Juan A. Gonzalez
Mr. Juan A. González
Professor
Modern Languages
Biography:
Juan Antonio González, born in Mexico in 1950, is a poet, fiction writer and literary critic. His works, spanning several decades, have been published in many American and European literary journals. He currently serves as Professor of Modern Languages, Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He is Editor in Chief of the creative writing journal El Novosantanderino and the student literary journal De Puño y Letra. He serves in the editorial board of the journals Puentes of Arizona State University, and Pegaso of the University of Oklahoma.
He has published the poetry book Itineransias (2005), and a second version (corrected and augmented) was published in 2008.
Degrees:
M.A. Texas A & I University
B.S. Texas A & I University
A.A. Texas Southmost College
CV/VITAE: González Vitae
Classes Taught:
ESL: 1013-1063 - Beginners ESL I,II, Intermediate ESL I,II, Advanced Reading, Writing
SPAN: 1301 - Conversational Spanish
SPAN: 1311-12 - Elementary Spanish I, II
SPAN: 2313-15 - Basic Bilingual I, II
SPAN: 2311-12 - Intermediate Bilingual I,II
SPAN: 2143 - Introduction to Translation
SPAN: 2153 - Business Spanish
SPAN: 2321-22 - Hispanic Literature and Civilization I,II
SPAN: 2317 - Spanish for Biliterate Business Majors
SPAN: 3303 - Advanced Spanish Composition
SPAN: 3310-11 - Masterpieces of Spanish American Lit. I,II
SPAN: 3330 - Advanced Grammar
SPAN: 3332 - Translation from English to Spanish
SPAN: 4303 - Spanish Civilization
SPAN: 4304 - Spanish Lyric Poetry
SPAN: 4307 - Hispanic Am. Novel: Honor’s Seminar
SPAN: 4316 - Acquisition of the Spanish Language
SPAN: 4392 - Cr. Writing Seminar: Poetry & Short Story (Design and implementation)
SPAN: 6374 - Latin American Poetry
SPAN: 6380 - Creative writing: the short story (Design and implementation)
Joined UTB/TSC:
Fall 1980
Area of Specialty and Responsibility:
Hispanic Language and Literature
Previous Experience:
(1972-73) - Texas A & I University Kingsville, Texas Assistant Instructor
(1974) - Epiphany Episcopal Day School, Spanish Teacher
(1974-75) - Robstown Independent School District (Robstown, Texas), Supervisor of E.S.A.A. Basic Math Program
(1975-80) - Matamoros Institute of Higher Learning, Director of the E.F.L. Program and Prof. of E.F.L. and Spanish
(1975-76) - Matamoros Institute of Higher Learning (Matamoros, Tamaulipas), Coord. of Ed. Research & Prof. of E.F.L. and Span.
(1976-77) - Matamoros Institute of Higher Learning (Matamoros, Tamaulipas), Chair of Psycho pedagogy; Microteaching & Prof. of E.F. L. and Spanish
(1977-78) - Matamoros Institute of Higher Learning (Matamoros, Tamaulipas), Chair of Personnel Development & Prof. of E.F.L. and Spanish
(1978-80) - Matamoros Institute of Higher Learning (Matamoros, Tamaulipas), Chair of Social Sciences and Full Prof. of E.F.L. and Spanish
(1980-82) - Matamoros Institute of Higher Learning (Matamoros, Tamaulipas), Chair of Investment Projects and Grad. Studies & Full Prof. of E.F.L. and Spanish
(1979-80) - Brownsville Independent School District (Brownsville, Texas), 6th. Grade Teacher of Math, Science and Social Studies
(1980-82) - Texas Southmost College (Brownsville, Texas), Part Time Instructor of Spanish and ESL.
(1982-91) - Texas Southmost College (Brownsville, Texas), Full Time Instructor of Spanish and ESL.
(1984-89) - Pan American Univ. at Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas), Part Time Faculty of upper level Spanish Lit. and Translation.
(1991-93) - University of Texas at Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas), Full Time Faculty of Spanish and ESL.
(1993-97) - University of Texas at Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas), Assistant Professor of Spanish and ESL.
(1997-09) - University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Associate Professor of Spanish and Translation.
(2009) - University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Professor of Hispanic Lang & Lit. , Creative Writing and Translation.