Appointments, Awards and Memberships


APPOINTMENTS

Reviewer for Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture: 2006-Present.

Reviewer for Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature: 2005-Present.

Reviewer for Juan de la Cuesta Monographs: 2005-Present.

Resident Director, Marquette University in Madrid Study Center: 2003-05.

Coordinator, Universidades Reunidas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 2004-05.

Founding Editor of Decimononica, journal on 19th-century Hispanic culture and literature: 2004-Present.

NEH Summer Stipend Junior Faculty Nominee, Marquette University: September 2000.

Member, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures' Mellon Foundation Committee, Marquette University, 2000-03.

Member, Subcommittee of Academic Affairs for the Committee on Faculty, Marquette University, 2002-Present.

Spanish 010 Coordinator, Marquette University, 2000-02.

Director, UND-in-Spain Summer Abroad Program, Madrid: 1997-1999.

Special Session Chair, "Innovaciones dieciochescas en la novela española." Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.: December 1996.

Assistant to the Editors, Hispanic Review, University of Pennsylvania: 1994-95.

President, Graduate Romanic Association, University of Pennsylvania: 1993-95.

Conference Director, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Colloquium in French, Hispanic and Italian Literatures and Romance Philology: April 1995.
 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

U. S. Department of Education "Who Counts?" Curriculum Enhancement Grant. Marquette University: May 2009.

Invited guest speaker to the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain: May 12-14, 2009.

International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Travel Award, Montpellier, France: July 2007.

National Residence Hall Honorary Faculty Star Award, Marquette University: April 2003.

Faculty Development Award, Graduate School, Marquette University: October 2006.

Faculty Development Award, Graduate School, Marquette University: June 2004.

Gettel Travel Grant, Marquette University: May 2002.

Faculty Development Award, Graduate School, Marquette University: June 2001.

Gettel Travel Grant, Marquette University: May 2001.

Dean's Travel Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, Marquette University: February 2001.

Dean's Travel Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, Marquette University: November 2000.

Faculty Development Award, Graduate School, Marquette University: October 2000.

Program for Cultural Cooperation Research Fellowship, Madrid: July 2000.

Gettel Travel Grant, Marquette University: June 2000.

Summer Faculty Fellowship, Marquette University: June 2000.

New Faculty Research Scholar Award, University of North Dakota: June 1999.

Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award Finalist, University of North Dakota: 1998-99.

International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Fellowship, Bordeaux, France: July 1998.

Program for Cultural Cooperation Research Fellowship, Madrid: July 1998.

Research Faculty Scholar Award, University of North Dakota: June 1998.

Alice Clark Faculty Fellowship, University of North Dakota: 1997-98.

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award Nomination, University of North Dakota: 1997-98.

Andrew W. Mellon Final-Year Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania: 1996-97.

University Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania: 1995-96.

Tuition and Teaching Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania: 1993-95.

Andrew W. Mellon Summer Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania: 1994.

Arts & Science Full Tuition Scholarship, New York University: 1992-93.

International Publications' "Honorable Mention" National Poetry Award: 1990.

Certificate of Academic Excellence at the Colegio de España in Salamanca, Spain: 1990.
 

MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Mediterranean Studies Association: 2001-Present.

Member, Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies: 1999-Present.

Member, AZIEN, International Association for Emile Zola and Naturalism: 1999-Present.

Member, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese: 1998-Present.

Member, Ibero-American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies: 1996-Present.

Member, Modern Language Association of America: 1993-Present.

Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Marquette University: 1999-2000.

Full Member, Graduate Faculty, University of North Dakota: 1998-99.

Member, University Senate Honors Committee, University of North Dakota: 1998-99.

Member, Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota: 1997-99.

Member, Northeast Modern Language Association: 1994-1997.

Member, Graduate Romanic Association, University of Pennsylvania: 1993-1997.