Faculty
Dr. Linda M. Crawford
Associate Professor of Spanish
Undergrad: Modern/CL Languages
Office Location: McAuley Hall, Room 234
Office Phone: (401) 341-3146
Email: crawforl@salve.edu
Education
Western Michigan University B.A. 1986 Spanish and French
University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A. 1988 Spanish
University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D. 1997 Spanish (Contemporary Spanish American Literature)
Interests
Caribbean Literature/Culture
Testimonial Literature
Detective/Crime Fiction
Literature and the Environment
Memberships
1992-Present Modern Language Association
1999-Present RIFLA (Rhode Island Foreign Language Association)
2003-Present New England Council of Latin American Studies
2000-Present American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Publications/Papers
Spring-Fall 2005. “Luis Sepúlveda: A New Sensibility”. Inti: Revista de Literatura Hispánica, 61-62: 123-31. Other
Book review. Seligmann, Linda. Peruvian Street Lives. Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought. 1(1): 2005. Other
Book Review. “After Exile", South Atlantic Review 65: 168-171, 2000. Other
Book Review: “Subject to Change: The Lessons of Latin American Women’s Testimonio for Truth, Fiction, and Theory,” South Atlantic Review, 73(1), Winter 2008. Other
Dr. Valentina Peguero’s “Immigration and Politics in the Caribbean: Japanese and Other Immigrants in the Dominican Republic,” Caribbean Studies Press, 2008. Translation
July 2008 "A Pan- Caribbean Identity: The Cuban Gaze on Haiti" American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, San Jose, Costa Rica Presentation
June 2005, "Memories of Democracy: Luis Sepúlveda" Conference on Memory in the Crime Genre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Presentation
Spring 2005 "Literary Amazonia"(book review), South Atlantic Review Forthcoming, "Peruvian Street Lives"(book review), Salve Regina's new feminist publication. Article
Forthcoming, Translation of Dr. Valentina Peguero's book "From the Rising Sun to the Caribbean Sun", on the Japanese community in the Dominican Republic. Translation
November 2004 "Talking to the Animals: Luis Sepúlveda" (Panel Chair) NECLAS, Boston University. Presentation
October 2003 "Luis Sepúlveda: A New Sensibility" NECLAS, Dartmouth College. Forthcoming publication in INTI (a peer-reviewed journal). Presentation
August 2002 "How the García Girls Lost Their Accent-Twice: Some Thoughts on the Translation of Latino Texts" AATSP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Article
Spring 2000 "Southern Cone Writers After Exile" (Review of "After Exile"), South Atlantic Review Article
March 2000 "Reader Response and Imaging: Photography and Translation of Testimonial Texts" Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Presentation
May 1993 "Testimonio beletrizado: Operación Masacre and Canción de Rachel" University of Cincinnati Presentation
October 1989 "The Floodwaters in the Works of José Lezama Lima" University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Presentation
Nov. 1989 "Magical Realism and La Casa de los Espíritus, by Isabel de Allende" Coloquio Hispano, University of Wisconsin-Madison Presentation
Research and Scholarly Achievements
Currently, I am further exploring both Caribbean literature, as well as literature and the environment. I am also familiarizing myself further with the crime genre.