Elizabeth L. Gansen. P.O. Box New Haven, CT 06510

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1 Elizabeth L. Gansen Yale University 109 Church Street, Apt. 322 P.O. Box New Haven, CT New Haven, CT (475) EDUCATION Ph.D. Spanish literature, Yale University, May 2015 Dissertation title: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo ( ): Renaissance Reader and New World Naturalist and Historian. Advisor: Rolena Adorno. Certificate of College Teaching Preparation, Yale University, November 2014 M.Phil. Spanish literature, Yale University, May 2012 M.A. Spanish literature, Yale University, May 2011 M.S. Library and Information Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 2009 B.A. Comparative and World Literature and Spanish with honors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 2007 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016, Instructor of Portuguese, Center of Language Studies, Yale University Spring Beginning Portuguese I teach this on-line course to students at Yale University s Singapore campus. An introductory class of my own design, it exposes students to basic reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Portuguese Instructor of Spanish, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT Elementary Spanish (2 sections) Intermediate Spanish Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Literature and Culture A year-long Spanish-language literature and culture course of my own design (created with AP Board approval). Students become acquainted with all periods of Peninsular and Spanish American literature in preparation for college-level studies. They learn how to critically approach literary texts in Spanish, as well as other cultural material such as art, music, and film Instructor of English, Yale University

2 Elizabeth Gansen 2 How Things Define Us An introductory college-level writing seminar that I designed. In this course, I explore how we interact with the objects that surround us, and how this material reality is instrumental in defining ourselves as individuals and in relation to others. Authors include Roland Barthes, Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, and Karl Marx. 2015, Fall Lecturer of Spanish, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT Elementary Spanish (3 sections) I teach three sections of this language course, designed to expose students to basic reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. I created the syllabus as well as the daily activities and assessments , Instructor of Spanish, Yale University Summer Spanish for Reading A course for graduate students in other disciplines that I designed. In this course, students gain a reading knowledge of Spanish through the combined study of grammar and readings from Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel García Márquez, and Carmen Laforet. 2013, Spring Teaching Fellow, Yale University Studies in Latin American Literature II (Professor Roberto González Echevarría) 2013, Spring Portuguese Language Instructor, Yale University Beginning Portuguese (World Culture and Language After School Studies) An introductory Portuguese language course of my own design that I taught to a group of area high school students. 2012, Spring Portuguese Language Substitute Instructor, Yale University Beginning Portuguese (World Culture and Language After School Studies) 2012, Fall Class Assistant, Yale University Studies in Latin American Literature I (Professor Rolena Adorno) 2012, Fall Instructor of Portuguese, Yale University Portuguese for Professional Purposes

3 Elizabeth Gansen 3 An introductory Portuguese language course of my own design that I taught to graduate students in a variety of disciplines Spanish Language Part Time Acting Instructor, Yale University PUBLICATIONS Courses taught: Elementary Spanish I, Fall 2011 Elementary Spanish II, Spring 2012 Intermediate Spanish I, Fall 2012 I created the daily activities and assignments and collaborated in the creation of new exams. Con la garganta abierta: La retórica en la lucha por la Amazonía en Un viejo que leía novelas de amor. Revista Iberoamericana. Forthcoming. Past, Present, and Future: Oviedo s Changing Approach to Memory in the Sumario and the Historia general. [Submitted 08/19/15 to Colonial Latin American Review.] Framing the Indies: The Renaissance Aesthetics of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo ( ) [Submitted 09/02/15 to the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.] CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Gonzálo Fernández de Oviedo s ( ) Readings and (Re)interpretations of Pliny the Elder s Accounts of Greek and Roman Art. Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference: The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference (KFLC). University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. April 23-25, Pliny s Historia Naturalis in Oviedo s writings on the Indies. On the panel: Naturaleza y moral en tres cronistas de Indias. New England Council of Latin American Studies (NECLAS). Yale University, New Haven, CT. November 3, TOPICS OF CURRENT RESEARCH Book project: [Working title] Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo ( ): Renaissance Reader and New World Naturalist and Historian. Description: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés ( ) was the first major historian of Spain s New World in Castilian. In the study of Oviedo s life and works, his acquaintance with European Renaissance culture has been largely overlooked, in addition to his non-indies works such as the Batallas y Quinquagenas. Here, I attempt to bring together his experience at Spanish and Italian courts with his four decades in the Spanish Antilles. I examine Oviedo s

4 Elizabeth Gansen 4 increasing appreciation of the Taíno cultural practice of the areíto, a form of song and dance through which native communities conserved their collective memories, making it an Antillean ars memoria. I also take into account Oviedo s personal interactions with Renaissance art and artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Alonso Berruguete. Altogether, I argue that Oviedo s considerations of memory and visual signification are fundamental to his evolving concept of Spanish history in the Indies. Research articles: Agua y libertad poética en las églogas de Garcilaso European Geographies in Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo s Historia general y natural de las Indias (1535) A máquina do mundo nos Lusíadas (1572) de Luís Vaz de Camões (In collaboration with Tiago Hermano Breunig of the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa.) FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Research Fellowship, Yale University, Fall 2013 Yale Summer Session Grant, Yale University, Summer 2010 Granted in order to take Beginning Latin: The Elements of Grammar and Beginning Latin: Review of Grammar and Selected Readings. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Summer 2009 Awarded for the advanced study of Quechua at the Centro Tinku in Cusco, Peru Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic Year Fellowship, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL Granted for the study of Quechua. High Distinction for Undergraduate Thesis, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2007 Joseph S. Flores Award, Hispanic Studies, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Olive Chacey Kuehn & Alfred L. Kuehn Scholarship, Department of Comparative & World Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL,

5 Elizabeth Gansen 5 Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative & World Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Study Abroad Scholarship for Academic Studies in Spain, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, IL, 2006 Cohn Scholar, Scott-Elizabeth Scholarship, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL, Academic Achievement Scholarship, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, RELATED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Master Class Renaissance Spanish Paleography, May 13-16, Instructor: John O Neil, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, Hispanic Society of America, New York. Portuguese Book Group. Led by Rebeca Morais, University of Georgia Present. We meet on a weekly basis to discuss Brazilian and Portuguese novels and short stories. Authors include Machado de Assis, Aluísio Azevedo, Moacyr Sciliar, Caio Fernando Abreu, and Luis Fernando Veríssimo. RELATED PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 2015-Present Editor s Assistant, New Haven, CT I edit and proofread under the supervision of Dr. Rona Johnston Gordon, an independent editor, proofreader, and indexer Present, Volunteer Tutor, New Haven Reads, New Haven, CT I tutor several area middle school and high students on a weekly basis to improve their reading comprehension and math skills Administrator and Organizer. Whitney Humanities Center Working Group: Don Quixote, 400 Years. Yale University. I organized (along with my co-organizers, Matthew Tanico and Juan Pablo Rodríguez del Castillo) a series of lectures given by faculty and graduate students to celebrate the 400 th anniversary of the second part of Don Quijote. Speakers included Prof. Roberto González Echevarría and

6 Elizabeth Gansen 6 Frederick A. De Armas Student Representative, Portuguese Committee Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University Residence Hall Library Supervisor, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, IL I supervised two residence hall libraries and their twelve undergraduate student workers. I designed and implemented social and cultural activities at these libraries and developed and maintained their book and media collections Graduate Assistant in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, Modern Languages Library, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL I developed and maintained online guides for students interested in learning Spanish and Portuguese (see Spanish Language: A Learner's Guide; Portuguese Language: A Learner's Guide). I answered reference questions and I contributed to collection development Subscriptions Supervisor and Script Writer, Nuevos Horizontes, Spanish Radio Programming, Urbana-Champaign, IL I wrote scripts for the cultural portion of the radio broadcasts, in addition to supervising the financial aspect of the program Assistant Coach, University Laboratory High School Girls Swim Team, Urbana, IL. I wrote and implemented swim workouts, taught technique, and advised swimmers at practice and competitions. LANGUAGE AND SKILLS English: Native speaker Spanish: Near-native Portuguese: Highly proficient Quechua: Reading knowledge French: Proficient Latin: Reading knowledge Familiar with Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Prezi, course management systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, and Classes*v2/Sakai, online publishing platforms such as WordPress, and online tools such as Google Docs.

7 Elizabeth Gansen 7 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Modern Language Association (MLA) Northeast Modern Language Association (NECLAS) Sixteenth-Century Society (SCSC) REFERENCES Rolena Adorno, Sterling Professor of Spanish rolena.adorno@yale.edu, (203) Pilar Asensio, Senior Lector I of Spanish pilar.asensio@yale.edu, (203) Diana Beste, Head, Humanities Department Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT dbeste@choate.edu, (203) Roberto González Echevarría, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature roberto.echevarria@yale.edu, (203) Heather Klemann, Associate Course Director Yale University, Department of English, New Haven, CT Heather.klemann@yale.edu, (203) Noël Valis, Professor of Spanish noel.valis@yale.edu, (203)