William P. Keeth

Revision: May, 2012


Mansfield University
Modern Languages and Literature
Mansfield, PA 16933
570) 662-4605

Office: Belknap 110-C

Webpage: http://faculty.mansfield.edu/wkeeth
Email: wkeeth@mansfield.edu

Professional Knowledge and Interests:

Literature

Latin American Avant-garde Poetry
20th Century Latin American Literature with Emphasis in Peruvian and Mexican Literature
The Interdisciplinary Study of Latin American Literature and Art

Technology

Proficient in graphic design, editing, web integration, e-collaboration and communication, computer enhanced teaching, and distance learning technologies. Also, interested in Pocket PC, tablet, and Ipad applications.

Professional Experience:

Associate Professor. Mansfield University, 2006-present.
Assistant Professor. Mansfield University, 2001-2006.
Visiting Assistant Professor. Ohio Northern University, 2000-2001.
Visiting Assistant Professor. The College of Wooster, 1999-2000.


Education:

Arizona State University, Ph.D., 1999.
Dissertation: "El ideario surrealista peruano"

Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos, Bartolomé de las Casas, 1997. Cuzco, Peru. Program: “Lingüística andina y educación bilingüe”.

Arizona State University M. A., 1993.
Thesis: “Parodia en la novelística vanguardista: Mío
Cid Campeador de Vicente Huidobro

California State University, Extended Education Program: Bilingual Education,
1990.

Whittier College, B.A., 1988.


Publications:

“Nature, Disaster, and Critical Geopolitics in the Poetics of Pablo Guevara.”  Literature, Writing, and the Natural World . Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. 108-27.

“La experimentación paradigmática surrealista en la poesía de Emilio Adolfo Westphalen y César Moro” Cuadernos del CILHA: Revista del Centro Interdisciplinario de Literatura Hispanoamericana 9.10 (2008):88-105.

"Jorge Eduarto Eielson: una identidad plástica entre los paradigmas de las antiguas culturas peruanas y la cultura occidental". Identidad(es) del Perú. Ottawa: U of Ottawa, 2005. 179-198.

“La experimentación paradigmática surrealista en la poesía de Emilio Adolfo Westphalen y César Moro”. Encuentros de viejos y nuevos mundos. Lima: H&G Editores, 2003. 43-66.

“La evolución plástica de César Moro: más allá del atavismo científico” Fuegos de arena 2.3 (2003):[5-20].

“El espacio cultural alternativo en Lilus Kikus de Elena Poniatowska.” Historia de las mujeres en América Latina. Eds. Juan Andreo & Sara Beatriz Guardia. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, 2002. 457-76.

"E. A. Westphalen." Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Ed. Verity Smith. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publisher, 1997. 777-9.

"José Juan Tablada." Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Ed. Verity Smith. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publisher, 1997. 854-5.

[Translation] "Poems by Eduardo Ballegas." The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day. Ed. Byrne Fone. New York: Columbia UP, 1998.

Scholarly Papers Presented at Conferences:

“El rol de la traducción en Las moradas”.  Quinto Congreso Internacional de Peruanistas en el Extranjero “Homenaje a José María Arguedas y Emilio Adolfo Westphalen”. Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.  October 13-15th, 2011.

“The Transatlantic Poetics of Carlos Germán Belli” Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies.  Santa Fe, New Mexico.  April 6th-9th, 2011.  

“El mar y la poesía de la Generación del 50”. 
Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies.  Santa Fe, New Mexico.  March 4th-7th, 2009.  

“ La naturaleza, la nación, la mujer y el sujeto poético dentro del imaginario político de Leopoldo Lugones”. Latin American Studies Association. Montreal, Canada. September 5-8, 2007.

"La poetología surrealista latinoamericana en torno a la imagen visual”, 2007 Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 29th-31st 2007.

“Nature, Disaster, and Critical Geopolitics in the Poetics of Pablo Guevara.”  2006 Conference for the English Association of the Pennsylvania State Universities, October 20st - 22nd, 2006.

"La sensualidad modernista de José Juan Tablada y Leopoldo Lugones: el sujeto poético ante el amor de la mujer fatal". 52nd Congreso de Americanistas, Sevilla, Spain, 17-21 July, 2006.

“El ‘proyecto indígenista’ entre la lupa vanguardista y la posmodernidad”. XII Congreso de la Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe, Rome, Italy, Sept. 27-30, 2005.

"Conversación en la catedral: el legado cultural de la dictadura, el epígono limeño y el quebrantamiento de la identidad peruana." Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Guelph, Canada. Oct. 28-31, 2004.

"Vínculos entre la narrativa surrealista y la narrativa indigenista de El pez de oro." Las Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana. Lima, Perú. August 9-14, 2004.

“Jorge Eduardo Eielson: una identidad plástica entre los paradigmas de las antiguas culturas peruanas y la cultura occidental”. Simposio Internacional: Identidades del Perú en la literatura y las artes. Peruvian Embassy in Canada and University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada, October 16-19,2003.

“La estructura paratextual de la reproducción facsimilar de Las moradas”. II Congreso internacional de literatura hispánica. Asociación de estudios hispánicos, Lima, Peru, March 5-7, 2003.

“Yo me perdono: la novela histórica ante nuevos cruces culturales”. Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 24 – 26, 2002.

“La experimentación paradigmática surrealista en la poesía de Emilio Adolfo Westphalen y César Moro”. Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. Asociación de Estudios Hispánicos, Lima,
Perú, Feb. 27--March 1, 2002.

“Paz, Cortázar, Eielson y la reterritorialización de la imagen”. Conference in honor of Dr. David W. Foster. Arizona State University, October 24-27, 2001.

“Elena Poniatowska, Lilus Kikus y la literatura infantil.” Segundo simposio internacional: La mujer en la historia de América Latina. Lima: CEMHAL, Oct. 18-20, 2000.

“Anaya’s Chicano Detective: Bridge Between and Beyond Epistemological Frameworks.” La página roja. University of New Mexico, March 31-April 2, 2000.

“La transtextualización de los arquetipos españoles medioevales en la novelística vanguardista hispanoamericana: el caso de Mío Cid Campeador.” The Ninth Annual Conference on Ibero-American
Culture and Society. A Spanish Odyssey: One Thousand Years of Iberian Literature and Culture
. University of New Mexico. Feb. 17-18, 2000.

“Translation and Bilingual Reading with Peruvian Poet Javier Sologuren.” The 21st American Literary Translators Association Conference. Dec. 3-5, 1998. Guadalajara, Mexico.

“Cooperative Learning as a Solution to Some Adult Education Headaches.” Peru-TESOL’s 4th Annual Convention. Aug 2-4, 1995. Arequipa, Peru.

“Including Learning Modality Theory in the Evaluation and/or Integration of Instructional Technology in the ESL Classroom.” Peru-TESOL’s 4th Annual Convention. Aug 2-4, 1995. Arequipa, Peru.

“Multiculturalism in the ESL Classroom.” Peru-TESOL’s 4th Annual Convention. Aug 2-4, 1995. Arequipa, Peru.

“Octavio Paz: la matriz interartística de su poesía.” Second Annual Graduate Student Colloquium: Interdisciplinary Encounter. Mar. 1994. Arizona State University.

Other Activities:

Fulcher, Glenn.  "Assessing Speaking: Putting the Pieces Together".  LARC-CALPER Webinar.   April 19, 2012.

Poehner, Matthew E.  “Foreign Language Classroom Assessment in Support of Teaching and Learning” LARC-CALPER Webinar. February 10, 2011.

2008 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. "Andean Worlds Project".  June 29th-July 26th.  Perú.

Co-editor. EML Accent. 2007-present.

Director of the Modern Language Learning Center. 2001-present.

Member of the Leadership Minor Committee. 2007-present.

Springboard: Faculty Technology Workshop Presentation, "PowerPoint and Video." May, 2008.

The East Central Writing Centers Association Conference Member. April, 2008.

Springboard: Faculty Technology Workshop Presentation, "PowerPoint: Beyond Lectures."  May, 2006.

Departmental NCATE Accreditation Committee Member. 2005.

Pennsylvania Dept. of Education Review Committee Member. 2005.

Chair.  Table 4 "La democratización" and Table 1 "Las crónicas del Nuevo Mundo".  XII Congreso de la Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe, Rome, Italy, Sept. 27-30, 2005.

2003 FPDC Grant Award Recipient. Multimedia CD project: “Urban Utopias as Seen Through the Eyes of Latin American Art Critics and Journalists”.

Faculty Senator for the Spanish Department. 2002-2009.