Funded research projects

‣   “Una visión histórica de los viajeros británicos y franceses del mundo agroalimentario andaluz desde el siglo XVIII a la actualidad”. Lead researcher: Vicente López Folgado. Ministerio de Educación y de Ciencia e Innovación de España en el marco del Programa Campus de Excelencia Internacional. Length: 12 July 2011- 31 July 2012. Funded budget: 3,000.00€.

‣   “Watching the New Neighbours / Observando los nuevos vecinos: Imágenes de Andalucía  en la prensa de habla inglesa en la Comunidad Autónoma Andaluza”. Lead researcher: José Francisco Fernández Sánchez. Centro de Estudios Andaluces and University of Almería. Dates: 1 February-30 December 2008. Funded budget: 4,338.40€.

Research stays

‣   Research at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; McNeese State University, Lake Charles; Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans; JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.” Dates: 30 January-20 February 2012.

Seminars (by invitation)

‣   “'The Problem of the Third Generation Immigrant' Revisited: Multiculturalism in Ha Jin's Fiction.” Camilo José Cela University, Madrid, 10 March 2017.

‣   “Aspectos formales y estilísticos de la narrativa breve en lengua inglesa.” University of Alicante, 17 March 2009.

Doctoral dissertations directed

‣   María Dolores Ruiz Corral. "Unspoken Words in US Antebellum Narratives," University of Almeria, 4 September 2025.

‣   Dimitrios Tsokanos. "Intertextual Hellenic Motifs in Edgar Allan Poe's Tales and Poems" [Co-directed with José Francisco Fernández Sánchez], University of Almeria, 16 October 2019.

Awards and grants

‣   2015. 29th AEDEAN Translation Award for Una llegada inesperada y otros relatos, edited and translated by José R. Ibáñez and Blasina Cantizano Márquez, awarded at the 39th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Deusto, Bilbao, 11-13 November 2015.

‣   1998. Romance Languages and Literatures Department Scholarship Award, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, September-December 1998.

‣   1998. 1997 Humanities Center Dissertation Fellowship for Doctoral Students, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

‣   1992-1993. Thomas C. Rumble Scholarship, Wayne State University.

Conference papers and roundtables

‣    "Norteamérica en la obra de José Jiménez Lozano." Encuentros Transatlánticos. 'Relaciones culturales entre España y otras orillas.' University of Almeria, 25-26 September 2025.

‣    "Human and animal (dis)embodiment: Joyce Carol Oates revisiting Poe's classic tales." 4th International Poe and Hawthorne Conference: "Dis/embodiment." Université de la Cité, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Sorbone University, Paris, France, 1-4 July 2025.

‣   "Edgar Allan Poe in Spain from the 1960s to the 1980s: A Renewed Interest." [Roundtable in collaboration with Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan and Blasina Cantizano Márquez]. 3rd International Conference of the Edgar Allan Poe Spanish Association: '"Through the Veil of the Soul.' Poe y los placeres del arte." University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, 4-6 October 2023.

‣   "Short Story Anthologies in Spain. The Case of Edgar Allan Poe." [In collaboration with Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. ENSFR Annual Conference: "Short Fiction as World Literature." University of Lisbon, Portugal, 27-29 October 2022.

‣   "Living at the Borderlines, or the Problem of the Third-Generation Immigrant Exposed: Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake Revisited." 44th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Cantabria, Santander, 24-26 November 2021 (online conference)

‣   “Keeping up with the 'Poe Effect.' A Poesque Reading of Oates's 'The Museum of Dr. Moses.'” 14th Conference of the Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS): "The Image and the Word: Interactions between American Literature, Media, Visual Arts, and Film." University of Salamanca, 9-11 April 2019.

‣   “Representations of children in the short stories of Saul Bellow, Joanna Russ and Ha Jin: Trauma, fragmented identities and memories.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Isabel Morales and Emilio Cañadas]. 42nd Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Cordoba, 7-9 November 2018.

‣   “Tras 'el orfebre de maravillas mágicas': La presencia de Poe en los cuentos de Baroja.” 1st International Conference of the Edgar Allan Poe Spanish Association (EAPSA): "Poe in the Age of Populism." University of Valladolid, 31 January-2 February 2018.

‣   “The Dynamics of Hospitality: Language as Safe Haven in Ha Jin's Oeuvre.” "The Politics of Space and the Humanities." Aristotle University, Salonica, Greece, 15-17 December 2017.

‣   "'Death watches in the wall:' Revisiting Cortázar's translation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'” 13th Conference of the Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS): “Understanding (Human) Nature.” University of Extremadura, Cáceres, 5-7 April 2017.

‣   “Márgenes en la 'literatura de traducción': la creatividad bilingüe en la ficción breve de Ha Jin.” 8º Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Ibérica de Estudios de Traducción e Interpretación (AIETI): “Superando límites.” University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, 8-10 March 2017.

‣   “Revisión de los relatos cortos de Truman Capote a través de sus influencias.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Emilio Cañadas Rodríguez and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 40th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Zaragoza, Huesca, 9-11 November 2016.

‣   “Adaptaciones y versiones de la narrativa de Edgar A. Poe llevada a cabo por escritores noveles españoles.” 1st Scientific Symposium of the Edgar Allan Poe Spanish Association (EAPSA). University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, 7-8 October 2016.

‣   “Persistencia de la poética cuentística poeniana.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Emilio Cañadas Rodríguez and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 39th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Deusto, Bilbao, 11-13 November 2015.

‣   “Identidad, cultura y emigración en A Good Fall de Ha Jin.” [In collaboration with Blasina Cantizano Márquez]. 3º Congreso Internacional de Lingüística, Literatura y Estudios Culturales en Lenguas Modernas (CILLEC): “Retos y posibilidades para la lengua, la literatura y la cultura en un mundo globalizado.” Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Guadalupe, Murcia, 10-11 September 2015.

‣   “Traducción, creatividad literaria bilingüe y asimilación cultural en los relatos cortos de Ha Jin.” [In collaboration with Blasina Cantizano Márquez]. III Congreso Internacional de Lingüística, Literatura y Estudios Culturales en Lenguas Modernas (CILLEC): “Retos y posibilidades para la lengua, la literatura y la cultura en un mundo globalizado”. Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Guadalupe, Murcia, 10-11 September 2015.

‣   “¿Autografía o autobiografía? La vida del escritor en los relatos cortos de Bernard Malamud, Alice Munro y Ha Jin.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Emilio Cañadas Rodríguez y Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan].  38th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, 12-14 November 2014.

‣  “Beyond Bernard Malamud: Jewish Identity and Religious Orthodoxy in Nathan Englander's Short Fiction.” 37th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). Universidad de Oviedo, 13-15 November 2013.

‣  “Más allá de los márgenes de Poe: la poética del relato corto norteamericano del siglo XX.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Aitor Ibarrola Armendáriz and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 36th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Málaga, 14-16 November 2012.

‣  “Edgar Allan Poe's Legacy in Spain: Essay Writers of the 1970s Generation.” Conversazioni in Italia: Emerson, Hawthorne & Poe. Villa La Pietra, New York University, Florence, Italy, 8-10 June 2012.

‣  “A Storyteller from the Bayou: Introspection and Self-Redemption in Gautreaux's 'Welding with Children.'” 35th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Barcelona, 16-18 November 2011.

‣  “Killing the Beast at Home: Destroying Maternal Bonds in Moira Crone's 'The Ice Garden.'” 34th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Almeria, 11-13 November 2010.

‣  “Represión y contrarrevolución en la China maoísta: La ficción breve de Ha Jin.” 33rd Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Cadiz, 12-14 November 2009.

‣  “Continuidad de Edgar A. Poe en el segundo centenario de su nacimiento: El cuento, su creador y algunos seguidores.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Beatriz González Moreno and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 33rd Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Cadiz, 12-14 November 2009.

‣  “La larga sombra de Poe en España en el siglo XX.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Emilio Cañadas Rodríguez and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. Congreso Internacional Bicentenario de Poe: “Edgar Allan Poe, 200 años después.” University of Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, 3-6 February 2009.

‣  “La poética de la brevedad y la imagen en el relato corto: Edgar A. Poe.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Emilio Cañadas Rodríguez and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 32nd Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, 13-15 November 2008.

‣  “Suffering, Fantasy and Alienation: Aleksandar Hemon's Displaced Characters in The Question of Bruno.” 10th International Conference on the Short Story in English. University College, Cork, Ireland, 19-22 June 2008.

‣  “El cronotopo en el cuento romántico.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Beatriz González Moreno and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 31st Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of A Coruña, 14-17 November 2007.

‣  “Ausencia y brevedad. La estética artística y literaria en los ensayos de José Jiménez Lozano.” XVI Congreso de la Asociación Alemana de Hispanistas, Teschniche Universität Dresden, Germany, 28-31 March 2007.

‣  “El realismo norteamericano de la segunda mitad del siglo XX: La ficción corta de Andre Dubus.” [Roundtable in collaboration with Carmen Flys Junquera and Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan]. 30th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). University of Huelva, 14-16 December 2006.

‣  “Troubled Identities and Spiritual Crisis in Andre Dubus's Short Fiction.” 9th International Conference on the Short Story in English: “Views from the Edge: Short Story Revisited.” University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 21-24 June 2006.

‣  “Silencios y significación en 'The Sisters' de James Joyce. Paralelismos literarios en la narrativa española.” XXV Asamblea General de la Asociación de Licenciados y Doctores Españoles en EE.UU. (ALDEEU). University of Burgos, 6-9 July 2004.

‣  “Dubliners de James Joyce y La voluntad de Azorín: Concomitancias intertextuales.” 3rd International Conference of the Spanish Association for Irish Studies (AEDEI). Aguadulce, Almería, 29-31 May 2003.

‣  “Intertextual Sources in the Essays of José Jiménez Lozano.” Humanities Center Fall 1998 Symposium, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 23 October 1998.

‣  “Concomitancias intertextuales en los pensamientos de Américo Castro y José Jiménez Lozano.” Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Calvin College Annual Meeting. Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 20-21 March 1997.

‣   “El elemento espiritual como eje central para un estudio de la obra ensayística de José Jiménez Lozano.” Pennsylvania Foreign Languages Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 20-22 September 1996.

‣  “Lo medieval y lo actual en la figura de Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas.” Mid-America Hispanic Conference on Language and Literature. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 14-16 October 1993.

‣  “La enajenación de un poeta en Nueva York.” Pennsylvania Foreign Languages Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 24-26 September 1993.