Robert P. Hershberger

Department of Modern Languages, Chair
DePauw University
Greencastle, Indiana 46135
(765) 658-4745
E-mail: hersh@depauw.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, August 1999
M.A., Spanish, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1992
B.A., Spanish, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 1987
Major fields of study: 19th- and 20th-Century Peninsular Literatures, Avant- Garde Movement, Film and Theater Studies, Pedagogy, Technology

Dissertation: "The Visual Arts in the Novels of Benjamín Jarnés"
My dissertation investigates how Jarnés brings representational practices from the stage and the screen into his novels published between 1926 and 1932. Jarnés employs these art forms in order to develop a theoretical discourse which addresses both aesthetic and social issues. I contextualize my study of the visual arts in Jarnés's narrative by drawing upon the theoretical debates of the twenties and thirties that evaluate the relative merits of these two media. Advisor: Roberta Johnson.

I. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Grinnell/Nanjing Teaching Fellow, Middle School Number Eleven, Nanjing, PRC, 1987 to 1988

ESL Instructor, The Economics Institute, Boulder, CO, 1988 to 1989

ESL/GED Instructor, Boston Chinese: Youth Essential Services, Boston, MA, 1989 to 1990

English Instructor, Yang Ji Foreign Language School, Mokpo, South Korea, Summer 1992

Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico, 1990-1992
Beginning Spanish I and II
Intermediate Spanish I and II

Assistant Professor of English, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1994 to 1995
Intermediate and Advanced English

Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, 1993 to 1994; 1995 to 1998
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Honors Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Honors Intermediate Spanish II
Intensive Intermediate Spanish
Advanced Conversation II
Modern Spanish and Spanish-American Literature

Course Coordinator for Intermediate Spanish I/Honors Intermediate Spanish I
University of Kansas, 1997-1998
I supervised 12 Teaching Assistants each semester. I was responsible for choosing textbooks, designing the syllabus, coordinating language lab activities, writing exams and evaluating the Teaching Assistants. I also worked with the 520 students who took the course, advising them on placement, learning strategies and other issues relating to their classroom experience. As coordinator I also reviewed textbook chapters as well as computer software for major publishers.

Assistant Professor, DePauw University, 1998-Present
Elementary Spanish I
Elementary Spanish II
Review of Elementary Spanish
Intermediate Spanish II
Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Spanish Reading and Grammar
Spanish Conversation and Phonetics (S)
Topics: Spanish Cinema
Topics: The "Boom" in Latin American Fiction
Topics: Spanish Literature under Franco
Topics: Ecuadorian Literature
Spanish Civilization
Creative Spanish
Literature of Spain
Senior Seminar

FYS: The 20th Century Through The Camera's Eye: An International Perspective
European Cinema (W) Western European Cinema

Visiting Faculty at AHA Segovia Program, Summer, 2004 Postmodernist Spanish literature

DePauw Competency Certification:
W-certified (August 2000)
S-certified (August 2000)

Teaching Awards

Exemplary Teaching Award, DePauw University, 2004 (Sponsored by the United
Methodist Church)

Distinguished Professor Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching and Service,
DePauw University, 2005-2007


II. Professional Development


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Rumbos (Formally known as Cuadros. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, (November of 2005; manuscript has already gone into production). Contracts signed in December of 2003.

Plazas 2/e Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, March 2004.

Plazas e-textbook. Boston: Rovia, November 2001 (Piloted at DePauw University, Fall 2001)

Plazas: Lugar de encuentro para la hispanidad. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, November 2000.

Plazas (Custom Edition for DePauw Pilot Program). Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, August 2000.

Plazas Sample Chapter, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, April 2000.

ARTICLES

"Tales of Seduction on the Stage and Screen: The Beginnings of a Cinematic Mode in Benjamín Jarnés's El profesor inútil." Anales de la literatura contemporánea 27.2 (2002): 465-508

"Staging the Visual Arts: Portraits of Anonymity in Locura y muerte de Nadie" in Benjamín Jarnés y los “Nova Novorum." Edinborough: La Sirena, May 2002.

"Building and Breaking the Metadramatic Frame in La zapatera prodigiosa and Amor de don Perlimplín: The Dilemma of Social Convention." Estreno 23.1 (1997): 23-28.

"Filming the Woman in Benjam’n Jarnés's El convidado de papel." Letras Peninsulares 7.1 (1994): 193-208.

"Fuente personal de una defensa de la honra colectiva en Fuenteovejuna: Un acercamiento estructuralista." Actas (1992 Golden Age Theater Symposium). El Paso, TX: The University of Texas, El Paso, 1992.

CD-ROMS

Plazas Join-in CD-ROM, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, May, 2005 (expected).

Plazas CD-ROM, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, August 2001.

Temas CD-ROM, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, August 2000.

Temas CD-ROM (demo version), Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, November 1999.

Intercambios. CD-ROM. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, June, 1999.

Tú dirás! Vers. 2/e. CD-ROM. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, October, 1998.


CONFERENCES (PRESENTED)

“Film and/or media: together or separate?” Mellon Symposium on Film and Media Studies , Middlebury College, Vermont, October 27-31, 2004.
“Culture as Content and Context.” ACTFL, Chicago, IL November 19-21, 2004.
“Creating and Using MP3 Voice Files in Spanish Conversation and Phonetics classes.” Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Dearborn, MI April 1-4, 2004.

"Performance in the Literature Classroom: A Group Discussion about Cinema, Theatre, Transgression and Performance in Literature.” M/MLA, Chicago, IL November 7-9, 2003.

“The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Media Fellows Luncheon, DePauw University, April 3rd 2003.

“Publishing 101: Putting Ideas Into Practice.” ACTFL, Salt Lake City, Utah November 20-23, 2002.

"Taking the Next Step: Creating and Using Interactive, Configurable Instructional Materials." Syllabus 2000, Santa Clara CA, July 20th-24th, 2001.

"Teaching Film: Lessons learned." Central States, Indianapolis, IN, April 26th-28th, 2001.

"Using Technology Wisely in the College Spanish Classroom." ACTFL, Boston, MA, November 16-18, 2000.

"Reading and the 5 C's: Presenting Cultural Analogies." FLANC, Raleigh, NC, October 12-14, 2000.

Panelist for Dr. Boyte's University Faculty Colloquium "Universities as Citizens" DePauw University, February 22t, 2000.

"Tales of Seduction on Stage and Screen: The Beginnings of a cinematic mode in El profesor inœtil." Cine-Lit 2000, Oregon State University, OR, February 18-21st 2000.

"Language-Learning Software for the New Millennium." ACTFL, Dallas, TX, November 19-21, 1999.

"Reading Through the Mirror: Presenting Culture Through Analogy to First-Year Spanish Students." "Teaching Latin America in a Liberal Arts College," Wabash College, IN, November 5-7, 1999.

"Nuevos avances para la ense–anza: Experiencias en la Universidad de DePauw" "Cuarto Congreso de Didáctica del Español," IUPUI-Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 1999.

"Jumping down from the stage to the street": Theater and Cinema as modesof Representation in the Novelistic Aesthetic of Benjam’n Jarnés" "Kentucky Foreign Language Conference," University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 16-18, 1999.

"Chien Andalou and L' Age d'or: Two Films by Spanish Avant-garde Filmmaker Luis Buñuel," ), DePauw University, September 3rd 1999.

"The Great Experiment: Does Technology Benefit College Foreign Language Students?" "Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages," New York Hilton & Towers, New York, NY, April 8-11, 1999

"Los límites de un discurso corporal feminino en La œltima niebla: una tragedia de percepción" "Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature," University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, September, 1996

"Filming the Woman in Benjam’n Jarnés's El convidado de papel " "Women. Text. Image," SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, April 15-16, 1994

"Fuente personal de una defensa de la honra colectiva en Fuenteovejuna : Un acercamiento estructuralista" Golden Age Theater Symposium, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX, March 18-19, 1992

WORKSHOPS (PRESENTED)

“V-mentor and Plazas 2/e: Lugar de encuentros para la hispanidad" Houston Community College, Texas, November 12, 2004. (By invitation.)

Plazas 2/e: Lugar de encuentros para la hispanidad" IUPUI, Indiana, August 21, 2004. (By invitation.)

Plazas 2/e: Lugar de encuentros para la hispanidad" University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 15-16, 2004. (By invitation.)

“Teaching Roundtable: Performance Strategies in the Classroom,” DePauw University, March 17th 2003.

Film Studies Minor Film Series, DePauw University, Spring 2003

"Teaching Film at DePauw." Teaching Roundtable Presentation, November 2000."

Plazas: Lugar de encuentro para la hispanidad" Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio March 21, 2002. (By invitation.)

"Plazas: Lugar de encuentro para la hispanidad" Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, August 27th, 2001. (By invitation.)

Film Studies Minor Film Series, DePauw University, April 2001

"Plazas: Lugar de encuentro para la hispanidad" North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, February 5th, 2001. (By invitation.)

"Plazas: Lugar de encuentro para la hispanidad" "Thomson International Publishing National Sales Meeting," Ft. Lauderdale, FL, July 27-31, 2000. (By invitation.)

"Does Technology Improve Student Learning? Language Acquisition as a Case Study" FITS Workshop, DePauw University, May 7, 1999.

"Using CD-ROM Authoring Templates" "Heinle and Heinle Author Workshop," Ohio State University, August 28, 1998. (By invitation.)

"Tú dirás! 2/e" "Thomson International Publishing National Sales Meeting," Ft. Lauderdale, FL, August 14-16, 1998. (By invitation.)

CONFERENCES (ATTENDED)

“Mellon Symposium on Film and Media Studies” Middlebury College, Vermont, October 27-31, 2004.

Cuadros Author meeting, Boston MA July 8th-10th, 2003

Plazas Author Meeting, Boston, MA April 12th-14th, 2002

“Focusing on Change: Language Instruction in the Digital World” Carleton, MN April 26th-28th, 2002.

“The Third DePauw-GLCA Technology Symposium” DePauw University February 8th-9th, 2002.

“Technology, Education and Society: A Cat Up a Tree” DePauw University, September 24-25, 1999.

"Steering the Bandwagon: Utilizing New Media for Course Development," Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology, IN, November 1998.

WORKSHOPS (ATTENDED)

FITS Blackboard Workshop, DePauw University, IN, June 2001.

"Collaborative Use of Digital Video to Enhance Learning: A Joint ACS-GLCA
Workshop," Southwestern University, TX June 19-23, 2001.

FITS Web Workshop, DePauw University, IN, December 13-15, 1999.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

“Wabash College/DePauw University Summer Study in Ecuador,” Trip Leader and Faculty Representative, Quito Ecuador, Summer 2003.

“An Exploration of Spain’s Multicultural Heritage” Faculty Sponsor, Winter Term 2003.

The Hays and Margaret Crimmel Colloquium on Liberal Education for 2003: "Service-Learning and Community-Based Research in Liberal Education,"
Coordinator, October 8th-10th, 2003.

“Pre-doc Fellows Luncheon: Publishing” Invited Faculty Respondent, DePauw University, April 10th 2003.

Coordinator and co-chair of Film Studies, DePauw University, Fall 2001-Present

Integráre Magazine, Editor Spring 2002.

Lead Author and Project Director for Temas CD-ROM Program, Fall 1998 to 1999

Programmer/Developer and Cultural Consultant for "El Quiosco Hispano," an interactive CD-ROM program for lower-level Spanish students, Spring 1997 to 1998

Web-site Manager and Communications Director for Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association, 1996 to 1997 Graduate Representative for The University of Kansas Student Senate, 1997 to 1998

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association President, 1996 to 1997

Grinnell-Nanjing Association Chairman, 1996 to 1997

Café Castellano, Founder and organizer of bi-weekly Spanish conversation hour, 1996 to 1998

Plazas, Founder and organizer of interdisciplinary study groups for graduate students, 1996 to 1997

HONORS AND AWARDS (Professional Development)

DePauw Faculty Fellowship for "En realidad: A Second Year Spanish Textbook”

Course Development Summer Stipend for WTIS, DePauw University, Summer 2000

Course Development Summer Stipend for 1st-Year Seminar, DePauw University, Summer 2000

Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Education and Culture and United States Universities Dissertation Research Grant, Summer 1997

Summer Dissertation Fellowship, University of Kansas, Summer 1997

Modern Peninsular Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of Kansas, 1993-1997

Master Teacher and New Student Mentor, University of Kansas, 1993-1997

Departmental Nominee for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Kansas, 1994

Departmental Nominee for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of New Mexico, 1992

Sigma Delta Pi, Sociedad Honor’fica Hisp‡nica Nacional, 1997

Phi Kappa Phi, 1993

Phi Beta Kappa, 1987


III. SERVICE

COMMITTEES (DePauw)

Committee on Faculty, Fall 2004-Present

Arts Coordinating Council, Fall 2004-Present.

Public Safety Advisory Board, Fall 2004-Present

DePauw Film Society, Faculty Sponsor, Spring 2003-Present

Chair of Subcommittee on Technology, Department of Modern Languages, Depauw, 1998 to Present

The Space Program: Students Promoting Active Citizen Engagement, Faculty Sponsor, DePauw University Spring 2003-Present

SAE, Faculty Sponsor, Spring 2003-Present

CTEP (Community Technology Enhancement Program), Chair and Community Liaison, DePauw University, Fall 2001-Present.

Hartman Center Steering Committee, Chair/Faculty Representative, DePauw University, Fall 2001-2004

Winter Term In Service Steering Committee, Fall 1999-Present

Media Fellows Board, Faculty Representative, DePauw University, Fall 2001-Present

SLAAC (Student Life And Academic Concerns), Chair, DePauw University, Academic year of 2000-2001.

Community Conduct Council, Faculty Member, DePauw University, Spring 2000-Present.

Film Studies, Co-Chair, DePauw University, Spring 2000-Present

Faculty Representative for Faculty Technology Advisory Team (FTAT), 2001-2002

FITS Technology Committee, Operations Team, DePauw University, 1998-2003.

FITS Faculty Liaison for Modern Languages, 1998-Present.

COMMITTEES (External)

Indiana Campus Compact Advisory Board, 2002-Present.

Editorial Board for Spanish, REALIA Project, 2004 (By invitation).

CONFERENCES (ATTENDED)

Indiana Campus Compact Advisory Board Meeting, Indianapolis, IN February 27th, 2004.

Indiana Campus Compact Advisory Board Meeting, Indianapolis, IN February 12th, 2003.

"Micah 6: The Bonner Connection," Princeton, NJ June 15th-18th, 2001.

"Best Practice to Common Practice, 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Bonners Scholars Program," Berry College, GA, June 7-11, 2000.


WORKSHOPS (PRESENTED)

“Summer 2005 Final Report” Segovia Study Abroad Program Evaluation (through the MCSA Consortium) Concordia University, Ann Arbor, October 21-23, 2004.

“Preparing for Review” Panel Member for New faculty Orientation, DePauw University, September 23, 2004.

Quia: Using the Electronic Workbook/Lab Manual for Plazas 2/e, DePauw University, September 7th, 2004.

“DePauw Institute,” DePauw, August 17th-22nd, 2003

“Plazas: Teaching Ancillaries for the 21st Century” Presentation to the Alumni Board,” DePauw University, October 11th , 2002

“DePauw Institute,” DePauw, August 3rd-5th, 2002

“Plazas Software Lab Orientation,” DePauw August 26th-28th, 2002

“CTEP” 361 Technology Symposium, DePauw October 3rd- 5th, 2002

“Board of Visitors Panel on Greek life,” DePauw University, March 8th , 2002

"Using Cool Edit 2000 and Apple's I-DVD" Department Presentation, DePauw University, October 2001

"Why Power Point?" Department Presentation, DePauw University, February 2000.

"Using the Tœ dir‡s CD-ROM Program," DePauw University, October 9, 1998.

"Web Workshop: Using Netscape Composer," DePauw University, September 18, 1998.


WORKSHOPS (ATTENDED)

“Segovia Study Abroad Program Evaluation” (through the MCSA Consortium) Concordia University, Ann Arbor, October 21-23, 2004

“Segovia Study Abroad Program Evaluation” (through the MCSA Consortium) Concordia University, Ann Arbor, October 2-3, 2003

“Segovia Study Abroad Program Evaluation” (through the MCSA Consortium) Concordia University, Ann Arbor, September 26th-27th, 2002


OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Translation Project Coordinator for Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Allen County, Indiana, 2004.

Translation Project Coordinator for District Seven Pro Bono, 2004.

Programs of Distinction Weekend, Media Fellows Representative, DePauw University, March 2002, 2003, 2004.

ITAP Host/ Sponsor for Modern Language Department (2 students); Film Studies (2 students); CTEP (3 students; plus 3 high school interns)

ACM/GLCA/ACS Global Partners Project “Creating Globally and Culturally Competent Citizens: A Collaborative Approach” DePauw Representative, Spring 2003-Present

“An Evening with Spike Lee” Faculty Moderator for Student Forum, DePauw University, April 3rd 2003.

Student Marshal, DePauw University, Commencements of 2001, 2002, 2003


Honors Scholar Thesis Committee for Emily Follas, DePauw University, Fall 2002-Spring 2003

Honors Scholar Thesis Committee for Andy McGovern, DePauw University, Fall 2002-Spring 2003

Honors Scholar Thesis Director for Renae Rogers, DePauw University, Fall 2001-Spring 2002

Faculty Sponsor for 2005 WITS in Ticuantepe, Nicaragua DePauw University, 2004-2005.

Faculty Sponsor for 2001 WITS in Quito, Ecuador, DePauw University, 2001-2002

Faculty Sponsor for 2001 WITS in Shiprock New Mexico, DePauw University, 2000-2001

Faculty Sponsor for "Voces Variadas," a Spanish-language television program, DePauw University, 1999-2000

Faculty Sponsor for 2000 WITS in Bolivia, DePauw University, 1999-2000

Director of "Amigos de Greencastle," a teacher-training program that also provides Spanish instruction to the Greencastle community. Sponsored by Department of Modern Languages, DePauw, Fall 1999-Present

Project Director for On-line Placement Exam, Department of Modern Languages, DePauw, 1998 to 1999

Coordinator for Monon Express E-mail Exchange, DePauw University, Fall Semester, 1998

Advising: I currently advise 22 declared Spanish majors

HONORS AND AWARDS (Service)

Distinguished Professor Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching and Service, DePauw University, 2005-2007

Liberty Bell Award, April 29, 2004. Awarded by the Indiana State Bar Association in recognition for “Community Service which Strengthens the American System of Freedom Under Law.”

Indiana Campus Compact Community Service Director Fellowship “Linking Community Services to Technology,” (Co-recipient) Fall 2002-Spring 2003

NAACP-ACT-SO Award For Community Service, October 2002

DePauw Representative for the Gala of the Americas Dinner, Sponsored by the
Hispanic Education Center of Indianapolis, August 9, 2001

Summer Stipend for Faith House Project, DePauw University, Summer 2001

Summer Stipend for course development “Winter Term in Service Learning: Building Bridges of Understanding with Communities and Cultures,” DePauw University, Summer 2000

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