Dr. Gina Villamizar

Associate Professor
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Dr. Gina Villamizar

Associate Professor

English & World Languages

DeBartolo Hall 233

phone: (330) 941-1628

gvillamizar@ysu.edu

Research Interests

-Twentieth-century Latin American literature
-Fantastic narrative
-Caribbean literature and culture
-Literature, technology, and new media

Teaching Interests

-ACTFL Spanish OPI and WPT Test Preparation
-Elementary and Intermediate Spanish
-Spanish Conversation
-Spanish Grammar and Composition
20th Latin American literature
-Latin American Culture

  • Education
    • 2013

      Ph D, Hispanic Languages and Literatures

      University of Pittsburgh

      Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Confronting modernity: the works of José Félix Fuenmayor and Horacio Quiroga"

    • 2007

      MA, Spanish

      University of Arkansas

    • 2004

      BA, English and Spanish

      Universidad del Atlántico

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2022

      Youngstown State University

      Libra Award

    • 2017

      Youngstown State University

      Faculty Improvement Leave

    • 2016

      Youngstown State University

      Libra Award

    • 2010

      University of Pittsburgh

      Teaching Mentor

    • 2009

      University of Pittsburgh

      Research Fellowship

  • Administrative Assignments
    • 2017 - 2018

      Coordinator

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2022

      "Precursors of Digital Literature: A Panoramic Study of 20th-Century Latin American Narrative"

      G. Villamizar

      Revista Iberoamericana, Instituto International de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI), volume LXXXVIII, issue 279, p. 11

    • 2021

      "From Audiovisual Language to Digital Language: A Comparative Analysis of Four Latin American Authors at the Beginning of the 20th and 21st Centuries"

      G. Villamizar

      Latin American Research Review, Cambridge University Press, volume 56, issue 4

    • 2020

      "Fracture and resistance in some missionary stories by Horacio Quiroga"

      G. Villamizar

      Revista Chilena de Literatura, Universidad de Chile, issue 101, p. 15

    • 2018

      "The Pursued and Nervous Fantasy: Quiroguian Modernist Narrative and the Experience of Modernity."

      G. Villamizar

      Letras Hispanas, Texas State, volume 14

    • 2016

      "Between Machines and Ideas: An Analysis of Two Quiroguian Stories"

      G. Villamizar

      Amerika: Memories, Identities, Territories, Universite de Rennes, volume 14

    • 2016

      "An Exploration of the Urban Novel of the Colombian Caribbean: Cosme and the Crisis of Traditional Society in Barranquilla"

      G. Villamizar

      Revista Laboratorio, Universidad Diego Portales, issue 14

    • 2015

      "Voices of Resistance: A Reading of Three Short Stories from Fuenmayor"

      G. Villamizar

      Perifrasis: Revista de Literatura, Teoria y Critica, Universidad de los Andes, volume 6, issue 11, p. 15

    • 2013

      "Modernity and Fantastic Literature: Jose Felix Fuenmayor and 'Una triste aventura de 14 sabios"

      G. Villamizar

      Perifrasis: Revista de Literatura, Universidad de los Andes, volume 4, issue 7, p. 16

  • Professional Service
    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia

    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia

    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Neophilologus Journal/Utrecht University

    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia

    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Estudios de Literatura Colombiana/Universidad de Antioquia

    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Catedral Tomada/University of Pittsburg

  • Public Service
    • 2023 - 2023

      Other
      College of Southern Nevada (Translation Services)

    • 2023 - 2023

      Other
      The League of Women Voters of Greater Ohio ( Translation Services)

    • 2023 - 2023

      Participant
      Portraits of the Hispanic people of Youngstown (interview and photoshoot)

    • Unknown

      Volunteer
      Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (Translation Services)

    • 2020 - 2023

      Volunteer
      The League of Women Voters of Greater Ohio (Translation Services)

    • Unknown

      Other
      The Youngstown Business Journal (Translation Services)

    • 2016 - present

      Volunteer
      Translation