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