Faculty Profile

Jaime 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 Title: 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 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Summer 2024 
ENGL 2351.701, Mexican American Literature, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 2351.902, Mexican American Literature, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.701, Short Story, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 6950.735, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.715, First Year Writing I, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2351.701, Mexican American Literature, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.740, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.755, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 2351.701, Mexican American Literature, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2351.902, Mexican American Literature, Spring SDC 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4665.001, Studies in Science Fiction, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.735, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 2351.701, Mexican American Literature, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Summer 10W 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.740, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 2351.701, Mexican American Literature, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5510.001, Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1800 to 1865, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.735, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.704, First Year Writing II, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.701, Studies in Science Fiction, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4951.735, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4250.001, Latinx Literature, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.001, Studies in Science Fiction, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.002, Studies in Science Fiction, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2351.001, Mexican American Literature, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4665.001, Studies in Science Fiction, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4850.701, Literature in Context, Summer 10W 2020  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4850.701, Literature in Context, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5640.001, Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 3830.002, American Literature to 1870, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4951.701, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 4850.002, Literature in Context, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3846.001, Mexican American Non Fiction and Criticism, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3922.002, Chicano Literature, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4850.002, Literature in Context, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5800.001, Studies in Literary Genres, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5800.601, Studies in Literary Genres, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2400.001, Literature, Media, and Popular Culture, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5640.001, Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5640.601, Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2400.001, Literature, Media, and Popular Culture, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3450.003, Short Story, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3920.001, Survey of Ethnic Literatures, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3922.002, Chicano Literature, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4850.001, Literature in Context, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5635.001, Mexican American Literature and Theory, Before 1954, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5635.791, Mexican American Literature and Theory, Before 1954, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3850.001, The Literature of Texas and the Southwest, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3922.001, Chicano Literature, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5635.001, Mexican American Literature and Theory, Before 1954, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.735, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 2500.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4800.002, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3912.001, Topics in American Literature, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 5640.001, Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 3920.001, Survey of Ethnic Literatures, Summer 5W2 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3922.001, Chicano Literature, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4850.001, Literature in Context, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.735, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3845.001, Nineteenth Century Literature of the US American West, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3920.001, Survey of Ethnic Literatures, Summer 5W2 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3830.002, American Literature to 1870, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5640.001, Mexican American Literature and Theory, After 1954, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3922.001, Chicano Literature, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3450.002, Short Story, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3450.001, Short Story, Summer 3W1 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3920.001, Survey of Ethnic Literatures, Summer 5W2 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3830.001, Studies in American Literature to 1870, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3920.001, Survey of Ethnic Literatures, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5800.001, Studies in Literary Genres, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3920.001, Survey of Ethnic Literatures, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2327.002, American Literature to 1870, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3922.001, Chicano Literature, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 2327.002, American Literature to 1870, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.002, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Fall 2009 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
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



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Fellowship   
Rodriguez, J. J., "Clements Center for Southwest Studies," Other,  Funded. (September 2015 – May 2016).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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