Name: Leslie Nord
Rank: Lecturer
Education: Ph.D., Spanish, Yale University, 1989, With Honors
M. A., Spanish, UCLA, 1978, With Distinction
B. A., Spanish, UCLA, 1973, Cum laude
Contact Information: (562) 985-2200
RGRLL, CSULB
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, California 90840
Research and Teaching Interests:
Currently interested in developing courses in Nineteenth
Century Spanish Literature and Civilization, and Business Spanish. I am working with Italian, French, Business and Fashion Design Faculty to write a grant proposal to create an International Business minor that will incorporate Fashion Design, language and culture studies, and an internship
abroad.
I am currently serving as Graduate Advisor for the Spanish program.
Selected Publications:
- Nord, Leslie. “The Keeper of the Keys: Rewriting El beso de
la mujer araña ,” Monographic Review/Revista Monográfica ,
Vol. XI, Texas Tech University, 1996.
- Nord, Leslie. “When Words are not Enough: The Spanish
Civil War, Committed Poetry and the Graphic Arts,” La
Chispa '93 , Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993.
- Nord, Leslie. “Ironic Tension in the ‘Romance de la guardia
civil española',” in “ Cuando yo me muera...”; Essays in
Memory of Federico García Lorca . ed. C. Brian Morris,
Lanham: University Press of America, 1988.
Awards and Honors:
Most Valuable Professor – College of Liberal Arts, for work
With Outstanding Graduate of the College, 2001
Travel grant from Office of Provost to attend Business
Spanish Workshop at Carlos III University, Madrid, by CIBER
of Florida International University, 2001
Irvine Grant for research at Archivo Histórico de la Guerra
Civil in Salamanca, Spain, Scripps College, 1996
Frank Johnson Faculty Grant for research at Fundación
Federico García Lorca, Madrid, Spain, Scripps College, 1989
Mención de honor, “'Como si- - Metonimia o incesto en
Pedro Páramo ”, International Symposium on Juan Rulfo and
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Oklahoma State University, 1987
Mary Wig Johnson Award for Distinguished Service, Scripps
College, 1993
Courses Taught:
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish Narrative
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish Poetry
Nobel Poets and Others
Spanish Culture (“The Invention of Spain”)
Masterpieces of Spanish Literature
Literary Analysis
Business Spanish
Introduction to Translation
The Real and the Fantastic: Contemporary Spanish Short
Story (Scripps College)
Women's Literature in Translation (Connecticut College)
Spanish Language