CURRICULUM VITAE
MARK R. COX
Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages
Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC 29325
(e-mail) mcox@presby.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Florida, 1995
Major field: Spanish American Literature
Minor field: Brazilian Literature
Dissertation: Violence and Relations of Power in Andean-based
Peruvian Narrative
since 1980.
Dissertation Director: Andrés Avellaneda
The dissertation analyzes Andean-based Peruvian
narrative fiction published since
1980 from literary, sociological and historical
perspectives. Analyzing works by
eighteen writers, it examines their
interpretations of the revolutionary potential of
the Indian, and the treatment of political
violence and relations of power in relation
to the indigenous peoples and the guerrilla
war.
M.A. in Spanish, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1984
B.A. in Spanish and political science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Presbyterian College, 1997-2001
Associate Professor, Presbyterian College, 2001-Present
Courses taught:
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Survey of Spanish-American Literature I
Survey of Spanish-American Literature II
Business Spanish
Advanced Conversation and Composition
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Accelerated Elementary Spanish
Elementary Spanish I
Elementary Spanish II
Assistant Professor, Jacksonville University, 1993-97
Courses taught:
Spanish-American Colonial Literature
Spanish-American Essay
Contemporary Hispanic Issues
Conversation and Composition
Intermediate Spanish
Elementary Spanish
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, 1987-93
Elementary and Intermediate Spanish
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, 1982-84,
Summer 1985, 1987
Elementary, Prehonors, and Intensive Spanish
PUBLICATIONS
Books
El cuento peruano en los años de violencia.
Lima: San Marcos, 2000. (Edited the
anthology and wrote the introduction).
Gringa Hunter & Other Short Stories. Lima:
Sieteculebras, 1998. (Translation of Mario
Guevara Paredes's most recent collection
of short stories, Cazador de gringas).
Articles Published and Accepted for Publication
"Peruvian Literature: Contradictory Reality." (Translation of Antonio Cornejo
Polar's
article, "La literatura peruana:
totalidad contradictoria." Will be published by the
Asociación Internacional de
Peruanistas in a collection of his literary criticism in English).
"La narrativa peruana desde 1980 y la violencia política." (Will be
published in the Memorias
de JALLA (Jornadas Andinas de Literatura
Latinoamericana) 99 Cusco).
"La narrativa andina y la violencia política de los años ochenta y noventa."
(Will be
published in Angeles y Demonios in
2000).
"La narrativa andina peruana contemporánea y el indigenismo." Sieteculebras
15 (2001): 9-12
"Más allá de las nubes: Una búsqueda de la identidad sur-andina." Apumarka.
(Review of
Jorge Flórez-Aybar’s novel, Más allá
de las nubes. Will be published in 2000).
"Narrativa y violencia." Sí: revista de análisis 31 July 2000: 43-46.
"La narrativa peruana en los años de violencia." (Introduction to Antología
del cuento peruano
en los años de violencia. Published
in 2000).
"An Annotated
Bibliography of Narrative Fiction About Sendero Luminoso and the Guerrilla
War
in Peru." Revista Interamericana de Bibliografía (1998)
"Las relaciones del poder en el mito del pishtaco y en la
narrativa indigenista peruana."
Sieteculebras 11 (1997): 31-35.
"La violencia política y la narrativa peruana andina:
1986-1996." Sieteculebras 10 (1997):
24-27.
"De pishtacos y bricheros." Sieteculebras
9 (1996): 14-15.
Articles Submitted for Publication and In Progress
"An Annotated Bibliography of Narrative Fiction about Sendero Luminoso and
the Guerrilla
War in Peru." (Submitted for
publication).
"Gringa Hunter." (Translation of Mario Guevara Paredes's short story,
"Cazador de
gringas." Submitted for
publication).
"El imperialismo y la violencia política en tres novelas neoindigenistas peruanas
contemporáneas." (In progress).
"Constructing National Identity: The Case of Five Peruvian Novels about the Current
Guerrilla War." (In progress).
"Creando y desenmascarando imágenes sobre Sendero Luminoso: El rincón para los
muertos
(1987) de Samuel Cavero y La joven que
subió al cielo (1988) de Luis Nieto Degregori."
(In progress).
CONFERENCES, SCHOLARLY PAPERS
"Constructing National Identity: Peruvian Narrative Fiction about the
Political Violence of the 1980s and
1990s."
Latin American Studies Association, Washington,
D.C.,
September 2001.
"Perspectivas hacia una definición de la narrativa andina peruana
contemporánea."
AATSP, San Francisco, July 2001
"La mujer y Sendero Luminoso: la perspectiva en la ficción narrativa de
Luis Nieto Degregori sobre la violencia
política."
XIX Simposio Internacional de Literatura, Lima,
Peru, August 8, 2000.
"La violencia política y la narrativa peruana contemporánea."
Read at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma in
Miraflores, Lima, Peru,
August 3, 2000 at the presentation of the
anthology, El cuento peruano
en los años de violencia.
"La narrativa andina y la violencia política de los años ochenta y noventa."
Read at the Colegio Andino of the Centro
Bartolomé de las Casas in
Cusco, Peru, July 13, 2000 at the presentation
of the anthology,
El cuento peruano en los años de
violencia.
"La narrativa andina peruana
contemporánea y el indigenismo."
Latin American Studies Association,
Miami, FL, March 2000
"Creando y desenmascarando
imágenes sobre Sendero Luminoso: El rincón para los muertos
(1987) de Samuel Cavero y La joven que
subió al cielo (1988) de Luis Nieto Degregori."
Second Biennial Conference on
Iberian/Iberian-American Literatures, Florida
International University, Miami, FL, October
1999.
"La narrativa peruana desde 1980 y la violencia política."
Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana,
Cusco, Perú, August, 1999.
"Peruvian Baby Boom Writers and Political Violence."
Kentucky Foreign Language
Conference, April, 1999.
"El imperialismo y la violencia política en tres novelas neoindigenistas peruanas
contemporáneas."
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April
16-18, 1998.
"La violencia política y la narrativa peruana andina: 1986-1996."
Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies,
Savannah, GA, April 9-11, 1998.
"La generación del 80 y tres escritores cusqueños."
Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos
"Bartolomé de las Casas," Cusco, Perú, July
1996.
"Reevaluating Peruvian Indigenista Narrative."
Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and
Literatures, Winter Park, FL,
February 1994.
"Reflections on the Peruvian Indigenista Narrative Tradition and Recent
Narrative about
Sendero Luminoso."
Colloquium Series in Spanish, University of
Florida, April 1993.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chaired two sessions at JALLA (Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana) 99 Cusco:
1) Sujetos sociales: Entre lo nacional y lo
global
2) El género testimonial
Organizer, Encuentro de Narradores Cusqueños, Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos
"Bartolomé de las Casas," Cusco, Peru,
July 1996
Correspondent for journal, Sieteculebras
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Carol G. Belk Fellow 1997-2000
Zeta Tau Alpha Modern Foreign Languages Professor of the Semester, Fall 1998
University of Florida Graduate School Humanities Fellowship, 1992
Rotary Club Group Study Exchange, 1986
SERVICE
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, 1997-Present
Founder, Director of the Latin American Studies program
Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies program, 2001-4
Co-coordinator of Spanish section, 1998-2002
Student Advisor
Supervision of "Amity Scholar" Teaching Assistants
Search committee for Spanish professor, 1998-99, 2000-2001
Athletic Activities Committee, 1998-99
Judicial Council, 1998-99
Appeals Board, 2000-01
International Studies Committee, 1998-2000
Carol International House Task Force, 1999
International Education Strategic Planning Commission, 1998
College Representative to South Carolina Consortium for International Studies (SCCIS),
1998-2002
Program Director for the 2000 SCCIS Conference, 1999-2000
Webmaster for SCCIS, 1999-2001
Council Member of the Peruvian Section of the Latin American Studies Association,
2000-03
Webmaster for the Peruvian Section
of the Latin American Studies Association,
2000-03
JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY, 1993-97
Coordinator of the elementary Spanish sequence and supervisor of the adjunct professor
Student advisor
Advisor, Phi Sigma Iota, Foreign Language Honor Society, 1995-96
Search committee for adjunct faculty, 1994-95, 1995-96
Founder, Director of Spanish table, 1993-97.
Creator, Publisher of Foreign Language Newsletter, 1995-96.
Organizer, Study Abroad Fair, 1993-97
Organizer, biannual international film series, 1993-97
Coordinator, Foreign Language Placement Exam, 1993-96
Assessment Coordinator, Humanities Division, 1995-96
United Way Coordinator, Humanities Division, 1994-96
Athletics Committee, 1995-96
Editorial Board, North Florida Journal of Undergraduate Research, 1994-95
Faculty Marshal, Commencement, 1996
HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana
Asociación Internacional de Peruanistas
Latin American Studies Association
Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies
Phi Sigma Iota
Sigma Delta Pi
LANGUAGES
English: Native language
Spanish: Near-native fluency
Portuguese: Intermediate high in four skills
French: Reading
RESIDENCE ABROAD
Peru. Fourteen months total residence, 1990-00
Mexico. Twelve months total residence, 1984-89
