ISAAC GALILEO RIVERA-CAMPOS EDUCATION Ph.D., Spanish,. August 2007-Present. Expected date of completion: Spring 2011. Master of Arts, Spanish, University of North Texas. 2006. Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, 2003. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Supervisor Intermediate Spanish 011 Report to Elizabeth Guzmán, GEP Director. Research Assistant to Dr. Maria José Somerlate Barbosa, Spring 2009. Dean s Graduate Fellow/Teaching Assistant, Iowa City, Iowa. August 2007-Present. Spanish Teacher, Wichita Falls Independent School District (WFISD). Wichita Falls, Texas. August, 2004-May 2007. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS The Orientalist Route in Isabel Allende s Daughter of Fortune. Alternative Orientalisms in Latin America and Beyond. Ed. Ignacio López-Calvo. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 154-164. La ruta orientalista en Hija de la fortuna de Isabel Allende. Espéculo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) 35. Mar-Jun 2007 <http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero35/rutaorie.html> Translation, poem: "Cartas." ["Cartas" by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira.] Barbosa, Maria José Somerlate. Recitação da passagem: A obra poética de Edimilson de Almeida Pereira. Belo Horizonte: Mazza Edições, 2009, p. 112. Translation, poem: "Desaparecimento de Rosendo Mendizabal e outros." ["Desaparición de Rosendo Mendizábal y otros" by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira.] Barbosa, Maria José Somerlate. Recitação da passagem: A obra
ISAAC GALILEO RIVERA-CAMPOS 2 poética de Edimilson de Almeida Pereira. Belo Horizonte: Mazza Edições, 2009, p. 67-71. PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES 1. March 9-12, 2009. Los campos de poder en Francomoribundia de Juan Luis Cebrián. VIII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 2. October 16-17, 2008. La tragedia existencial de Don Álvaro en Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino. 4 th Annual Tierra Tinta Conference on Latin American, Spanish, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. 3. October 12-13, 2006. La búsqueda de identidad en El sur de Adelaida García Morales. Tierra Tinta Second Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. 4. April 21-22, 2006. La ruta orientalista en Hija de la fortuna de Isabel Allende. Orientalisms and the Chinese Diaspora in the Americas. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. 5. April 7-8, 2006. El ser y la nada en Nada de Carmen Laforet. International Conference, Spain at the crossroad of 1939: Exile and Cultural Identity. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. 6. March 8-10, 2006. La sexualidad: de la literatura al cine latinoamericano. V Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. Lima, Perú. GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS August 2007-2011. Dean s Graduate Fellowship (4 years)., March, 2006. Received a $500 Wichita Falls Independent School District Language Arts Grant to present my article La sexualidad: de la literatura al cine latinoamericano at the V Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Lima, Perú. Spring 2004-Fall 2005. Received a $2,200 Wichita Falls ISD West Foundation Scholarship to continue my graduate education at the University of North Texas. Denton, TX. 1999. Recipient of a $500 Lion s Club Scholarship for undergraduate studies at Midwestern State University,
ISAAC GALILEO RIVERA-CAMPOS 3 1999. Recipient of a $500 Midwestern State University Scholarship for undergraduate studies, Active member of Sigma Delta Pi. 2006. Midwestern State University Spanish Club. 1999-2003. TEACHING EXPERIENCE COURSES TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Intermediate Spanish I 035:011:014 Fall 2009. Intermediate Spanish I 035:011:009 Spring 2009. Intermediate Spanish I 035:011:010 Spring 2009. Elementary Spanish Review 035:005:012 Fall 2008. INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST Substitute Instructor, 20 th Century Spanish Literature: Civil War and Post-Civil War Spanish Literature and History S235:26424 October 1 st November 16, 2008. COURSES TAUGHT AT WICHITA FALLS ISD Middle Years Programme Language B (Spanish) Level 4. Middle Years Programme Language B (Spanish) Level 5. Spanish III. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Participated in the International Baccalaureate Organization Teacher Training Workshops at Houston, TX. Nov 17-20, 2006. Participated in the International Baccalaureate Organization Teacher Training Workshops at Salt Lake City, UT. Nov 10-13, 2005. Participated in the International Baccalaureate Organization, Teacher Training Workshops at Breckenridge, CO. June 30- July 3, 2005. ACADEMIC SERVICE AT WICHITA FALLS ISD Steering Committee Subject Leader for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB-MYP). Language B (Spanish), 2005-2007.
ISAAC GALILEO RIVERA-CAMPOS 4 The Ancient Culture of the Incas. Wichita Falls Independent School District Staff Development. August 7-11, 2006. Gender Roles in Hispanic Culture. Wichita Falls Independent School District Staff Development. August 7-11, 2006. Served as adviser to Patricia Trejo in her International Baccalaureate Research Paper titled Cómo la inmigración de mexicanos incultos a los Estados Unidos ayuda a crear el espanglish y cómo tienen que acostumbrarse a celebrar los días festivos, de México, en una manera diferente. 2006. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TACTA), 2004-2007. Texas Foreign Language Association (TFLA), 2003. President of Spanish Club, Midwestern State University, 2003. COMMUNITY SERVICE Volunteer as Radio Host for West Side Baptist Church of Wichita Falls weekly radio program Enciende una luz. August 2005-2007. Cultural presentation about El Salvador at Midwestern State University s Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit. Oct 17, 2006. Volunteered as Spanish Teacher for community programs at West Side Baptist Church of Wichita Falls, TX. 2005. Volunteered as translator for Texas Department of Human Services, Vernon, TX. 1999 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY - Spanish: Native - English: Near-native - Portuguese: Advanced reading/writing/oral proficiency REFERENCES Luis Martin-Estudillo Assistant Professor 416 Phillips Hall
ISAAC GALILEO RIVERA-CAMPOS 5 Phone: 319-335-2229 E-mail: luis-martin-estudillo@uiowa.edu Maria José Barbosa Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian Literature, Culture, and Language Phone: (319) 353-2197/Fax: (319) 335-2990 Email:maria-barbosa@uiowa.edu Elizabeth Guzmán General Education Program Director 123E Phillips Hall Phone: (319) 335-2173 Fax: (319) 335-2990 Email: elizabeth-guzman@uiowa.edu