Nancy Bird-Soto, Assistant Professor
Room: Curtin Hall, Room 705
Phone: (414) 229-5234
Email: birdsoto@uwm.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006)
M.A., Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)
B.A., Spanish, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (1996)
Diploma in Hispanic, European and Latin American Studies, Fundación José Ortega y Gasset, Toledo, Spain
Areas of specialization and research interests:
Latin American literature, Women writers of the late Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century in Puerto Rico, Transatlantic approach to 1898, and US Hispanic Literature via Luisa Capetillo.
Courses:
Spring 2008
Spanish 318: Advanced Speaking and Listening
Spanish 371: Introduction to US Latino Literature
Publications:
Article
"Rompiendo el molde o arrancándose el corset: La propuesta educativa de Luisa Capetillo," Revista Identidades Identidades 5 (2007): 161-175.
Creative writing -original stories and poems in Zona de Carga (UW-Madison, 2002-2005).
Recent and on-going projects:
I have received a grant from the Centro Roberto Hernández. It will be used for the project of Luisa Capetillo as an activist and educator. This project has different components, among them a workshop, a play, and a finalized report on the audience's response to the workshop and the play. The play, "Luisa Capetillo: La musa activa/The Active Muse" will be staged at Bader Hall, UWM, on Thursday May 8th, 2008. It will also be staged at Hamilton Hall, UW-Whitewater, on May 6th.
Dissemination of Luisa Capetillo's works to a broader audience through a symposium and performance at the UPR-Cayey in October 2007. A podcasting project related to the events, including reading, performance, and interviews is in the works.
Personalidades de la cultura hispánica: Podcasting project (UW-Madison), 2006.
Interviewed renowned writers such as: Angeles Mastretta, Marjorie Agosín and Norma Cantú.
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