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1 Tomás Hidalgo Nava Webpage: EDUCATION PhD Candidate in Hispanic Literature Penn State University, University Park, PA Defense scheduled for March 2015 Teaching and research interests: Latina/o Studies; Contemporary Mexican Narrative and Film; Caribbean Narrative; Human Rights Awareness in Literature and Film; Literature and Media Dissertation: Killing the Father, Killing the Children: Dialogues between Mexican History, Novel, and Film. Adviser: Dr. Julia Cuervo-Hewitt. Brief Synopsis: From an interdisciplinary perspective, my dissertation explores the literary and cinematic representations of different cycles of political violence that were part of twentieth-century Mexican history. MA in Comparative Literature Brigham Young University, Provo, UT August 2004 Thesis: Through the Eyes of Shamans: Childhood and the Construction of Identity in Rosario Castellanos s Balún-Canán and Rudolfo Anaya s Bless Me, Ultima. Adviser: George B. Handley BA in Journalism and Mass Communication Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico December 2001 Thesis: Narratological Analysis of Vicente Leñero s Non-Fiction Novel Asesinato, el doble crimen de los Flores Muñoz. Adviser: María de Lourdes Romero Álvarez PUBLICATIONS Journal articles (peer reviewed) Simulacro y caída del hombre nuevo en El libro de la realidad, de Arturo Arango, Caribe. Revista de Cultura y Literatura 15.1 (2012): A través de los ojos de chamanes: Infancia y la construcción de la identidad en las novelas Balún- Canán, de Rosario Castellanos, y Bless Me, Ultima, de Rudolfo Anaya. Cyber Humanitatis. Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Universidad de Chile 41 (2007): n. pag. Web. Other publications (selected) La lectura, una multiplicidad de ventanas abiertas a la vida. El Bibliotecario (publication of the Dirección General de Bibliotecas de México) Aug.-Oct. 2010: 6-10

2 Hidalgo Nava 2 Carlos Monsiváis, cronista de la vida mexicana. Solo 4 (cultural supplement of Diario Correo) [Huancayo, Peru] 26 June 2010: 2. Recibirá Lêdo Ivo el Premio Poetas del Mundo Latino (interview with Brazilian poet Lêdo Ivo). El Financiero [Mexico City] 28 Oct Los pensamientos pueden ser más peligrosos que los ejércitos (interview with Nobel Prize Derek Walcott). El Financiero [Mexico City] 21 Apr. 2008: 48. Desnudo vallejiano (poetry). Poeta de los Andes: Homenaje a César Vallejo. Ed. Mara L. García. Trujillo: Marsol, CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED TALKS Subalternidad y poder en la frontera México-Estados Unidos: Representaciones cinematográficas y televisivas de los feminicidios en Ciudad Juárez ( Subalternity and Power on the Mexico-US Border: Cinematic and Televised Representations of the Femicides in Ciudad Juárez ). The 6th. Annual Four Corners Conference New Borders in the 21st. Century. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, October 25, Violencia política y construcción del antihéroe en la novela Expediente del atentado, de Álvaro Uribe, y en el filme El atentado, de Jorge Fons ( Political Violence and the Creation of an Antihero in Álvaro Uribe s Novel Expediente del atentado and Jorge Fons s Film El atentado ). The 40th. Congress of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico, June 10, Radio, memoria y resistencia en dos novelas cubanas recientes: Todos se van y Nunca fui primera dama, de Wendy Guerra ( Radio, Memory, and Resistance in Two Recent Cuban Novels: Todos se van and Nunca fui primera dama, by Wendy Guerra ). 3 rd International Caribbean Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, April 12, 2013, and SIP Literature Colloquium, Penn State University, University Park, PA, November 12, Analysis on Naguib Mahfouz s Novel Midaq Alley and Jorge Fons s Movie El callejón de los milagros. Co-presented with José Antonio Valdés for the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, February 22, Analysis on Naguib Mahfouz s Novel The Beginning and the End and Arturo Ripstein s Movie Principio y fin. Co-presented with José Antonio Valdés for the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, March 29, Through the Eyes of Shamans: Childhood and the Construction of Identity in Rosario Castellanos s Balún-Canán and Rudolfo Anaya s Bless Me, Ultima The American Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference, Puebla, Mexico, April 22, 2007.

3 Hidalgo Nava 3 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 17 sections Courses taught at Penn State University Central Mexican Culture & Civilization (Spanish 497) 1 section Human Rights & World Literature (Comparative Literature 143) 1 section Introduction to Literatures of the Americas (Comparative Literature 005) 1 section Advanced Spanish for Study Abroad Students (Spanish 399) 1 section Intermediate Spanish for Study Abroad Students (Spanish 199) 1 section Intermediate Spanish Language Course (Spanish 3) 6 sections Basic Spanish Language Course(Spanish 1) 2 sections Courses taught at Brigham Young University Introduction to Hispanic Literature (Spanish 339) 1 section Accelerated Basic Spanish Language Course (Spanish ) 2 sections Accelerated Intermediate Spanish Language Course (Spanish ) 1 section Spanish Conversation Lab: Available for students from different sections PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Study Abroad Positions Director Assistant for The Pennsylvania State University Study Abroad Program in Puebla, Mexico, May-June, Director Assistant for the Brigham Young University Study Abroad Program in Santiago, Dominican Republic, January-April, Other Professional and Service Activities Mentor for new graduate students with the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Graduate Students Organization, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, Graduate Representative to the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese s Faculty Committee, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, Freelance Editor, Grupo Editorial Santillana, Mexico City, Mexico, Media and Public Relations Manager for Coordinación Nacional de Literatura, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico, Book Columnist, Bleu&Blanc magazine, Mexico City, Mexico, Communications Adviser, Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico,

4 Hidalgo Nava 4 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. George B. Handley (Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature) and Dr. Douglas J. Weatherford (Department of Spanish and Portuguese) at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Co-editor, National and Culture & Arts sections, Reforma newspaper, Mexico City, Mexico, AWARDS AND HONORS Humanities Initiative Dissertation Award (one-semester teaching release), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Research and Graduate Studies Office Dissertation Grant, College of Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Research Residency sponsored by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, The Pennsylvania State University s, University Park, PA, Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service to First Year Students, Department of Residence Life, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Graduate Scholar Award, College of Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Graduate Research Fellowship Award, Office of Graduate Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Premio Casa de América Latina, literary prize sponsored by Radio France Internationale, Maison de l Amerique Latine, and Maison du Méxique, Paris, France, REFERENCES Julia Cuervo-Hewitt jch11@psu.edu Matthew J. Marr mjm66@psu.edu Mary E. Barnard meb18@psu.edu John A. Ochoa jao13@psu.edu

5 Hidalgo Nava 5 George B. Handley Professor of Comparative Studies george_handley@byu.edu Douglas J. Weatherford douglas_weatherford@byu.edu LANGUAGES Spanish Native English Speaking, reading, and writing French Reading PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Modern Language Association Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana CREDENTIALS To receive a copy of my dossier, please contact me, and I will have it sent to you.