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Dr. Gina Villamizar
Associate Professor
English & World Languages
DeBartolo Hall 233
phone: (330) 941-1628
Research Interests
-Twentieth-century Latin American literature
-Fantastic narrative
-Caribbean literature and culture
-Literature, technology, and new media
Teaching Interests
-ACTFL Spanish OPI and WPT Test Preparation
-Elementary and Intermediate Spanish
-Spanish Conversation
-Spanish Grammar and Composition
20th Latin American literature
-Latin American Culture
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2013
Ph D, Hispanic Languages and Literatures
University of Pittsburgh
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Confronting modernity: the works of José Félix Fuenmayor and Horacio Quiroga"
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2007
MA, Spanish
University of Arkansas
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2004
BA, English and Spanish
Universidad del Atlántico
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2022
Youngstown State University
Libra Award
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2017
Youngstown State University
Faculty Improvement Leave
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2016
Youngstown State University
Libra Award
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2010
University of Pittsburgh
Teaching Mentor
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2009
University of Pittsburgh
Research Fellowship
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2017 - 2018
Coordinator
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2022
"Precursors of Digital Literature: A Panoramic Study of 20th-Century Latin American Narrative"
G. Villamizar
Revista Iberoamericana, Instituto International de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI), volume LXXXVIII, issue 279, p. 11
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2021
"From Audiovisual Language to Digital Language: A Comparative Analysis of Four Latin American Authors at the Beginning of the 20th and 21st Centuries"
G. Villamizar
Latin American Research Review, Cambridge University Press, volume 56, issue 4
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2020
"Fracture and resistance in some missionary stories by Horacio Quiroga"
G. Villamizar
Revista Chilena de Literatura, Universidad de Chile, issue 101, p. 15
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2018
"The Pursued and Nervous Fantasy: Quiroguian Modernist Narrative and the Experience of Modernity."
G. Villamizar
Letras Hispanas, Texas State, volume 14
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2016
"Between Machines and Ideas: An Analysis of Two Quiroguian Stories"
G. Villamizar
Amerika: Memories, Identities, Territories, Universite de Rennes, volume 14
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2016
"An Exploration of the Urban Novel of the Colombian Caribbean: Cosme and the Crisis of Traditional Society in Barranquilla"
G. Villamizar
Revista Laboratorio, Universidad Diego Portales, issue 14
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2015
"Voices of Resistance: A Reading of Three Short Stories from Fuenmayor"
G. Villamizar
Perifrasis: Revista de Literatura, Teoria y Critica, Universidad de los Andes, volume 6, issue 11, p. 15
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2013
"Modernity and Fantastic Literature: Jose Felix Fuenmayor and 'Una triste aventura de 14 sabios"
G. Villamizar
Perifrasis: Revista de Literatura, Universidad de los Andes, volume 4, issue 7, p. 16
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Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia -
Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia -
Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
Neophilologus Journal/Utrecht University -
Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia -
Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia -
Unknown
Reviewer, Journal Article
Catedral Tomada/University of Pittsburg
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2023 - 2023
Other
College of Southern Nevada (Translation Services) -
2023 - 2023
Other
The League of Women Voters of Greater Ohio ( Translation Services) -
2023 - 2023
Participant
Portraits of the Hispanic people of Youngstown (interview and photoshoot) -
Unknown
Volunteer
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (Translation Services) -
2020 - 2023
Volunteer
The League of Women Voters of Greater Ohio (Translation Services) -
Unknown
Other
The Youngstown Business Journal (Translation Services) -
2016 - present
Volunteer
Translation