Rebecca Garonzik
Associate Professor of Spanish
Phone: 330-263-2461
Office: Kauke 210
Areas of Interest
- Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- Modern and Contemporary Politics and Social Justice Movements
- Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Translation and Translation Studies
Degrees
- B.A., Spanish, Goucher College
- M.A., Comparative Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D., Comparative Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Courses Taught
- SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish, Level I
- SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish, Level II
- SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish/Grammar, Conversation, and Composition I
- SPAN 224: Readings in Latin American Cultures
- SPAN 275: 鈥淭he U.S. Origins of Latinx Immigration鈥
- SPAN 31108: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- FYSM 101: 鈥淭he Complexity of Home鈥
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- 鈥淭he Privilege of 鈥楴ot-Knowing鈥: Clarice Lispector鈥檚 A hora da estrela as Self-Critique.鈥 Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 101.4 (2024): 371-85.
- 鈥溾楬asta tomar el cielo por asalto鈥: Competing Historical Moods in Patricio Pron鈥檚 El esp铆ritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia.鈥 Latin American Literary Review 49.98 (2022): 32-39. Web. 17 October 2022.
- 鈥溾楾hese loins aren鈥檛 on fire鈥: Neoliberalism and the Erotic in Paul Mart铆nez Pompa鈥檚 My Kill Adore Him.鈥 Latin American Literary Review 47.93 (2020): 12-19. Web. 18 September 2020.
- 鈥淏eyond Marcuse: Guevara鈥檚 Influence on the Revolutionary Erotic in Julio Cort谩zar鈥檚 Libro de Manuel.鈥 A Contracorriente 13.2 (Winter 2016): 1-24. Web. 8 March 2016.
- 鈥淒econstructing Psychiatric Discourse and Idealized Madness in Cristina Rivera Garza鈥檚 Nadie me ver谩 llorar.鈥 Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 43.1 (May 2014): 3-14.
- 鈥溾楾o name that thing without a name鈥: Linking Poetry and the Child鈥檚 Voice in Sandra聽聽 Cisneros鈥檚 The House on Mango Street.鈥 Letras Femeninas 37.2 (Winter 2011): 139-55.
Other Publications
- Estrada, Oswaldo. 鈥淭he Weight of Dreams.鈥 Translated by Rebecca Garonzik, Spanglish Voces (2024): n. pag. Web. 16 Jan. 2025.
- 鈥淨ueering Feminism: Cristina Rivera Garza鈥檚 La cresta de Ili贸n and the Feminine Sublime.鈥 Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Human铆sticos y Literatura 14 (Fall 2010): 45-56.
- 鈥淧ermanencias de Juan Rulfo en la cr铆tica contempor谩nea.鈥 Rev. of Ecos y murmullos en la obra de Rulfo, Ed. Julio Moguel and Enrique S谩inz. Confluencia 24.2 (Spring 2009): 151-53.
Just For Fun
When I鈥檓 not teaching my classes or editing my students鈥 IS manuscripts, I enjoy dancing, singing, birdwatching with my husband, or going to see whatever new movie is playing at the Lyric.