DOUGLAS KEITH ANTHIS, Ph.D. 12903 Sugar Ridge Blvd. #3402 Stafford, TX 77477 Telephone: (713) 598-2210 E-mail: anthis00@hotmail.com EDUCATION 2011. Ph.D., Texas Tech University Major: 20 th Century Peninsular Literature; Minor: Portuguese Dissertation Title: Subversion of Traditional Francoist Historiography in the Fiction of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester 2001. M.A., Texas A&M University, College Station Major: Modern Languages (Spanish) 2000. B.A., Texas A&M University, College Station Major: Spanish; Minor: Music EMPLOYMENT Adjunct Instructor (Spanish), Houston Community College System, 2014-Present. Teach beginning- and intermediate-level Spanish language classes. Develop syllabi, activities for use in the classroom, as well as homework, quizzes, mid-semester and final exams to assess students progress through the semester. Adjunct Instructor (Spanish), Lone Star College System, 2013-Present. Teach beginning- and intermediate-level Spanish language classes (including online classes). Develop syllabi, activities for use in the classroom, as well as homework, quizzes, midsemester and final exams to assess students progress through the semester. Graduate Part-Time Instructor (Spanish and Portuguese), Texas Tech University, 2002-2010. Taught beginning- and intermediate-level Spanish and Portuguese language classes, as well as some advanced Portuguese grammar and culture classes. In accordance of syllabi designed by supervising professors, developed activities for use in the classroom, as well as homework and quizzes to assess students progress through the semester. Graduate/ Editorial/ Research Assistant to Dr. Janet Pérez, Texas Tech University, 2004-2010. Assisted in day-to-day and long-term projects pertaining to Dr. Pérez s research and editor positions with the journals, Monographic Review and Hispania; sorted, formatted, and proofread documents for publication in these journals; performed clerical duties as needed; assisted with computer problems; gathered academic materials for research projects; arranged and uploaded information to create online faculty profile; assisted in assembling materials for course packs; delivered course pack materials to copy center for binding; maintained web pages for journals edited by Dr. Pérez.
Teaching Assistant (Spanish), Texas A&M University, 2000-2001. Taught beginning-level Spanish language classes. Followed syllabi created by coordinator, created classroom activities and quizzes to prepare students for oral and written assessments during the semester. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Houston Community College Span 1300 Beginning Spanish Conversation I Span 1411 Beginning Spanish I Lone Star College Span 1411 Beginning Spanish I Span 2311 Intermediate Spanish I Span 2312 Intermediate Spanish II Span 2313 Spanish for Native Speakers I Texas Tech University Span 1507 Comprehensive First-Year Spanish Span 2301 Intermediate Spanish I Span 2302 Intermediate Spanish II Span 3305 Intermediate Spanish Grammar Port 1501 Elementary Portuguese I Port 1502 Elementary Portuguese II Port 2301 Intermediate Portuguese I Port 2302 Intermediate Portuguese II Port 3303 Studies in Portuguese Texas A&M University Span 101 Beginning Spanish I PUBLICATIONS Gonzalo Torrente Ballester and the New Historical Novel in Late Twentieth-Century Spain. Proceedings of the Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Graduate School, 2013 (2011-2012). 2-12. In Nomine Dei? Saramago, Religion and the God Factor. Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies 7 (Fall 2001 issue, published 2008): 347-50. A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of Conspiracy and Secret Societies in Hispanic Literature. Monographic Review/Revista Monográfica 22 (2006): 207-11. Denúncia dupla: Questionando a Nação Colonial e Pós-Colonial em Memorial do Convento. Encruzilhadas/Crossroads 6 (2005): 118-22. A Selected Bibliography of Foods and Feasts in Hispanic Literature. Monographic Review/Revista Monográfica 21 (2005): 261-71.
BOOK REVIEWS Merino, José María. El lugar sin culpa. Céfiro: Enlace Hispano Cultural y Literario 9.1/9.2 (Spring/ Fall 2009): 194-196. Tomeo, Javier, Los amantes de silicona. Hispania 91.4 (Dec. 2008): 848-50. Tomeo, Javier, La noche del lobo. Hispania 91.3 (Sept. 2008): 629-30. Grandes, Almudena, Estaciones de paso. Hispania 90.1 (Mar. 2007): 92-93. Azevedo, Milton M., Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction. Hispania 89.3 (Sept. 2006): 540-41. SERVICE Peer Reviewer for Hispania journal, 2012-2013 Bibliografía de Cristina Fernández Cubas. In Cuadernos de narrativa: Cristina Fernández Cubas. Irene Andres-Suárez and Ana Casas, eds. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: U of Neuchâtel P; Madrid: ARCO/LIBROS, 2007. 197-204. Updated version of Bibliography on Cristina Fernández Cubas in Mapping the Fiction of Cristina Fernández Cubas, Kathleen Glenn and Janet Pérez, eds. Newark, DE: U of Delaware P, 2005. 211-19. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS/ PRESENTATIONS Gonzalo Torrente Ballester and the New Historical Novel in Late Twentieth-Century Spain. Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference, Texas Tech University: October 21-22, 2011. Double Agents, a Dean, and Death: Representations of the Spanish Post-War in Two of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester s Later Novels. 63 rd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY: April 15-17, 2010. Uma Perspectiva Angolana sobre o Terrorismo Norte-Americano: O Caso de O Terrorista de Berkeley, Califórnia. 11 th Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Texas Tech University: April 1-3, 2010. Turning a Sighted Eye: Fernando Meirelles s Cinematic Vision of José Saramago s Blindness. 107 th Annual PAMLA Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA: November 6-7, 2009. Gonzalo Torrente Ballester s Final Novels (1988-1999). Tierra Tinta Fifth Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, University of Oklahoma: October 8-9, 2009. Más allá del erotismo en la literatura de Almudena Grandes. 90 th Annual AATSP Convention, San José, Costa Rica: July 7-11, 2008. O Deus de José Saramago. 9 th Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Texas Tech University: March 27-29, 2008. Gente marginal en la obra fílmica de Pedro Almodóvar. 8 th Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Texas Tech University: March 29-31, 2007. Funções da Morte em Cada Homem é uma Raça. 56 th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA: October 12-14, 2006.
Variantes sobre la identidad en Quizá nos lleve el viento al infinito y La rosa de los vientos de Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. 88 th Annual AATSP Convention, Salamanca, Spain: June 28-July 2, 2006. Inversão de Papéis Sexuais n A Força do Destino. 6 th Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Texas Tech University: March 31- April 2, 2005. Naturalismo en la literatura de una novelista católica: Evolución literaria de Emilia Pardo Bazán. 5 th Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Texas Tech University: April 24-26, 2004. Denúncia dupla: Questionando a Nação Colonial e Pós-Colonial em Memorial do Convento. XXVII UCLA Symposium on Portuguese Traditions: April 17-18, 2004. Monstruos internos: Sistemas de opresión en Pubis angelical de Manuel Puig y En breve cárcel de Sylvia Molloy. 12 th Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies at Boston College: March 27-28, 2004. FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES PAMLA Graduate Student Travel-to-Conference Scholarship, 2009 Golden Key International Honour Society. Inducted Fall 2007 Editor, the Céfiro Journal, Céfiro Graduate Student Organization, 2005-2006 Eunice Joiner Gates Memorial Scholarship in Portuguese, September 2005 Co-Editor, the Céfiro Journal, Céfiro Graduate Student Organization, 2004-2005 Texas Tech University Summer in Seville, Spain, June 2004 International Education Fee Scholarship, Texas Tech University, 2004 Webmaster, Céfiro Graduate Student Organization, 2003-2009 Vice President, Céfiro Graduate Student Organization, 2003-2004 Texas Tech University Portuguese Study Abroad Program, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2003 Eunice Joiner Gates Memorial Scholarship in Portuguese, July 2003 FLAD (Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento) Scholarship for Study Abroad, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2003 Member, Céfiro Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Organization, Texas Tech University, 2002-2010 Vice President, Sigma Delta Pi, 2001 (until Dec 2001 graduation) Texas A&M University Department of Modern and Classical Languages Summer Study Abroad Fellowship, Salamanca, Spain, June 2001 Secretary, Sigma Delta Pi, 2000-2001 Member, Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. Inducted Spring 2000 Who s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2000
LANGUAGES Spanish: Near-native command Portuguese: Near-native command Italian: Advanced Reading Knowledge English: Native MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Southern California Peninsularists Research Group American Portuguese Studies Association Sigma Delta Pi