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Office Phone (973) 408-3890
nnoguera@drew.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Appointments at Drew:

05/05 to present Associate Professor of Spanish.
Department of Spanish, Drew University, N.J. Director,
Minor in Latin American Studies.

08/00 to 2005 Assistant Professor of Spanish (tenure track) Department of Spanish, Drew University, NJ. Director, Minor in Latin American Studies.

09/99 to 08/00 Lecturer, Language Coordinator, Department of Spanish, Drew University, NJ. Duties involve the supervision of eleven Spanish courses, taught by two adjuncts and four professors. Teaching Spanish for Heritage Speakers, Phonetics, Syntax and Composition.

9/97 to 05/99 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Spanish, Drew University, Madison: New Jersey. Two courses of Intermediate Spanish.

Other Employment:

09/98 to 08/99 Lecturer, College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent
Station, NJ. Two courses: Latinos in the U.S., and
Caribbean Cultures and Literature (both in English).

1/92-05/97 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, New York: NY. Two courses per semester: Elementary and Intensive Advanced Spanish, plus courses on Composition and Style, and Advanced Conversation.

1/97-05/97 Adjunct Instructor, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York: NY. One course of Writing and Composition in Spanish for Spanish Speakers.

1/89-12/91 Graduate Teaching Assistant, New York University, NY. Two undergraduate Intensive Elementary Spanish courses per semester.

EDUCATION:

2000 Ph.D. in Latin American Literature, New York University, New York: NY. (Dissertation title: "Nación, Desplazamiento y Género en la Escritura Autobiográfica de Esmeralda Santiago y Judith Ortíz Cofer").

1992 M.A. in Latin American Literature, New York University.

1982 Licentiate in Latin American and Venezuelan History, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida: Venezuela.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

1. Books:

A) Literary Criticism
Nación, Espacio y Género en la escritura autobiográfica de Esmeralda Santiago y Judith Ortiz Cofer. Lima, Perú: Editorial El Santo Oficio, Colección Amaru, 2003.

B) Pedagogical
Learn Spanish Together: For the Car (Living Language Plus). In collaboration with Marie-Claire Antoine and Anna Suffredini. New York : Random House, 2000.

Learn Spanish in the Car (Living Language Parent/Child Activity Kit). In collaboration with Marie Claire Antoine and Helga Schier. New York: Random House. 1999.

Lear Spanish in the Kitchen: A Parent-Child Activity Kit. In collaboration with Gretchen Patterson and Helga Schier. New York: Random House, 1998.

C) Creative Writing

" Trinidad de los sueños" (short story) in Cuentos que hicieron historia: 1946-2004. Caracas: Epsilon Libros, 2005.

Translaciones(short stories). Caracas:Venezuela: Monte Avila Editores, April, 2004.

2. SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

"Nación, espacio y género en Cuando era Puertorriqueña" in Revista Actual: Edición especial dedicada a la literatura puertorriqueña contemporánea. (pp. 63-73), Mérida, Venezuela: Universidad de los Andes: 3ra. Etapa, #55-56, Mayo-Julio, 2005

"Identidad y espacios abyectos" in Arcis: Dossier Especial sobre América Latina. Santiago de Chile: Universidad Arcis, Verano 2003.

"Performances de la Identidad: el yo y el otro en Silent Dancing" has been accepted for publication in Reflexiones: Ensayos sobre escritoras hispanoamericanas. Monmouth University, NJ.

EARLIER PUBLICATIONS:

1993 "El incidente" (short story), in De Azur, (Columbia University) New York, Fall: 81-85.

1992 "Trinidad de Los SueZos" (short story), in Narradores de El Nacional, Caracas: Monte Avila Editores.

1991 Estudios Sociales 2. Cuaderno de Trabajo. Educación Básica (grade school workbook, co-author), Caracas: Editorial Garra.

7/90 "Long Island" (short story), in Papel Abierto, Barquisimeto: Venezuela, 24-28.

5/88 "Ser mujer en el tercer mundo" (essay), in ibid., 5: 4-7.

3/88 "La Cuaresma llama a la reflexión y a la acción" (essay), in Revista Maryknoll, Maryknoll: NY, 9, 3: 26-29.

1/88 "Raíces y vigencia: El Arte Popular en Venezuela" (essay), in SIC, Caracas, L: 500.

1988 Estudios Sociales 1, Cuaderno de Trabajo, Educación Básica (grade school workbook, co-author), Caracas: Editorial Garra, 128 p.

1987 Matemática I, Cuaderno de Trabajo. Educación Básica (grade school workbook, co-author), Caracas: Editorial Garra, 128p.
1/87 Petare: Historia, vida cultural y el museo (museum guide), Caracas: Museum of Petare.
3/87 "Josefa Sulbarán: Veinte aZos en la pintura" (essay), in Artesanía y Folklore de Venezuela, Caracas, X, 57: 11f.4/87[Introduction to] Retrospectiva de Josefa Sulbarán (exhibit guide), Caracas: Museum of Petare.

4/87 Josefa Sulbarán (exhibit guide), ibid.

9/87 "El Dominio de la Soledad" (essay), in El Hombre del Anillo: materia y anhelos, Caracas: Museum of Petare.
6/87 "Pedro Manuel Oporto: Una vida aprendiendo el mundo" (essay), in ibid.
6/87 "Color y calor de Cabimas" (essay), in Color y calor de Cabimas, ibid.

9/86 Bárbaro Rivas: biografía y cronología (exhibit guide), ibid

8/86 Estampitas, gordas y retablos (exhibit guide), ibid.
6/86 "El Iluminado de Petare" [Introduction to] El espacio y el color en Bárbaro Rivas (exhibit guide), Caracas: Museum of Petare.
6/86 "El tiempo de Bárbaro Rivas" (essay), in ibid.
4/86 Tres de Oriente (exhibit guide), Caracas: Museum of Petare.
8/85 "Trinidad de los sueZos" (short story), in El Nacional, Caracas.
6/85 "Altar" (short story), in Lamigal, Caracas

10/84 "La Inquisición en Mérida, 1640-1810" (historical essay), in Revista de Historia, Caracas.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: SCHOLARLY PAPERS PRESENTED TO ACADEMIC MEETINGS:

04/16/04 "Performances of Identities: The Self and the Other in Latina's Narratives". Cultural Encounters Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, L.A.

11/22/03 Annual Conference of the ATFL (Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages), Philadelphia. Attended two days of Workshops and Lectures on pedagogical issues.

03/28/03 "Hybrid Identities and Modernist Literature: Revising the Colonial Eating Habits of the Brazilian Nation" XXIV Conference of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Dallas, TX.

O9/23/2002 "The Power of Colonial Discourse in the Autobiographies of Esmeralda Santiago and Judith Ortiz Cofer," Conference Legitimizing Power:Sexual Identity, Gender and Authority" Westchester University, PA.

09/06/2001 "Discurso colonial y autobiografía latina," XXIII Conference of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, DC.

04/07/2001 "Strategies for Surviving in an Unknown Territory," II Latino/a Conference at Drew University, Madison, NJ.

04/06/2001 "Discurso colonial, cuerpo y espacio en la narrativa autobiográfica de Judith Ortiz Cofer y Esmeralda Santiago," XXII Conference of Latin American & Spanish Literature, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.

2/99 "El contradictorio tópico de la nación, la identidad y el desplazamiento cultural en Cuando era puertorriqueZa de Esmeralda Santiago," Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures, New Orleans, L.A.

10/98 "Identidad y autorrepresentación en Cuando era puertorriqueZa de Esmeralda Santiago," Eighth Biennial Northeast Regional Meeting, American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese, Madison, NJ.

3/97 "Memoria y deseo en Itinerario de Pasárgada de Manuel Bandeira," VI NYU-Columbia University Graduate Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Literatures, New York.

3/96 "Identidad, conocimiento y cuerpo en Paula de Isabel Allende," V NYU-Columbia University Graduate Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Literatures, New York.

7/94 "Algunas cuestiones de género en la poesía modernista brasileZa," VII Congreso de Literatura Iberoamericana, Caracas, Venezuela.

TRANSLATIONS AND EDITIONS:

1997 Lesson Plans (translation from English into Spanish for the exhibition Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art & Culture of the Caribbean. Museo del Barrio, New York: NY).

Classroom Connections Text (translation from English into Spanish for El Museo del Barrio, New York: NY).
Material Interpretativo (edition of the Spanish version for the exhibition Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art & Culture. Museo del Barrio, New York: NY).

1996 "Louise Bourgeois" by Paulo Herkenkoff (translation from English into Spanish for the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico).

1995 Sesame Street Manual (translation from English into Spanish with Sandra García for Saga Productions, Brooklyn: NY).
1994 "Cuarteto para Kyoto" and other poems by Wilson Bueno (translation from Portuguese into Spanish with O. Maduro), in De Azur, (Columbia University) New York: NY, Spring: 55-61.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT DREW UNIVERSITY:

Spanish from Elementary to Advanced levels; "Spanish for Heritage Speakers"; "Advanced Writing and Composition in Spanish"; "The Discourse(s) of Race, Nation and Gender in the Formation of the Latin American Nations" "Gender, Space and Ethnicity in Latin American Narratives" "Literature of the Conquest of America" "Hybrid Identities and Globalization on Latin American Narratives" First Year Seminar: "Reading Gender and Nation in Latin America"; "African Roots and The Discourse of Nation, Gender and Race in Latin America"; "The 'Cuento Fantástico' in 20th-Century in Spanish-America".A DIS with Professor Maria Masucci "Ecotourism, Crafts and Cultural Survival in Ecuador". A course in Humanities, team-taught with Prof. Karen Pechilis: "Latin America: Cultures, Revolutions and Social Conflicts"

ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

2005 Chair of the Foreign Language Council.

2004 Member of the Advisory Committee to the Dean of Admissions.
Member of the Honor Thesis Committee.
Faculty Advisor of eighteen students.
Faculty Advisor of the Drew's Capoeira Club.
Coordinator with Ms. Pat Harris and Ms. Sue Cardona of the "Adopt a Family" Internship.

2003 Member of the Admissions Committee. Was part of the Search Committee for the new Dean's of Admissions.
Member of the Task Force for the Size of the College.
Member of Honor Thesis Committee.

2001-present Member, University Committee of Affirmative Action.
Director of Latin American Studies (minor).

2001-2003 Member, Theme Housing Committee.
Faculty Advisor for twenty students.
Member, Search Committee, Faculty Position in Linguistics-Spanish. Department.

2000-present Faculty Advisor of ARIEL (Latina/o Students Association) and La Casa Latina (Theme House).

2000-present Volunteer Translator and Interpreter for the Morris County Board of Education.

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS:

2005 Dean's Council Faculty Research Grant for a project in Venezuela.

2004 Dean's Council Faculty Research Grant for a project in Venezuela.

Travel Grant from FACIOP to take 18 students to Brazil in a Drew International Seminar in the Summer 2005.

2003 Faculty Merit Award

2002 Awarded by "El Diario La Prensa" as one of the 50
Latinas of the Year.

Travel Grant from FACIOP to take 20 students to Ecuador with Professor Maria Massucci in a Drew International Seminar in January 2003.

2001 Grant for the preparation of a Drew International Seminar in Brazil.

2001 Travel Grant from FACIOP to take 20 students to Brazil for a Drew International Seminar in the Summer 2002.

2000 Faculty Merit Award.

1992 Outstanding Graduate Student New York University.

1991 University Fellowship at New York University, ibid. for excellent academic achievement during graduate studies.

1989-91 Teaching Assistantship at New York University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures.

OTHER:
8/85 Annual Prize for the Best Short Story of the Year awarded by the daily El Nacional, Caracas, to the short story "Trinidad de los SueZos". Diploma, cash award and publication in the Anniversary Issue of the newspaper.

1993-95 Member, Contributing Council, De Azur, (Columbia University) New York: NY.

MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Association of American Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).
Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
BRASA (Brazilian Studies Association).
Modern Languages Association (MLA).

Madison, New Jersey, Fall 2005