Rebecca Garonzik
Associate Professor of Spanish
Phone: 330-263-2461
Office: Kauke 210
Areas of Interest
- Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- Modern and Contemporary Politics and Social Justice Movements
- Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Translation and Translation Studies
Degrees
- B.A., Spanish, Goucher 91勛圖厙
- M.A., Comparative Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D., Comparative Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Courses Taught
- SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish, Level I
- SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish, Level II
- SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish/Grammar, Conversation, and Composition I
- SPAN 224: Readings in Latin American Cultures
- SPAN 275: The U.S. Origins of Latinx Immigration
- SPAN 31108: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- FYSM 101: The Complexity of Home
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- The Privilege of Not-Knowing: Clarice Lispectors A hora da estrela as Self-Critique. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 101.4 (2024): 371-85.
- Hasta tomar el cielo por asalto: Competing Historical Moods in Patricio Prons El esp穩ritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia. Latin American Literary Review 49.98 (2022): 32-39. Web. 17 October 2022.
- These loins arent on fire: Neoliberalism and the Erotic in Paul Mart穩nez Pompas My Kill Adore Him. Latin American Literary Review 47.93 (2020): 12-19. Web. 18 September 2020.
- Beyond Marcuse: Guevaras Influence on the Revolutionary Erotic in Julio Cort獺zars Libro de Manuel. A Contracorriente 13.2 (Winter 2016): 1-24. Web. 8 March 2016.
- Deconstructing Psychiatric Discourse and Idealized Madness in Cristina Rivera Garzas Nadie me ver獺 llorar. Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 43.1 (May 2014): 3-14.
- To name that thing without a name: Linking Poetry and the Childs Voice in Sandra Cisneross The House on Mango Street. Letras Femeninas 37.2 (Winter 2011): 139-55.
Other Publications
- Estrada, Oswaldo. The Weight of Dreams. Translated by Rebecca Garonzik, Spanglish Voces (2024): n. pag. Web. 16 Jan. 2025.
- Queering Feminism: Cristina Rivera Garzas La cresta de Ili籀n and the Feminine Sublime. Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Human穩sticos y Literatura 14 (Fall 2010): 45-56.
- Permanencias de Juan Rulfo en la cr穩tica contempor獺nea. Rev. of Ecos y murmullos en la obra de Rulfo, Ed. Julio Moguel and Enrique S獺inz. Confluencia 24.2 (Spring 2009): 151-53.
Just For Fun
When Im not teaching my classes or editing my students IS manuscripts, I enjoy dancing, singing, birdwatching with my husband, or going to see whatever new movie is playing at the Lyric.