At MCLA since Summer 2002

gramsden@mcla.edu

Office: Department of Modern Languages, 100 Porter St.  

Phone: (413) 662 5399 [campus ext. 5399]

Fall'08 Office Hours: TR 3:30-5, and by appointment 

Education
Ph.D. Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California Santa Barbara, 2003;
Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", 1993.

Areas of Expertise and Interest
Second Language Acquisition
Gender Theory
20th Century Peninsular Spanish novel
Hispanic and Latino/a Film
Popular Culture

Courses taught
Beginner Italian (ITAL 101-102)
Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 201-202)
Spanish Conversation (SPAN 300)
Hispanic Civilization (SPAN 310)
The Hispanic Short Story (SPAN 330)
Latin American Cinema Seminar (SPAN 390-HON 301)

Recent Publications and Papers Given

"Teaching Spanish History through Film," West Virginia University, forthcoming
"Amores Perros and New Punk  Cinema," West Virginia University, October 2007 

"Queering Melodrama” MCLA, February 2005
“Cinema as the Site of Identity and Desire: El beso de la mujer araña by Manuel Puig.” Utah Foreign Language Review, Fall 2004.
“Todo sobre mi madre: transgender / transgenre / transnational”, University of Kentucky, April 2003.
“Bilingualism in the United States,” television appearance, Community Television of the Southern Berkshires, November 2003.

“The History of Queer”, MCLA, November 2003.
“Manuel Puig, Pedro Almodóvar and the Politics of Camp,” The Mind’s Eye, Spring 2002.

Academic Service at MCLA
Advisor, Latin American Society
Member, Honors Advisory Board
Member, Editorial Board, The Mind's Eye
Member, Women's Center Board