About Me
I currently hold the position of assistant professor in the Department of Philology at the University of Almeria. Since 2002, I have taught a wide array of courses, ranging from English language courses to English and American literature courses as well as courses on American culture and society.
In 1991, I completed my undergraduate studies in English Philology at the University of Murcia. Subsequently, I relocated to the United States as I was employed by the Romance Languages and Literatures Department at Wayne State University, the largest urban university in Detroit, Michigan. I worked as a teaching assistant and an adjunt faculty fellow for five years, until I earned my Ph.D in Modern Languages in 1999.
In 2002, I joined the Department of English and German Philology (currently the Department of Philology) at the University of Almeria, where I have been teaching ever since. I have published extensively on nineteenth and twentieth-century American short fiction, with a special interest in Edgar Allan Poe and in the works by twentieth-century hyphenated American writers, primarily Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, and Nathan Englander. I have co-edited, with Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan (University of Valladolid), Retrospective Poe. The Master, His Readership, His Legacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023). I am currently working on the forthcoming publication of The Handbook of the Short Story in the World, that I am also co-editing with Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan. The volume is scheduled to be published by Brill in 2026. I am also a founding member of the research group HUM-807 Lindisfarne, 'Literature and Culture of the English Speaking Countries.'
I worked as the secretary of the Department of Philology (2017-2021), and I am currently the coordinator of the English Studies Division. I have also served as treasurer of the Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS) since 2021 and I am currently secretary of the Edgar Allan Poe Spanish Association (EAPSA), an association of which I am a founding member. Additionally, I have served on the Editorial Board of The Edgar Allan Poe Review since July 2019. In 2020, I had the privilege of organizing the 2nd International Conference of the Edgar Allan Poe Spanish Association, a conference held at the University of Almeria in February 2020, just a few weeks before the major global lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I consider myself a citizen of the world who enjoys traveling across Spain and elsewhere. I have a strong interest in different cultures, traditions, and languages, and I am an enthusiast for visiting European countries. I have a passion for sightseeing, visiting museums and art galleries and, of course, sampling foreign (and exotic) dishes.
Education – degrees, certifications
Address:
Humanities II, room 2.26
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Philology
University of Almeria
La Cañada de San Urbano
04120 Almeria, Spain
Phone no.:
) +34 950.015.404
E-mail address:
Office hours:
Fall semester
‣ Tuesdays, 8.30-13.30;
15.00-16.00, and by
appointment
Winter & Spring semester
‣ Tuesdays, 12.00-14.00;
15.00-17.00
‣ Thursdays, 16.00-18.00, and
by appointment
Lindisfarne Research group:
‣ Profile
‣ Ph.D. in Modern Languages, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S., 1999.
‣ Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude, University of Murcia, 2000.
‣ Licenciatura in English Philology, University of Murcia, 1991.
Research interest(s)/areas of expertise
• Edgar Allan Poe
• American short story
• Hyphenated American writers
• Southern Literature (Literature of the American South)
• Studies in American culture and American society
• Comparative studies: Spain and the United States
• Translation Studies
Website created and maintained by José R. Ibáñez
Last update: 20 October 2025