Zoila
Y. Clark
zoilyova@yahoo.com
http://www.fiu.edu/~zclark01/
(305)599-9038
Miami, Florida
EDUCATION:
Spanish ABD from the Department of Modern Languages, Florida
International University
18 graduate credits in Women’s Studies
Miami, Florida March 2007
Dissertation: “Reconceptualizing Feminine Sexuality in the Texts of
Cristina Escofet and Isabel Allende: A Surrealist and Postmodern Approach” /
“Propuestas para una reconceptualización surrealista y postmoderna de la
sexualidad femenina en los textos de Cristina Escofet e Isabel Allende” [In
progress].
M.A. in Spanish, Florida International University
Miami, Florida, March 2004
M.S. in TESOL, Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 1999
B.A. in Education, Feminine University of the Sacred Heart
Lima, Peru, October 1993
Language Teacher License: English
& French, Instituto Pedagógico Nacional
Monterrico
Lima, Peru, May 1993
LEGAL STATUS: U.S. Citizen. Born in Lima, Peru.
AWARDS:
“As an Outstanding Teaching Assistant.” Award of the Academy for the Art of
Teaching & The Graduate Student Association, April 2008.
“AATSP First-Time Attendee Award for
2007.” Award based on an outstanding teacher application. The American
Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, San Diego, California,
August 2007.
“Alumni Honors Award for Performance
of an Outstanding Intervention Project in an Educational Setting.” Nova
Southeastern University, 1999.
PUBLICATIONS:
“Cristina Escofet: por un feminismo
caleidoscópico en Arquetipos, modelos para desarmar,” 2008. Alba de
América. [In press]. (Journal Article).
“Rasgos naturalistas y modernistas
en Sin rumbo (1885) de Eugenio Cambaceres,” 2008. Hispanófila.
[In press]. (Journal Article).
“Eco-feminismo en la narrativa de
María Luisa Bombal.” Delaware Review of Latin American Studies 9.1
(2008): [no pagination]. (Journal Article). HTML
“Parodia del género sexual y
del discurso primitivista en La ciudad de las bestias de Isabel
Allende,” Letras Femeninas 33.2 (2007): 57-72. (Journal Article). PDF
“Los sacrificios a Xochipilli en Nada
de Carmen Laforet,” Feminaria Literaria 19.30-31 (2007): 121-125.
(Journal Article). PDF
“Buñuel’s Version of Tristana and
the Inversion of Power Relations,” Making Waves: Women’s Studies Center,
Florida International University 5 (2007): 31-34. (Journal Article). PDF
“El protagonismo de la corporeidad
en Hable con ella de Pedro Almodóvar,” Letras Hispanas: Revista de
Literatura y Cultura, 2006 Spring; 3 (1): [no pagination]. (Journal
Article). HTML
/ PDF
“Benito Pérez Galdós y el aburguesamiento
en Tristana,” Espéculo: Revista de Estudios Literarios 33 (July -
Oct. 2006). (Journal Article). HTML
“El cristianismo y los estereotipos
de mujer en las novelas cubanas de la esclavitud: Francisco: el ingenio o
las delicias del campo, Cecilia Valdés y Sab,” Sin
Frontera: Revista Académica y Literaria 1.1 (2006). (Journal Article). HTML
Grammar in Context for ESL College
Students. Florida: Publication U.S.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC Database), 1999.
PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES:
“Female Sexuality in the Texts of Cristina Escofet and Isabel Allende.” 10th
International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women – Universidad Complutense de
Madrid, Madrid, July 2008.
“A Reading of Kate Chopin’s The
Awakening through Bird Imagery.” Florida International University – Women’s
Studies Conference, Miami, March 2008.
“Tras el discurso elegíaco en La
dama del alba de Alejandro Casona.” VII Congreso Internacional de
Literatura Hispánica, Cuzco, Peru, March 2008.
“La pasión de Melibea: El deseo
femenino en La Celestina.” National Association of African American
Studies & National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies - 2008
National Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2008.
“The
Bird that Came out of the Cage: A Feminist Approach to Kate Chopin’s The
Awakening.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) 78th Annual
meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2007.
“Cristina Escofet: por un feminismo
caleidoscópico en Arquetipos, modelos para desarmar.” XXIX Simposio
internacional de Literatura: Los mundos posibles: Nuevos Paradigmas, Luján,
Argentina, August 2007.
“El Japón heroico y galante y
el orientalismo latinoamericano de Gómez Carrillo.” The American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 2007 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California,
August 2007.
“Parodia del género sexual y del
discurso primitivista en La ciudad de las bestias de Isabel Allende.”
Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures SECCLL, Georgia
Southern University, Statesboro, March 2007.
“Eco-feminismo surrealista en la
narrativa de María Luisa Bombal.” Mid-America Conference on Hispanic
Literatures, University of Missouri, Columbia, November 2006.
“Los sacrificios a Xochipilli en Nada
de Carmen Laforet.” Fifth Biennial Florida International University Conference
on Spanish and Latin American Cultural Studies, Miami, February 2006.
“Buñuel’s Version of Tristana
and the Inversion of Power Relations.” Florida International University
-Women’s Studies Conference, Miami, April 2005.
“Benito Pérez Galdós y el
aburguesamiento en Tristana.” Fourth Biennial Florida International
University Conference on Spanish and Latin American Literatures and Film,
Miami, February 2004.
EXPERIENCE
Visiting Professor of Spanish, Florida Memorial University, Miami, Florida
Fall 2008 -
Introduction to Latin American
Literature/Teaching Assistant,
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Spring 2008 – Summer 2008
Spanish with WebCT/Teaching
Assistant, Florida International University,
Miami, Florida
Fall 2002 – 2007
Spanish Adjunct, Florida Memorial University, Miami, Florida
Summer 2006
Spanish/English Adjunct, University of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Spring 2001 - Summer 2002
ESL Adjunct, ESL Program, Broward Community College, Davie,
Florida
Summer 1999 - Spring 2002
Spanish Teacher, Global Language Institute, Plantation, Florida
Fall 1999 - 2000
ESOL Coordinator-Teacher, ESOL Program, Miramar
High School, Miramar, Florida
Fall 1999 - 2000
ESOL Adult Teacher, ESOL Program, Piper
Community School, Sunrise, Florida
Fall 1999 - Spring 2000
ESL Teacher, Florida Language Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Summer 1998
Spanish-ESOL Teacher, Heroes de Tiwinza Elementary School, Lima, Peru
March 1996 - August 1997
ESOL Teacher in Language
Centers & Institutes, Lima, Peru
Language Center of the Pacific University of
Peru
January 1994 - August 1997
Language Institute of the Catholic University of
Peru
September
1993 - August 1994
French -ESOL Teacher, Inca Pachacutec Middle and High School Lima,
Peru
March 1991– February 1992
LANGUAGES:
Native speaker of Spanish, near native English proficiency, and intermediate
communicative ability in French: Diplôme de Langue Française – Le Conseil
d’Administration de l’Alliance Française.
SCHOLARLY SERVICES:
Chair Panel & Contributor in the organization of the Biennial Florida
International Conference on Spanish and Spanish-American Cultural Studies:
“Writing and Filming the City,” March 6th to 8th, 2008.
Creator and Editor -in- Chief of Hispanet Journal, 2008.
Editor for Mosaicos 4th
edition, 2008.
REFERENCES:
Santiago-Juan Navarro (305)348-2044 navarros@fiu
Associate Professor of Spanish & Director of Graduate Studies - Modern
Language Department
Florida International University -UP- DM 499B
Aurora Morcillo (305)348-1151 morcillo@fiu.edu
Associate Professor of Women’s Studies & History
Florida International University -UP- DM 216A
Erik Camayd-Freixas (305)348-6222
camayde@fiu.edu
Associate Professor of Spanish - Modern Language Department
Florida International University – UP- DM 491A