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Jesus Javier Garcia, page
JESUS J. GARCIA
Ph.D. Student,
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture,
French and Francophone Studies
University of Southern California
Dana and David Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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EDUCATION
M.A. in French & Francophone Studies, California State University, Long Beach (2013).
B.A. in Spanish and English (Literature Emphasis), University of San Francisco (1999).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University, Long Beach
Graduate Teaching Assistant (08/2010 – 05/2013)
Courses taught: Fundamentals of French, Fundamentals of Spanish, Fundamentals of French for Spanish-speakers, Intermediate French for Spanish-speakers, Intermediate and Advanced Spanish.
Peace Corps, Guinea, West Africa
Teacher of English as a Second Language (08/2000 – 05/2002)
Courses taught: Elementary English for non-native English speakers, Grades 10 – 11; Advanced English for non-native English speakers, Grade Términale.
Peace Corps, Zimbabwe, Africa
Teacher of English, Community Librarian Trainer (08/1999 – 04/2000)
Courses taught: Elementary English, Grades 1 – 5.
COLLOQUIA
«Le discours inverse de Gérard Etiennedans Le nègre crucifié »,20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Long Beach, March 2012.
“Intimacy, Sisterhood, and Agency: Modupe Bode-Thomas’ translation of So Long a Lettre [Une Si Longue Lettre] and the undermining of Mariama Ba’s transformational feminism”, An Afternoon of Translation in Memory of Professor Claudia Gosselin, California State University Long Beach, October 2011.
«Grattant le surface de L’Enfant Noiret le dévoilement de la critique insidieuse du colonialisme chez Camara Laye », 23rd Annual Student Research Competition, California State University Long Beach, March 2011.
HUMANITARIAN / VOLUNTEER SERVICE
United Nations Volunteer, 2004 – 2010
Head of Office (Field Operations Coordinator) for Middle Guinea,
United Nations World Food Program, Guinea, West Africa.
Populations Services International Intern, 2003
HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Program Assistant,
Guinea, West Africa.
Peace Corps, 1999 – 2002
Volunteer Teacher of English as a SecondLanguage,
Zimbabwe and Guinea, Africa.
ACADEMIC HONORS
USC, Dana and David Dornsife College, Quimby Scholarship (2013-14).
California State University Long Beach, Dean’s Scholar Recipient (2013).
California State University, Long Beach, “HIGH PASS”, M.A. Comprehensive Exams (2013).
California State University Long Beach, Graduate Dean’s List Nominee (2013).
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship (2011 – 2012).
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (2012).
Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society (2012).
LANGUAGES
Spoken and Written Fluency: French, Spanish, Pulaar (Fouta Djalon)
Reading Ability: French, Spanish, Pulaar (Fouta Djalon)
Novice Ability: Portuguese, German, Latin.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Contemporary Francophone prose fiction of Africa, the Maghreb, and the Caribbean
African and Diaspora Studies
Transnationalism and Immigrant Experiences
Women’s Studies
African Languages and Literatures
Anthropology (especially ethnography and representations of culture)
Post-Colonial Studies
Language, Gender, Sexuality, and Performance Studies