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Department of Foreign Languages Faculty

Dr. Pedro Talavera-Ibarra

Webster Hall, Room 354
417-625-3108
E-Mail - talavera-p@mssu.edu

 

Spring 2008 Office Hours:

MWF

TR

W

08:00-10:00

12:00-01:00

03:00-05:00 APT.

Dr. Talavera teaches Spanish and Russian. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of the Peoples' Friendship, in Moscow, Russia in Russian Philology. He received his second Masters from the University of Texas at Austin in Comparative Literature & Latin American Studies. His Ph.D. is also from the University of Texas at Austin in Comparative Literature. He has taught at Southwest Texas State University, Austin Community College, The Office of the Attorney General in Austin, TX, University of Texas at Austin, Universidad Michoacana, Mexico, Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Mexico, and Escuela Normal Superior, Mexico

Courses Taught At MSSU:
Span 101 Beginning Spanish I
Span 102 Beginning Spanish II
Span 203 Intermediate Spanish I
Span 204 Intermediate Spanish II
Span 206 Spanish for the Humanities
Span 298 Practicum in Spanish
Span 302 Intro to Hispanic Literature
Span 306 Intro to Spanish Civilization
Span 307 Intro to Latin American Civilization
Span 308 Latin American Civilization: Mexico
Span 322 Peninsular Literature II
Span 336 Survey of Spanish-American Lit
Span 334 Survey of Spanish-American Literature II
Span 335 Mexican Literature
Span 340 Latin American Cinema
Span 498 Contemporary Mexican Civilization & Culture
Span 498 Spanish Conversation & Grammar
Span 498 Spain's Language & Civilization
Rus 101 Beginning Russian I
Rus 102 Beginning Russian II
Rus 203 Intermediate Russian I
Rus 204 Intermediate Russian II
Rus 305 Conversation & Composition
Rus 325 Film in Soviet & Russian History
Rus 330 Russian Short Story
Tran 300 Intro to Professional Translating
Comm 498 Fundamentals of Film Appreciation

Research Interests:
Development of materials for and teaching of language courses via the Internet

Professional Memberships:
Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages
South Central Modern Language Association
Central America Russian Teachers Association
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
Midwest Modern Language Association
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Honors/Awards/Recognition
President, Panel on Comparative Literature at the SCMLA - 1998
Secretary, Panel on Comparative Literature at the SCMLA - 1997
Department of Communications Merit Award - 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99
Faculty Best Poll, Utmost Magazine, University of Texas at Austin - 1991
Member, Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (Mexican Academy of Research) - 1987-1990

Publications & Presentations

  • BOOKS
  • Del Modernismo a la Vanguardia: la vision poetica del mundo. (Morelia: Morevallado Editores, 2002) (International)
  • Obras Completas de Eduardo Ruiz. (Morelia: Balsal Editores, 1998) (Biography, prologue, compilation, and notes) (International)
  • Eduardo Ruiz o El Fausto de la Ciudad del Progresso (Morelia: Universidad Michoacana, 1985) (International)
  • Relacion de occurrencias que le acontecieron al ciudadano Lelardo, cura de Patzcuaro. (Morelia; Universidad Michoacana, 1985) (International)
  • ARTICLES
  • "Summer in Mexico is Good For Students", The Chart, February 11, 2000 (Regional)
  • "Galicismo mental" en Ruben Dario", Letras Hispanas, The University of Texas Pan-American 2 (1997): 5-10. (National)
  • "Illusions: Well Worth a Dime," The Chart, April 25, 1996 (Regional)
  • Reflexion sobre la muerte de un cisne poeta," Tzintzun. Revista de estudios historicos, 8 (1987): 73-96. (International)
  • "Sobre una antologia poetica provinciana del siglo XIX," Boletin de la Coordinacion de la Investigacion Cientifica, 11 (1987): 73-91. (International)
  • "Semblanza de un historiador como poeta adolescente," Boletin de la Coordinacion de la Investigacion Cientifica, 10 (1986): 84-89. (International)
  • "Liberalismo y romanticismo en Eduardo Ruiz," Boletin de la Coordinacion de la Investigacion Cientifica, 8-9 (1985): 45-53; 21-31. (International)
  • "Dos Elsevier en la Biblioteca Publica," Boletin de la Coordinacion de la Investigacion Cientifica, 9 (1985): 64-70. (International)
  • ABSTRACTS
  • "Online Interactive Technologies and the Russian Classroom: A Case Study," AATSEEL '99. Program of the 1999 Annual Meeting (1999): 55-56 (National)
  • INVITED LECTURES
  • "How Does a Teacher Cope with Cultural and Ethnic Diversity in the Classroom: Dispelling the Myths and Stereotypes," Pre-Service Teacher Seminar, School of Education, 1998, 1997. (Regional)
  • "ESL/Learning Styles," Workshop, Verona R-VII School District, 1998. (Regional)
  • "How It Really Is to Learn a Foreign Language: Teaching Geography in Spanish," Workshop Presentation for the area school teachers, 1997. (Regional)
  • "Developing Sensitivity in a Second Language Environment," Workshop Presentation for area school teachers, 1997. (Regional)
  • "Contemporary Russian Film," Lecture at the Russian Cultural Week, MSSC, 1996. (Regional)
  • "MSSC International Mission," Omicron Delta Kappa campus society, 1996. (Regional)
  • "Oral Proficiency Interview," Workshop for the Joplin R-VIII School District foreign language teachers, 1996. (Regional)
  • CONFERENCE PAPERS
  • "Paradiso gastronomico: La cocina cubana en la recreacion de Jose Lezama Lima," 59th Annual Meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association, Austin, TX, 2002. (National)
  • "Online Interactive Technologies and the Russian Classroom: A Case Study," Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European languages, Chicago, 1999. (National)
  • "A Window to Paris: A Postmodern Film?," 1996 Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, Washington DC, 1996. (National)
  • "More than Teaching, Researching, and Advising," 1996 Convention of the Modern Language Association, Washington, CD, 1996. (National)
  • "Russia Revisited: Contemporary Russian Film," Lecture at MSSC, 1996. (Regional)
  • "Painting and Poetry: The Avamt-Garde Dossier," 53rd Annual Meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association, San Antonio, TX 1996. (National)
  • "What Russia and Missouri Southern Have in Common," Lecture to the Omega Delta Kappa Honor Society, 1996. (Regional)
  • "Galicismo mental en Ruben Dario," Xth Annual Symposium on Spanish, Edinburg, TX, 1996. (National)
  • "Ruben Dario," SOHISPRO, Missouri Southern State College, 1996. (Regional)
  • "Poetry as a Weltanschauung: Berdyaev and Ortega y Gasset," 51st Annual Meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association, New Orleans, LA, 1994. (National)
  • "Modernismo y positivismo en el Porfiriato: el ensueno contra la razon," Fourth Binational Conference of Mexicanists, Austin, TX 1993. (International)
  • "La narrativa michoacana," Segundo En Cuento Estatal, Morelia, Mexico. 1987. (International)
  • Semblanza del doctor Juan Manuel Gonzalez Uruena," and "Jose Guadalupe Romero y Mucio Valdovinos: dos clerigos cientificos," Ciencia y Tecnologia en Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico, 1986. (International)
  • "El Romanticismo en la obra de Eduardo Ruiz," Museo de Arte Colonia, Morelia, Mexico, 1985. (International)

 

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