Bogotá, Colombia. U. S. Citizen.

CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL Name: Born: María Yolanda Forero-Villegas Bogotá, Colombia. U. S. Citizen. EDUCATION Ph. D. Spanish 1992. University of Colorado at Boulder. Specialization: Spanish American Literature Dissertation Director: Raymond L. Williams. M. A. Spanish 1989. University of Colorado at Boulder. M. A. French 1979. Diplôme de Maîtrise. French Applied Linguistics. Université de Paris III, Sorbonne-Nouvelle, France. Research Directors: Robert Galisson and Gerardo Álvarez French Teaching Certificates 1978. Certificat supérieur d aptitude à l enseignement du français à l étranger. Diplôme d aptitude à l utilisation des méthodes audio-visuelles pour l enseignement du français langue étrangère. Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III, France. Especialización en lingüística española 1977. Seminario Andrés Bello, Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Bogotá, Colombia. B. A. English and French 1976. Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación con estudios mayores en Inglés y en Francés. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Portuguese Language. Instituto de Cultura Brasil Colombia. Bogotá, January to July of 2006. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. "Teaching the African Diaspora: An Afro-Romance Approach." University of Missouri, Columbia, July 2001. French Antillean Civilization and Literature. Université des Antilles et de la Guyanne, Fort de France, Martinique, January 1982.

2 French Canadian Civilization and Culture. Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, July-August 1980. English Language and Civilization. British European Centre, Oxford, England, August 1978. LANGUAGES Spanish English French Italian Portuguese Native Speaker Near-Native Fluency Near-Native Fluency Basic Speaking and Oral Comprehension. Reading Knowledge. Intermediate Reading, Writing and Speaking. ACADEMIC HONORS Faculty Mentor for Research Grant for the project "The attitudes toward the Hispanic workers in South Carolina." South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Association, Academic Year 2005-2006. Grant for research project, The Hispanic population in South Carolina. South Carolina International Consortium, May 2003. Faculty Mentor for Research Grant for the project "The Hispanic population in South Carolina." South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Association, Academic Year 2003-2004 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship to participate in the Summer Institute, Teaching the African Diaspora: An Afro-Romance Approach. University of Missouri, 2001. Sabbatical Leave. Coker College. Academic year 1998-1999. Premio, International Essay Contest on the works by Manuel Mejía Vallejo, Ministry of Culture, Fundación Arte de la Música, Medellín, Colombia, October 1997. University of Colorado, Doctoral Fellowships, 1991-1992, 1990-1991, 1989-1990. Research Grant. Ibero-Latin American Center, University of Colorado, spring 1991. Graduate School Small Grant. University of Colorado, Fall 1990. Ayer Romance Language Scholarship for Dissertation Research. University of Colorado, summer 1989. Southland Corporation Scholarship for Hispanic Students, Sigma Delta Pi, 1987. Fellowship. AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie), January 1982.

3 Fellowship. Government of the Province of Quebec. Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, July 1980. Fellowship. French Government. Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France. Academic year 1977-1978. Study fellowship. Seminario Andrés Bello, Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1977. Matrícula de Honor. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Bogotá, 1975, 1976. HONOR SOCIETIES Sigma Delta Pi Pi Delta Phi Phi Sigma Iota Spanish Honor Society French Honor Society International Foreign Language Honor Society PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Modern Language Association of America Latin American Studies Association of America American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Association of Colombianists College Language Association Philological Association of the Carolinas TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Professor of Spanish. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, since August 2006. Associate Professor of Language and Literature (with tenure). Coker College. 1998-2006. Assistant Professor of Language and Literature. Coker College. 1992-1998. Courses taught: All levels of Spanish language, Spanish Conversation, Spanish Composition, Advanced Grammar, Introduction to Literature in Spanish, Spanish and Spanish American Culture and Civilization, Surveys of Spanish and Spanish American Literatures, Spanish American Short Story, Spanish American Novel, Senior Seminars: Unamuno and García Lorca, Hispanic Nobel Prizes, Hispanic Literature and Culture of the U. S. A, World Literature (In English), and first and second year of French language. Profesora de cátedra de francés. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 1998-1999. Courses taught. First year of French language, Francophone literature, and Theory and Practice of Translation. Graduate Part-Time Instructor of Spanish. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1988-1992. Courses taught: First, second, and third year of Spanish. Instructor of Spanish. The Ohio State University, 1987-1988. Courses taught: First and second year of Spanish

4 Teaching Assistant of Spanish and French. University of Georgia, 1982-1985. Courses taught: first and second year of Spanish, and first year of French. Profesora catedrática de francés. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia, 1979-1982. Courses taught: All levels of French language, French Culture and Civilization and Teaching Methodology of French as a foreign language. Profesora adscrita al Programa de Capacitación de Profesores de Francés. Colombian Ministry of Education and French Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia, 1980-1982. Duties: Teaching of all levels of French language, preparation of curricula and teaching materials, and supervision of teaching French in the high schools. Assistant of Spanish. Lycée Descartes, Antony, France, 1978-1979. Duties: Assist regular faculty members in their Spanish classes. Teach Spanish conversation. Teacher of English and French. Escuela Nacional de Comercio, Bogotá, Colombia, 1976-1977. Courses taught: All levels of English language, Spanish Grammar and World Literature. COMMUNITY SERVICE Hispanic Population in South Carolina. Interviews to find out needs of the Hispanic community in the state. 2003-2005. Volunteer Interpreter/Translator, Hartsville and surrounding area hospitals. 1992-Present. ACADEMIC SERVICE Coker College Fulbright Screening Committee. 2000-2001. Coker College International Committee. 1992-2002 Coker College Foreign Student and Scholar Advisor for Immigration Purposes, 1992-2001. Coker College. Member of the Spanish American Center, 1995-2006. Coker College Faculty Senate Standards Committee, 1994-1996. Chair, 1995-1996. Coker College Curriculum Committee, 2003-2006. Chair, 2005-2006. Coker College. Special Events Committee, 1992-1993. Coker College Search Committees as follow: 2001-2002 Assistant Professor of Medieval/Renaissance English Literature 2000-2001 Assistant Professor of Multicultural Literature 1999-2000 Assistant Professor of Early American Literature 1997-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

5 1997-1998 Assistant Professor of Spanish (Chair) 1997-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish (Chair) 1996-1997 Assistant Professor of Spanish 1994-1995 Assistant Professor of French and Spanish 1993-1994 Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Co-Editor of Book reviews. Revista de Estudios Colombianos. George Washington University, 1993-1998. Member of the Editorial Board. Journal of Afro-Latin American Literatures. Guest Editor of the spring 1998 issue. Assistant Editor. Revista de Estudios Colombianos. University of Colorado, 1988-1992. TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE Freelance Translator. April-July, 2005. Publishing Solutions, Boston, Massachusetts. Translating of History textbooks from English to Spanish. (7 th and 8 th grade books). Freelance Editor. Summer 2003, AKORBI Translations, Ponder, Texas. Freelance Translator. Spring Semester 2002. GTS Publishing Company. SRA Open Forum Court Reading from Grades 2-6". Translation and adaptation from English to Spanish, Freelance Translator. 1991. Denver, Colorado. Translated papers from Spanish to English for an Environmental Company. Translator. Graduate School, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1990. Translated several brochures from English to Spanish for the Minority Affairs Committee. Translated and published articles Fitch, L. Kristine. Oye mamacita! Uso de los términos del campo semántico madre en la comunicación diaria del español de Colombia. Revista de Estudios Colombianos y Latinoamericanos 12-13 (1994): 25-33. (Translation from English to Spanish) Bost, David H. Una vista panorámica de las respuestas literarias a la huelga de las bananeras de 1928. Revista de Estudios Colombianos 10 (1991): 12-23. (Translation from English to Spanish) Translation Course Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 1998. Theory and Practice of Translation

6 PUBLICATIONS Book Un eslabón perdido: la novela de los años cuarenta (1941-1949): primer proyecto moderno en Colombia. Santafé de Bogotá: Editorial Kelly, 1994. Articles Aire de tango de Manuel Mejía Vallejo: novela de la cultura popular urbana. Invited article. INTI. Ed. José Cardona-López. (To appear in the fall of 2006) The Colombian Novel of the 1940's: Jaime Ardila Casamitjana s Babel Readerly/Writerly Texts. 8.1&8. 2 (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter, 2000): 105-112. Ideología y novela: prácticas narrativas en los años cuarenta. Literatura y cultura. Narrativa colombiana del siglo XX. Volumen I. La nación moderna. Identidad. Eds. María Mercedes Jaramillo, Betty Osorio de Negret and Ángela Robledo. Bogotá: Ministerio de Cultura, 2000: 243-256. EXCELLENCE FELLOWSHIP. MINISTRY OF CULTURE Manuel Mejía Vallejo y las dos caras del proyecto modernizador. Literatura y cultura. Narrativa colombiana del siglo XX. Volumen I. La nación moderna. Identidad. Eds. María Mercedes Jaramillo, Betty Osorio de Negret and Ángela Robledo. Bogotá: Ministerio de Cultura 2000: 342-366. EXCELLENCE FELLOWSHIP. MINISTRY OF CULTURE "Un ejemplo de narrativa moderna: el discurso femenino de Elisa Mújica en su novela Los dos tiempos... Literatura y diferencia. Escritoras colombianas del siglo XX. Eds. María Mercedes Jaramillo, Betty Osorio de Negret y Ángela I. Robledo. Santafé de Bogotá/Medellín: Uniandes/Universidad de Antioquia, 1995: 191-207. La conquista de Colombia en un poema de Pablo Neruda. Hipsipila. Revista Universidad de Caldas. 2.6 (1995): 25-28. Toá o el rechazo a la civilización dominante. Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo. 46 (1991): 315-321. In spite of the 1991 date, it appeared in 1995. Viaje e imaginación en El Capitán Kid de Salvador Garmendia. Revista de Estudios Colombianos y Latinoamericanos 11 (1991): 28-30. La otra raya del tigre de Pedro Gómez Valderrama: discurso reestructurativo de la historia de la raza santandereana. Violencia y literatura en Colombia. Ed. Jonathan Titler. Madrid: Orígenes, 1989: 113-120. La novela de mi amigo de Gabriel Miró: un paso adelante hacia la metaficción contemporánea. Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo 43 (1988): 636-643.

7 Bibliographies Colombia 1990. Anuario Bibliográfico 5. Historia del Pensamiento Ibero e Iberoamericano. Ed. José Luis Gómez-Martínez. Georgia Series on Hispanic Thought. Athens: The University of Georgia, 1993: 77-83. Also available in electronic form: http://ensayo.rom.uga.edu/anuario/anuario90/colombia.htm Colombia 1989. Anuario Bibliográfico 4. Historia del Pensamiento Ibero e Iberoamericano. Ed. José Luis Gómez-Martínez. Georgia Series on Hispanic Thought. Athens: The University of Georgia, 1992: 279-282. Also available in electronic form: http://ensayo.rom.uga.edu/anuario/anuario89/colombia.htm Notes, Reviews and Interviews Carlos Orlando Pardo. Cartas sobre la mesa. (Review written in English). Readerly/Writerly Texts (Spring/Summer 1994): 231-232. José Eustasio Rivera. La vorágine. Ed. Montserrat Ordóñez. Review. Revista de Estudios Colombianos 10 (1990): 58-59. Álvaro Pineda-Botero. Del mito a la posmodernidad. La novela colombiana de finales del siglo XX. Review. Revista de Estudios Colombianos 9 (1990): 57-59. Bodgan Piotrowski. La realidad colombiana en su narrativa contemporánea. Review. Revista de Estudios Colombianos 8 (1990): 56-60. Mario Vargas Llosa. Quién mató a Palomino Molero? Review. Ulula. Graduate Studies in Romance Languages 3 (1987): 75-76. Lars Fant. Estructura informativa en español. Review. Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo 32 (1987): 18-21. Entrevista a Manuel Mejía Vallejo, investigador del lenguaje. Revista de Estudios Colombianos 3 (1987): 54-56. Un cuento de García Márquez visto con lupa. Vanguardia Dominical. Bucaramanga (December 9, 1984): 6-7. Accepted for publication Book manuscipt Del campo a la ciudad: a propósito de la narrativa de Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Accepted by Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia provided that some changes are made.

8 CONFERENCE PAPERS "Urbanización y desplazamiento en las narrativas de Manuel Zapata Olivella y Patrick Chamoiseau" Latin American Studies Association Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2006. "Vivir para contarla by Gabriel García Márquez: a historical narrative? Annual Meeting of the Philological Association of the Carolinas, Myrtle Beach SC, March 2005. Rafael Pombo en el siglo XXI: vigencia y actualidad de Cuentos pintados." Modern Language Association Convention, Philadelphia, December 2004. Urbanización y desplazamiento: a propósito de Chambacú, corral de negros de Manuel Zapata Olivella. College Language Association Convention, Nashville, TN, April 2004. Realidad o ficción? Polifonía textual en Vivir para contarla de Gabriel García Márquez. Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, University of Colorado at Boulder, October 2003. Emancipación y lucha interior en Los gobernadores del rocío de Jacques Roumain. Latin American Studies Association of America Convention, Dallas, TX, April 2003. Literatura y narcotráfico en Colombia. Segundo Congreso Internacional de Español, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo, November 2002. Tipos peruanos en la poesía de Nicomedes Santa Cruz College Language Association Convention, Memphis, TN, April 2002. Literatura al margen: a propósito de la narrativa de Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Latin American Studies Association Convention, Washington DC, September 2001. Modernidad y modernización en la narrativa de Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. April 2001. Las dos caras del proyecto modernizador en Al pie de la ciudad de Manuel Mejía Vallejo. North Carolina Conference on Romance Literature, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, April 1998. El Caribe colonial en El amor y otros demonios de Gabriel García Márquez. Northeast Modern Language Association Convention, Philadelphia, April 1997. Historia íntima e historia pública en Bogotá de las nubes de Elisa Mújica. 7 th International Conference on Hispanic Women Writers, University of Colorado, October 1996. Posmodernidad y metaficción en la narrativa de Darío Jaramillo Agudelo. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 1996.

9 La Bogotá posmoderna en la narrativa de R. H. Moreno-Durán. Andean Symposium, University of Colorado, March 1996. Resistencia y poder en Diatriba de amor contra un hombre sentado de Gabriel García Márquez. Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature. University of Colorado, October 1995. Modernidad y posmodernidad: la narrativa de Jaime Ardila Casamitjana y R. H. Moreno- Durán. Latin American Studies Association of America Convention, Washington DC, 1995. Otra mirada a la modernidad colombiana: El arte de vivir sin soñar de Eduardo Caballero Calderón. 9 th Congress of the Association of Colombianists, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, August 1995. Tango y música popular en Aire de tango de Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Cincinnati Romance Languages Conference, 1995. Yo y el otro: identidad cultural latinoamericana en El amor y otros demonios de Gabriel García Márquez. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 1995. Gaitanismo y novela: la década del cuarenta en Colombia. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention, Atlanta, November 1993. Poetización de una tragedia: Los sordos ya no hablan de Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal, 8th Congress of the Association of Colombianists, University of California, Irvine, June, 1993. Ideología y novela: los años cuarenta en Colombia. Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, October 1993. Novela moderna y posmoderna: práctica hispanoamericana. Lecture sponsored by the Department of Literature, Instituto Caro y Cuervo, August 13, 1993. Hacia una lectura feminista de tres novelas colombianas del siglo XIX: María, Manuela y Frutos de mi tierra. Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, University of Missouri, October 1992. La lengua castellana de los dos lados del Atlántico: perspectivas posmodernas en la narrativa de Juan Goytisolo y R. H. Moreno-Durán. Novel of the Americas Symposium, University of Colorado, September, 1992. Babel de Jaime Ardila Casamitjana: obra pionera de la novela moderna en Colombia. 7 th Congress of the Association of Colombianists, Ibagué, Colombia, August 1991. Conciencia de lo femenino y conciencia del compromiso social en Los dos tiempos de Elisa Mújica. 20 th Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, February 1991.

10 Toá o el rechazo a la civilización dominante. Sixth Congress of the Association of North American Colombianists/Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, University of Kansas, October, 1989. La otra raya del tigre: discurso reestructurativo de la raza santandereana. 4 th Congress of the North American Association of Colombianists. Cornell University, April 1987. REFERENCES Dr. Lois R. Gibson. Professor of English. Department of Communication, Language and Literature (Chair 1990-1998), Coker College, Hartsville, SC 29550. USA. Ph (843) 383-8118. E-mail: lgibson@coker.edu Dr. Russell Hamby. Professor of Sociology and Director of the Spanish American Center. Coker College, Hartsville, SC 29550. USA. Ph. (843) 383-8102. E-mail: rhamby@coker.edu Dr. George Lellis. Professor of Communication and Chair of the Department of Communication, Language and Literature. Coker College, Hartsville, SC. USA. Ph. (843) 383-8379. E-mail: glellis@coker.edu Dr. Raymond L. Williams. Professor of Latin American Literature. Department of Hispanic Studies, University of California Riverside, Riverside CA 95251. USA. Ph. (909) 787-5007. E-mail: RWilliams002@earthlink.net