Sonia Mereles Olivera, Ph.D.
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Spanish American Literature and Culture, Indiana University, 2001
M.A., Spanish Literature, Universidad de Navarra, 1992
Architect, Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, 1990
CERTIFICATES
2009
Oxford/ Berkeley program at Merton College
1989 First Certificate in English Cambridge University, UK
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Sweet Briar College, 2012
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Sweet Briar College, 2007-2012
Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, Washington and Lee University, 2004-2007
Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Ohio State University, 2003-2004
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Fall 2002
Associate Instructor of Spanish, Indiana University, 1994-1997
Teaching and Research Interests
Spanish American Poetry and Essay
Contemporary Spanish American Literature and Culture
Southern Cone Studies (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay)
Brazilian Poetry (concretista, modernista, experimental)
Paraguayan socio-cultural image throughout history, Paraguayan women writers, bilingual poetry
Crossing the borders, poesía de las minorías, U.S. Hispanic Studies (Latina, Chicana, Nuyoricana)
Last Updated: 06/05/2012