Dr. Elena Vega-Sampayo The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies (956) 882-7216 Email: elena.vega@utrgv.edu EDUCATION PhD, University of Leon, 2008 Major: Spanish Language and Literature BA, University of Barcelona, 1992 Major: Spanish Language and Literature MA, University of Barcelona, 1992 Major: Spanish Language and Literature EMPLOYMENT Academic - P-12 Owner and manager, FEI. SCP- Formación y Enseñanza Individualizada (February 1999 - December 1999) Academic - Post-Secondary Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College ( 2014) Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2014) Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (July 2007 - August 2008) Professional Member of editorial department, Aleph Servicios Editoriales (April 2002 - June 2003) Assistant Project Manager, Aleph Servicios Editoriales (May 2001 - February 2002) Production Assistant, Editorial Lumen (May 2000 - June 2001) Senior Database Editor, Centre de Llenguatge i Computaci - CLIC (March 2000 - May 2000) Tester and post-editor, Editorial Oceano (December 1999 - February 2000) Documentary Researcher, Aleph Servicios Editoriales (October 1999 - February 2000) Assistant Production Manager, Aleph Servicios Editoriales (June 1999 - October 1999) Licensures and Certifications Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 1 of 7
Spanish Language and Literature 1-12 teaching certification, Spanish Ministry of Education. (1992 - Present) PUBLICATIONS Books Elena Vega-Sampayo. La poesía esencial de José Corredor-Matheos. León: University of León, 2009. Book Chapters Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Sinécdoque y conocimiento poético: antes y después de Carta a Li-Po." Estudios sobre la poesía de José Corredor-Matheos. Jesús Barrajón Muñoz; María Rubio Martín (Ed.) Madrid: Calambur, 2009: 61-77. http://www.calambureditorial.com/ Journal Articles Elena Vega-Sampayo. Extrañas parejas a caballo entre géneros. Convergencias cervantinas en la serie de Petra Delicado. Pérez, J.; Pérez, G. (Ed.) Special Issue: Giménez Barlett s Influence in Hispanic Literature. Classical & Modern Languages, Lubbock, TX: Monographic Review/Revista Monográrfica. XXVIII, no. Summer 2013 (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013): 192-210. www.monographicreview.org/ Elena Vega-Sampayo. José Corredor-Matheos: la poesía como conocimiento suficiente o de la idoneidad de lo poético. Anthology of Spanish Contemporary Poetry for Lectura y Signo IV. University of León: Lectura y Signo. IV, (December 2009) Elena Vega-Sampayo. La poesía de José Corredor-Matheos: el conocimiento del mundo, restituido. Barcelona: Cuadernos de Estudio y Cultura - Asociación Colegial de Escritores de Cataluña (ACEC). (December 2008): 35-50. Periodicals Elena Vega-Sampayo. Análisis de la obra poética completa de José Corredor-Matheos. León: Diario de León. 7/24/2008, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2008) www.diariodeleon.es/ AWARDS AND HONORS Exceptional Merit, UTB (September 2011) PRESENTATIONS Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Mañana de Carmen Borja: marcos, lienzos y metapoesía," 70th Annual SCMLA Conference, South Central Modern Langauages Association, New Orleans. (October 5, 2013) Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Detectives cervantinos: la ingeniosa mujer policía Petra Delicado," Céfiro s XIV Annual Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Céfiro, Lubbock, TX. (April 6, 2013) Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Vestigios de lo epistolar en la poesía española contemporánea escrita por mujeres," 69th Annual SCMLA Conference, South Central Modern Langauages Association, San Antonio, TX. (November 8, 2012) Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 2 of 7
Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Analogía entre poeta y referente pictórico: Corredor-Matheos desde Rothko," 67th Annual SCMLA Conference, South Central Modern Langauages Association, Fort Worth, TX. (October 30, 2010) Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Carmen Borja: la belleza autoconsciente del dolor," 66th Annual SCMLA Conference, South Central Modern Langauages Association, Baton Rouge. (October 30, 2009) Elena Vega-Sampayo. "El autoexilio en Carmen Borja: génesis y éxodos tuyos y de todos," 51st Annual Convention of M/MLA, Mid West Modern Languages Association, St. Louis, MO. (April 11, 2009) Elena Vega-Sampayo. "La ignorancia, la extrañeza, la desolación y el consuelo en los dos últimos poemarios de José Corredor-Matheos," Atrium I International Conference on Literature, Culture and Religion in the Hispanic World, UT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. (February 20, 2009) Elena Vega-Sampayo. "Lorca y el vacío," Federico García Lorca y su época, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain. (October 1996) TEACHING Courses Taught 19th Century Spanish American Literature Acquisition of the Spanish Lan Acquisition of the Spanish Language Acquistion of the Spanish Lang Adv Span Gram & Comp I Adv Span Gram & Comp II Adv Span Grammar & Comp I Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition I Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition II Cervantes Fund of Hispanic Lit Hispanic Theater Intro to Spanish Lit Lit of Golden Age of Spain Senior Seminar SpTopic:Cont. Peninsular Drama Span Native/Heritage Spk I Span for Nat/Her Speak I Spanish Lit 1100-1750 Spanish Native/ Heritage Speakers I Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 3 of 7
Spanish Peninsular Prose Spec St: Contemp Peninsu Drama Special Topic in Spanish Literature The Literature of Medieval Spain Thesis Topic: 20th Cent. Span. Poet Directed Student Learning MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Análisis de elementos marcados, prosodia semántica y otros elementos textuales en la traducción de tres capítulos de Ciudad sin estrellas de Montse de Paz", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (May 2017) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Análisis de los errores de traducción de unos fragmentos de la obra La ciudad desde la óptica de las teorías de sobretraducción, generalización, neutralización, falta de diversificación y logicalización.", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (May 2017) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "El estudio sistemático de las irregularidades sintácticas y gramaticales en la traducción literaria a partir de unas páginas de la obra Prince Lestat and the Realms of the Atlantis, de Anne Rice", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (May 2017) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "La interrelación entre el skopos, la equivalencia y la acción traslativa en la traducción de diversos capítulos de Signs, Wonders, and a Baptist Preacher del autor Chad Norris", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (May 2017) Master's Comprehensive Exam Chair. Maria Pacheco, "Comprehensive exam", Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies. (November 20, 2015 - November 21, 2015) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción de Yoga- Brief History of an Idea", Modern Languages (UTB). (May 2015) Master's Comprehensive Exam Committee Member. Anonymous, "Comprehensive exam", Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies. (April 18, 2015) Master's Comprehensive Exam Chair. Silvia Vazquez, "Comprehensive exam", Modern Languages (UTB). (April 10, 2015 - April 11, 2015) Master's Comprehensive Exam Committee Member. Several Students, "Comprehensive exam", Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies. (March 20, 2015 - March 24, 2015) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "La traducción en el ámbito de la educación privada", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2014) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y localización de un sitio web", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2014) Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Viviana Carvajal, "La Intención Pictórica en Tres Novelas de Corte Realista de Ana María Matute", Modern Languages (UTB). (January 2014 - December 2014) Undergraduate Honors Activities. Erendira Santillana, "El tratamiento de la crueldad en El Quijote, La torre vigía y la Historia del Rey Transparente", Modern Languages (UTB). (September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014) Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 4 of 7
MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis de un capítulo de The Flight of Gemma Hardy", Modern Languages (UTB). (May 2014) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis de la traducción de veinte articuentos de Juan José Millás", Modern Languages (UTB). (May 2014) Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Maria Theodoritsi, " Maese Pedro y Seis personajes en busca de autor: Procedimientos teatrales de la narrativa cervantina en Pirandello", Modern Languages (UTB). (August 2013 - April 2014) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Reflexiones sobre elementos léxicos y culturales de la Traducción Literaria", Modern Languages (UTB). (July 2013) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis de dos obras teatrales al rioplatense: la traducción como proceso activo de interpretación, representación y negociación cultural ", Modern Languages (UTB). (May 2013) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción de "Chango" y análisis de la traducción", Modern Languages (UTB). (May 2013) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis del cuento "RG" del autor Óscar Casares Brownsville Stories", Modern Languages (UTB). (May 2013) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis de Tales of New York ", Modern Languages (UTB). (April 2013) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Algunas reflexiones sobre la teoría postcolonial en traductología aplicada a la zona fronteriza de Texas-Tamaulipas ", Modern Languages (UTB). (August 2012) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Brownsville Stories, Yolanda Project Management", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2011) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Domingo: Análisis traductológico y literario de la interculturalidad en el entorno de un solitario jardinero mexicano en el Valle", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2011) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis de "Definición de las Tecnologías de la Información"", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2011) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Brownsville Stories- Mr. Z"", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2011) MA Capstone Project Committee Member "Traducción y análisis de traducción del cuento "Mrs. Perez"", Modern Languages (UTB). (December 2011) Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Fely Catan, "Literatura del Sujeto Colonizado: Estudio de la cuestión a través de las obras de José María Heredia y de Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés Plácido ", Modern Languages (UTB). (January 2011 - December 2011) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Arturo Jiménez, "Niveles de Interpretación y Metáfora en la Obra de Egon Wolff", Modern Languages (UTB). (August 2010) SERVICE Department Service Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 5 of 7
Committee Member, Search committee for an Open Rank post in Spanish Language and Literature. (February 24, 2017 - April 4, 2017) Committee Member, Personnel Committee. (September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2016) Committee Member, Search committee for an Assistant Professor post in Spanish Language and Literature. (September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2016) Other, Peer Observation. (February 11, 2016) Committee Chair, MA Graduate Program in Spanish (OLD UTB MA Program). (September 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015) Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Committee Chair, Graduate Program Assessment. (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Committee Chair, MA Graduate Program in Spanish. (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Participant, Undergraduate Program Assessment. (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Committee Member, Search committee for an Associate Professor in Latin American Literature. (June 1, 2014 - August 31, 2014) Committee Chair, Graduate Program Assessment. (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014) Committee Member, Search committee for a Translation Lecturer Position. (January 15, 2014 - May 31, 2014) Committee Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in the Department of Modern Languages. (September 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013) Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013) Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in the Department of Modern Languages. (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013) Committee Member, Committee for course syllabi revision (lower and upper level courses).. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Committee Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee in the Department of Modern Languages. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Committee Chair, Graduate Program Assessment. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Committee Chair, MA Graduate Program in Spanish. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Committee Member, Search committee for a position of French Professor. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Committee Member, Search committee for a position of Lecturer in Spanish. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in the Department of Modern Languages. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) Participant, Vital Signs. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) College Service Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 6 of 7
Other, Advisory Council for the CLA Honors Program. (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Committee Member, CLA Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014) University Service Other, CHAPS Program. (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Task Force Member (September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015) Task Force Member, Liberal Arts and Humanities Academic Working Group for the new university. (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014) Committee Member, UTPA/UTB Committee for Moder Languages Graduate Programs. (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014) Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), Spanish Club. (August 31, 2013 - May 31, 2014) Task Force Member (June 20, 2012 - June 27, 2012) Program Organizer, Study abroad to Spain, Valladolid. (May 1, 2009 - August 31, 2009) Program Organizer, Spanish Cinema Festival. (October 23, 2008 - October 25, 2008) Development Activities Attended Continuing Education Program, "Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR)," UTRGV. (February 1, 2016 - February 19, 2016) Faculty Internship, "Visiting Lecturer and Researcher," Dublin City Univeristy, School of Applied Languagers and Intercultural Studies. (February 2, 2010 - June 30, 2010) Professional Memberships South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) (January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013) South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) (January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012) South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) (January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010) Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) (January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009) South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) (January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009) Generated on Sep 19, 2017 Page 7 of 7