Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair,
Dept. Foreign Languages & Literatures
300 Schumacher Hall
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607)436-2406
E-mail: smalle@oneonta.edu
Universidad Internacional Menéndez
y Pelayo (Santander, Spain), July 1994.
Curso Monográfico: "La enseñanza del español como
lengua extranjera."
Curso Superior de Filología: "El lenguaje de la modernidad.
Capítulos de poesía española contemporánea."
M.A.: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University, Dec. 1994.
A.B.: Summa with Distinction in all subjects,
Cornell University, May 1989.
Major: Comparative Literature.
Experience:
Associate Professor, SUNY College
at Oneonta, Sept. 2012 to present. [Assistant Professor Sept.2000 - Aug.2012]
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, Dec. 2002 to Aug. 2009; Sept. 2010 to Aug. 2015; Sept. 2019 to present.
Courses: Spanish 101 and 102, Introductory Language I and II;
Spanish 103 and 104, Intermediate Language I and II; Spanish 201, Review of Spanish Grammar;
Spanish 202 and 203, Advanced Spanish Usage I and II; Spanish 204, Civilization of Spain; Spanish 205, Spanish American Civilization;
Spanish 208, Introduction to Literature; Spanish 217, Spanish for Teachers Mini; Spanish 218, Spanish
for Food Service Mini; Spanish 219 Medical Spanish Mini; Spanish 311 and 312, Survey of Spanish Literature I and II;
Spanish 322, Literature of the Generation of '98; Spanish 341, Cervantes; Special Topics: Sci Fi in Spanish, Advanced Grammar and Stylistics,
Mystery Stories in Spanish; Survey of Poetry in Spanish.
Temporary Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, Sept. 1997 - May 2000.
Taught: Spanish 4431/7090, Nineteenth-Century Peninsular Novel; Spanish
4230, Introduction to Peninsular Literature; Spanish 3511, Spanish for
Science and Technology; Spanish 3230, Introduction to Hispanic
Literature; Spanish 351, Advanced Grammar and Composition; Spanish 3030,
Spanish for Hospitality and Tourism Management; Spanish 252,
Intermediate Language, Spanish 151/1001, 152/1002, 153, Elementary
Language I, II, III; Spanish 1050, Accelerated Elementary Language;
GSU1210, University Orientation.
Continuing Education Instructor, Georgia Southern University,
Spring 2000. Taught: 10-hour course, "Conversational Spanish for the
Workplace."
Continuing Education Instructor, East Georgia College, Fall 1999.
Taught: 10-hour course, "Conversational Spanish for the Workplace."
Research Assistant for Professor Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of
Humanities at Yale University, Aug. 1996 - June 1997.
Part-Time Acting Instructor,
Yale University, Sept. 1993 - May 1997. Taught: Spanish 116b,
Intensive Elementary Language (the year's work in one semester);
Spanish 130a and b, Intermediate Language I, II; Spanish 115a and b,
Elementary Language, I, II.
Visiting Lecturer in Modern Languages, Trinity
College (Hartford, CT), Sept.
1996 - Dec. 1996. Taught: Spanish 101, Elementary Language I.
Refereed Publications:
"Irony in the poetry of Rosalía de Castro." MLN [Modern Language Notes] 126.2 (March 2011): 289-302.
"Tropo y locus: Arboles en la poesía de Rosalía de Castro." Hispania 90.2 (2007): 205-214.
"Food for the Thirsty" ("Dar de comer al sediento") and "I Thought I Saw a Pussy Cat" ("Me
pareció ver un lindo gatito"). in Minds and Machines. Tales of Unicorp 1. by Eduardo
Gallego and Guillem Sánchez. Ediciones Silente, 2005. (prize-winning science fiction
from Spain, a short novel and a short story).
Open Educational Resources Authored:
Spanish I. Fall 2019. First-semester Spanish language, interactive
textbook with communicative approach. Authored with SUNYO faculty: Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero and María Cristina Montoya,
with SUNYO instructional designer Ed Beck, Lumen Learning project leader John Urang, and the support of SUNY OER Services.
Civilización Hispanoamericana. Spring 2019.
Culture and history in Spanish targeted at fifth-semester students. With the support of SUNYO instructional designer Ed Beck and SUNY
OER Services.
Book Review:
Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West, by Leslie Downer (NYC: Gotham
Books, 2003). Reviewed in Phoebe, vol.16, no.1 (Spring 2004), pp.117-8.
Conference Papers:
"Unamuno y el científico: hacia una tecnología humanizada." Fourth Annual
Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts. Appalachian State
University (Boone, NC). April 18-20, 2002.
"An Independent Voice: Gestures of Solitude in the Poetry of Rosalía de Castro."
Third Annual Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts. Appalachian
State University (Boone, NC). April 26-28, 2001.
"Visiones apocalípticas de la modernidad en la Generación del
'98." XX Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and
Literatures. University of Cincinnati, OH. May 11-13, 2000.
"Science Fiction in Spain: The Significance of a Minor Genre."
20th-Century Literature Conference 2000. University of Louisville, KY.
February 24-26, 2000.
"Locus Amoenus, Locus Politicus: The Importance of Visualizing
Landscapes in Reading Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature." XIX
Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures.
University of Cincinnati, OH. May 6-8, 1999.
"Irony in Post-Romantic Spanish Poetry." Blue Ridge International
Conference on the Humanities and the Arts. Appalachian State University,
Boone, NC. April 8-10, 1999.
Rosalía de Castro, Un-Sensual Among Sentimentalists." VIII
Annual Conference, Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica:
(Des)Articulaciones: actos, cuerpos e ideologías en las literaturas
femeninas hispánicas. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. October 16-
18, 1997.
La verdad y lo fantástico en el romanticismo español."
VI Annual Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society: Paradigms
of Truth in Iberian Literature. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
February 14-15, 1997.
Poster and Other Presentations:
"Teaching with OER: SUNY/CUNY Faculty Panel". Participant in panel discussion. SUNY CIT Conference. SUNY Purchase. May 31, 2019.
"Dragon Tales: Lessons Learned From Multiple COIL Courses." Group presentation at SUNY Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Conference. Manhattan, NY. 26 April 2016.
"Culture Wars: Spain's uneasy and uneven modernization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." Tenth Annual Faculty Research Show. Oneonta State. February 12, 2010.
"When Txtng in Class Is Not Such a Bad Idea." Fourth Annual Celebration of Teaching. Oneonta State. November 8, 2007.
"Trees in the Poetry of Rosalía de Castro." Seventh Annual Faculty Research Show. Oneonta State. March 14, 2007.
"The Self-Instructional Language Program." Third Annual Celebration of Teaching. Oneonta State. October 23, 2006.
"Small-Group Work in Large Classes." First Annual Celebration of Teaching. Oneonta State. November 9, 2004.
Institutional Service:
College committees: Student Progress and Status Committee (2015-present), ESL Task Force (2014 to present). Educational Technology Committee (2001-7, 2010-2017), General Education Task Force (Fall 2012),
President's Council on Diversity (2008 to 2012), Provost Search Committee (2010-2011).
Chair, Dept. Foreign Languages and Literatures (Dec. 2002 to Aug. 2009, Sept. 2010 to Aug. 2015, Sept. 2019 to present).
Departmental Assessment Committee (Spring 2003 to present).
Departmental Academic Grievance Committee, Chair (Spring 2001, Fall 2012).
SILP (Self-Instructional Language Program) Coordinator (Sept. 2000 to present).
Language Laboratory Committee, member (Sept. 2000 to present).
Honors and Awards
Yale University Fellowships, 1991-5.
Richard J. Franke Prize Fellowships in the Humanities, 1991-1994.
Elected to Cornell University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 1989.