Dr. Jongsoo Lee
University of North Texas
Spanish
(940) 565-2404
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Education

PhD, Indiana University, 2000.
Major: Spanish
Dissertation Title: Nezahualcoyotl as Emblem of the Colonial Legacy in Mexico
MA, University of Guadalajara, 1994.
Major: Language and Literature Teaching
BA, Seoul National University, 1991.
Major: Spanish

Professional Positions

Uncategorized
Associate Professor, University of North Texas. (2007 – Present).
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (2001 – 2007).

Professional Memberships

Member, Modern Langauges Association. (2007 – Present).

Member, Latin American Studies Association. (2000 – Present).

Member, Southwest Council of Latin American Studies. (2001 – 2006).

Development Activities Attended

Other,"Packback Virtual Session 2," UNT, United States of America. (December 2023 – Present).

Other,"Take Location-Based Attendance and Check Comprehension with iClicker," UNT, United States of America. (September 2023 – Present).

Other,"Digital Learning Now Webinar: Digital Learning," Pearson, United States of America. (May 2023 – Present).

Other,"How to Organize Your Course," UNT CLEAR, United States of America. (May 2020 – Present).

Other,"Remote Delivery Course," UNT, United States of America. (April 2020 – Present).

Other,"A virtual Reality Workshop in Understanding Blindness," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (March 13, 2023 – March 13, 2023).

Other,"An Anti-Racism ‘Doing the Work’ Continuum for Reflecting & Teaching.”," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (March 13, 2023 – March 13, 2023).

Other,"Developing Effective Social Interactions in the Learning Environment," UNT, Denton, tx, United States of America. (March 13, 2023 – March 13, 2023).

Other,"Race Is, Race Ain't," UNT Faculty Success, United States of America. (March 25, 2022 – March 25, 2022).

Tutorial,"Creating Accessible Online Videos with Canvas Studio," DSI CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (February 25, 2022 – February 25, 2022).

Other,"Speaking Your Mind: Stimulating Use of Idiomatic Expressions in the Foreign Language Classroom," Vista Higher Learning, United States of America. (February 22, 2022 – February 22, 2022).

Other,"Creating Inclusive Curricular with Accessible Course Content," DSI CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 28, 2022 – January 28, 2022).

Other,"Anti-racist pedagogy: Transforming the Spanish classroom with TikTok and Dubsmash," Department of Spanish, United States of America. (October 2021).

Other,"Working With Inclusive Pedagogy and Cultural Responsiveness," UNT, United States of America. (October 2021).

Workshop,"SCA (Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards) Information Session," College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, UNT, United States of America. (October 2021).

Other,"How to Get the Most out of Zoom," UNT CLEAR, United States of America. (May 2020).

Other,"How to Implement Discussions," UNT CLEAR, United States of America. (May 2020).

Other,"How to Work with Graded Assignments," UNT CLEAR, United States of America. (May 2020).

Other,"How to Work with Quizzes & Exams," UNT CLEAR, United States of America. (May 2020).

Other,"Coping with the Pandemic Lessons from Psychological Science," Pearson Education, United States of America. (March 2020).

Other,"Getting Started with Zoom Meetings.," ZOOM USA, United States of America. (March 16, 2020).

Other,"Personalized Language Learning with Technology: Best Practices from the Trenches," edweb, United States of America. (December 19, 2019).

Other,"Error Correction: Tips and Techniques for Language Teachers," edweb, United States of America. (December 18, 2019).

Other,"Using Student Strategies to Facilitate Successful Language Learning," Wiley Higher Education, United States of America. (November 12, 2019).

Other,"Contextualizing Language Instruction," Wiley Higher Education, United States of America. (October 29, 2019).

Other,"Differentiated Instruction for All Class Sizes with Mastery Paths," Wiley Higher Education, United States of America. (October 24, 2019).

Other,"Watch, Read, Practice. A modern Approach to Learning a Complex Topic," Wiley Higher Education, United States of America. (October 15, 2019).

Other,"“Helping Students Achieve Proficiency Through Meaningful and Authentic Contexts.”," Pearson, United States of America. (October 15, 2019 – October 15, 2019).

Workshop,"“Managing Difficult Classroom Situations”," UNT, United States of America. (November 9, 2018 – November 9, 2018).

Other,"Testing Program Development”," Pearson World Languages, United States of America. (November 1, 2018 – November 1, 2018).

Other,"Flipping the Classroom and the Foreign Language Advantage”," Pearson World Languages, United States of America. (October 31, 2018 – October 31, 2018).

Other,"Optimizing Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning," Pearson World Languages, United States of America. (October 30, 2018 – October 30, 2018).

Other,"Teaching Materials for the 21st Century Language Class," Pearson World Languages, United States of America. (October 29, 2018 – October 29, 2018).

Workshop,"Canvas Bootcamp," UNT, United States of America. (December 2, 2017 – December 2, 2017).

Workshop,"TBL Workshop of the Fall [Team Based Learning 103 – “What’s the Big Idea?”," UNT, United States of America. (November 16, 2017 – November 16, 2017).

Other,"Assessment & Evaluation of Immersive Learning Initiatives," Onlinelearning.Org (Affiliated with UNT CLEAR), United States of America. (August 23, 2017 – August 23, 2017).

Other,"REEF Polling Webinar," UNT, CLEAR, United States of America. (November 23, 2016 – November 23, 2016).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
SPAN 3040, Mexican Culture and Civilization, 3 courses.
SPAN 3050, Readings in Hispanic Literature, 10 courses.
SPAN 3060, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, 2 courses.
SPAN 3070, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, 3 courses.
SPAN 3090, Advanced Spanish Grammar I, 1 course.
SPAN 3130, Topics in Latin American Culture, 9 courses.
SPAN 3160, Latin American Culture and Civilization, 28 courses.
SPAN 4010, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, 1 course.
SPAN 4360, Survey of Spanish American Literature, 19 courses.
SPAN 4900, Special Problems, 7 courses.
SPAN 4980, Experimental Course, 6 courses.
SPAN 5200, Seminar in Spanish, 7 courses.
SPAN 5340, Latin American Prehispanic and Colonial Literature, 3 courses.
SPAN 5341, Latin American Colonial Literature II, 1 course.
SPAN 5342, Latin American Romanticism and Realism, 6 courses.
SPAN 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.
SPAN 5950, Master's Thesis, 4 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Other. (Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Amparo Dávila y la vía del abandono," Spanish. (October 3, 2019).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Spanish. (September 2017 – December 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (August 28, 2011 – April 22, 2013).

Awards and Honors

Thank a Teacher Note, UNT. (June 2020 – Present).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (July 21, 2016 – Present).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (January 2016 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Lee, J., Brokaw, G. (2016). Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy. 306 Pages. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Lee, J. (2015). The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic Politics, Religion, and Nahua Poetics in Mexico (Paperback Edition: Originally published in 2008). 294. University of New Mexico Press.
Lee, J., Brokaw, G. (2014). Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives. 276 pages, 25 illustrations and 3 tables.. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
Lee, J. (2008). The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic Politics, Religion, and Nahua Poetics in Mexico. 291 pages, 41 drawings, 1 halftones, 1 map. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. http://www.unmpress.com/books.php?ID=11688163176811
Book Chapter
Lee, J. (2016). Colonial Writings and Indigenous Politics in New Spain: Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Chronicles and Teotihuacan Cacicazgo. Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy. 122-152 (12,243 words). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. https://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid2612.htm
Lee, J., Brokaw, G. (2016). Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and Colonial Historiography from the Conquest to the Present; Chronology and Glossary. Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy. 3-28: 283-294. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Lee, J. (2014). Aztec Triple Alliance as a Colonial Transformation of Prehispanic Political and Tributary System. In Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives. Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives. 63-91 (11,324 words). Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
Lee, J., Brokaw, G. (2014). Texcocan Studies from the Colonial to the Present Times. In Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives. Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives. 1-24 (9,532 words). Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
Lee, J. (2007). Orientalist Universalism: Aztec Time and History in Octavio Paz's Piedra del sol.
Book Review
Lee, J. (2020). Review of The Legacy of Rulership in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s “Historia de la nación chichimeca.” By Leisa A. Kauffmann. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2019.. 101.1, .
Lee, J. (2020). Review of The ‘Florentine Codex’: An Encyclopedia of the Nahua World in Sixteenth-Century Mexico. Edited by Jeanette Favrot Peterson and KevinTerraciano.. Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 97.8, 1409-1411.
Lee, J. (2018). Review of Political Strategies in Pre-Colombian Mesoamerica. Edited by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron.. The Americas. 75.1, 184-86.
Lee, J. (2015). Review of Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion.. Journal of Anthropological Research. 71(1), 122-123.
Lee, J. (2014). Review of Mesoamerican Memory: Enduring Systems of Rememberance. The Americas. 71(2), 359-60.
Lee, J. (2010). Review of The Search for the Codex Cardona. (54.2), 125-126.
Journal Article
Lee, J. (2023). Toward a New Interpretation of Prehispanic Discourses: Reconstructing the Huehuetlatolli in the Prehispanic Context. 6(2), 101-122. London: Humanities Bulletin.
Lee, J. (2021). European Appropriation of Prehispanic Speeches: Reexamining Huehuetlatolli as a Colonial Project. 4(2), 32-58. London: Humanities Bulletin.
Lee, J. (2020). “Building Mexico as a Creole Nation: Anti-Exploitative Colonialism and Mestizaje in the historical novel Xicotencatl.”. Ciberletras. 43, 109-123. New York: Lehman College at New York. https://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ciberletras/
Lee, J. (2017). The Europeanization of Prehispanic tradition: Bernardino de Sahagún’s transformation of Aztec priests (tlamacazque) into classical wise men (tlamatinime). Colonial Latin American Review. 26.3 (2017): 291-312. London and New York: Taylor and Francis.
Lee, J. (2015). Emergence and Progress of Contemporary Nahua Literature: Frayel Maria Garibay Kintana, Miguel León-Portilla, and the Prehispanic Past. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. (39.1), 29-58 (10,920 words).
Lee, J. (2015). Colonización y poscolonialismo del pasado prehispánico: Quetzalcoatl y su transformación en The Epic of American Civilization de José Clemente Orozco y Terra Nostra de Carlos Fuentes. In Colonialidad y poscolonialidad de América Latina. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies. (28.2), 37-62 (9,582 words).
Lee, J. (2014). Mestizaje and the Creation of Mexican National Literature. Bulletin of Spanish Studies. (91.6), 889-912 (11,370 words). London: Taylor and Francis.
Lee, J. (2009). The Ten Plagues in New Spain: Franciscan Colonial Project in Motolinia's Memoriales. 36-49 (4,786 words).
Lee, J. (2007). Analyzing Nezahualcoyotl's Texcoco: Politics, Conquests, and Laws.
Lee, J. (2006). Inventing National Identity: Creole Treatment of Mexico's Indigenous Past in Xicotencatl.
Lee, J. (2004). Nezahualcoyotl and the Notion of Individual Authorship in the Nahuatl Poetry.
Lee, J. (2004). The Colonial Legacy in Cardenal's Poetry: Images of Quetzalcoatl, Nezahualcoyotl, and the Aztecs.
Lee, J. (2003).
Lee, J. (2003). A Re-Interpretation of Nahuatl Poetics: Rejecting the Image of Nezahualcoyotl as a Peaceful Poet.
Lee, J. (2003). Westernization of Nahuatl Religion: Nezahualcoyotl's Unknown God.

Presentations Given

Oral Presentation

Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), International Conference of the European Association of Spanish Professors, Un análisis del huehuetlatolli como producto del legado colonial, European Association of Spanish Professors, Vigo, Spain, Spain. (2023 – 2023).

Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies Annual Conference, Colonization of Prehispanic Speeches: Collecting the Huehuetlatolli as an Evangelical Project, Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies Association, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Lee, J. (Author), XXXVIII Congresos Internacionales de Literatura y Estudios hispánicos, The Ideological Appropriation of Indigenous Past: Mestizaje as a Colonial Legacy in Mexico, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).

Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), Modern Languages Association International Symposium, Reviving Indigenous Past: Prehispanic Identity of Aztec Wise Men (tlamatinime).”, Modern Languages Association, Lisbon, Portugal. (2019 – 2019).

Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), 20th International Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Colonial Invention of Indigenous Barbarity: The Aztec Ruler Itzcoatl’s Burning of Books, France. (2018 – 2018).

Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), 19th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, The Europeanization of Indigenous Tradition: Inventing Classical Wise Men in Prehispanic Mexico, Vancouver, Canada. (2017 – 2017).

Paper

Lee, J. (Author & Presenter), Twenty-seventh International Conference on Learning, Teaching Cultural Diversity in Spanish American Literature Classroom., Valencia, Spain, Spain. (2020 – 2020).

Lee, J. (Presenter), International Education Conference, Teaching Nahuatl Poetry in the Spanish Classroom, Orlando, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Lee, J. (Presenter), Global Studies Conference, Globalization of Colonial Legacy: Aztec Studies and Mexican Nationalism, London, United Kingdom. (2015 – 2015).

Lee, J. (Presenter), International Academic Conference, Founding Mexico as an Independent Nation, San Francisco, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Lee, J. (Presenter), International Conference: Colonialism and Coloniality in Latin America, Colonización y poscolonialismo del pasado prehispánico: Quetzalcoatl como intermediario entre las tradiciones indígenas y europeas., Seoul, Korea, Korea, South. (2013 – 2013).

Lee, J. (Presenter), Modern Languages Association Conference, Saving the Indians from the Plagues of New Spain: Franciscan Colonial Project in Motolinia's Memoriales, Boston, United States of America. (2013 – 2013).

Lee, J. (Presenter), Latin American Studies Association Conferences, Nestizaje as an Europeanization of the Indingeous Past: Quetzalcoatl and the Aztecs in Jose Clemente Orozco's Epic of Civilization, San Francisco, United States of America. (2012 – 2012).

Lee, J. (Presenter), Modern Languages Association Conference, he Europeanization of the Prehispanic Indigenous Tradition: Angel Maria Garibay and the Creation of National Literature, Los Angeles, United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Lee, J. (Presenter), Reconciling Portraits of Prehispanic Mexico: Texcoco and Current Aztec Studies, Aztec Triple Allliance as Colonial Transformation,, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2010 – 2010).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Lee, J., "Perpetuating Colonial Image of the Aztecs," University of North Texas, $5000.00 Funded. (May 2014 – August 2014).
Grant - Research
Lee, J., "Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy," University of North Texas, $1000.00 Funded. (January 2015 – April 2015).

Awards and Honors

Excellence in Research, Department of Spanish. (February 2018 – Present).

Excellence in Research, Deaprtment. (2021).

Service

University Service

Member, Faculty Mentor Committee (Faculty Senate). (September 2014 – Present).

Co-Director, Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica. (September 2011 – Present).

Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, Korean Language Proficency Examiner. (September 2009 – Present).

Member, Faculty Senate Committee on the Evaluation of University Administrators. (August 2023 – May 2026).

Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 2023 – May 2024).

Chairperson, Search Committee for Assistant Professor. (August 2023 – February 2024).

Committee Member, Search Committee for Korean Instructor. (April 2022 – April 2022).

Committee Member, Search Committee for Korean Instructor (Dept. of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures). (April 2022 – April 2022).

Committee Member, Graduate Affairs Committee. (February 2022 – April 2022).

Other, Graduate Affairs Committee. (January 2022 – April 2022).

Committee Member, COACHE Focus Group on Interdisciplinary Work. (March 2022 – March 2022).

Committee Member, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (September 2021 – October 2021).

Committee Member, CLASS-Strategic Planning Subcommittee: UNT as Tier 1 University. (October 2020 – April 2021).

Committee Member, CLASS Strategic Planning Subcommittee: Stakeholder Channel Faculty. (October 2020 – March 2021).

Committee Member, Personal Affairs Committee. (October 2020 – March 2021).

Committee Member, CLASS Strategic Planning Steering Committee. (August 8, 2020 – March 2021).

Member, Executive Committee. (September 2018 – April 2020).

Member, Ad-hoc committee for Summer Teaching Policy. (February 2019 – April 2019).

Member, Ad-hoc committee: Promotion and Tenure. (September 2018 – December 2018).

Chairperson, Personal Affaris Committee. (September 2017 – May 2018).

Other, Promotion and Tenure Document Revision. (February 2018 – April 2018).

Attendee, Meeting, Faculty Preparation for the UNT Faculty Leaders. (April 4, 2018 – April 4, 2018).

Committee Member, Ad-hoc committee for Texbook selection. (September 2017 – December 2017).

Attendee, Meeting, Faculty Focus sessions on CLASS core requirements. (November 2017).

Other, UNT College Day. (August 2017).

Other, Acting Chair. (May 26, 2017 – June 1, 2017).

Other, Personal Affaris Committee. (September 2016 – May 2017).

Attendee, Meeting, Study Abroad Preparation. (April 20, 2017 – April 20, 2017).

Attendee, Convocation, Study Abroad Fair and Global Opportunity Fair. (November 9, 2016 – November 9, 2016).

Other, UNT College Day. (August 2016).

Attendee, Meeting, Promotion and Tenure Workshop. (February 8, 2016 – February 8, 2016).

Attendee, Meeting, Promotion and Tenure Workshop. (February 5, 2016 – February 5, 2016).

Member, Ad-Hoc Department Web-Page Review Committee. (September 2015 – December 2015).

Member, Ad-Hoc Undergraduate Program Review Committee. (September 2015 – December 2015).

Member, Personal Affairs Committee (Promotion Case). (September 2015 – November 2015).

Chairperson, Curriculum Committee. (January 2015 – May 2015).

Member, Ad-Hoc Grade Appeal Committee. (September 2014 – December 2014).

Member, Recruitment Committee. (January 2014 – May 2014).

Chairperson, Search Committee (2 Lecturer Positions). (September 2013 – May 2014).

Chairperson, Library Committee. (September 2012 – May 2014).

Member, Scholarship and Extra-Funding Committee. (September 2007 – May 2012).

Member, College Faculty Council. (September 2008 – May 2011).

Member, Executive Committee. (September 2008 – May 2011).

Member, Personal Affairs Committee. (January 2009 – May 2009).

Member, ad-hoc Committee (Merit Evaluation). (September 2008 – December 2008).

Member, Triple Search Committee. (September 2007 – May 2008).

Member, Curriculum Committee. (2006 – 2007).

Member, Search Committee. (2006 – 2007).

Committee Chair, Library Committee. (2005 – 2006).

Committee Chair, Advertising and Recruiting Committee. (2004 – 2005).

Member, Library Committee. (2004 – 2005).

Member, Search Committee. (2004 – 2005).

Member, College Curriculum Committee. (2002 – 2005).

Member, Chair Search Committee. (2003 – 2004).

Committee Chair, Search Committee. (2003 – 2004).

Member, Search Committee. (2002 – 2003).

Committee Chair, Dr. Jacob Hieble Scholarship Committee for Study in Foreign Languages. (2001 – 2003).

Committee Chair, The Martha A. Olson Memorial Scholarship Committee. (2001 – 2001).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal Article, Ethnohistory. (September 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Hispanic Research Journal. (March 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Novohispana, Mexico City. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Revista Itinerarios. (2021).

Session Chair, XXXVIII Congresos Internacionales de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Spanish & Portuguese Review (SPR). (June 2020 – July 2020).

Reviewer, Textbook, Routledge Press. (January 2019 – February 2019).

Reviewer, Book, University of Oklahoma Press. (April 2017 – May 2017).

Reviewer, Book, University of Oklahoma Press. (March 2016 – May 2016).

Reviewer, Textbook, Routledge Press. (March 2016 – April 2016).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies Journal. (January 2016 – February 2016).

Member, SCOLAS Scholarship Committee. (2002 – 2007).