Dr. Jean Janecki
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Contact Information
| E-mail: | jjanecki@uwlax.edu |
| Office: | 336 C Wimberly |
| Telephone: | 608-785-8327 |
Education
| PhD | University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2006 |
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| MA | University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995 |
Biography
Dr. Janecki’s interest in Hispanic culture stems from her childhood in Chicago and a most-influential Year Abroad experience in Madrid as an undergraduate. Since then she has returned to Spain several times for visits, research and work as the Assistant Director of a Study Abroad Program in Barcelona. She also has spent considerable time in Argentina. She started teaching at UW-L in 2006 upon finishing her doctorate in Modern Spanish Literature with an emphasis in Art History from UW-Madison.
Interests
Dr. Janecki teaches a variety of classes including Spanish Civilization and Culture, Introduction to Hispanic Literature, Modern Spanish Literature and Intermediate Spanish Language. Her research interests focus on Avant-garde movements, especially Surrealism, as well as Spanish and Latin American Cinema. She also is interested in Computer Assisted Language Learning and uses a Wiki in almost every class! For fun she enjoys travelling, especially to Argentina and Spain, and likes to organize study abroad programs and take students to these countries too!
Recent Scholarly Work
Articles
“Inmigrantes hispanoamericanos en el cine español: una visión doble.” Estudios culturales en la literatura y el cine en español. Eds Juan Torres-Pou and Santiago Navarra. Barcelona: Promociones y Publicaciones Universitarias, November 2011.
Encyclopedia Entry
“Eugenio d'Ors.” World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia, Eds. Maureen Ihrie and Salvador Oropesa. Greenwood Press, 2011.
Book
Politics, Art, and Literature in Post Spanish Civil War Surrealism. London: Edwin-Mellen Press, (in progress).
Presentations
“Representations of the Immigrant Other in Hispanic Film” Citizenship And Community: Second Annual LALAC Workshop On Teaching, Service And Research, La Crosse, WI. April, 2011.
“Inmigrantes hispanoamericanos en el cine español: una visión doble.” Cine-Lit VII. An International Conference on Hispanic Film and Fiction. Portland, Oregon. February 2011.