Department of English & Humanities

Dr. Guido J. Arze
Assistant Professor

Downs Hall
Room 104

918-343-7587
garze@rsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Spanish Language and Latin American Culture and Literature
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2000

• Dissertation: “La novela revolucionaria boliviana (1934 a 1964): Transtextualidad, metahistoricidad y receptividad.” / “Bolivian Revolucionary Novel (1934 a 1964): Transtextuality, Historiographic Metafiction and receptivity.”

M.A., Spanish
Florida International University, Miami, FL
1996

• Thesis: “Metahistoria nacional y metaficción biográfica en Historia de Mayta, de Mario Vargas Llosa.”

B.A., Spanish
Florida International University, Miami, FL
1995

B.S., Economics
Universidad de La Habana, Cuba
1969

Professional Experience

Fall 2004-Present
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of English and Humanities
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

Summer 2001-2004
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL

1996-2000
Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant, Graduate Student
Romance Languages and Literatures Department
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

1995-1996
Adjunct Instructor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages
Florida International University, Miami, FL

1993-1995
Teacher of Spanish
Miami Dade County Public Schools, Florida

1976-1977
Visiting Professor of Economics, Department of Business Administration and Economics
Universidad de Panama, Panama

1973-1975
Professor and Dean, College of Business Administration and Economics
Universidad Particular ‘Inca Garcilaso de la Vega,’ Lima, Peru

Areas of Interest

• Spanish Grammar
• Latin American Culture
• Latin American Literature
• Liberal Arts Education

Teaching Interest

• Literary Criticism
• Spanish (all levels)
• Spanish for Professions
• Latin American Culture and Literature

Research Competencies

• Methodology
• Planning and Design
• Statistical  Data Analysis
• Socio-Political-Historical Literature

Classroom Technology Competencies

• WebCt online
• Classroom Presentation Programs
• Construction of On-line Courses

Community Service

• Speech at Owasso Wal-Mart Super Center (Manager team and staff): “The Economic Impact of Hispanic in Oklahoma today.  Out Look the Future,” 2006
• Consultant of United Way, Hispanic Marketing Campaign (UW Brochure in Spanish), 2006
• Volunteer judge at Tulsa Community College Speech & Debate Tournament, 2004
• Co-Organizer of the group students of Nursing Division (Spring Hill College) who went to work in Guatemala, (2002)
• Promoter among students of some social services in benefit of the Mobile, Alabama, communities (Habitat for Humanity, Carpenters, Breakfast for homeless). (2001-2004).
• Coordinator among professors of the Division of Languages and Literature for Spring Hill College’s project Christmas on the Hill (fund-rising to give aid to local refugee families).  (2001-2002).
• Member of the Committee Presidential Dialogue on Diversity. Spring Hill College, (2001)
• Expertise about Latin American Culture, Spanish Latin American Languages, Latin American Literature, and Latin America Economy for the Spring Hill College Media Resource.

Selected Publications

Augusto Céspedes: La novella como praxis política.  La Paz, Bolivia: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Andres (In press). 2008.

La novela revolucionaria.  Ann Arbor, MI.  Bell & Howell. (488 pages). 2000.

‘Biografía, ficción e ideología en Historia de Mayta,’ Revista Arequipeña de letras, Volume 6, Number 4, 61-86. 1998.

Carlos Marx: Fundamentaciones metodológicas en la teoría valor-trabajo. University of Panama Press. 1978.

‘La marginalidad social en Bolivia.’  Desarrollo.  Volume 14, 45-52. 1971.

Free-lance articles, essays, editorials, and poems.  Occasional contributor to Latin American newspapers and magazines, including El Diario de las Americas (Miami-Florida); La Estrella de Panama (Panama); El Diario (La Paz, Bolivia). 1978-1985.

Selected Papers, Lectures and Conferences Address

Socio-Political Lecture: “The paradoxes of the Cuban Revolution” at the University of Oklahoma Honors College (2006)

‘La dependencia económica y los problemas para el desarrollo.’  Sixth Annual National Seminar on Economics.  Session: ‘Relaciones bilaterales entre Bolivia y los Estados Unidos.’   The American Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia (1982)

‘La economía de los paises socialistas.’  34th Course, School of the National Studies.  Chief Command of the Bolivian Army, La Paz, Bolivia (1982)

‘El desarrollo nacional y el liderazgo femenino’.  Second National Seminar.  Business and Professional Women’s National Association (Series of four lectures) (1972)

Selected Organization of Events, Seminars and Lectures

• Organized and coordinated the participation of professor in the Reading - a discussion event about Martin Luther King’s I have a dream. In this event many professor volunteered as facilitators of groups of students. It was sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, Communication and Fine Arts Department, and the Association of Black Collegians, Rogers State University,(2006)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Week at RSU.   I have been selected per student requests to serve on the planning committee for the week’s activities, Rogers State University, (2005). 
• Organizer and promoter of ‘The Spanish Table’ / “Tertulias de sobremesa,” Spring Hill College (2001-2003)
• Organizer the First Latin American Cinema Festival at Spring Hill College (2002)
• Organizer: “Reinventing the Conquest in Hispanic Drama and Films: The Example of Cabeza de Vaca’s Naufragias.”  Lecture.Sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literature and Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida.  Lecturer: Santiago Juan-Navarro, Ph.D., Florida International University, (2000)
• “Poesías humanas.” A reading the Bolivian poet Lydia Parada-Brown. Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, and Student Association for Latin American Studies, University of Florida. (2000).
• Organizer and Director of “Seminar for University Professors on Methodology in Economics.” Department of Economics, Universidad de Panamá, Republic of Panama. (1976).
• Co-Organizar:    “First Seminar on the Economics Curriculum.” Department of Economics, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. (1972).

Honors

• M.A. Spanish Thesis approved with Distintion, University of Florida (2000)
• M.A. Spanish Qualifying Examinations passed
• Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Florida International University Chapter, (1996).
• M.Phil. Qualifying Examinations passed with Distinction, University of Florida, (1996).
• Elected Golden Key National Honor Society, Florida International University Chapter, (1995).
• Appointed to International Honorary Society in Economics, (1993).
• Golden Benefactor of the American Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia, (1983).

Professional Service

I have served on college committees. The most important of these include:

• Faculty Advisor (2007)
• Nominated and participating in the Spanish Content Advisory Committee of The Oklahoma Commission for Teaching Preparation (OCTP) and National Evaluation System (NES). (2005)
• Assessment CFA Committee, , (2004 to present)
• University Technology Committee Rogers State University, (2006)
• Marketing Committee, Rogers State University, (2004 to 2005)
• Design and Organize Tutoring Program for Spanish Students (2004)
• Organize “Club de Español” / Spanish Club (2005)
• Wrote a proposal for new course Spanish for Profession, SHC, (2001)
• Organize and promote project for SHC students to be in face-to-face communication with the local Hispanic community, (2001-2003)
• General Comptroller Of Bolivia
• Economist Adviser, Commander in Chief of the Bolivian Army
• General Attorney and Manager, American Life Insurance Company-Bolivian Branch
• Economist Adviser of the Secretary of Education, Panama
• Adviser of University ‘Inca Garcilaso de la Vega’s President about Economics issues
• Academic Curriculum Committee, University of Saint Marcus, Peru

Memberships

• Modern Language Association
• Southern Council on Latin American Studies
• The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
• Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin American
• Sociedad de literatura comparada

Awards & Fellowship Received

• William G. Carter Research Fellowship, University of Florida (1999-2000)
• McGraw Hill Research Fellowship (2000)
• McQuown Scholarship for Graduate Student (1997-1998)

Personal Information

• Married, two children
• Born in Bolivia, South America
• Political Refugee in U.S. (1984)
• U.S. Citizen since 1991