Spanish Minor

Dr<b>. </b>Rusquin Roberto Chadez Ibarra completed his B.A. in Hispanic Literature at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, in Mexico City. He also completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish with a concentration in Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Houston. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the Department of Literatures and Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. In this institution, he teaches Spanish at all levels, including Medical Spanish and Spanish as a Heritage Language; Spanish and Spanish American Literature and Culture Studies, and Community-Based Learning courses. Dr. Chadez Ibarra has published a critical introduction to a new edition of Rosario Sansores’ <i>Diez años de juventud </i>(1946), entitled, “Rosario Sansores: Una mirada crítica a su obra narrativa y periodística.” In addition, he has published some academic articles in national and international academic journals, such as “<i>Identidad viajera: La mexicanidad de Rosario Sansores en su poesía transnacional</i>,” in <i>Border-Lines</i>, University of Nevada, Reno. Moreover, Dr. Chadez Ibarra has presented various papers at national and international conferences. He already submitted an academic article for publication in a prestigious academic journal and is currently working on a second article. He is also expanding one of his research lines to publish it as a book in a prestigious academic publisher.