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Teresa T. Marrero

Title: Professor

Department: Spanish

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of California, Irvine, 1992
    Major: Spanish
    Dissertation: Self-Representation in Chicana and Latino/a Theater and Performance Art
  • MA, University of California, Irvine, 1986
    Major: Spanish
    Dissertation: Teatro cubano posrevolucionario
  • BA, California State University, Long Beach, 1984
    Major: Spanish and Comparative Literature

Current Scheduled Teaching

SPAN 5410.001Contemporary Latin American TheaterFall 2024
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5420.001U.S. Latinx Hispanic TheaterSpring 2024 SPOT
SPAN 5430.001Latin American Adaptations of Classical DramaFall 2023 SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5410.001Contemporary Latin American TheaterFall 2022 SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5430.001Latin American Adaptations of Classical DramaFall 2021 SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4900.703Special ProblemsFall 2021 SPOT
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 2040.013Intermediate SpanishSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5420.001U.S. Latinx Hispanic TheaterFall 2020 SPOT
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2020 Syllabus
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StorySpring 2020 Syllabus
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StorySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2018 SPOT
SPAN 3060.004Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2017 SPOT
SPAN 3060.004Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.702Master's ThesisSpring 2017
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.001Master's ThesisFall 2016
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2016 SPOT
SPAN 4900.703Special ProblemsFall 2016
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.702Master's ThesisSpring 2016
SPAN 4900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2016
THEA 4500.001Theatre TopicsSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.706Master's ThesisFall 2015
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2015 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.706Master's ThesisSpring 2015
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2015 Syllabus
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2014
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.004Master's ThesisSpring 2014
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 3180.001Latin American Culture Through FilmFall 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.705Master's ThesisFall 2013
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2013
SPAN 4900.704Special ProblemsFall 2013
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic Culture in the United StatesSpring 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2013
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 4980.001Experimental CourseFall 2012 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.705Master's ThesisFall 2012
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2012 Syllabus
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2012
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2011
THEA 4500.002Theatre TopicsFall 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 4385.001Hispanic / Latino Narrative, Film, Music and Theater in the U.S.Spring 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 3110.004Introduction to Hispanic LiteratureSpring 2011
SPAN 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2011
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2010 Syllabus
SPAN 5200.002Seminar in SpanishFall 2010
SPAN 5900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
SPAN 4380.001Latin American and Spanish Film for Advanced Oral and Written PracticeSpring 2010 Syllabus
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2010 Syllabus
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2009 Syllabus
SPAN 5380.001The Spanish American NovelFall 2009
SPAN 2900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2009
SPAN 4380.001Latin American and Spanish Film for Advanced Oral and Written PracticeSpring 2009
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2009
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2008
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2008
SPAN 4980.003Experimental CourseSpring 2008
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishSpring 2008
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2008
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2007
SPAN 5900.700Special ProblemsFall 2007
SPAN 5900.700Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2007
SPAN 4980.002Experimental CourseSpring 2007
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2007
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2006
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2006
SPAN 5900.700Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2006
SPAN 4980.002Experimental CourseSpring 2006
SPAN 5900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2006
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2006
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2005
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 4900.702Special ProblemsFall 2005
SPAN 4900.702Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2005
SPAN 3160.001Latin American Culture and CivilizationSpring 2005
SPAN 4900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2005
SPAN 5900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2005
SPAN 5900.702Special ProblemsSpring 2005
SPAN 4370.001Survey of Spanish American LiteratureSpring 2005
SPAN 3030.001Readings in Spanish American Short StoryFall 2004
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 4900.702Special ProblemsFall 2004
SPAN 5900.700Special ProblemsFall 2004
SPAN 5900.702Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Marrero, M.T. (2021). Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance.. 252. London, London: Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Co...
  • Marrero, T. (2019). "La Familia". Teatro Latino. Nuevas Obras de los Estados Unidos. 233-275. La Casita Grande Press, imprint of Black Rose Writing. https://www.latinorebels.com/2017/08/22/la-casita-grande-editores-is-calling-for-latino-and-caribbean-literature-submissions/
  • Marrero, T. (2019). ENCUENTRO: Latinx Performance for the New American Theatre. 392. Evanston, Illinois, Noerthwestern University Press. http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/encuentro
  • Marrero, Teresa. (2009). Entre la Argentina y Cuba: Cuentos nómadas de viajes y tango.
  • Marrero, Teresa. (2002). Performing Latina Women , special issue of Ollantay Theater Magazine.
  • Svich, Caridad and María Teresa Marrero. (2000). Out of the Fringe: Contemporary Latina/o Theater & Performance.
  • Marrero, Teresa. (1995). "A Speck of Hope in the Caribbean Horizon.".
  • Marrero, Teresa. (1995). "Miembros Fantasmas/Ghost Limbs.".
  • Marrero, Teresa. (1994). "Miembros Fantasmas/Ghost Limbs." Michigan Quarterly Review 33.3 Special issue ".
  • Marrero, Teresa. (1994). "The Mbele.".
  • Book Chapter

  • single. (2013). Marrero, Teresa. "Under the Radar: Latin@/Hispanic Theater in North Texas." Theater and Performance in Small Nations, edited by Steve Blandford. Bristol, UK and Chicago, US: Intellect Books, 2013: 141- 166. Printed book pages: 22. Words: 9643..
  • Marrero, M.T. (2009). "Afro-Cuban Danced Religious Practices as Everyday Art." Teresa Marrero, sole author Relgion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas and Sufi Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009: 189-202.
  • Tropicalizations, Transcultural Representations of Latinidad, Frances Aparicio & Susana Chávez-Silverman, eds. (1997). "Historical and Literary Santería: Unveiling Gender and Identity in U.S. Cuban Literature.".
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • single. (2013). " Theater in Texas." Encyclopedia of Latino Culture. Edited by Chuck Tatum. pp 1262- 1266.Words: 2735 NOTE publisher error: stated academic affiliation written as North Texas State, rather than University of North Texas.
  • Journal Article

  • Marrero, M. (2019). "Latinx Sci-Fi Theater: Speculating Possible Futures". 49 (1) 48-51. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University School of Drama, Duke University Press. https://theatermagazine.org/
  • Marrero, T. (2019). "Where Earth Meets the Sky: Decolonizing Latinxfuturistic Theater". (54) 11-16. San Diego, California, University of California, San Diego. http://www.theatreforum.org/
  • Marrero, T. (2017). “Bienes comunes, innovador concepto de recursos teatrales: The Latinx Theatre Commons.”. VI (25) Whittier, California and Buenos Aires, Whittier College and Buenos Aires. http://www.argus-a.com.ar/publicacion/1269-bienes-comunes-innovador-concepto-de-recursos-teatrales-the-latinx-theatre-commons.html.
  • Marrero, T. (2017). Latinx Theatre Commons: A Commons-based Approach Movement. 27 (1) Hanover, Pennsylvania, The Johns Hopkins University Press. https://jhuptheatre.org/theatre-topics/online-content/issue/volume-27-number-1-march-2017/latinx-theatre-commons-commons
  • Marrero, T. (2014). Latina/o theater Commons National Convening: Historic Event for Latina/o Theater in the United States. GESTOS. 29 (57) 149-151. Irvine, California, University of California, irvine. gestos@uci.edu
  • single. (2013). "Historical Writing and Ethnocentrism in Western Thinking: The Case of Early Contact in the Americas". The International Journal of Civic, Political and Community Studies. Volume 10, Issue 4. 2013. Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing, LL.C. Words 5758.
  • single. (2013). "Historical Writing and Ethnocentrism in Western Thinking: The Early Case of the Americas." In The International Journal of the Humanities. Vol. 19, Issue 4: 89-98. Words: 5758.
  • none. (2013). Border Memories: Theatrical Space & Intentional Liminality. 3 (13) Pomona, California, Argus-A. http://www.argus-a.com.ar/ensayos-essays/621:border-memories.html.
  • Marrero, T. (2013). “Historical Writing and Ethnocentrism in Western Thinking: The Early Case of the Americas.”. The International Journal of the Humanities. 19 (4) http://thehumanities.com/publications/journal/about-the-journa
  • single. (2012). Outside the Bones by Lyn Di Lorio. Camino Real 4.6 (2012): 146-148. Edited by Jose Pablo Villalobos..
  • Marrero, Teresa. (2007). "Teatro, Talleres y Performance en Buenos Aires: Reflexiones, Invierno 2007.".
  • Marrero, M.T. (2006). "XXI Festival Internacional de Teatro Hispano.".
  • Susanne Oboler & Deena J. González, eds. (2005). "Nilo Cruz." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in te United States.
  • Ed. Lillian Manzor & Alberto Serraín. (2005). "Nilo Cruz: dramaturgo poeta.".
  • Susanne Oboler & Deena J. González, eds. (2005). "Performing Arts and Theater." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in the United States.
  • Marrero, M.T. (2004). "Theater as Wild Weed.".
  • Diana Taylor and Roselyn Constantino, eds.. (2003). "Eso Sí Pasa Aquí: Indigenous Women Performing Revolutions in Mayan Chiapas." Holy Terrors: Performance and Women in Latin America.
  • Alicia Gaspar de Alva, ed.. (2003). "Out of the Fringe: Desire and Homosexuality in the 1990s Latino Theater," Velvet Barrios, Popular Culture & Chicana/o Sexualities.
  • Marrero, M.T. (2003). "Scripting Sexual Tourism: STUFF, Prostitution and Cuba's Special Period.".
  • Luis Ramos-GarcIa, ed.. (2002). "From El Teatro Campesino to the Gay 1990's: Transformations and Fragments in the Evolution of Chicano/a to Latina/o Theater and Performance Art," The State of Latino Theater in the United States: Hybridity, Transculturation, and Identity.
  • Marrero, M.T. (2001). "Exito para el XVI Festival Internacional de Teatro Hispano.".
  • Alicia Arrizón and Lillian Manzor. (2000). "Latina Playwrights, Directors and Entrepreneurs: An Historical Perspective." Latinas on Stage, eds..
  • Marrero, M.T. (2000). "Out of the Fringe? Out of the Closet: Latina/o Performance in the '90s,".
  • Marrero, M.T. (1999). "Brazo gitano: Cuban Women, Social Memory and Identity through Afro-Cuban Ritual,".
  • María Delgado & Caridad Svich, eds.. (1999). "In a State of Memory: Notes from a María Irene Fornés Workshop." Conducting a Life: a Tribute to María Irene Fornés.
  • Marrero, M.T. (1999). "Out of the Fringe: Desire and Homosexuality in the '90s Latino Theatre,".
  • Marrero, M.T. (1998). "El Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional: Publicidad, Presencia y Autonomía Indígena.".
  • Marrero, M.T. (1998). "La Construcción Visual de la Nueva Revolución Mexicana: El Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional.".
  • Marrero, M.T. (1997). "El Cuarto Festival Internacional de Teatro Dallas.".
  • Marrero, Teresa. (1996). "Crónicas de un encuentro con el zapatismo.".
  • Frischmann, Donald & Teresa Marrero. (1996). "Mexican Rebels Seek Democracy.".
  • Marrero, Teresa. (1996). "Nunca más un México sin nosotros: El Congreso Nacional Indígena y El Ejército Zapatista.".
  • Ollantay Theater Magazine. (1996). "The Insertion of Latina Theater Entrepreneurs, Playwrights, and Directors into the Historical Record.".
  • Marrero, M.T. "Feminist Theories Don't Travel Well" (Forum response to Cynthia Steele's "Indigenous Rights, Women's Rights, Human Rights: Mayan Politics and Theater in Chiapas").
  • Ollantay Magazine New York. (1993). "Real Women Have Curves: Fat as a Cultural & Feminist Issue.".
  • Gestos, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico. (1991). ---"Chicano/Latino Self-Representation in Theater and Performance Art: a Current View.".
  • Gestos, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico. (1990). ---"The 1989 Hispanic Playwrights Project at South Coast Repertory Theater: the Issues, the Plays, the Contest.".
  • El Alba, #20. (1984). "Análisis de Playa de Chile V, de Raúl Zurita.".
  • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • single. (2014). "The World is a Stage." English and Spanish Reviews of Teatro Dallas' Four Day International Theater Festival. Word count: 3632.
  • none. (2013). http://www.theaterjones.com
  • single. (2013). 1. May 21, 2013. Interview. Q&A: Octavio Solis. Words: 1853. Interview.
  • single. (2013). 1. May 24, 2013. La Mica | Teatro Dallas. In English and Spanish. Words: 1504..
  • single. (2013). 1. May 27, 2013. In the Heights | Artes de la Rosa | Rose Marine Theater. Words: 1395. Performance Review.
  • single. (2013). 1. May 27, 2013. Se Llama Cristina | Kitchen Dog Theater | McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC) . Words: 1040. Performance Review.
  • single. (2013). 1. October 22, 2013. On Current Latino/a Theater in Dallas. October 22, 2013. Words: 3070. Feature Article.
  • single. (2013). 1. October 24, 2013. Santos: A Wandering Soul | Teatro Dallas. Performance Review. Words 1707..
  • single. (2013). 1. September 19, 2013. Romeo and Juliet | Artes de la Rosa | Rose Marine Theater, Words: 808. Performance Review.
  • single. (2013). June 17, 2013. Interview with Abigail Vega of Teatro Luna. Luna Ticking . Words: 1856. Interview.
  • single. (2013). June 4, 2013. The Dreamers: A Bloodline | Cara Mia Theatre Company. Dreaming in Color. Words: 1850. Performance Review.
  • single. (2013). May 26, 2013. Interview. Q&A: David Lozano, director of Cara Mia Theater Company. Words: 2980. Interview.
  • single. (2013). November 13, 2013. La muerte y la doncella/ Death and the Maiden. Cambalache Teatro en Español. Bilingual in English and Spanish. Performance Review. Words: 2,850.
  • Performance Profile and Interview with Playwright

  • Marrero, M.T. (2021). Quemar las naves, el viaje de Emma, profile and interview with playwright Rocío Carrillo. Chaper en a book, Seekling Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Peroformance. London, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Co...
  • Popular Press Article

  • Teresa Marrero sole author. (2010). http://www.xuemagazine.com/2010/09/tango-brujo/ "Tango brujo" 956 words.
  • Gestos, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico. (1997). "María Irene Fornés and Her Critics by Assunta Bartolomucci Kent.".
  • Negotiating Performance: Gender, Sexuality, & Theatricality in Latin/o America, Diana Taylor & Juan Villegas, eds.. "Performance Art, Public Art: The Politics of Site.".
  • Latin American Theatre Review. (1991). "Tramoya # 22, Beatriz J. Rizk, ed., and Calle, escenario y escuela by Judith A. Weiss.".
  • Latin American Theatre Review. (1990). "Latins Anonymous at the University of California Chicano Literary Awards Ceremony.".
  • Gestos, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico. "Teatro de Cuba en East Los Angeles.".
  • Review of José González-Cruz' critical edition. Gestos, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico. "Virgilio Piñera: Una caja de zapatos vacía.".
  • Scholarly Note

  • Helena Araújo. (1990). "Oppression, Tradition and Transgression in Some Women Colombian Novelists".
  • Berta López Morales. (1990). "The Language of the Body in the Textuality of Women".
  • by Gabriel Iriarte. (1988). "Perestroika and the Third World".

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Champlin, S. (Supporting), Frith, J. (Supporting), Hlavacik, M.J. (Principal), Jensen, K. (Supporting), Lakes, R. (Supporting), Larke-Walsh, G.M. (Supporting), Marrero, M.T. (Supporting), Nogay, D.L. (Supporting), Vickery, J.R. (Supporting), "Research Colloquium in Communication-Allied Disciplines," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $12000 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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