{"id":77,"date":"2021-02-28T13:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T13:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhsec.bard.edu\/queens\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2023-08-30T03:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T03:17:58","slug":"division-of-languages-and-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bhsec.bard.edu\/queens\/academics\/division-of-languages-and-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Languages and Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graciela M. B\u00e1ez<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language Faculty <\/em><br>B.A., Spanish Language and Literature \/ Latin American &amp; US Latino Studies, Fordham University; Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, New York University. Doctoral dissertation: \u201cLas diosas de Am\u00e9rica: Concealed Symbols of the Great Mother in Latin American Literature.\u201d Areas of Inquiry include Latin American Literature, Pre-Hispanic Myth in Contemporary Literature, Mutterecht, Indigenous cosmogonies (Andean, Mexican, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Amazonian), Trans-national-Trans-cultural Visual Culture, and U.S. Latino\/a Literature and Translation. Taught at New York University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Former multi-lingual recruiter and executive headhunter with interpreting and translation experience in corporate, academic, entertainment, legal and diplomatic arenas.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:gbaez@bhsec.bard.edu\">gbaez@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 212.995.8479 x5061<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Kaplan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Literature Faculty <\/em><br>B.A., Near Eastern Studies (Arabic language and literature concentration), University of California, Berkeley; M.A. and Ph.D., Comparative Literature, New York University. Taught Arabic at Columbia University and Comparative Literature at New York University. Editor, <em>Arab Studies Journal<\/em>, 2002-2007. Fellowship at the American Research Center in Egypt, researching the history of children\u2019s literature in Egypt, 2007-2008. Research interests include contemporary Arabic literature; immigrant literature in France; and representations of childhood.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:jkaplan@bhsec.bard.edu\">jkaplan@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7615<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katharina Kempf<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language Faculty<\/em><br>B.A., Politics, Law and Society and Cross-Cultural Relations, Bard College at Simon\u2019s Rock; M.A., Global Journalism and Latin American &amp; Caribbean Studies, New York University. Taught English in Oaxaca, Mexico, 2007-2010. Articles on politics in Mexico have appeared in <em>La Voz<\/em>, Bard\u2019s Spanish-language magazine. Research interests include U.S.-Mexico relations; leftist politics in Latin America; and human rights.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:kkempf@bhsec.bard.edu\">kkempf@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7737<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Irene Lam<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language Faculty <\/em><br>B.A., American Literature and Psychology, Hunter College; M.S., Education, City College; M.S., Chinese Linguistics, East China Normal University, Shanghai. Research interests: Social linguistic research and analysis of the signs in New York City; modern Chinese literature. Taught in New York public schools and in the Middlebury College summer language program. Chinese calligraphy writings shown at numerous exhibitions in New York City and Canada. Board of Directors of The Association of Chinese Calligraphy in America; Member: Hua Xia Chinese Calligraphy and Overseas Chinese Instrumentalist Orchestra.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ilam@bhsec.bard.edu\">ilam@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7737<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shannon Leslie<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language Faculty <\/em><br>B.A., Letters, University of Oklahoma; M.A., Classical Philology, University of Cincinnati. Graduate student instructor at the University of Cincinnati. Adjunct instructor at Xavier University; taught Latin 1-4 at Nottingham and Hamilton West High Schools, Hamilton, NJ. Member of the American Classical League; President of the New Jersey Classical Association. Interests include Lucretius; didactic poetry; and Aristophanes.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:sleslie@bhsec.bard.edu\">sleslie@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7737<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sean Mills<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Literature Faculty<\/em><\/em><br>B.A., English and Music, Knox College; M.F.A., Fiction, Sarah Lawrence College. Taught at Hofstra University and Knox College. Copy Chief at Random House; Senior Production Editor at Doubleday; Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Published in <em>Growing Up Gay\/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology<\/em>, and in several journals, most recently <em>Hobart<\/em> and the <em>Emerging Writer\u2019s Network<\/em>. Currently at work on a novel and a collection of essays.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:smills@bhsec.bard.edu\">smills@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7717<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ezra Nielsen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Literature Faculty <\/em><br>A.A., Literary Studies, Simon\u2019s Rock College; B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Taught at Rutgers University and Sarah Lawrence College. Research interests include Henry James; 19th century American literature; the history and theory of the novel. Currently at work on a memoir involving family history.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:enielsen@bhsec.bard.edu\">enielsen@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7815<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zachariah Pickard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Literature Faculty<\/em><\/em><br>B.A., University of King\u2019s College; M.A. and Ph.D., English, University of Toronto. Taught at Tufts; New York University; The New School; and The Cooper Union. Expertise in twentieth-century poetry. Has been published in <em>Twentieth-Century Literature; American Literature<\/em>; and <em>American Literary History<\/em>. Authored a scholarly study of the poet, Elizabeth Bishop.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:zpickard@bhsec.bard.edu\">zpickard<\/a>@bhsec<a href=\"mailto:zpickard@bhsec.bard.edu\">hsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7915<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marina Woronzoff<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Literature Faculty <\/em><br>B.A., French and Russian, Smith College; M.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures (specializing in linguistics) and Ph.D., Russian Literature, Yale University. Recipient of Giles Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities; and Edward H. Butler Fellowship. Taught Russian language at Sarah Lawrence College; Russian language and literature at Yale University; published on Anna Akhmatova; worked as editor and writer for edf.org and non-profit foundations preserving Russian culture and history; translator and contributor for <em>New York Review of Books<\/em> Blog; research interests include feminist criticism; gender theory; Russian women poets.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mworonzoff@bhsec.bard.edu\">mworonzoff@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 718-361-3133 x7715<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graciela M. B\u00e1ez Language Faculty B.A., Spanish Language and Literature \/ Latin American &amp; US Latino Studies, Fordham University; Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, New York University. 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