Salameno School of American and International Studies (SSAIS)

Professor of Spanish Language and Literature

Year Joined RCNJ: 2001

Contact Information:

• Phone: (201) 684-7164
• E-mail: ilopez@ramapo.edu 
• Office: B-140
• Office Hours: On Sabbatical for Spring 2012 Semester

Education:

• B.A., The City College, CUNY
   
• M.A., The City College, CUNY
• Ph.D., The City University of New York

Courses offered:

• All levels of Spanish
• Latin American Culture and Society
• Hispanic Women's Voices and Images
• Latin American Literature since 1910
• Hispanic Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture
• Syntax and Substance: Spanish Grammar
• Capstone Seminar
   

Teaching & Research Interests:

• Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture
• Contemporary Latin American Fiction
   
• Latino/a Literature
• Women’s Writings
• Memoirs and Autobiography
• Language Acquisition and Linguistics 

Recent Publications:

Books:

• Cien botellas en una pared  (One Hundred Bottles on the Wall, Stockcero, 2010), a critical edition of Ena Lucía Portela's novel. Introduction by López. Notes written in collaboration with Portela.
• El viejo, el asesino, yo y otros cuentos  (The Old Man, the Assassin, I, and Other Stories, Stockcero, 2009), an anthology of short stories by Cuban author Ena Lucía Portela. Introduction by López. Notes by López and Portela.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

• "De regresos y manifiestos: las memorias de una generación de cubano-americanos entre el exilio y el posnacionalismo". Revista Caribe, forthcoming in   2010-2011.
• “En torno a la novela negra: Poética y política en Cien botellas en una pared.” La Habana Elegante  48 (Fall-Winter 2010). 
   
• "Al filo de la modernidad: las décimas autobiográficas de Violeta Parra como literatura." Anales de literatura chilena  (Universidad Católica de Chile)  11.13 (June 2010): 131-149. 
• "Mi generación es tan diversa como cualquier otra: Conversación con Ena Lucía Portela" (part of this interview was translated into English and published in The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World). Hispamérica XXXVIII.112 (2009): 49-59.
  
   

Book Chapters:

• "Reading Lives in Installments: Autobiographical Essays by Women of the Cuban Diaspora." Negotiating Identities in Art, Literature and Philosophy: Cuban Americans and American Culture. Eds. Isabel Alvarez-Borland and Lynette Bosch. New York: SUNY Press, 2009. 61-75.
• "'That's My Theme: The Human Adventure.' An Interview with Ena Lucía Portela." The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World. Eds. Ruth Behar and Lucía Suárez. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 85-91.
• "Hogar, ¿dulce hogar?: Asedios a casas de La Habana en la narrativa femenina de hoy." A Living Legacy: CCNY Department of Foreign Languages and Literature Undergraduate Alumni Conference. Eds. Bettina R. Lerner and Juan Carlos Mercado. New York: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, 2006. 83-94.