Department of Spanish and Portuguese BEN W. 21st Street, Stop B3700 Austin, TX

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1 Stephanie A. Malak The University of Texas at Austin Department of Spanish and Portuguese BEN W. 21st Street, Stop B3700 Austin, TX Education 2016 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX PhD in Hispanic Literature; Defense date: March 2016 Committee Members: Co-Director: Dr. César Salgado Co-Director: Dr. Naomi Lindstrom Member: Dr. Cory Reed Member: Dr. Sonia Roncador Member: Dr. Martha Newman Dissertation Title: Between Immanence and Transcendence: Poetic Reason and Mysticality in Mid-20 th Century Catholic and Jewish Latin America 2011 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX MA in Hispanic Literature 2007 Emory University, Atlanta, GA BA in Spanish and International Studies 2006 School for International Training, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 La Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain Profile Publications Research Interests Latin American Studies; 20 th century poetry; Christian and Jewish Mysticism; Gender Studies, Poetry Studies 2015 U.S. Media: Meet Fina. Women s Media Center. Online submission. Malak 1

2 Under Review The Out(h)erspaces. My own poetry. 5x5 literary Magazine. Under Review Outside herself. My own poetry. Thrush Poetry Journal. Under Review. Proofreading/Editorial Experience 2013 Proofreader, Arroyo, Jossianna. Writing Secrecy in Caribbean Freemasonry. Palgrave Macmillan Freelance Editor, UT graduate student dissertation work and qualifying exams Honors/Awards 2015 Currently applying for Environmental Protection Agency P3 grant with a team of civil engineers to travel to Oaxaca, Mexico to implement water filtration technology 2015 Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies Grant, The University of Texas at Austin 2014, 2013 Carrie Lee Kennedy Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012, 2011 Department of Spanish and Portuguese 2014, 2013 Professional Development Award, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Fulbright Fellowship for English Teaching Assistantship, Madrid, Spain Conference Papers 2016 Latin American Studies Association. New York, NY. May. Chair/Presenter. Submitted South Central MLA. Nashville, TN. November. Conversions to Catholicism: Protestant and Jewish Re-workings on Poetic Mysticism. Malak 2

3 2015 American Comparative Literature Association. Seattle, WA. March. Cuban Mysticism as Revolutionary Doctrine: Two Poets and Their National Intimacies 2014 AILCFH (Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina y Hispánica). La Habana, Cuba. November. La re-imaginación de la poeisis de María Zambrano: la voz femenina y mística de Fina García Marruz 2014 South Central MLA. Austin, Texas. October. A Case for Mysticality: Poiesis and the Poetics of Fina García Marruz 2014 European Studies Conference. The University of Nebraska at Omaha. Omaha, Nebraska. October. The Case for Mysticality: A Spanish Philosopher s Caribbean Praxis 2014 The University of Texas at Austin Comparative Literature Graduate Student Conference. Austin, Texas. October. María Zambrano s poetic reason in neo-mysticism The University of Texas at Austin Department of Spanish and Portuguese Colloquium. Austin, Texas. March. María Zambrano s poiesis in the poetics of Fina García Marruz Poetry Versus Philosophy: Life, Artefact and Theory. Texas A&M University. The Department of Hispanic Studies. April. Delmira Agustini s Soundless Apostrophe: A Mystic Interpretation South Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference at The University of Texas at Austin. February. The Altered Orient in the Comedias de Magia of Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor 2011 The University of Texas at Austin Comparative Literature Graduate Student Conference. Reflections: Identity after Crisis. October. La dualided del performance en 'Los dos payasos': el humor, la risa y el público circense 2010 The University of Texas at Austin 19 th Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Colloquium. February. Reinventando la tradición picaresca: Las aventuras de Edmund Ziller en tierras del Nuevo Mundo Teaching Experience Malak 3

4 2015 Upper Division Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin, Course: Introduction to Literatures and Cultures (Latin America and Spain) 2011-Present Assistant Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin, Courses: Introductory Spanish; Intermediate Spanish I; Intermediate Spanish II Instructor of Medical Spanish Courses, Spanish Meducation, Austin, TX 2013 Teaching Practicum with Dr. Cory Reed; developed syllabus; designed exams; guest taught lectures Spanish Instructor, Landes Bioscience, biomedical publishing house, Austin, TX Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish and Portuguese The University of Texas at Austin Courses: Latin American Civilization; Spanish Civilization; Spanish Phonetics U.S. Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Madrid, Spain Service to the Department and to the Community 2015 Volunteer Gardener; Blackshear Community Garden, Austin, TX 2015 Lead Volunteer; Don Quijote Conference, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese 2014-Present Tennis Coach for children; South Austin Tennis Center, Austin, TX 2014, 2013 Poetry Declamation Judge; The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese 2012-Present Online bio writer/foster; Austin Pets Alive! Animal Shelter, Austin, TX 2012 Interpreter/Interviewer; United Way of Austin 2012, 2011 Vice President, Social Chair, Volunteer; Graduate Student Organization, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese 2011, 2012 Graduate Colloquium Volunteer; The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Malak 4

5 Cafecito Volunteer/Leader; Informal Spanish conversation course for undergraduates, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Professional Affiliations Latin American Studies Association Asociación de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica South Central Modern Language Association Languages English: native Spanish: near-native Portuguese: basic speaking, advanced reading French: basic speaking, intermediate reading Graduate Seminars Contemporary Latin America: -Sound Cultures in Latin America: Dr. Luis Cárcamo-Huechante -Popular Performance in Literature in Latin America: Dr. Jason Borge -Spanish American Narrative and Scholarship: Dr. Naomi Lindstrom -Caudillos in 20 th Century Spanish American Literature: Dr. Gabriela Polit Brazil: -Immigration and Transnationalism in Brazilian Culture: Dr. Sonia Roncador -Politics of Race and Violence in Brazil: Dr. Christen Smith Medieval and Early Modern literature: -Conquest and Identity in Early Modern Drama: Dr. Cory Reed -Lope de Vega: Dr. Stanislaw Zimic -Mester de Clerecía: Dr. Michael Harney -Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature: Dr. Michael Harney -Don Quijote: Dr. Cory Reed Malak 5

6 Spain: -Studies in Spanish Literature since 1700: Dr. Madeline Sutherland-Meier -Popular Music, Urban Space and Social Movements in 19 th Century Spain: Dr. Aurélie Vialette Theory: Literary and Cultural Theory since 1900: Dr. César Salgado Colonial Period: New World Baroque Genealogies: Dr. César Salgado Encounters with the Other: Dr. Cory Reed References Dr. César Salgado: Dr. Naomi Lindstrom: Dr. Cory Reed: Dr. Melissa Murphy: Dr. Jill Snyder: Malak 6