Israel Reyes

Associate Professor of Spanish

Department of Spanish and Portuguese
6072 Dartmouth Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3511

Office: 318 Dartmouth Hall
2009 Spring office hours:  Monday and Friday 10 am to 11 am
Telephone: (603) 646-3246
Fax (603) 646-3695
e-mail: israel.reyes@dartmouth.edu

Ph.D University of Iowa (1996)

Primary Interests

• Latino Studies
• Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Puerto Rican Literature and Culture
• Gay and Lesbian/Queer Studies
• Comparative Literature
• Women and Gender Studies
• Media Studies

Selected Courses Taught at Dartmouth

• Hispanic Literature in the USA (SPAN 77)
• Living in the Borderlands: Latino/a Culture and Identity (SPAN 78)
• Latino/a Literature: Between Literary Traditions, Languages and Cultures (SPAN 79)
• The Fabrication of Images: Mass Media in Latin America (SPAN 76)
• Writing and Speaking: A Cultural Approach for Speakers of Spanish (SPAN 8)
• History, Culture and Society: The Many Faces of Latin America (LACS 4/AAAS 16)
• From Hand to Mouth: Writing, Eating, and the Construction of Gender (COLT 67/WGST 43)
• Language Study Abroad - Puebla, Mexico

Selected Publications

Book

• Humor and the Eccentric Text in Puerto Rican Literature. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005.

Selected Essays

• "Recuerdos «parciales» y el closet de la literatura: Ficción y autobiografía de Judith Ortiz Cofer. La Revista Iberoamericana. Eds. Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez and Frances Aparicio. 71.212 (2005): 847-64.
• “De-facing Cuba: Translating and Transfiguring Cristina García’s The Agüero Sisters.” Voice-Overs: Translation and Latin American Literature. Eds. Daniel Balderston and Marcy Schwartz. Albany: SUNY (2002) 224-34.
• “La sabiduría de la mujer en la obra de Nemesio Canales.” Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana. 26.54 (2001): 111-28.
• “Comedy and Humor.” Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Eds. Deena J. González and Susanne Oboler. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2005).

Additional Information

Professor Reyes’s research and publications focus on the intersections of culture and society between Latin America and Latino communities in the U.S. He joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1996 and has been an advocate for Latino and Latina student leadership and academic achievement. With his colleague Professor Beatriz Pastor, Professor Reyes has co-directed two Latino Student Conferences at Dartmouth and has co-edited the Latino Intersections website dedicated to showcasing Dartmouth students’ work in the area of Latino Studies. He is the Chair of the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program and has served as director of the Puebla, Mexico Language Study Abroad Program for several terms. Professor Reyes received the Linda B. and Kendrick R. Wilson III Fellowship in 2004 and the Dean of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising in 2006.

Professor’s Website: http://journals.dartmouth.edu/latinox