Maria Patricia Ortiz
Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Assistant Chair.
Department of Languages Literatures and Cultures
Appalachian State University
Ortizmp1@appstate.edu
CV
Education
色花堂, Ph. D. May 2004. Thesis director: Dr. Nicol谩s Kanellos.
Teaching/Research Interests
The United States Hispanic Culture and Literature; Latin American Literature and Culture; Hispanic transnational migrations and their influence on contemporary Hispanic literature & film; Politics of Border Crossing, Gender Studies: Latin American Women and Dictatorships, and Postcolonial Theory in relation to Latin American Narratives.
Courses Taught
At the Graduate level: The Culture and Literature of Hispanics in the United States Since the 1500鈥檚. 20th Century Hispanic Novel, Latin American Thought Through Film and Literature, Hispanic Cultural Studies, Media in Latin America and Spain, Spanish Short Fiction, Advanced Hispanic Expression, Hispanic Masterpieces and Film, Hispanic Culture Through Conversation (a course created to fulfill the needs of graduate students during the Summer Institute 2012).
Other undergraduate courses: Global Studies- Introduction to Latin American Studies, Latin American Thought through Film and Literature, Culture and Civilization of the Hispanic in the United States, Culture of Hispanic Migrations in the United States, Selections of Spanish America Literature, IDS Introduction to Women鈥檚 Studies, LLC 2025 Latin American Women and Dictatorships, Latin American Culture and Literature, Spanish Honors Class, Spanish Short Fiction, Children and Adolescent Literature, U.S. Hispanic Literature.
Courses Created at Appalachian State University: LLC 2040 Border Crossing: United States Hispanic Literature and Culture (This course is part of the General Education Curriculum Theme: The Americas), SHN -Latin American Thought Through Film and Literature (graduate and undergraduate course), U.S. Hispanic Literature, LLC 2025/ Women Studies/ Spanish and Latin American Women and Dictatorships, 20th Century Hispanic Novel (graduate and undergraduate course). Latin American Cinema, Spanish Thought Through Literature.
Publications
Articulaci贸n de la identidad subalterna en los procesos y pr谩cticas nacionales vis-芒-vis la pol铆tica del Border Crossing en el discurso de Latinas en los Estados Unidos. Bogot谩: Uni贸n Gr谩fica Editores, 2006.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature. Ed. Nicol谩s Kanellos. London: Greenwood Press, 2009. (Authors researched: Aurelio Espinosa and Francisco Alarc贸n).
Articles
Under Review:
鈥淗acia un lectura de multiplicidad literaria y filos贸fica en las novelas de Mario
Bellatin.鈥� (Latin American Literary Criticism).
鈥淭he Politics of Race and Gender in the Works of Maria Luisa Garza and Jennie Carter鈥�&苍产蝉辫;(Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. Duke U Press).
Articles Published:
鈥淒e la periferia fundamental al centro: discurso del peque帽o relato en El muchacho de los senos de goma de Sylvia Iparraguirre.鈥� Hispanic Journal. 40.2 (Fall: 2019).
"El concepto de heterotop铆as de Michel Foucault en dos novelas de Mario Bellat铆n: Sal贸n de Belleza y Damas Chinas." Hispania. 100.2 (June 2017).
鈥淔rom The Convent鈥檚 Cell: A Feminist Discourse in the Texts of Two Baroque Nuns: Sor Juana In茅s de la Cruz and Arcangela Tarabotti. Journal of Arts and Sciences. 8. 2. Spring 2016. From IJAS Conference Proceedings, Harvard University, 2015.
鈥淒iscurso de origen e identidad en la narrativa de Joaqu铆n Col贸n L贸pez鈥�. Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. 26.1. Spring 2014.
鈥淭he Politics of Race and Gender in the Texts of Jennie Carter and Maria Luisa Garza鈥� Proceedings of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences 7.2 December 2014. From IJAS Conference Proceedings, Harvard University, 2014.
鈥淭he Politics of Female Identity in the Work of Gabriela Mistral and Anna Akhmatova.鈥� Moondance Review Celebrating Creative Women. Ed. Loretta Kemsley. 3 August, 2012. .
鈥淭wo Female Poetic Voices in the World Poetry (Anna Akhmatova and Gabriela Mistral)鈥� Co-Authored with Irina Barclay. The Third International Scientific Practical Conference -Russian@Literatura@Culture: Actual Questions of Studies and Teaching in Russia and Abroad- Moscow, Moscow State University, Max Press, 2011.
鈥淪panishing the English Language: Linguistic Overflow in the Poetry of Victor Hern谩ndez Cruz and Julia Alvarez. Hispanic Journal. 32.2 (Fall 2011).
鈥淭he Politics of Border Crossing: Towards a Transnacional Encounter in the Work of Maria Luisa Garza.鈥� Hispanic Journal. 29.2 (Spring 2009).
鈥淒esarticulaci贸n de las estructuras del poder dictatorial: el personaje femenino y una (re)lectura de Ant铆gona en In the Time of the Butterflies.鈥� Pegasso. 2 (Fall 2007).
鈥淭ransgresi贸n y (re)articulaci贸n del arquetipo de la madre/esposa en Arr谩ncame la vida de 脕ngeles Mastretta.鈥� Explicaci贸n de Textos Literarios. XXXIII. 2 (Fall 2006).
鈥淗acia una propuesta andr贸gena en La Plaza del Diamante de Merc猫 Rodoreda.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Letras Femeninas. XXX.2 (December 2004).
鈥淓ntre la maternidad y el erotismo: lucha por la integraci贸n de esta escisi贸n del g茅nero en el arquetipo de la madresposa.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Thirteenth Colloquium of Spanish and Portuguese Literatures. 13.1 (2003). UT at Austin.
"Representatividad y Heterogeneidad en Hasta no verte Jes煤s m铆o de Helena Poniatowska." Discurso. Universidad de Buenos Aires. .
Scholarly Work On Progress
- With Nicol谩s Kanellos: A comprehensive observation of the current status of U.S. Hispanic literature, written both in Spanish or English. Observation of this literature as a 鈥済hetto鈥� or subsection of mainstream American Literature, despite of the historic and current presence of the Spanish language in the U.S.
Conference Papers:
-From the Convent鈥檚 Cell: A Feminist Discourse in the Texts of two Baroque Nuns: Mexican Sor Juana In茅s de la Cruz, and Venetian Arcangela Tarabotti. Conference of Arts and Sciences. Harvard University, May 2015.
-鈥淭he Politics of Race and Gender in the Texts of Jennie Carter and Maria Luisa Garza. IJAS. Harvard University. May 26-29 2014.
Chair of the conference presentation panel at Harvard Conference on IJAS: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center: 鈥淧olitics of Environment in Gana, Africa.鈥� May 2014.
-鈥淭he Politics of Female Identity in the Poetry of Anna Akhmatova and Gabriela Mistral.鈥� University of Moscow On-Line Conference On Russian Literatures:around.russianforall.ru. November, 2010.
-鈥淒ecentering the Self: Cultural Transcreation, Nostalgia, and Imaginaries of Revolution in Cristina Garcia鈥檚 Dreaming in Cuban.鈥� Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Hispanic and Afro Hispanic Literature and Culture. NAAAS, Bat贸n Rouge, January 2009.
-鈥淎ntigone鈥檚 Legacy, Dictatorship and Women.鈥� Humanity Thematic Series. Private and Public: 鈥淎ppalachian State University. March, 2008
-鈥�Alienaci贸n linguistica y espa帽olizaci贸n del ingles en el discurso po茅tico de latinos en los Estados Unidos.鈥� University of Virginia, November 2007.
-鈥�(Re)Construction of Loyalties: A Review of Antigone in the Narrative of Latina Writers.鈥� Universidad de Salamanca. Julio 2006.
-鈥淭he Local and the Global in Hispanic Post-Modern Film.鈥� MLA Conference, December 2005.
-鈥淭ransnational Women Migrants: Deterritorializing the subject in When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago. MELUS. University of Illinois, Chicago April 7-10, 2005.
-鈥淭he Transnational Encounter in the Work of Mar铆a Luisa Garza,鈥� Eight Annual Conference of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage. University of New Mexico, November 4-6, 2004.
-鈥淭rasgresi贸n y escritura anti-autoritaria en El cuarto mundo de Diamela Eltit,鈥� Biannual Conference on Transatlantic Studies. Brown University, April 15 鈥� 17, 2004.
-鈥淒esarticulaci贸n del poderoso a trav茅s de la marginaci贸n del Otro: personaje femenino y escritura anti-autoritaria en In the Time of the Butterflies de Julia 脕lvarez,鈥�&苍产蝉辫; MELUS, Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States. University of Texas, San Antonio, March 11-14, 2004.
-鈥淧rop贸sito de la configuraci贸n del contexto hist贸rico-m铆stico en La gloria de don Ramiro de Enrique Larreta.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Eighth Annual Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. Arizona State University, April 24 鈥� 26, 2003.
-鈥淎n谩lisis de la tipolog铆a cultural del personaje femenino en tres novelas hispanas: Santa, La casa de los esp铆ritus y La plaza del diamante.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Identidades. Texas Tech University, April 14 - 17, 2003.
-鈥淓ntre la maternidad y el erotismo: lucha por la integraci贸n de esta escisi贸n del g茅nero en el arquetipo de la 尘补诲谤别蝉辫辞蝉补.鈥� Thirteenth Colloquium, Graduate Student Organization/Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University of Texas, Austin, April 4 -5, 2003.
-鈥淩epresentatividad en la novela testimonial latinoamericana.鈥� Escenarios: Di谩logos entre la literatura y las artes. University of California, Irvin, May 24 鈥� 15 2002.
-鈥淚ntertextualidad narrativa y ausencia del v铆nculo madre-hija como revalidaci贸n de la fragmentaci贸n de la personalidad en El mismo mar de todos los veranos de Esther Tusquets.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Tenth Annual Conference of Romance Studies: The Quest for Meaning through the Coexistence of Ideologies. Boston College, April 5 鈥� 7, 2002.
Creative Writing Publications:
Varios Poemas. L铆neas desde el golfo. Ed. Marc Zimmerman & Edna Ochoa.
Houston: LACASA, 2005
鈥淥n a Rainy Monday Morning.鈥� Moondance Review 7.4 (2003).
鈥淎ires de Familia. Escritos varios.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; The Naked Ape. Journal of Creative Writing
3.1 (2003).
Itinerario: 17 Poemas en Borrador. Bogot谩: Celf Impresores Ltd., 1992.
Service:
Professional Service:
-PMLA Journal Reviewer (Modern Languages Association): U.S. Hispanic Literature.
Letras Hisp谩nicas reviewer: Latin American Novel.
-Member of Oxford Women鈥檚 Leadership. Somerville College, University of Oxford.
-N.C. ACE Network for Women, Chapel Hill
Member of Cocinas P煤blicas de Bogot谩, Colombia. Organization to aid women and children victims of domestic violence, and to awake individual and collective consciousness against domestic violence.
Appalachian State University Latin American Film Series.
Departmental and university Service:
Adviser for ASU Women Leadership Club
I have served in several graduate students鈥� thesis committees since 2004, as well as outside the department (English). I have chaired several Spanish graduate students committees:
UNC Faculty Assembly.
Japanese Search Committee (Fall 2019).
Curriculum Committee Chair (Fall 2018-2019)
Chair鈥檚 Advisory Committee member (Chair).
TESL Search Committee, Chair 2017
PTR Committee, (Chair 2017).
PTC Committee, (Chair 2017-2019).
Department Assistant Chair (Spring 2016) (2018 to present).
Chair of PTR Committee (2016)
Chair of Languages Lab Director Search Committee (2016)
French Search Committee Chair, (Fall 2014).
Faculty Senate (2013-2018)
Student Wellness and Morale Committee (2016).
DPC Committee (2019).
PTR Committee (2017)
College of Arts and Sciences, Richard N. Henson, Outstanding Advisory Award (2013 and 2014)
Global Studies Advisory Committee (2014- 2017)
Chair of French Search Committee (2014)
Women Studies Executive Committee.(2014)
Chair, Chinese Search Committee (2011)
Selection Committee for Outstanding Master鈥檚 Thesis in the Arts and Humanities. (2011)
-DPC Committee (several times from 2005-prsesent)
-LLC PTR Committee (2011 and 2013s).
Chair of the Departmental Curriculum Committee (2009)
-Global Studies Curriculum Committee (2010)
-Global Studies DPC (2010)
- 4 Spanish Search Committees (2004 - 2008)
Chinese Search Committee (Spring 2007)
Spanish Graduate Advisor (2006-2009)
Spanish Major/Minor Advisor (2004- present)
Spanish Language Coordinator (2006- 2007)
Global Studies Advisory Committee (2012)
Chancellors Task Force on Diversity Committee (2007-present)
Provost鈥檚 Appalachian Quality Enhancement Plan (2011)
DFLL Chair Search Committee (2007)
Faculty Senate 2008-present
SEWSA Conference Appalachian State University, Organizing Committee, April 2009
English department Senior Honor Thesis committee
Faculty mentor to Prestigious Scholarship Programs.
FLL Assessment Task Force
Chair, Spanish Assessment Task Force.
Chair French Search Committee (2013)
DCC 2013
DPC 2013
Nomination by students for Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisory Award 2013, 2014, 2016.
Chair of Graduate Students Committees during six consecutive years.
Students Committees: English, Senior Honor Thesis 2013, s2014, 2015, 2017.