Curriculum Vitae
Adrian T. Kane
Contact Information:
Boise State University
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
1910 University Dr.
Boise, ID 83725
(208) 426-2595
Academic Positions Held:
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Boise State University, 2006-Present
Teaching Assistant in Spanish
University of California, Riverside 2003-2006
Teaching Assistant in Spanish
University of Rhode Island 1999-2001
Education:
Ph. D. Spanish, University of California, Riverside, 2006
Dissertation: “Vanguardia and Postmodern Fiction:
Subversive Aesthetics and Cultural Change in Mexico and Central America”
Directed by Professor Raymond L. Williams
Primary Concentration: Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature
Secondary Concentration: Mexican and Central American Fiction
M.A. Spanish, University of Rhode Island, 2001
B.B.A Cum laude, St. Bonaventure University, 1998
Teaching and Research Interests:
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literature
Latin American Fiction
Mexican and Central American Literature
The Latin American Avant-Garde
Latin American Postmodern Fiction
Post-Civil War Central American Fiction
Ecocriticism
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
“Entre el criollismo y el vanguardismo: El tigre de Flavio Herrera.” Istmo: Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos. No. 16. Jan.-June 2008.
Forthcoming Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
“Ludics as Subversion in Arturo Arias’s Sopa de caracol.” Bulletin of Spanish Studies. Fall 2008.
Forthcoming Translation:
Kraniauskas, John. “Diferencia y desarrollo: acumulación espiritual y la política de la
libertad.” Trans. Adrian Kane. Crítica de la acumulación: las encrucijadas
teóricas de América Latina. Ed. Oscar Cabezas and Alessandro Fornazzari.
Santiago de Chile: LOM ediciones.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Published Interview:
“Cruces fronterizos, tradiciones poéticas y la invención del mundo: una entrevista con
Martín Camps,” Aguas. August 9, 2007. p. 20.
Conference Papers Presented:
“La estética subversiva de Unos fantoches de Max Jiménez”
16th Annual International Congress of Central American Literature
Nicoya, Costa Rica, April 2008
“Ludic Humor and the Grotesque Body in Arturo Arias’s Sopa de caracol”
Latin American Studies Association International Congress
Montreal, Canada September 2007
“Environmental Matters in Héctor Aguilar Camín’s El resplandor de la madera”
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese National Conference, San Diego, CA August 2007
“El tigre de Flavio Herrera: Representación vanguardista del trópico”
15th Annual International Congress of Central American Literature
Antigua, Guatemala, April 2007
“Humor, Irony and Surrealism in Cardoza y Aragón’s Maelstrom” AATSP Annual
Meeting, New York City, July 2005
“Jaime Torres Bodet and the Vanguardia Novel” Visions and Revisions: Breakthrough
Moments in the World of Spanish and Lusophone Thought, University of
Calfornia, Los Angeles, April 2005
“New Directions in Mexican Narrative” AATSP Southern California Chapter Meeting,
University of Southern California, October 2004
“From the Contemporáneos to the Onda” Arizona State University National Graduate
Student Symposium, April 2003
Awards and Grants Received:
Boise State University Modern Languages and Literatures Award (Course-Release to
prepare National Grant Proposals) 2008
Boise State University Service-Learning Grant, August 2007
Boise State University College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, April 2007
UC Riverside Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant, Summer 2005
UC Riverside Hispanic Studies Research Assistantship, 2004-2005, 2003-2004
UC Riverside Hispanic Studies Dissertation Travel Grant, 2004
UC Riverside Dean’s Fellowship, 2002-06
University of Rhode Island Teaching Assistantship, 1999-2000
National Spanish Honor Society, 1998
Academic All-Atlantic-10, 1994-1997
St. Bonaventure University Friar’s Scholarship, 1994-98
Courses Taught:
Boise State University 2006-Present
Spanish 498: The Environment in Latin American Literature (Summer 2008)
Spanish 498: The Spanish American Avant-Garde: Theory and Practice
Spanish 430: Twentieth Century Central America: Literature, Culture, Politics
Spanish 404: Survey of Latin American Literature II (20th and 21st Century)
Spanish 403: Survey of Latin American Literature I (Precolombian-19th Century)
Spanish 304: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Spanish 303: Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
Spanish 303SL: Advanced Conversation and Composition Service-Learning
University of California, Riverside 2003-2006
Ten quarters of Beginning Spanish 1, 2 and 3
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1999-2001
Four Semesters of Beginning and Intermediate Spanish
Proposed Courses:
Spanish 498: The Discourse of Modernity in Mexican Fiction (Fall 2008)
Spanish 498: Contemporary Guatemalan Fiction (Spring 2009)
Service:
Profession:
Session Chair: “Environmental Approaches to Latin American Fiction”
AATSP Annual Conference, San Diego, August 2007
Session Chair: “Twentieth Century Central American Fiction”
AATSP Annual Conference, New York City, July 2005
University:
Organized Guest Lecture and Poetry Reading “Humor and Danger in
Argentine Literature” by Alicia Borinsky 2008
Latin American and Latino/a Studies Minor Development Committee 2007
Cultural Center HERO Awards Selection Committee 2007
Latin American Film Series Director Spring 2007 to present
Boise State University Cultural Center Advisory Board 2006-2008
Chairman College of Arts and Sciences Mini-Grant Committee 2007
Organized Guest Lecture “Nature and Technology in One Hundred Years of
Solitude” by Dr. Raymond L. Williams, February 2007
College of Arts and Sciences Mini-Grant Committee 2006
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Development Committee 2006
College of Arts and Sciences Honors and Awards Committee 2006
Boise State University Commencement Ceremony Participant Dec. 2006
Department: Presentation: “Service-Learning in Advanced Spanish Composition and
Conversation” January, 2008 Modern Lang. Departmental Meeting
Boise State University Adviser to Spanish Majors Fall 2006-present
Boise State Univ. Modern Languages and Literatures Faculty Committee
UC Riverside Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Representative, 2003-2005
Professional Travel Abroad:
Nicoya, Costa Rica: April 2008 International Congress of Central American Literature
Antigua, Guatemala: April 2007 International Congress of Central American Literature
Guatemala City: August 2005 Dissertation Research
Mexico City: August 2004 Initial Dissertation Research
Comayagua, Honduras: September-December 2001 Volunteer Work
Morelia, Mexico: July 2000 Graduate Study Abroad
Seville, Spain: January-June 1996 Undergraduate Study Abroad
Professional Development:
Boise State University Faculty Fellow Service-Learning Workshop
Five Week Workshop February-March 2007
Boise State University Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops
“Becoming Tomorrow’s Professor” November 2007
“Getting Students to do the Reading” October 2007
“Creating Videos with Windows Movie Maker” February 2007
“The First Day of Class: How to Make or Break a Semester” October 2006
Boise State University Faculty Advising Institute October 2006
Boise State University New Faculty Workshop Series
“Service Learning” August 2006
“Teaching” September 2006
University of California Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching:
Attended Professional Development Workshop “Grammar and Language
Teaching,” University of California, San Diego, June 2004
Attended Conference on “Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives,” University of California, Santa Cruz, March 2004
UC Riverside Hispanic Studies Professional Development Workshop Presented by
Professor Hildebrando Villareal of California State University, Los Angeles
Sept. 2003 and Sept. 2004 “Pedagogy in the Beginning Spanish Classroom”
Professional Memberships:
Modern Language Association
American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Latin American Studies Association