So, how many languages does a chair speak when they are the leader of the World Languages and Literatures department? Please listen and find out! It's a very fun interview from start to finish.
His life story (so far) has many travels included in it. I found myself quite envious! Starting in Brooklyn and landing in San Bernardino and everything in between is quite entertaining.
George takes advantage of our Southern California prime location here in the Inland Empire. You know how they say you can go to the beach, mountains and deserts all in one day? That might just be him!
Here is Dr. George Thomas's biography:
Professor and Chair, California State University, San Bernardino 2020-present
Professor and Chair, University of Northern Colorado 2017-2020
Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Nevada, Reno 2012-2017
Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Nevada, Reno 2006-2012
Dr. George Antony Thomas is a specialist in colonial Latin American literature and culture. His research interests include the history of the book, gender/women's studies, and indigenous studies. His first book, The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, examines the political aesthetics of the colonial Mexican nun who is considered to be the "First Feminist of the Americas." He contributed the concluding chapter to The Routledge Research Companion to the Works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. More recently, he has published on the indigenous artist and writer Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (in Latin American Textualities), the Peruvian mestizo writer Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and representations of the Americas in early modern manuscript and print illustrations (in Teaching the History of the Book).
Education
Ph.D. Spanish Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2006
M.A. Spanish The University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 2000
M.A.T. Spanish/English Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, May 1996
B.A. Spanish/English The University of Texas, Austin, May 1994 (Honors)
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