Faculty

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Patricia López-Gay (Director)

Ph.D. Spanish and Portuguese languages and literature, New York University; joint Ph.D., comparative literature and translation studies (French and Spanish), University of Paris 7 and Autonomous University of Barcelona. She specializes in contemporary Spanish literature, with a strong interest in visual art and comparative literature (Spain, France, Brazil). Her research focuses on theories of the archive, autobiography, translation studies, and historiography. She has been awarded research fellowships and grants from the French and Portuguese Ministries of Education, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Generalitat of Catalonia, and Camões Institute of Portugal. Her work has appeared in the journals Hispania, Quaderns, and Interculturel/Francophonies, and the books Rumbos del hispanismo and Translation and Censorship, among other publications. Her current book project is concerned with “archives of the self,” digital culture, and biographical writing. She previously taught at New York University and Autonomous University of Barcelona. In addition to her teaching and research, she is a corresponding member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language. At Bard since 2013.

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John Burns (sabbatical Fall 2025)

Professor Burns is an educator, poet, translator, and the author of Contemporary Hispanic Poets: Cultural Production in the Global, Digital Age (Cambria Press, 2015). He has also authored books chapters, including “Teaching Infrarrealistas: Using Lesser Known Contemporary Poets in te Undergraduate Classroom” in Teaching Latin American Poetries (forthcoming) and “From Manifesto to Manifestation: The Infrarrealista Movement as an Alternative Latin American Literary Community,” in Alternative Communities in Hispanic Literature and Culture; and articles and book reviews in publications such as Film International (web), 1616: Anuario de Literatura Comparada, and Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources. His publications also include translations—of the Chilean poet Raúl Hernández and Galician poet Salvador García-Bodaño, as well as translations of the Beat poets into Spanish—and his own creative work. He has been invited to lecture, read, or present papers throughout the world, including at venues in Japan, Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, Canada, New York City, and Madison, Wisconsin, among others. He previously taught at Bard High School Early College Queens, Rockford University in Illinois, and Kobe College in Japan, where he served as Visiting Researcher. BA, University of Maine–Orono; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. At Bard since 2019.
 

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Nicole Caso

A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Areas of specialty: Hispanic languages and literature, Latin American literature. Author of Practicing Memory in Central American Literature (Palgrave Macmillan 2010). Work published in scholarly journals such as Revista Iberoamericana and Istmo: Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos; contributions to critical compilations analyzing various novelists such as Manlio Argueta and Rosa María Britton. Research interests include: 19th and 20th century narrative of Latin America; Central American literature; subaltern studies; memory and literature; the cultural production of collective identities; the limits of representation through writing; literature and Human Rights; ethics and representation; theories of space and place. Teaching interests include: Spanish for Heritage Speakers; Latin American testimonio; the city in Latin American fiction; literature of Human Rights in Latin America; historical fiction; crafting Mayan identities.

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Luisanna Sardu

Luisanna Sardu’s research and teaching interests explore the role of emotions in society; specifically, her research analyzes the use of anger in the texts of Italian and Spanish women writers of the Early Modern period. She comes to Bard from Manhattan College, where she taught Italian and Spanish language courses at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Conference presentations and recent publications, including book reviews, articles, and chapter contributions, address topics such as “Irony, Humor, and Laughter in Italian Literature (NeMLA, Boston); “What Do Epic Poems Teach Us about Emotions? Teaching about Anger in Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso and Guilia Bigolina’s Urania,” Teaching World Epics, 2023; “Scrutinizing History, Translating Experience: Diario di una Maestrina, a Narrative of Action,” International Journal of Childhood and Women’s Studies, 2022. She also taught Spanish and Italian language and culture at Queens College; Bronx Community College; and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

BA, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy; MA, Florida Atlantic University; PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. At Bard since 2024.