Saul Jimenez-Sandoval, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish

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Education

• 1996-2001
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  Ph.D.  Spanish and Portuguese Literatures.  Dissertation: Cuerpo y experiencia en la construcción poética de la comunidad:  Luís Vaz de Camões y Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. 
• Winter 1998
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  DOCTORAL EXAMS.  Major Emphasis:  Latin American Poetry (Spanish America, Portugal and Brazil); Minor Emphasis:  Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Luso-Brazilian Novel.  Received High Honors. 
• March 1996
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  Master of Arts in Spanish and Latin American literature.
• Summer 1996
  Escuela de Arte y Antigüedades de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.  Studied Spanish Painting at the Prado Museum under Professor Mónica Seguí.  I also conducted extensive research on various colonial and modern themes at the Biblioteca Nacional. 
• Summer 1994
  UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, Lisbon, Portugal.  Spent four months studying Portuguese language, history, culture and literature. 
• Summer 1992
  Bryn Mawr, Centro de Estudios en Madrid, Madrid, Spain.  Took courses in Spanish Golden Age Theater, Spanish Civil War History and Literature (with Ricardo Doménech), and Spanish Art and History.   
• 1989-1993
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  Double Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and History.  Emphasis on Latin American and Spanish literature and culture, and Latin American and European history, respectively.  Overall GPA 3.75.  Honors:  Dean’s list (9 out of 12 quarters), CUM LAUDE, Sigma Delta Phi (Spanish Honor Society). 

Work Experience

• Fall 2000-present
  CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO.  DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES.  Assistant Professor of Spanish, Graduate Coordinator, and TA Coordinator.  Teach language, advanced Spanish grammar, Medieval and Golden Age literature, Mexican Literature, and Spanish and Latin American Poetry.  I have consistently received almost perfect evaluations.  I evaluate the graduate applications to the MA program in Spanish and am in charge of evaluating the teaching effectiveness of the TAs in Spanish.
• Summer 1999
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE.  Teaching Associate.  Taught a survey course of Hispanic poetry.  The class covered 34 of the most canonical poets from the Middle Ages and Pre-Columbian America to the present.  Received high student evaluations. 
• 1997-1998
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  Humanities Core Course.  Teaching Associate.  A challenging and prestigious course, this year-long course introduces students to canonical works in history, philosophy, literature and film.  I was responsible for teaching and guiding discussion of, among others, the following authors, films and opera:  Plato, Homer, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, William Shakespeare, Michel de Montaigne, Voltaire, David Hume, Frederick Douglass, Joseph Conrad, Buchi Emecheta, Sigmund Freud, Hiroshima mon amour, Cabeza de Vaca, and Madama Butterfly.  I received the highest student evaluation ratings for the year.
• Fall 1997
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE.  Co-taught a class with Dr. Jacobo Sefamí on major Latin American poets:  Jorge Luis Borges, Vicente Huidobro, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz.  I was partly responsible for grading assignments and exams and planning classes. 
• 1996-1998
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE.  Teaching Associate.  Lectured eight courses, to approximately 25 students per quarter, of beginning Spanish, Spanish for Native Speakers, and Introduction to Literature and Literary analysis.  Composed syllabus, prepared assignments, graded students’ work and determined grades.  Also devised and taught an upper division literature course on Spanish Medieval and Golden Age literature; I structured the lectures based on historical, theoretical and critical-literary reading of the works.
• Spring 1997
  CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY.  DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES.  Lecturer.  Taught two beginning Spanish classes.   Prepared assignments and determined grades.  Received very high student evaluations. 
• 1994-1995
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE.  Teaching Assistant.  Lectured five courses, to approximately 25 students per quarter, of Beginning Spanish and Introduction to Literature and Literary analysis, and Spanish for Native Speakers.  Composed syllabus, prepared assignments, graded students’ work and determined grades.
• 1989-1993
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.  Translator.  I was responsible for translating the material for KIDS®, an introductory science and computer program for elementary school children, executed in conjunction with the Santa Ana and Clearwater districts.  KIDS® is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and National Geographic. 

Languages

• Native:  Spanish.
• Near-native: English.
• Fluent: Portuguese and French.
• Read: Italian, Galician and Latin. 

Citizenship

Dual citizen of Mexico and USA.

Research and Teaching Interests

Primary Research Interests