ISABEL DULFANO
Home: 3245 E. Oakcliff Dr. Office: (801) 581-4605
Salt Lake, UT 84124 255 S Central Campus Dr.
Suite 1400 LNCO
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
I. EDUCATION
MBA International Business. David Eccles School of Business, UT 2002
Ph.D. Spanish. Yale University, New Haven, CT 1993
Dissertation: Feminist Strategies in the Work of Isabel Allende
M. of Phil. Spanish. Yale University. New Haven, CT 1988
M.A. Hispanic Studies. University of Arizona, Tucson and Mexico 1985
B.A. Political Science. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 1982
II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Utah, Associate Professor, July 2009
Assistant Professor, Spanish, 2004-2009
Middlebury Summer Graduate Language School, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2007
University of Utah, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2001-2004
University of Utah, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1998-2001
Longwood College (VA), Assistant Professor, Spanish 1996-1998
Santa Fe Preparatory School (NM), Spanish Instructor, 1994-1995
Austin College (TX), Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish, 1993-1994
Norwich University (VT), Lecturer, Spanish, 1991-1992
Dartmouth College (NH), Lecturer, Spanish, 1988-1991
Lebanon College (NH), Instructor, ESL, 1989-1993
Yale University (CT), Instructor, Spanish, 1986-1988
University of Virginia, Instructor, Spanish, 1985-1986
University of Arizona, Instructor, Spanish, 1984-1985
Centro Colombo Americano (Bogotá, Colombia), Instructor, ESL, 1982-1983
III. ACADEMIC HONORS
Awards:
Council of Dee Fellows, College of Humanities, 2011-2014.
China Bridge Delegation participant, AP, November 2011
UFLA, Teacher Vitality Award, Summer 2012.
Outstanding Scholar from MBA class of 2002, University of Utah, May 2002
Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honorary Society, University of Arizona, 1985
Deacon Boardman Peace Prize, Middlebury College (VT), 1980
Cum Laude, Packer Collegiate Institute (NY), 1977
Alison Saunders Award for Study Abroad, Packer Collegiate Institute (NY), 1977
Nominations:
Faculty Exchange Osmania, second place (2011)
Ramona Cannon Teaching Award (Fall 2004)
Early Career Teaching Award (Jan 2005)
Diversity Award (Nov. 2005)
Grants and Fellowships:
International Travel Grant, College of Humanities, summer 2012
TACC Development of Online Spanish 4510 ($5,000), fall 2010
Executive Committee Minigrant Dept. of Languages and Literatures ($1,000), fall 2009
TACC Development of Online Spanish 4550 ($5,000), fall 2009
International Exchange Committee Program Abroad Development grant ($3,000), 2008
Council of Dee Fellows grant ($5,050), 2005-2006
Undergraduate Studies and International Studies Board grant CIEE Faculty Development
Seminar in Chile and Argentina ($3,000), Summer 2005
Fulbright-Hayes Group Projects Abroad Grant to Ecuador through the Department of
Education Title VI withKen Jameson, Economics, U of Utah ($61,000), June 2004
George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles International Fellowship, U of Utah, 2000-2002
Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Uof Utah, CIBER, 2000
Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Longwood College, 1998
Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Longwood College, 1997
University Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University, 1992-1993
Council on Latin American Studies: Summer Research Grant in Argentina, Yale University, 1987
CERTIFICATES:
CIBER Certificate of Achievement for Two-week Business Spanish Workshop, Florida International/ Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 2000
Court Interpreter Training in Spanish Language Certificate, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999
CIBER Certificate of Achievement for Business Spanish Workshops from Duke University Fuqua School, 1997 and University of Memphis Wang Center, 1998
IV. PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Maier, L., & Dulfano, I. (Eds.). (January 2004). Woman as Witness: Essays on Testimonial Literature by Hispanic Women. NY: Peter Lang.
Refereed Journal Publications:
Tracking Global Change Or Making It: Select Advertising Copy From The Economist 2001-2008 Concerning Latin American/Spanish Markets. Journal of International Management Studies, 7, 1 (April 2012).
Culture Critique: The Imperative to Integrate Culture into the Foreign Language Classroom. Review of Business Research 11, 2 (2011): 74-79.
Response to Isabel Allende’s Tanner Humanities Human Values Speech, accepted by Women’s Studies, 2011.
Reprint of Some Thoughts Shared with Helena Maria Viramontes in Contemporary Literary Criticism, 285 (2010).
Another Way of Envisioning the World. Cultural Survival Quarterly, 33, 4 (2010).
http: www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/33-4-winter-2009-showdown-peru
Circular Representations of the Latin-American Cosmic Race. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Hispanic Studies and Researches on Spain, Portugal and Latin America 87, 1 (2010): 85-97.
FLAME- Foreign Language Alternative Mastery Example; The Flame Approach in its Evolution. Hispania 90, 1 (2007): 111-118.
The Mother/daughter Romance: Our Life-Isabel Allende in/and Paula. Women’s Studies 35, 5 (2006): 493 – 506.
Eurobarometer: Spain’s Self Perceptions of European Identity. Journal of Languages and International Business Thunderbird 17, 1 (Feb. 2006): 75-83.
Miss Universe in the Land of Missery. In Christiane E. Keck and Allen G. Wood, (Eds.) Global Business Languages West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue University, (2006): 84-99.
Testimonio: Present Predicaments and Future Forays. In Maier, L., & Dulfano, I. (Eds.). Woman as Witness: Essays on Testimonial Literature by Hispanic Women NY: Peter Lang (2004).
Intel and Costa Rica: A model for global expansion, economic development and sustainability. In Christiane E. Keck and Allen G. Wood, (Eds.) Global Business Languages West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue University, (Summer 2003): 22-32.
From Peseta to Euro:Spain and the New European Economy. In J. Schorr ( Ed.), CIBER 2001: Exploration in Business Language and Communication. San Diego, California: SDSU CIBER Press (2002): pp. 45-57.
Some Thoughts Shared with Helena Maria Viramontes. Women’s Studies 30 (2001): 647-662.
Autobiography and Fiction: Isabel Allende in/and Paula. Utah Foreign Language Review IX, 1 (May 1999): 22-30.
FLAME-Foreign Language Alternative Mastery Example: Another Approach to FLES*Models Currently in Use. Hispania 80,4 (Dec.1997): 842-848.
Polyphonous Narrators and Kaleidoscopic Procedures in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits. Chasqui 23, 1 (May 1994): 3-9.
Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Eurobarometer: Spanish Identity in a European Context. Connections: European Studies Annual Review, RMESC Conference Proceedings 1 (Summer 2005): 34-39.
Marketing in the Age of Globalization: Ford Motor- A Two-Pronged E-Commerce Approach. CIBER 2004 Conference Proceedings, University of Connecticut, (2003).
Butterflies and Spirits: New Expressions of Testimonial Literature in Latina Women’s Writing. NAHLS, National Conference, Houston, TX (February, 1996).
Conference Proceedings:
Social, Political and Economic Impact of Migration: Variance of Remittance Effects in Latin American Countries. Migration, Rights, and Identities Conference, Barbara and Norman Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy University of Utah, February 28-29, 2008.
Translations
Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, “Violence and Interculturality: Contemporary Indigenous in Bolivia. In Josef Raab, ed. New World Colors: Ethnicity, Belonging, and Difference in the Americas. Münster: LIT Verlag and Tempe: Bilingual Press, 2010.
Encyclopedia Entries:
Isabel Allende. Feminist Encyclopedia of Latin American Women Writers. On-line encyclopedia entry. <http://www.hope.edu/latinamerican/allende.html>
Book Reviews:
Karen Wooley Martin, Isabel Allende’s House of the Spirits Trilogy. Woodbridge, UK: Tamesis. 2010. 194 pp. Bulletin of Spanish Studies Book Review, Volume LXXXVIII, No. 5 (July 2011): 773-775)
In progress:
Value Added? Economic Returns on Spanish Language Proficiency, IABE Venice.
“Teaching El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega” MLA teaching series.
“Lo que dijo la calle: Argentina’s New Social Actors and Testimonial Related to the Argentinazo of 2001.”
V. PRESENTATIONS
“Tracking Global Change Or Making It: Select Advertising Copy From The Economist 2001-2008 Concerning Latin American/Spanish Markets”, IABE Key West, 2012.
"Teaching Languages for Special Purposes: pros/cons of online offerings versus traditional face-to-face." UFLA, November 2011.
“Culture Critique: The Imperative to Integrate Culture into the Foreign Language Classroom.” IABE 2011, Barcelona, Spain, June 2011.
“Teaching El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Jan 2011.
Panelist respondent to Tanner Humanities Center Human Values Lecture by Isabel Allende, Dec. 2009
Introduction to documentary film on Isabel Allende at Salt Lake Public library, Dec 2009
“Dual Language Programming: The Utah Initiative and Effective Local Dual Language Programs”, UFLA, Weber State University, Nov. 2009
“Disaggregating the Conscious and Unconscious Internalization of Colonialism in the Contemporary Indigenous Imaginary,” RRMLA, Oct. 2009
“Teaching Culture in Guatemala: Integrating Authentic Materials into the Foreign Language Classroom Setting.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Jan 2009.
Chair: Oralities Written. Metamorphoses, An International Colloquium on Narrative and
Folklore. University of Utah, fall 2008.
Chair and Presenter: “Teaching and Learning Deep and Surface Culture in Guatemala: Training students toward understanding and empathy for other cultural groups.” UFLA, Fall 2008.
"Social, Political and Economic Impact of Migration: Variance of Remittance Effects in Latin American Countries." Migration, Rights, and Identities Conference, Barbara and Norman Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy University of Utah, February 28-29, 2008.
Chair of session- "Internationalizing Universities and Curricula: Discussion of Four Models for Restructuring Higher Education and Foreign Language Programs." SWCOLT, February 29, 2008.
“Failed Representations of the Cosmic Race.” University of Utah Languages and Literature Research Round Table, November 2007.
Chair of session- “Proyecciones del movimiento indígena contemporánea.”
Presenter: “Projections of Pluriculturalism in Ecuador: New Literary Production and Manifestations of Social Subjectivity by Indigenous Women.” LASA, Sept. 2007.
“Lo que dijo la calle: Argentina’s New Social Actors and Testimonial Related to the Argentinazo of 2001.” AILFH(Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica), October 2006.
“Business Spanish: Useful Exercises and Strategies.” UFLA (Utah Foreign Language Association), Weber State, November 2006.
“Pluriculturalism in Latin America: New Literary Production and Manifestations of Social Subjectivity.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 2006.
“The Flame Approach in its Evolution.” UFLA, UVSC October 2005.
"Area Studies Program Abroad Model." CIBER 2005, Park City, UT, April 2005.
"Eurobarometer: Spain's Self Perceptions of European Identity." RMESC-Rocky Mountain European Scholars Consortium, BYU, October 2004.
“Marketing in the age of globalization: Ford Motor- A two-pronged e-commerce approach.” IABE (International Academy of Business and Economics), 2004 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Sept. 2004.
“Marketing in the age of globalization: Ford Motor- A two-pronged e-commerce approach.” CIBER International Business Trinity: Language, technology and culture, Stamford, CT, April 2004.
“The Critical Role of Residential Life in Student Retention.” Department of Labor Alpha Job Corps Conference, Washington, DC, July 2003.
“Road Map to Retention: Improving Student Retention.” Noel-Levitz National Conference on Student Retention, San Diego, CA, July 2003.
“Establishing a baseline for measuring the Hispanic business community in Utah.” MBA Field Study Project with the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Jan.-May 2002.
“English for Special Purposes: The Case for ESP in Business.” TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2002, UT, April 2002.
“From Peseta to Euro:Spain and the New European Economy.” CIBER 2001: Exploration in Business Language and Communication, April 2001.
“Crossover Business- A Look at Local, National and /or International Potential in the New Turbocharged Era of Globalization.” Thunderbird- EMU 2000 CIBER Conference. April, 2000.
“Writing the Chicana into the Mainstream- Some thoughts on/by Maria Helena Viramontes.” La Chispa, New Orleans, Feb. 1999.
“From Country to City - FLAME on the Road.” SWCOLT (Southwest Conference on Language Teaching), Nevada, April, 1999.
“FLAME: An Alternative FLES Program.” UFLA, November 1998.
Guest panelist for Women’s Leadership Program- Longwood College, 1998.
Guest panelist for Alpha Delta Mu- Longwood College, 1997.
“Helena María Viramontes- Writer of Many Faces: Chicana, American, Ethnic, Feminist.” SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association), Atlanta, GA, Nov. 1997.
“The Longwood College Institute for Spanish Teachers in Venezuela.” FLAVA (Foreign Language Association of Virginia), Richmond, VA, Nov. 1997.
“L’écriture féminine: Argentine Women Writers’ Response to French Theory.” La Chispa, New Orleans, Feb. 1997.
“Autobiography and Fiction: Isabel Allende and/in Paula.” Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb. 1997.
“Virginia Teachers in Mérida, Venezuela.” FLAVA, Roanoke, VA, Nov. 1996.
“The Longwood College Summer Institute for Spanish Teachers.” Poster/Booth exhibit. ACTFL, Philadelphia, PA. Nov. 21-24, 1996.
“The Story of Paula or Who Is Isabel Allende Anyway?” Fifth Annual Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society, Albuquerque, NM, February, 1996.
Chair- El siglo diecinueve I. Fifth Annual Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society, Albuquerque, NM, February, 1996.
"(Re)writing Cultural History: Inscribing Contemporary Chicana Discourse." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 1994.
Chair- Escritura femenina hispanoamericana. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 1994.
"I'll Take an Elbow and a Knee: Rosario Castellanos and the Fragmented Female Body." Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb. 1994.
Chair- Latin American Women Writers I: Breaking the Boundaries/Challenging the Patriarchy. Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb.1993.
"Polyphonous Narrators and Choral Procedures in Allende’s La casa de los espíritus.” Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb. 1993.
"Telling Stories or Being Told: Storytelling in Allende’s Eva Luna." Second Annual Central NY Conference on Language and Literature, SUNY-Cortland, NY, Oct. 1992.
"Knowing and Believing: Self Perception in Isabel Allende's De amor y de sombra." Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb. 1992.
"Matrilineal Ties in The House of the Spirits." Wayne Public Library, Maine State Lecture Series, Aug. 1991.
VI. SERVICE
Department of Languages & Literature:
Study Abroad Committee, 2010-2012
Director Undergraduate Studies, 2010-2012.
Undergraduate Committee, 2009- present.
Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society Supervisor, 2009- present.
Spanish Language Representative, 2007-9.
Spanish Search Committee (chair Mexicanist position), 2007-8.
Scholarship Committee, 2007-8.
Languages Merit Committee, 2008.
Executive Committee (member), 2006-2007.
Spanish Undergraduate Advising, 2004-2007.
Spanish Section selected service (class scheduling, webpage management), 2006-2007.
Directed Reading Mentor, 1998-present.
Capstone Instructor, 1998-present. (12 students- spring 2008)
Director of dissertation committee Ana Bausette (defense 2008 April)
University of Utah:
Dee Council Fellow, 2011-2014
College of Humanities, Undergaduate committee, 2011
Humanities Area Committee, 2010- present.
Sigma Delta Pi, Academic advisor, 2008-present.
Spanish Teacher’s Workshop (Instructor), Tanner Humanities Center, Aug. 2008, Aug 2009, Aug 2010.
Program Abroad in Chile, summer 2010.
Program Abroad for Spanish Teachers in Guatemala, July 2008.
University Diversity Committee, 2007-present.
Spanish Teacher’s Workshop (coordinator), Tanner Humanities Center, August 2007.
Program Abroad in Gijon, Spain (director), Study Abroad, Summer 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2011.