NÉFER MUÑOZ-SOLANO 1845 E. Northgate Drive Irving, Texas Phone: (972)

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1 NÉFER MUÑOZ-SOLANO 1845 E. Northgate Drive Irving, Texas Phone: (972) EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS Harvard University PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures. Spanish. May Dissertation on Latin American journalist-writers: Lima Barreto (Brazil), Marín Cañas (Costa Rica) and García Márquez (Colombia). Title of dissertation: Noveling in newspapers and reporting in novels in Latin America. A.M. in Hispanic Literatures. March New York University M.A. in Latin American Studies and Journalism. May University of Costa Rica Licenciate in Journalism. August B.A. in Mass Communications. March Study abroad Lemann Fellowship in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Academic year Harvard Summer School in Rio de Janeiro. Summer Foundation for New Ibero-American Journalism by Gabriel García Márquez. México City. October Instituto Oficial de Radio y Televisión Española. Madrid. January-February KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Universidad de Costa Rica. Profesor en propiedad - July 2016 to present Professor with a permanent contract position. I have taught in the following departments: Filología, Comunicación, Maestría de Literatura Inglesa, Maestría en Literatura Latinoamericana and Doctorado de Estudios de la Sociedad y la Cultura. Profesor invitado at University of Costa Rica January 2014-June I have taught in the following departments: Filología, Comunicación, Maestría de Literatura Inglesa, Maestría en Literatura Latinoamericana and Doctorado de Estudios de la Sociedad y la Cultura.

2 University of Costa Rica Distinction in teaching for courses on Communications, Literatures and Cultures during academic years 2014 and Red Convergencias Transculturales, University of Costa Rica Founder member of this research group that promotes inter- and transdisplinary work in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Central America and the Caribbean. Simposio Convergencias Transculturales en el Caribe Organizer Committee Member for this event (November 2015). We invited writers, sociologists, historians, political scientists and literature experts from the Caribbean to participate at this event in Costa Rica. En la Academia radio show Host of the radio show En la Academia. Nation-wide broadcast. I interview University of Costa Rica professors who do research and publish their work. Guests from all fields of academia, from linguistics to chemistry, literature to medicine, history to communications and so on. Harvard University s Romance Languages Department Teaching Prize This prize is awarded to excellence in teaching to undergraduate students. Jorge Paulo Lemann Fellowship Fellowship to conduct research in Brazil. USD 18,000. Academic year Certificate of Distinction in Teaching to Undergraduates Harvard University. Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (awarded to Teaching Fellows with average evaluation scores over 4.5/5). Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 (Spanish Teaching); Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 (Portuguese Teaching). Graduate Student Associate David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Academic years David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Summer Research Travel Grant Grant to do research in Brazil. Summers 2008 and Nancy Clark Smith Fund Grant to study in Brazil. Summers 2006, 2007 and Inter American Press Association Fellowship (IAPA) Annual Scholarship, Granted to one Latin American journalist to study in the United States. USD 13,000. LASPAU-Organization of American States Scholarship for a master s program in the United States. Academic years

3 President of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in Costa Rica (APEX). Main organization for the international press corps in Costa Rica WORK EXPERIENCE University of Costa Rica Profesor en propiedad (Professor with a permanent contract position). Teaching undergraduate and graduate students. Research fellow at Centro de Investigación en Comunicación (CICOM). July 2016 to present. University of Costa Rica Profesor Invitado. Teaching undergraduate and graduate students. Research fellow at Centro de Investigación en Comunicación (CICOM). January 2014 to June British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) BBC Mundo. March 2013 to June Freelance producer. Translating, editing and writing news stories. Harvard University Resident Tutor in Spanish at Kirkland House. Academic year Teaching Fellow in Spanish and Portuguese. Academic years PhD Student in Spanish. Harvard Summer School Spanish Instructor. Study Abroad Program in Buenos Aires. Summer Spanish Instructor. Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Summer Avon Company Translating texts from English into Spanish. Summer Hunter College (City University of New York) Adjunct Spanish Instructor. Spring New York University Adjunct Spanish Instructor. Fall Berlitz Institute Spanish Instructor in New York. Rockefeller Center and Wall Street Branches. Summer El Diario La Prensa, Newspaper in New York Journalist Intern. Summer Inter Press Service (IPS) News Agency

4 Correspondent in Central America for this global news service. March 1999-August Europa Press (EP) News Agency Correspondent in Central America for this Spanish news service. January 2000-December La Nación, Newspaper in Costa Rica Staff Reporter. Reported and wrote stories for the Sunday and Viva Magazines. May February International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations in Costa Rica Freelance Writer. Prepared stories about poverty in Central America. May-August Latin University of Costa Rica Journalism Instructor. April 1998-April SPECIAL COVERAGE AS REPORTER United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development. Johannesburg, South Africa. August-September United Nations Conference for Least Developed Countries. Brussels, Belgium. May Conflict of Zapatista Rising in Chiapas. Mexico, San Cristóbal de las Casas. February th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Governments. Panama City, Panama. Nov RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS April 2016 Muñoz Solano, Néfer. El cuerpo en latinoamérica hace cultura: Ángel Chuco Quintero. Revista Istmo: revista de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos. No. 31. Julio- Diciembre ISSN: March 2015 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «Catastrophe in Latin American Literature: A Review of Épicas ordinarias: espacios de catástrofe y discursos intelectuales en México, Puerto Rico y Chile ( ), by Judith Sierra-Rivera». Dissertation Reviews, 30 de marzo de

5 Politte, Paul. «Fiction and Journalism in Latin America: A review of Novelando en el periódico y reporteando en la novela de América Latina, by Néfer Muñoz Solano.» Dissertation Reviews, 16 de marzo de October 2014 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «El diarismo mágico o el uso de la hipérbole en el periodismo de García Márquez». Presentado en XII Coloquio Literario de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Monterrey on Gabriel García Márquez, Monterrey, México, Octubre de Agosto 2014 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «Historia de una elección con un final inesperado». Perspectivas Número 4 (agosto de 2014). _Medios_y_elecciones_Costa_Rica.pdf May 2014 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «Violencia y memoria en Centroamérica: la ficción y la no ficción entrelazadas en El material humano de Rodrigo Rey Rosa». Ponencia presentada en Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, Illinois, mayo de April 2014 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «Las exageraciones en el periodismo de García Márquez». British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 17 de abril de 2014, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) edición, sec. BBC Mundo. m October 2013 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «El país con la menor participación ciudadana de América Latina». British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). October 28, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) edición, sec. BBC Mundo. m February 2013 Guest speaker at King s College London. Title of the research paper: El periodismo hiperbólico o el diarismo mágico en Gabriel García Márquez (Hyperbolic journalism or magical journalism in Gabriel García Márquez). February 27, February 2013 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «Perrozompopo: non-conformist migrant music after the Sandinista Revolution». Ponencia presentada en Narratives of Migration and Exile Conference, Kings College London, 21 de febrero de October 2012

6 Guest speaker at King s College London. Title of research paper: El contrabando literario entre fronteras nebulosas: periodismo y literatura en América Latina ( Literary contraband between nebulous frontiers: journalism and literature in Latin America.) November 2011 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «Photo Essay: Faces of Latin America». Romance Sphere 1 (noviembre de 2011). June 2009 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «El infierno verde de Marín Cañas y la sala de narración». Ponencia presentada en Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Rio de Janeiro, junio de May 2007 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «El escritor Miguel Ángel Asturias y su hijo el guerrillero Rodrigo Asturias: Hombres de raíz». Ponencia presentada en 32nd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, Bahia, Brazil, mayo de May 2005 Masters project at NYU. Investigative journalism in Latin America: The Case of Costa Rica. August 2003 Muñoz-Solano, Néfer. «La historia del reportaje en Costa Rica». Tesis de licenciatura, Universidad de Costa Rica, November 2001 El trópico seco reverdece (The dry tropics greens). Special report about poverty in Nicaragua. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) Los magos del vetiver (Wizards of vetiver). Special report about poverty in Nicaragua. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) Cae la tiranía del monocultivo (Monoculture tyranny falls). Special report about poverty in Honduras. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) Los cafetaleros ecológicos (Ecological coffee planters). Special report about poverty in Honduras. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) Innovadores del desarrollo (Innovators of development). Special report about poverty in Honduras. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD)

7 Produciendo semillas (Producing seeds). Special report about poverty in Guatemala. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) De pastores a empresarios (Shephers and entrepreneurs). Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) Agricultores se convierten en empresarios (Peasants and entrepreneurs). Special report about poverty in Costa Rica. Booklet edited by RUTA, United Nations International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) May 2001 Special coverage in TerraViva newspaper, during the United Nations Conference for Least Developed Countries. Brussels, Belgium. November 2000 Special coverage during the X Summit of Ibero-American Presidents. Inter Press Service. Panama City, Panama. February 1997 Chiapas detrás de la máscara ( Chiapas, behind the mask. ) Special coverage of the zapatista movement in Chiapas, México. La Nación newspaper, Costa Rica. February 1997 Special report, investigative journalism: J`ai travaillé dans les plantations, et maintenant je suis sterile. Report about people in jeopardy due to hazardous pesticides in Latin American banana plantations. Courier International Magazine. Paris, France. LANGUAGE SKILLS Spanish native speaker. Fluent in English and Portuguese.

8 COURSES TAUGHT At University of Costa Rica: C-0006 Técnicas del relato y la narración CC-5011 Taller de investigación I (dissertation course) CC-5012 Taller de investigación II (dissertation course) SP-0270 Estética y teoría literaria (course taught in English for the master s in English literature) C-3002 Técnicas de reporteo LM-5032 Português Intensivo II (course taught in Portuguese) C-1101 Periodismo narrativo C-1002 Producción verbal (Spanish Grammar and Writing) FL-2322 Teoría Literaria I PF-0818 Coloquio de investigación I (course for the PhD in Culture and Society Studies) FL-5177 Teoría de la novela SP-7191 Literatura centroamericana PF-0807 Seminario Doctoral: Construcción social y cultural de los significados At Harvard University: Spanish Aa: Spanish for Beginners I Spanish Ab: Spanish for Beginners II Spanish 70: Introduction to Latin American Studies Spanish Aab: Harvard Summer School in Cambridge, Massachusetts Spanish Harvard Summer School in Buenos Aires, Argentina Portuguese 37: Brasil hoje. Contemporary Brazilian Culture Through Media At New York University: Spanish A Spanish B At Hunter College: Intermediate Spanish

9 ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS LASA (Latin American Studies Association) Modern Languages Association (MLA) AHGBI (Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland)

10 REFEREES The following referees are currently available upon request. Professor Diana Sorensen Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Harvard University Phone: Fax: University Hall North 218 & Boylston Hall 418 Cambridge, MA, United States Reference letter available through Interfolio: Professor Bradley Epps Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of Cambridge Phone: Fax: Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA United Kingdom Reference letter available through Interfolio: Professor George Yudice Department of Modern Languages and Literatures University of Miami Phone: Ext Merrick Building Room University Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146, United States Reference letter available through Interfolio: