Susan Giersbach Rascón, Associate Professor

Room: Curtin Hall, Room 725
Phone: (414) 229-5710
Email: srascon@uwm.edu

Education:
J.D., Marquette University Law School, 1983 cum laude

Research Interests:
Translation; Interpreting; Central American literature
ATA-certified Spanish -> English translation
ATA-certified English -> Spanish translation
Federally-certified court interpreter

Recent Publications:
Articles
"Ecos milenarios y tejidos nuevos: permanencia de lo indígena en la literatura centroamericana". Revista Cultura de Guatemala 2001. 81-93.

Books Translated
Bencastro, Mario. A Promise to Keep. Trans. Susan Giersbach Rascón. Houston: Arte Público Press 2005.

Casaverde, Juvenal. Estructura social y política jakalteka. Trans. Fernando Peñalosa and Susan Giersbach Rascón. Rancho Palos Verdes: Yax Te' Foundation 2003.

Varese, Stefano. Salt of the Mountain. Trans. Susan Giersbach Rascón. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.

Gabriel, Calixta. Weaving Events in Time/Tejiendo los sucesos en el tiempo. Trans. Susan Giersbach Rascón and Suzanne M. Strugalla. Rancho Palos Verdes: Yax Te' Foundation 2002.

Montejo, Víctor. The Adventures of Mr. Puttison Among the Maya. Trans. Fernando Peñalosa and Susan Giersbach Rascón. Rancho Palos Verdes: Yax Te' Foundation 2002.

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