faculty Sponsor, Cultural Perspectives of Modern Spain Panel, Founder s Day, 2010 Member, Committee on Rank and Tenure, and (sabb ) Faculty Director, Foreign Language House, Coordinator, Day of Dead campus event, 2006-present Faculty Sponsor, Creative Writing from Segovia Panel, Founder s Day, 2008 Co-Chair, Student Services Self-Study Committee, Secretary to Academic Senate, Director, Segovia Study Abroad Program, Academic Senate Representative for FL, Member, Curriculum and Academic Regulations Committee, NCAA Self-Study, Equity/Welfare sub-committee, Hiring Committee, Spanish Search for EFL, Director, Morelia Study Abroad Program, Coordinator of Latin America Study Abroad Programs, Faculty Advisor, Foreign Language Club, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association Association for Departments of Foreign Languages American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages California Language Teachers Association Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Sigma Delti Pi, National Spanish Honor Society