Faculty Profile

Samuel Manickam

Title
Chair
Department
Spanish
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Oklahoma, 2008. 
Major: Spanish
Degree Specialization: Spanish
Dissertation Title: "La representaciones del poder en la reciente novela latinoamericana del dictador" ["Representations of Power in the Contemporary Latin American Novel of the Dictator"]
MA, University of Tennessee, 2000. 
Major: Spanish
Degree Specialization: Spanish
BA, Goshen College, 1987. 
Major: English
Degree Specialization: Secondary Education





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    SPAN 5210.001, Mexican Novel, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5690.001, Latin American Short Story, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5380.001, The Spanish American Novel, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4900.701, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2020 
                    

                    SPAN 5690.001, Latin American Short Story, Fall 2019  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.001, Master's Thesis, Fall 2019 
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5950.701, Master's Thesis, Spring 2019 
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4920.701, Cooperative Education in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2018 
                    

                    SPAN 5380.001, The Spanish American Novel, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5210.001, Mexican Novel, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 10W 2015 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.003, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.002, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3090.005, Advanced Spanish Grammar I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 10W 2014 
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5345.001, Latin American Essay, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SPAN 5950.003, Master's Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SPAN 3090.005, Advanced Spanish Grammar I, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.002, Master's Thesis, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Civilization, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 4370.001, Survey of Spanish American Literature, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 4900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 5380.001, The Spanish American Novel, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SPAN 3090.001, Advanced Spanish Grammar I, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3110.003, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Culture and Civilization, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 4900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SPAN 3110.003, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Culture and Civilization, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3030.001, Readings in Spanish American Short Story, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 5900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Summer 10W 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2011 
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3110.003, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 3140.001, Mexican Culture and Civilization, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W2 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.002, Seminar in Spanish, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 5900.704, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2010 
                    

                    SPAN 3110.001, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2009 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 3110.003, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Fall 2009 Syllabus
                    

                    SPAN 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 3040.001, Mexican Culture and Civilization, Fall 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 4010.001, Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Culture, Spring 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 5200.001, Seminar in Spanish, Spring 2009 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.001, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 3060.002, Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, Fall 2008 
                    

                    SPAN 4360.001, Survey of Spanish American Literature, Fall 2008 

          


          
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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
Manickam, S. C. (2020). Más mejicanos en el espacio: Un homenaje al legado artístico y literario de Carlos Olvera. https://www.amazon.com/Más-Mejicanos-Espacio-art%C3%ADstico-literario-ebook/dp/B08J698R7Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mas+mejicanos+en+el+espacio&qid=1613088188&s=amazon-devices&sr=1-1
Book Chapter
Manickam, S. C. (2021). “La ciencia ficción mexicana: 1960-2000”". Historia de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana II: Desde la modernidad hasta la posmodernidad. Edited by Teresa López-Pellisa and Silvia G. Kurlat Ares. 311-346.  Madrid:. 
Manickam, S. C. (2014). “La identidad transculturada en Espantapájaros, de Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz”. Chapter in "Ensayos sobre la narrativa México-Estados Unidos". 113-124. 
Manickam, S. C. (2011). "Transnacionalismo, individuación y autobiografía en Memorias de un psiquiatra, de Virgilio Mora Rodríguez". In "La narración de Virgilio Mora: Complejidad, polifonía y dialogismo", ed. Jorge Chen Sham. 
Book Review
Manickam, S. C. (2021). Cyborgs, Sexuality, and the Undead: The Body in Mexican and Brazilian Speculative Fiction. 6(1), 245-247.  Utah: Journal of Lusophone Studies. https://jls.apsa.us/index.php/jls/issue/view/31
Manickam, S. C. (2016). El espectáculo de la violencia en el cine mexicano del siglo XXI, by Guadalupe Pérez-Anzaldo. 70(1), . 
Manickam, S. C. (2014). Dios, hermano, amado: los nombres de la poesía primera en Jorge Debravo by Jorge Chen Sham. XXX(1), 754-756.  San José: University of Costa Rica. http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling
Manickam, S. C. (2014). Theorising the Ibero-Atlantic, Eds. Harold E. Braun and Lisa Vollendorf. XLV(3), 754-756. https://www.escj.org
Manickam, S. C. (2014). Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice, eds. M. Elizabeth Ginway and J. Andrew Brown. Hispania. 97(2), 328-329. AATSP. http://www.aatsp.org/page/Hispania
Manickam, S. C. (2012). The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction by Rachel Haywood Ferreira (2011). 
Manickam, S. C. (2009). Utopian Dreams, Apocalyptic Nightmares: Globalization in Recent Mexican and Chicano Narrative by Miguel López-Lozano. 
Manickam, S. C. (2004). Spanish American Women's Use of the Word by Stacey Schlau. 
Invited Essay
Manickam, S. C. (2014). "Mejicanos en el espacio y en el tiempo". Book chapter. 21-29.  Toluca:. 
Journal Article
Manickam, S. C. (2020). Trauma and Historiography in Hugo Hiriart's La destrucción de todas las cosas. Hispania. 103(3), 373-385. 
Manickam, S. C. (2019). “Rebellious Youth vs. Empire in Carlos Olvera’s Mejicanos en el espacio”. Chasqui. 
Manickam, S. C. (2018). "Retrato dinámico de la mujer mexicana moderna en La esquina de los ojos rojos, de Rafael Ramírez". 
Manickam, S. C. (2014). "Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz: escritor, editor y estudioso de la ciencia ficción mexicana". 
Manickam, S. C. (2014). "A Failed Utopia in Marcela del Río's Proceso a Faubritten". Hispania. 97(1), 125-139. AATSP. http://www.aatsp.org/page/Hispania
Manickam, S. C. (2012). "Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary Mexican Science Fiction". 
Manickam, S. C. (2012). "The Other Mexico Through the Cinematic Eyes of Carlos Reygadas". 
Manickam, S. C. (2011). "Beasts, Female Bodies and Christian Mythology in Brianda Domecq's Bestiario doméstico". 
Manickam, S. C. (2010). "La sexualidad desafiante frente al dictador en Tengo miedo torero". 
Manickam, S. C. (2010). El seductor de la patria: A Dialogic Response to the Real Santa Anna. 
Manickam, S. C. (2009). "Los encuentros entre México y Los Estados Unidos en Spanglish y Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada".. 
Manickam, S. C. (2008). Las estrategias del poder traumatizante de un dictador en La fiesta del Chivo, de Mario Vargas Llosa. 
Manickam, S. C. (2006). "Las traiciones del cuerpo en los cuentos de Enrique Serna". 
Scholarly Note
Manickam, S. C. (2005). Interview with Debra Castillo. 
Translation or Transcription
Manickam, S. C. (2002). Spanish Film and the Postwar Novel: Reading and Watching Narrative Texts. By Norberto Mínguez Arranz (Translation of: La Novela y el cine: análisis comparado de dos discursos narrativos, Ediciones de la Mirada: Valencia, 1998.). 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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