Patricia R. Bazán

Patricia R. Bazan

Professor of Language, Literature, and University Core
Department of Literature, Languages, Writing, and Humanities

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Courses

• Lower-level Spanish language courses (I & II)
• Spanish Civilization and Culture
• Latin American Civilization and Culture
• Topics in Spanish Literature
• Topics in Latin American Literature
• Latin American Women Writers
• The Short Story in Spanish
• Spanish Cinema
• The Short Story
• Latin American Cinema
• University Core Program: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• University Core Program: Global Issues
• Latino Voices in the United States

Education

• BA, New York University
• MA, New York University
• PhD, New York University

Research

• Hispanicization of the United States
• Argentine Generation of 1880
• Boom Generation (Cortázar, Borges, Carpentier, Gabriel García Márquez)
• Post-boom generation (Women’s literature: Laura Esquivel, Isabel Allende, Cristina Peri Rossi)
• Short story in Spanish

Academic Profile

Teaching language courses for more than thirty-five years has been and continues to be a joy and a constantly rewarding experience. My academic interests, however, have significantly shifted. Although my academic credentials are in Spanish and Latin American literature, I have also delved into interdisciplinary areas such as Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Global Issues within the University Core Program and enjoyed it. 

Even though I have had a successful academic career outside the classroom, I am now in pursuit of what I have always felt to be my ultimate calling: becoming a creative writer. Having presented at multiple conferences, both national and international, and published several books and articles on a variety of literary topics, I would like to make my contribution to the field. To that effect, in 2018 I published my first anthology, Cinco nébulas de obsesión and Lazarillo en Londres, a novella, in 2022. 

At the moment, I am giving the finishing touches to Misión cumplida con nébulas, a novel based on the life of my great grandfather, a condecorated hero in the War of the Pacific, seen from the point of view of a Peruvian-American woman.  

Finally, Silencio, a short story about a young woman who crosses the border between Mexico and the United States, will be published in the summer.

Prior to concluding my formal research endeavors, I co-authored an interdisciplinary work titled “The Hispanicization of the United States: The Latino Challenge to American Culture” (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2017) in collaboration with a colleague. This seminal publication represents the culmination of decades of observations and academic presentations, both on a national and international stage. Our work delves into a comprehensive examination of an ongoing phenomenon that has continuously impacted American culture. Today, as evidenced by recent events in American society, including the situation at the border between the United States and Mexico, it becomes undeniably apparent that the Hispanic presence plays a central role in American affairs.