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faculty
Tania Perez Cano, PhD she/her/hers
Associate Professor
Global Languages and Cultures
Contact
508-999-8743
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Spruce Hall 0168
Education
| 2013 | The University of Iowa | PhD |
| 2005 | University of Havana | MA |
| 1996 | University of Havana | BA |
Teaching
- Comics and Graphic Novels in the Hispanic World
- Cuban Short Story, 20th. -21st. Centuries: From Revolution to Disillusion
- Ecological Imaginations in 20th. Century Latin America
- Spanish Literature in Translation
- Latin American Short Story, 19th-21st Centuries
Teaching
Courses
Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing with intensive drilling on pronunciation, intonation and grammar.
Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing with intensive drilling on pronunciation, intonation and grammar.
Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing with intensive drilling on pronunciation, intonation and grammar.
Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing with intensive drilling on pronunciation, intonation and grammar.
Outstanding works of Spanish literature through the eighteenth century. Readings lectures, and discussions in English.
Practice-focused course, preparing students to work in K¿12 U.S. educational settings. Emphasis on translation, consecutive interpreting, IEP/504 meeting protocols, confidentiality (FERPA/Title VI), cultural mediation, working with children and families with limited English proficiency, ethics, and professional practices within school systems.
Research
Research activities
- "El c贸mic en el Caribe hispano y sus di谩sporas鈥�. Coordinated, organized and presented in this virtual panel about comics in the Hispanic Caribbean and its diasporas, with academics and creators from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Moderated by Premio Nadal 2020 winner Ana Merino (Spain). March 17, online.
- 鈥淛os茅 Mart铆 in the Writings of Gabriela Mistral, Ofelia Rodr铆guez Acosta and Fina Garc铆a Marruz鈥�. 1st Biannual Conference of the Center for Jos茅 Mart铆 Studies Affiliate, 鈥淓nvisaging Jos茅 Mart铆 in 2021: History, Culture and Education鈥�, January 28-30, online.
- Online presentation of the novel Pen铆nsulas rotas (La Moderna Publishing House, 2020), by Venezuelan author and professor Magdalena L贸pez. December 16, 2020.
- 鈥淣ew Weapons for a Greek Goddess: Athena, the first Cuban webcomic in English鈥�. Conference of the International Comics Art Forum, December 3rd, online.
- 鈥淣arrativas gr谩ficas testimoniales de la migraci贸n cubana: Cuba, my Revolution, de Inverna Lockpez and Adi贸s, mi Habana, de Anna Veltfort鈥�. International Conference Comics in Dialogue, organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. October 20- 23, online.
Research
Research interests
- Cuban and Cuban-American studies
- Comics and graphic studies in the Hispanic world
- Latin American cultural studies
- Latino/Latinx in the US
- Cuban revolution
Select publications
- Perez Cano, Tania (2020).
Athena: nuevas armas para una diosa antigua, o los nuevos territorios de la historieta cubana". Cuadernos del Sur
Cuadernos del Sur , 50, 123-145. - Perez Cano, Tania (2020).
鈥淟a memoria como espacio de libertad: autobiograf铆a y testimonio en las narrativas gr谩ficas Cuba, my Revolution, de Inverna Lockpez y Adi贸s mi Habana, de Anna Veltfort"
Studia Romanistica, 20, 57-73. - Perez Cano, Tania (2019).
"Graphic Testimonies of the Balsero Crisis of 1994: Narratives of Cuban Detainees at the Guantanamo Naval Base"
International Journal of Comic Art, 21, 79-104. - Perez Cano, Tania; Tullis, Brittany; Merino, Ana (2019).
El c贸mic: intertextualidades, discursividades y paratextos en el arte secuencial de Am茅rica Latina
Mitolog铆as Hoy. Revista de pensamiento, cr铆tica y estudios literarios latinoamericanos, 20, Coordinated Volume. - Perez Cano, Tania (2016).
Imposibilidad del beatus ille: Representaciones de la crisis ecol贸gica en Espa帽a y Am茅rica Latina
Almenara Press, Book
Tania Pérez Cano holds a BA in Hispanic language and literatures, and an MA in Latin American Literary Studies from the University of Havana. She earned her PhD in Hispanic Studies at The University of Iowa in 2013. Her teaching and scholarly interests focus on 20th. and 21st. century Latin American literary and cultural studies, and visual studies --particularly comics, in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. Pérez Cano has held research and teaching positions in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. Prior to joining the University of 糖心logo入口-Dartmouth, she was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse and the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, she is working on a manuscript that explores the intertextuality and iconic images in the graphic novel Borges, inspector de aves, by Argentinian comic artist Lucas Nine. Pérez Cano’s research focuses on visual representation of cultural, ideological, political and environmental issues, from immigration, the Cuban Revolution and the production of latin/latinx comics in the United States. She has taught a variety of courses, such as Latin American Culture and Civilization, Latin American Short Story, 19th-21st centuries, Spanish Literature in Translation, Ecological Imaginations in 20th. Century Latin America, Cuban Short Story, 20th. -21st. Centuries: From Revolution to Disillusion, and Comics and Graphic Novels in the Hispanic World.