EDUCATION: 1976 Ph.D., Spanish Literature, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA.
1970 B.A., Philosophy, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA.
1963 Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
 
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 2004   Humanities Distinguished Professor.  Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The Ohio State University.  Columbus, OH.
2003   

Visiting Professor (Spring).  Department of Romance Languages.  Michigan State University.
1999 Professor.  Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Ohio State University.  Columbus, OH.
1992-99 Associate Professor.  Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Ohio State University.  Columbus, OH.
1997 Visiting Associate Professor (Fall). Department of Romance Languages. University of Oregon.  Eugene, OR.
1989 Visiting Associate Professor (Summer). Literature Department, University of California, San Diego.  La Jolla, CA.
1983-85 Visiting Professor.  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Managua, Nicaragua.
1980-85 Associate Professor. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota.  Minneapolis, MN.
1975-79 Assistant Professor.  Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota.  Minneapolis, MN.
1977 Visiting Assistant Professor (Winter).  Literature Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. CA.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION: Latin American Literature and Culture.
Caribbean and Central American Narratives
Feminist Studies.
Post-Colonial Theory.
Subaltern Studies.