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Jaime J. Rodriguez

Title: Associate Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Harvard University, 2000
    Major: English & American Literature & Language
    Dissertation: The Literary Nationalisms of the War Between the U.S. & Mexico, 1846-48
  • MA, Harvard University, 1994
    Major: English and American Literature
  • MFA, University of Houston, 1992
    Major: Enrolled in MFA program in Creative Writing, Prose Fiction
  • BA, North Texas State University, 1981
    Major: Journalism major, sociology minor

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 3830.001American Literature to 1870Spring 2025
ENGL 1320.021First Year Writing IISpring 2025
ENGL 2341.001Forms of LiteratureSpring 2025
ENGL 1320.004First Year Writing IIFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.030First Year Writing IIFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2351.401Mexican American LiteratureFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionSummer 10W 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2351.701Mexican American LiteratureSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2351.902Mexican American LiteratureSpring SDC 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.701Short StorySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.735Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
ENGL 1310.715First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2351.701Mexican American LiteratureFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionSummer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
ENGL 6950.755Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
ENGL 2351.701Mexican American LiteratureSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2351.902Mexican American LiteratureSpring SDC 2023 Syllabus
ENGL 4665.001Studies in Science FictionSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.735Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
ENGL 2351.701Mexican American LiteratureFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionSummer 10W 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
ENGL 2351.701Mexican American LiteratureSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5510.001Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1800 to 1865Spring 2022 SPOT
ENGL 6950.735Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
ENGL 1320.704First Year Writing IIFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.701Studies in Science FictionSummer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4951.735Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2021
ENGL 4250.001Latinx LiteratureSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.001Studies in Science FictionSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.002Studies in Science FictionSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2351.001Mexican American LiteratureFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4665.001Studies in Science FictionFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4850.701Literature in ContextSummer 10W 2020 SPOT
ENGL 4850.701Literature in ContextSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 5640.001Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954Spring 2020
ENGL 3830.002American Literature to 1870Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4951.701Honors College Capstone ThesisFall 2019
ENGL 4850.002Literature in ContextFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3846.001Mexican American Non Fiction and CriticismFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3922.002Chicano LiteratureSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4850.002Literature in ContextSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5800.001Studies in Literary GenresSpring 2019 SPOT
ENGL 5800.601Studies in Literary GenresSpring 2019 SPOT
ENGL 2400.001Literature, Media, and Popular CultureFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5640.001Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954Fall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 5640.601Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954Fall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 2400.001Literature, Media, and Popular CultureSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5760.001Scholarly and Critical WritingSpring 2018 SPOT
ENGL 3450.003Short StoryFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3922.002Chicano LiteratureSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4850.001Literature in ContextSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3000.005Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5635.001Mexican American Literature and Theory, Before 1954Fall 2016 SPOT
ENGL 5635.791Mexican American Literature and Theory, Before 1954Fall 2016 SPOT
ENGL 3840.003American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 3850.001The Literature of Texas and the SouthwestSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 3922.001Chicano LiteratureFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 5635.001Mexican American Literature and Theory, Before 1954Fall 2014
ENGL 4951.735Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2014
ENGL 2500.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.735Master's ThesisSpring 2014
ENGL 4800.002Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 3912.001Topics in American LiteratureSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 3840.002American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.735Master's ThesisFall 2013
ENGL 5640.001Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954Fall 2013
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSummer 5W2 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 3922.001Chicano LiteratureSpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 4850.001Literature in ContextSpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.735Master's ThesisSpring 2013
ENGL 5900.735Special ProblemsSpring 2013
ENGL 3840.002American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 3845.001Nineteenth Century Literature of the US American WestFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSummer 5W2 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 3830.002American Literature to 1870Spring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 5640.001Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954Spring 2012
ENGL 3922.001Chicano LiteratureFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.002Short StoryFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySummer 3W1 2011
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSummer 5W2 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 3830.001Studies in American Literature to 1870Spring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 5800.001Studies in Literary GenresFall 2010
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 2327.002American Literature to 1870Spring 2010
ENGL 3922.001Chicano LiteratureSpring 2010
ENGL 2327.002American Literature to 1870Fall 2009
ENGL 5530.002Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the PresentFall 2009
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Rodriguez, J.J. (2010). The Literatures of the US-Mexican War: Time, Narrative, and Identity. University of Texas Press.

    • Book Chapter

  • Rodriguez, J.J., Goodman, N., Kramer, M. (2011). "Hell in Mexican Texas: Stephen Crane at the American Abyss". Rutgers UP.

    • Book Review

  • Rodriguez, J.J. (2007). Life Along the Border: A Landmark Tejana Thesis , Jovita González, edited by María Cotera, 2007;and The Legacy of Américo Paredes, by José R. López Morín, 2007. Western AmericanLiterature.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Rodríguez , J.J. (2019). “The US–Mexico War and American Literary History.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Oxford University Press. Article published December 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.331.. Oxford Research Encyclopedia.

    • Journal Article

  • Rodriguez, J.J. (2008). "Caballero 's Global Imaginary: Time and Space in South Texas.". MELUS.
  • Rodriguez, J.J. (2007). "The US- Mexican War in James Russell Lowell's The Biglow Papers.". Arizona Quarterly.

    • Short Story

  • Rodriguez, J.J. (2023). Edgar Alvarado and His Mal-Sueño of Real Estate. (Issue 5) Maryland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. https://www.latinoliteratures.org

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Rodriguez, J.J., "Clements Center for Southwest Studies," Other, Funded. (2015 - 2016).
  • Rodr�guez, J.J., "Clements Center for Southwest Studies," Other, Funded. (2015 - 2016).

    • Grant - Service

  • Rodriguez, J.J. (Principal), "Borders of Time-Space: The Global Imaginary in South Texas Literature-A Study of Mexican-American Literature in Early Twentieth Century," sponsored by Southern Methodist University, NFP, Funded. (2015 - 2016).
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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