Jesús Jambrina

Associate Professor, Spanish and History
Coordinator, Latin American Studies
Research Fellow of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership
Murphy Center 523
608-796-3493
jejambrina@viterbo.edu
 

Education: 

• Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2005
• M.A. University of Iowa, 2002
• B.A. in Journalism, University of Havana, Cuba, 1994
   

Courses Taught: 

• Introduction to Latin American History
• Introduction to Latin American Studies 
• Latin American Civilization
• U.S. Hispanic Cultures 
• Literature of Spanish America
• Speed Reading and Comprehension (Spanish)
• Advanced Composition (Spanish)
• Contemporary Issues in Latin America
• Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566) and his defense of western hemisphere’s indigenous populations.
   

Research Interests: 

• Spanish American, and Latino Literatures, Latin American and Transatlantic History.
• Spanish Baroque Literature

Affiliations: 

• Latin American Studies Association
• Modern Language Association
• Instituto Internacional de Literatrua Iberoamericana
   

• Virgilio Piñera: Poesía, Nación y Diferencias. Editorial Verbum, Madrid, 12/2012 
• “Una isla llamada Virgilio”, “VP en La ciudad celeste”, and “Piñera, crítico de poesía, 1941-1955”, La Habana Elegante, SMU, Texas, Fall-Winter, 2012, Vol. 52.  
• “Poesía, nación y diferencias: Cintio Vitier lee a Virgilio Piñera” en Revista Iberoamericana, Vol. 75, Núm. 226, Enero – Marzo 2009, 95-105.