Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: September 19, 1959 - Binghamton, New York
Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Address: 4760 Cold Springs Rd.
Huntingdon, PA 16652
Telephone: (814) 643-5774 (home) Fax: (814) 641-3155
(814) 641-3499 (work) E-mail: thurston@juniata.edu
EDUCATION
Dec. 1989: Received Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature from The University of
Texas at Austin. My dissertation, titled "El idealismo sintético
de don Juan Valera: Teoría y práctica," was directed
by Dr. Lee Fontanella.
Aug. 1983: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin. Area of Study: Hispanic
Literature and Linguistics
May 1981: B.A., Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York
at Cortland. Dual Major: Spanish and Music, Secondary Certification for
Spanish
HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS
2003: Received the Beechley Distinguished Teaching Award for senior faculty
at Juniata College
1992-2006: Professional Development Grants from Juniata College to fund
projects such as research and course development in Spain, Mexico, and
South America, certification as an ACTFL oral proficiency tester, participation
in a study delegation to El Salvador, leading service learning trips to
Honduras and Guatemala, and the presentation of papers at numerous professional
conferences in the United States ($34,523)
1999: Inducted into Sigma Iota Rho, the National Honor Society for International
Studies
1992: Selected to participate in a 6-week Rotary Group Study Exchange
to Puerto Rico
1990: Old Dominion University Publication Grant ($1,000)
1988: University Fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin ($8,000)
1988: Elected president of the Graduate Student Organization, Department
of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas
1983: Inducted into The University of Texas chapter of Phi Kappa Phi,
the National Honor Society for Interdisciplinary Studies
1981: Inducted into and elected president of the SUNY Cortland chapter
of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Spanish Honor Society
1981: Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the National Education Honor Society
1981: Cortland Moffett Scholarship
1981: SUNY Cortland Alumni Academic Achievement Award
1981: Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Award
1981: Cortland International Communications and Culture Spanish Award
1981: Cortland College Singer of the Year
1980: Cortland Presidential Scholarship
1977-1981: Gannett Foundation Scholarship
1977: New York State Regents Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Modern Language Association (1987-present)
Pennsylvania Modern Language Association (1995-present)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (1993-present)
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (1992-present)
PUBLICATIONS
2004: "Intratextualidad e intertextualidad en El lápiz del carpintero, de Manuel Rivas." Selected Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference (2003). Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University, 2004. 209-17.
2004: "De/Reconstructing Your World at Juniata College." Juniata Voices 4 (2004), 1-7.
2003: “Juniata College – French and Spanish in the Department of World
Languages and Cultures.” Report from the MLA Project “Models of Good Practice:
A Study of Innovation in Foreign Language Programs in United States Colleges
and Universities, 1995-99.” Co-authored with Michael Henderson. ADFL
Bulletin 35:1 (Fall 2003), 46-53.
2002: “One of 19th-Century Europe's Best Kept Secrets: The Renaissance
of the Spanish Novel.” Juniata Voices 2 (2002), 67-76.
2001: “Music in the Foreign Language Classroom: Developing Linguistic
and Cultural Proficiency.” Co-authored with Manel Lacorte. Northeast Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Review 49 (Fall 2001),
40, 49-53.
1999: “Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en dos Sonatas de Valle-Inclán.” Hispanic Journal 20:1 (Spring 1999),
97-103.
1999: “Estrategias de revelación y ocultación en Abel
Sánchez .” José Belmonte Serrano, ed. El 98 se
pasea por el callejón del Gato: proceso a una generación . Alicante: Editorial Aguaclara, 1999. 43-50.
1996: “La temática regeneracionista del Morsamor de Juan
Valera.” Cincinnati Romance Review 15 (1996), 35-40.
1992: “Idealist Bashing in Juan Valera's Early Novels." Romance
Quarterly 39 (Nov. 1992), 467-474.
1990: El idealismo sintético de don Juan Valera: Teoría
y práctica . Maryland: Scripta Humanistica, 1990. 161 pp.
1989: Translation of articles on Pedro Henríquez Ureña and
César Vallejo for Latin American Writers , Carlos A. Solé,
ed., 3 vols., New York: Scribner, 1989.
1987: "Representación histórica en Zumalacárregui y Paz en la guerra ." DACTYLUS (Otoño
1987): 49-52.
1986: "El hombre de carne y hueso en Del sentimiento trágico
de la vida ." DACTYLUS (Otoño 1986): 30-34.
PAPERS AND
PRESENTATIONS
2003: “Intratextualidad e intertextualidad en El lápiz del
carpintero de Manuel Rivas.” 16th Pennsylvania Foreign Language
Conference, September 26-27, 2003.
2003: “De/Reconstructing Your World at Juniata College.” Opening Convocation
Address at Juniata College, August 25, 2003.
2002: “One of 19th-Century Europe's Best Kept Secrets: The Renaissance
of the Spanish Novel.” Juniata College Bookend Seminar, March 14, 2002.
1999: “Using E-mail to Foster Discussion in the Foreign Language Literature
Classroom.” 90-minute workshop offered at the Pennsylvania State Modern
Language Association 1999 Fall Conference, October 22-23, 1999.
1998: “Building Listening, Oral, and Cultural Proficiency in Spanish Through
Music.” 75-minute workshop offered with Manel Lacorte at the 32nd Annual
Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages,
November 19-22, 1998.
1998: “Music in the Spanish Classroom: Developing Language and Cultural
Proficiency.” 30-minute presentation offered with Manel Lacorte for a
session titled “Different Approaches to Language Teaching” at the Pennsylvania
Council on International Education Annual Conference, October 1-2, 1998.
1997: “Juniata College's Excellent Fulbright Adventure: Culture, Ecology,
and Democracy in Costa Rica.” Juniata College Bookend Seminar, November
18, 1997.
1997: “Estrategias de revelación y ocultación en Abel
Sánchez .” Indiana University of Pennsylvania XXIII Annual
Hispanic Literatures Conference, Oct. 17-18, 1997.
1997: “Interdisciplinary Secondary and Post-Secondary Collaborative Education:
A Fulbright Group Travel Seminar in Costa Rica.” Organized and participated
in this group presentation offered at the Pennsylvania Council on International
Education Annual Conference, October 2-3, 1997.
1996: “Music in the Spanish Classroom: Building Listening, Speaking and
Cultural Proficiency.” Two-Hour Workshop offered at the 20th Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Youngstown State
University, October 25-26, 1996.
1996: “Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en dos Sonatas
de Valle-Inclán.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 18-20,
1996.
1995: “La temática regeneracionista del Morsamor de Juan
Valera.” Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages & Literatures,
May 11-13, 1995.
1994: "The Subversion of Naturalism in Juan Valera's Genio y
figura... " AATSP Annual Convention, Philadelphia, August 7-11,
1994.
1993: "El abuso del poder en El sombrero de tres picos ."
NEMLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, March 27-29, 1993.
1991: "La pugna entre la ética y la estética en la
crítica literaria de Clarín." Mid-America Conference
on Hispanic Literature., University of Nebraska, October 3-5, 1991.
1991: "Valera Anti-Idealist?: Idealist Bashing in Pepita Jiménez
and Las ilusiones del doctor Faustino ." Kentucky
Foreign Language Conference, April 25-27, 1991.
1989: "Una anomalía estética: El idealismo ecléctico
de Juan Valera." U. of Texas Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian
Literatures and Romance Linguistics, Oct. 13-14, 1989.
1987: "Representación histórica en Zumalacárregui
y Paz en la guerra ." U. of Texas Colloquium on Hispanic
and Luso-Brazilian Lits. and Romance Lings., Oct. 9-10, 1987.
1987: "Ethnic and Psychological Concerns in the Work of Costa Rican
Novelist Quince Duncan." Southwest Council of Latin American Studies
in Annual Conference, Stephen F. Austin University, March 26-28, 1987.
TEACHING
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1992-present: Juniata College, Professor of Spanish
Taught Beginning and Intermediate Spanish, Conversation and Composition,
Spanish Phonology and Phonetics, Spanish Civilization, Contemporary Spanish
Culture, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Contemporary Hispanic Short
Fiction, Nineteenth-Century Spanish Narrative, The Generation of 1898,
Twentieth-Century Spanish Novel, Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel,
Art & Activism in Latin America, and Myth & Magic Realism.
2002-2006: Guatemala, Service Projects
Initiated and coordinated service trips to Guatemala, working
primarily with a partner school, Colegio Mixto Miguel Angel Asturias.
This private school offers an empowering and innovative education to poor
and middle-class youth in Quetzaltenango. Trips in the summer of 2002
(6 weeks), spring break of 2003 (8 days), the summer of 2004 (6 weeks), and the suumer of 2006
have included Juniata faculty, staff, students, alumni, members of the
Stone Church of the Brethren, and health professionals from central Pennsylvania.
2001 Madrid, Spain, Sabbatical Research
Spent six months conducting research at the National Library
on the topic Ideological and Aesthetic Shift in Fin de Siglo
Spain (1890-1905). Also visited Universitat Jaume I in Castellón
and Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla to explore establishing exchange
programs, and visited the University of Barcelona to assess the BCA exchange
program.
2000 Honduras, Service Learning Project
Initiated and co-led a group of 14 students and four Juniata
staff for an eight-day Spring Break trip that combined a service project
in an Honduran orphanage and a study tour of various women's, indigenous,
environmental, and development organizations as well as a visit to the
Mayan ruins of Copán.
1998: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Faculty Exchange
Taught two Spanish literature courses, La Generación del
98 and La Generación del 27, for Ecuadorian students, and an Advanced
Spanish Grammar course for international students. Conducted research
to prepare a general education course titled Myth & Magic Realism,
designed to fulfill Juniata College's cultural analysis requirement.
1997: Juniata College, Project Director for Fulbright Group Travel
Seminar in Costa Rica
Primary responsibility for designing and implementing a four-week
travel seminar for fifteen non-specialist secondary and post-secondary
educators on the topic: “Culture, Ecology, and Democracy in Costa Rica.”
1996: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Oral
Proficiency Tester
Certified to conduct and rate Oral Proficiency Interviews by
ACTFL
1992: Rotary International, Group Study Exchange Participant in
Puerto Rico
Selected to participate in this intensive six-week exchange program
as a member of District 7600 in Virginia to District 7000 in Puerto Rico
during the summer of 1992.
1990-1992: Old Dominion University, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Taught Beginning and Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Conversation,
Modern Spanish Literature, Spanish Civilization, Nineteenth-Century Spanish
Narrative, and a graduate seminar on Techniques of Literary Analysis.
Spring 1990: The University of Texas, Lecturer of Spanish
Supervised Intermediate Spanish and taught the Intensive Intermediate
Spanish course.
1985-1989: The University of Texas, Assistant Instructor of Spanish
Taught all levels of beginning and intermediate Spanish courses,
including accelerated first and second-year Spanish.
1984-1985: Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano (San José),
Instructor
Taught English as a Foreign Language and Spanish as a Second
Language.
1984: Colegio Metodista (Costa Rica), English Teacher and Assistant
Guidance Counselor
Taught eighth-grade English and a weekly “Orientación”
class with grades 7-11.
Fall 1983: SUNY Cortland, Lecturer of Spanish
Taught Spanish Conversation and Composition and three Spanish
I courses.
1981-1983: University of Texas, Teaching Assistant
Taught first and second-year Spanish courses.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
Near-Native Fluency in Spanish
Advanced Proficiency in Portuguese (once upon a time)
Reading Knowledge of French
INTERESTS
AND HOBBIES
Music - Piano, Guitar, and Choral Ensembles
Distance Running
Involvement in cooperative projects which promote intercultural understanding
and which seek to improve living conditions in developing areas of the
world, with a primary emphasis on Latin America. I have participated in
and provided leadership for work and study delegations to Mexico, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and am currently coordinating
a partnership between Stone Church of the Brethren and Colegio Mixto Miguel
Angel Asturias in Guatemala.
DOSSIER
AVAILABLE FROM
Education Placement Service
The University of Texas at Austin
Education Building Room 294
Austin, Texas 78712
Telephone: (512) 471-1511
INCLUDES
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
Dr. Lee Fontanella
Dr. Aníbal González-Pérez
Dr. Juan López-Morillas
Dr. Carlos Solé
Dr. Madeline Sutherland
Dr. Barbara Weissberger