Summary

Professor of US-American Literature with expertise in Mexican American Literature, Science Fiction, US-American culture and history, and Creative Writing.

More than 30 years of Classroom Teaching and Academic Scholarship. Proven success in implementing Online Curriculum.

Extensive and successful Service background at Departmental and College levels. Active in successful Community Outreach Initiatives. Native of South Texas: Rio Grande Valley.

Former career as award-winning Newspaper Reporter in various Texas cities; covered education issues, NASA, border and immigration.

Skills

Excellent writer, researcher;, Dynamic, successful classroom teacher;, Extensive, successful online teaching experience Education

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

English and American Literature, PhD 06/2000

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

English And American Literature, MA 06/1994

University of North Texas Denton, TX

Journalsim, BA 12/1981

Languages

Spanish

Experience

University of North Texas Denton, TX

Associate Professor 09/2015 - Present

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University of North Texas Denton, TX

Assistant Professor 09/2009 - 08/2015

Taught US Ameican Literature

University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN

Assistant Professor 09/2002 - 05/2009

Taught courses in US-American Literature and Latinx Literature Boston University Boston, MA

Lecturer 09/2000 - 05/2002

Taught courses in Composition

Graduate Studies Houston and Cambridge, TX, MA

Student 09/1989 - 05/2000

Creative Writing Program, University of Houston; English and American Literatures Program, Harvard University Freelance Journalist, Reuters San Antonio, TX

Reporter and Writer 06/1987 - 09/1989

Reuters, various magazines

Jaime Javier Rodríguez

210-***-**** ad5ccp@r.postjobfree.com San Antonio, TX Texas Newspaper Dailies Waco, Arlington, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Texas Reporter 06/1981 - 09/1987

Covered a wide variety of news, events, press conferences Experience Highlights

Associate Professor, University Of North Texas

Teaching

Informed and inspired students across full spectra of US-American literature, from Native American traditions, through colonial eras, nineteenth century, twentieth century, and into contemporary era. Developed innovative courses in Mexican American literature, focusing on fiction, personal essay, non-fiction and memoir, and poetry.

Mentored and supported diverse students at undergraduate and graduate levels. Helped students to develop, strengthen, and demonstrate integrative and specialized knowledge, essential habits of critical thinking, advanced communication skills, and collaborative problem-solving skills. Developed innovative online courses in Mexican American literature and in Science Fiction, with emphasis on diversity and equity across US-American history and culture. Fostered classroom and online environments of tolerance and respect for diverse viewpoints and diverse backgrounds across differences of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and national origin. Explored creative classroom interventions, such as art and music assignments, and writing and presentation of skits and videos in association with literary pedagogical goals. Kept abreast of advances in pedagogy and work to continuously improve teaching methods and introduce new approaches to instruction.

Maintained regular office hours to provide struggling students with additional course help. Created dynamic learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction. Scholarship

Record of scholarly publications in highest quality academic journals Author of well received The Literatures of the US-Mexican War: Time, Narrative, and Identity, UT Press, 2010 Contributed to 16 academic conferences

Sustained professional contact with colleagues and engaged in continuing professional activities to upgrade and augment existing skills or develop new ones.

Service

Contributed to eight different institutional committees at departmental and college levels. Advised student groups, assisting learners in educational programs both on and off campus. Made contributions in curricular development and innovation in teaching strategies. Facilitated mock job interviews for student skill-building and promoted potential networking opportunities. Developed diversified course curriculum to meet regulatory standards and support learning objectives. Assistant Professor of English, University Of Notre Dame, Developed and taught more than 30 courses in US-American Literature, US-Mexican War Literature, and Mexican American Literature

Participated in research investigating implementation of technology to improve student writing Assisted in program development with Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame Lecturer in English Boston University

Two years as lecturer in BU Writing Program, teaching freshman writing courses Free-lance Reporter, Reuters

Primary areas of expertise were NASA, covering space shuttle missions from Johnson Space Center near Houston Immigration and other subjects along US-Mexico border Newspaper Staff Reporter; Arlington Daily News; Waco Tribune Herald; Corpus Christi Caller-Times; San Antonio Light; Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Interviewed hundreds of people across all areas of society Wrote prize-winning articles and series on Latino education issues. Primary areas of expertise: US Space Program; Mexican American culture; Mexican Americans in Education Publications

Book

The Literatures of the US-Mexican War: Time, Narrative, and Identity. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. Works in Progress

Books in Progress

A Tejanx Planetary: Utopian Vision in South Texas Literatures in the Early Twentieth Century. The project examines utopian themes in several key, early Mexican-American writers. Fiction

The Terran Supremacy: A Río Bravo Adventure: Science Fiction novel Tejasville Stories, short story collection.

Scholarly Articles

“El Adíos Tejas in El Corrido Pensilvanio: Migration, Place, and Politics in South Texas.”MELUS 40.1 (2015): 76-98.

“The US- Mexican War in James Russell Lowell's The Biglow Papers.” Arizona Quarterly. 63.3 (2007): 1-33.

“Caballero's Global Imaginary: Time and Space in South Texas.” MELUS. 33.1 2008): 117- 138.

“The U.S.-Mexican War in American Literature” Encyclopedia entry for the online Oxford Research Encyclopedia. Scholarly Book Chapter

“Hell in Mexican Texas: Stephen Crane at the American Abyss.” The Turn Around Religion in America: Literature, Culture, and the work of Sacvan Bercovitch, Eds. Nan Goodman and Michael Kramer. Ashgate, November 2011. 349- 367.

Forthcoming

Scholarly

"The Utopian Consciousness of Leonor Villegas de Magnon, Mexican Revolutionary," Pasados: Recovering History, Imagining Latinidad

Fiction

"Requiem for the Biohuman", Chicanx Futurism, anthology Service, Academic

University of North Texas

Departmental Appointments

Curriculum Committee, 2022-23

Graduate Admissions Committee, 2021 to 2022

Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies, Fall 2017 Curriculum Committee, Fall 2011-Spring 2014

Graduate Job Placement Coordinator, Fall 2010-Spring 2013 Service to the Department

Hiring Committees:

Assistant Professor position, chair, 2023024

Visiting Lecturer position, chair, 2023

Visiting Creative Writing position, 2019-20

Hiring Committee: Chair, Lecturer Position, 2018-2019 April 2014:

Assignments

Assisted in evaluating and judging applications for departmental scholarships March 2014: Moderated a panel of student conference presentation at the annualGraduate Students in English Association conference.

April 2013: Assisted in evaluating and judging applications for departmental scholarships. March 2013: Gave talk to students in the department's Sigma Delta Tau chapter. “Mexican America and Globalization: The Last Days of Ethnicity?”

October 2012: Invited Professor José Limón to UNT, organized a day of events including a graduate student session, a lunch with faculty, and a reception following his primary lecture on the Mexican-American middle class. October 2010: Organized and hosted the Americanist Faculty-Grad Forum at UNT on the Square, with the assistance of Herbert Holl.

October 2010: Participated in the Americanist Cross-Talk along with colleague Stephanie Hawkins. We each discussed our own new books with each other and with a gathering of graduate students and faculty. September 2010: Organized roundtable discussion with colleagues in the English Department to discuss Sherman Alexie's novel Flight.

February 2010: Invited and hosted Professor Tino Villanueva. Villanueva read from his poetry during a week of events dedicated to Mexican American history and culture. I organized his visit to coincide with my own teaching project that semester and to also coincide with a week of activities honoring Mexican Americans in the arts. Service to the College

2019-2020: Strategic Planning Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Social Studies Fall 2018: Elected for a three-year term on the Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum Fall 2017: Elected for a two-year term on the College's Graduate Curriculum Committee. January 2014: Screened 2001: A Space Odyssey for Honors Hall film series, led discussion with more than 20 students afterward.

Service to the University

April 2014: Co-organized and co-directed the first Latino and Mexican American Student Conference at the University of North Texas, April 11, 2015, featuring a day of panels presentations aimed at fostering student success in college and beyond.

Concluded the Pláticas InterActivas series with a faculty lunch, May 8, 2015. September 2014: Delivered the first Pláticas InterActivas series talk, “What does Chicana/o Literature Have To Do With SpaceX Rockets in South Texas?”, an informal presentation about research and academic life in Mexican American humanities.

September 2014: Developed and organized the Pláticas InterActivas series which features five interactive research discussions throughout the school year with UNT faculty specializing in Latina/o studies. The series is designed to introduce promising students to Mexican American humanities research and to offer guidance regarding graduate school applications.

March 2014: Participated in the kickoff event for the new Latino and Mexican American Studies certificate and concentration.

2012-13: Continued meet with Latina and Latino colleagues at UNT to develop a new Mexican-American and Latino Studies Major.

March 2011: Successfully proposed the addition of a new course, Mexican American Non-Fiction Writing, to the English Department catalogue, inaugurated in Fall 2013. October 2010: Moderated and participated in a panel discussion in the Lyceum following the screening of The Longoria Affair, a PBS documentary exploring a pivotal event in the rise of Texas Mexican-American civic activism in the 1940s.

October 2010: Arranged and hosted visiting writer John Phillip Santos from UTSA, who gave a talk on his writing and his ongoing exploration of mestizaje.

October 2010: Ended the month by helping to organize and participating in an annual Day of the Dead celebration on Nov. 1. Our specific altar was dedicated to our intellectual and academic ancestors. September 2010: Participated in subcommittee to establish an official name (UNeTe) for the University of North Texas Latina/o Faculty and Staff Alliance.

February 2010: Participated in the organization and hosting of an original play about a key moment in the Mexican- American civil rights movement in Texas, “Crystal City, 1969.” The play premiered in Dallas in December 2009, and had its first campus production here at UNT in February 2010. The event was well attended, and quite moving. It capped a day of events in which students from around the area were brought to campus to listen to various panelists discuss Hispanics in higher education, the history of Mexican Americans in education, and the many challenges facing this demographic in future years. Many of the historical actors depicted in the play were in attendance on campus and spoke to students. I moderated a panel discussion with the key figures. Service to the Profession

2017: Tenure reviewer for a candidate at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Prof. Noreen Rivera. April 2010: Participated in a manuscript review at SMU for Associate Professor Raul Coronado's first book project. The workshopping panel included Professor Anna Brickhouse, one of the nation's leading Americanists. Service to the Community

April 22, 2017: Co-organized and developed Palabras del Mundo: An Earth Day Literary Celebrationin Oak Cliff

(Dallas). Keynote reader was John Phillip Santos.

April 22, 2017: Read a piece of short fiction, “Three Retablos for Robe Reyes, a Vietnam Vet”, at the Palabras del Mundo: An Earth Day Literary Celebration in Oak Cliff with Special Guest John Phillip Santos. February 2017: Co-edited Voces: A Collection of New Works, an anthology of Latinx community fiction and poetry from Dallas, Texas.

June-July 2016: Designed and taught Mexican-American literature and culture to LULAC Upward Bound, high school students in Dallas.

September-November-2105: Tutored high school students from Dallas' Sunset and Pinkston High Schools, part of LULAC's Upward Bound program.

September 2014: Nominated by Dallas Fiestas Patrias for a Miguel Hidalgo community service award for organizing and leading DFW Latino Writers.

July 2014: Consulting contract with RGV Focus in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas). Developed four white papers defining educational contexts, goals, and challenges across all sectors of public education in the region with an emphasis on increasing college graduation rates among Mexican American students. April-May 2014: Met with at-risk students from two different area middle schools (Lake Dallas ISD and Lewisville ISD) as part of their visits to campus.

September 2012 to Present: Organized and launched the first monthly meeting of a new Dallas-Fort Worth Latino Writers Group, focused on fiction, non-fiction and poetry. August 2011: Designed and led an essay writing tutorial for high school students at the Café College learning center in San Antonio. Café College is a city-sponsored program to introduce students to all facets of the college learning experience.

Service Prior to Appointment at University of North Texas, 200*-****-****: Designed and conducted a seminar on teaching literature for professors at the University of Texas at San Antonio participating in on-campus Learning Communities Program. 2008: Designed a new writing curriculum for the Tomas Rivera Center for Student Excellence at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The new syllabus template helps teachers guide students through the basics of essay composition in a carefully sequenced, 15-week program. 2007: Moderated student discussion at Notre Dame focusing on immigration and cultural identity in the United States. 2007: Led a committee at University of Notre Dame which organized Visiting Lecture by Professor Charles Tatum, Dean of Humanities, University of Arizona; sponsored principally by the Institute for Latino Studies, the English Department, and Notre Dame's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. 2006: Read a work of original short fiction, “Harlingen Airport,” San Antonio Hispanic Writers Association meeting. 2005: Assisted in judging a writing contest co-sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

(HACU) and Southwest Airlines. Winners received tickets for themselves and a family member to reduce travel expenses during their college years.

2005: Lectured and led discussions, Odyssey Project, Sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council. Co-taught a weekend seminar on Latina/o and African-American literature as part of the IHC's Odyssey Project, a community outreach program designed to explore both difference and community through literature. 2004: Assisted in organizing and introducing visiting scholar José David Saldívar, University of California, Berkeley, during an event sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies. Spring 2004. Departmental Service, University of Notre Dame

Library Committee, Fall 2008-Spring 2009

Undergraduate Studies Committee

Undergraduate Studies Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2008 Search Committee for Senior Latina/o Literature Position, Fall 2007-Spring 2008 Graduate Studies Committee, English Department, 2003-2005 Learning Technology Subcommittee, 2004

Institute for Latino Studies, Academic Affairs Committee, 2002-03 Courses

Courses Taught

Assistant and Associate Professor, University of North Texas, 2009-2024 Online

Science Fiction and the Human

Short Story

Mexican American Literature

Freshman Composition II

Cultural Legacies of the US-Mexican War (graduate seminar, hybrid) In-Person

Science Fiction and the Human Chicana/o Literature Short Story

Survey of Ethnic Literature

Scholarly Writing, Graduate Seminar Introduction to Literature American Literature I and II, Surveys Literatures of Texas and the US West US Ethnic and Global Literatures Literatures of the Americas

US Literatures and Global Contexts

Graduate Level

Mexican American Literature and Globalization

U.S. Western Literature and the Mexican American Experience Early Mexican-American Literature Pre-1960 Mexican American Literature

Science Fiction and Postcoloniality

Contemporary Chicana/o Literature

Special Topics Courses

Maricruz Gómez,, 2021-22, PhD committe director

Joel Najera. 2021, Senior Honors Thesis, Committee member Courtney Craggett, PhD, 2013, Committee member

Completed Student Committee Service

Member: Aurelia Von Tress, Spring 2021, PhD, Committee member Member: Kim Garza, Spring 2019, PhD, Committee member

Advisor : Sean Enfield (McNair Scholar) Director, Senior Honors Thesis, 2015 Chair: Jonathan Leal, MA, 2014, Committee member

Member: Daphne Moriel, MA, 2013, Committee member

Chair: Amanda Burns, MA 2013, Committee member

Member: Connie Beeler, MA 2011, Committee member

Conferences

“A Tejano Crucible in World War I France: The Construction of Place in José de la Luz Sáenz's War Diary.” Cultural Studies Association, Villanova University, June 2016.

"The Eradication of Place in El Sol de Tejas" Latina/o Encounters with Modernity and Modernism. American Comparative Literature Association, Toronto, Canada. April 2013.

“La Posta del Palo Alto: The Global Ground of El Mesquite.” Latina/o Writing Workshop, University of North Texas. Aug. 2011.

“The Ethical Vision of el ‘Adios Tejas' in El Corrido Pensilvanio.” Crisis, Chains, andChange: American Studies for the 21st Century, American Studies Association, San Antonio, Texas. Nov. 2010.

“Politics and Ethics in el Pensilvanio's ‘Adio Tejas'”. Recovering and Commemorating 200 years of Struggle for Liberation. 2010 Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project Conference, Houston. Texas. Nov. 2010.

“Ethnic Stories/Global Fields: Considering Literary Studies from Tejana/o Texas” Who Counts and Who's Counting. National Association of Ethnic Studies. Washington, D.C. April 2010.

“Allegorical Realities: Unsayable Homologies in Cabeza de Vaca's Relación and Echevarría's El Conquistador Conquistado” Global Languages/Local Cultures. American Comparative Literature Association, Harvard University, Boston, Mass. March 2009.

“The Global Synthesis of Time and Space in Zamora O'Shea's El Mesquite.” Mapping the Contact Zones of Nuestra América: The Bicentennial of Hispanic Newspapers in the United States. Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, Houston, Texas. November 2008.

“‘El Corrido Pensilvano'” Between Here and There on the Transnational Railroad.” Movement Through Music in Latin America. American Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, California. April 2008.

“Teaching Transnational Latina/o Literatures to Non-Latina/o Students.” “Mi Educación es la Causa”: Chicana and Chicano Pedagogy in the 21st Century. National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Texas Regional Conference, McAllen, Texas. February 2008.

“Subversive Self-Transformation in Urrea's The Devil's Highway and By the Lake of Sleeping Children: Metaphors of Migrancy and Reading.” Sociocultural and Ideological Shifts: Chicana/o Migratory Movements and Immigration Passages. National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, San Jose, California. April 2007.

“Becoming the Undocumented: Passages into Mexico in Two Recent Films: The Gatekeeper and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Texas Regional Conference, Denton, Texas, March 2007.

“A War of Words: US-American Rhetorical Violence and Cultural Anxiety During the US- Mexican War.” The United States from Inside and Out: Transnational American Studies. American Studies Association Conference, Oakland, California. October 2006.

“Categories of Mexican Evil in the American Imagination: An Analysis of Popular US-Mexican War Literature.” Transnational Chicana and Chicano Studies: Linking the Local with the Global in the Struggle for Social Justice. National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico. June 2006.

“The Anglo Within the Mexican: Cultural Inversions in Caballero.” Transfronterismo: Crossing Ethnic Borders in U.S. Literatures. Society for the Study of Multi =Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Conference, San Antonio, Texas. March 2004.

“De-Nationalizing the American Enemy: James Fenimore Cooper and his Mexican War Tale.” Nineteenth-Century Worlds: Local/Global. Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies. London, England. July 2003.

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