Gladys Varona-Lacey

Gladys M. Varona-Lacey chairs the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and specializes in Latin American Literature. A native of Cuba, she received her B.A. from Wells College and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures and a Certificate in Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches all levels of Spanish language and Latin American literature and has authored and edited several books in her field. Professor Varona-Lacey has taught at M.I.T., Tufts University, Boston University, and Harvard University. She is currently editor of the Latin American Series published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc.

Professor Varona-Lacey co-directs the Latin American Studies Minor Program as well as the Certificate Program in International Business. She has also been a Danby, New York, Town Board member since 2000.

Courses

Elementary Spanish

Conversation I: Contemporary Issues

Introduction to Latin American Literature

Latin American Poetry and Drama

Modernismo

Topics in Latin American Literature (e.g., Women in Latin American Literature)

Independent Studies

Recent Publications

“The Costa Rican Theater” in Dictionary of Latin American Theater. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.

Contemporary Latin American Literature. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

José María Arguedas: más allá del indigenismo. Miami, FL: Ediciones Universal, 2000.

Latin America: An Interdisciplinary Approach.  Edited with Julio López-Arias. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Company, 1999.

Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana: de la conquista al siglo XX. Chicago, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1997.

Manual for Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana. Chicago, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1997.

Test Yourself in Spanish Grammar. Co-authored with Julio López-Arias. Chicago, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1996.