Dr. Cody Hanson
Education
- Ph.D. - Languages & Cultures, Purdue University - 2014
- M.A. - Spanish, Brigham Young University - 2008
- B.A. - Modern Languages and Literatures, California Polytechnic State University - 2006
Awards and Honors
- Professing Excellence and Inspiring Instruction Recognition - 2023
- Professing Excellence and Inspiring Instruction Recognition - 2021
- Class of 2020 First Destination Survey - 2021
Licensures and Certifications
Teaching Interests
- Spanish language and literature. Hispanic literature, especially 19th-21st century Spanish American literature.
Intellectual Contributions
- Jorge Luis Borges and the Interview as Theater - Oxford University Press, New York, New York - 2023
- The Costumbrismo of Conflict in El ideal de un calavera - Open Cultural Studies by De Gruyter, Warsaw - 2021
- Lifting the Curtain on the Nation: The Theater and Nation Building in El ideal de un calavera - Decimononica, Logan, Utah - 2020
- Homogeneidad nacional y el mensaje heterogéneo en Mariluán [National Hegemony and the Heterogenous Message in Mariluan] - Latinoamericana Editores - Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar, La Castellana, Lima - 2018
- “Leonor Encina: un nuevo modelo de mujer en Martín Rivas” ["Leonor Encina: A New Model for Women in Martin Rivas"] - Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana / Tufts University, Medford, MA - 2016
Presentations
- Jorge Luis Borges Performing the Interview as Theater. Mid-West Modern Language Association (MMLA) 2021 Convention, 2021.
- The Costumbrismo of Conflict in El ideal de un calavera. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference 2022 (KFLC), 2022.
- “Los mapuches en la construcción de la nación: Muerte y asimilación en Mariluán.” . 22nd Conference [40th Anniversary Conference] of the Sociedad chilena de estudios literarios [SOCHEL], 2019.
- "La muerte de Mariluán como símbolo de asimilación.” . Kentucky Foreign Language Conference: KFLC 2019, 2019.
Contract, Fellowship, Grant or Sponsored Research
- Grant: Spanish English Bilingual Literacy Project - Dr. William G. and Susan Gans McCarthy Endowment 2021 - 2022. Funded - $700
- Grant: Domestic travel grant - Center for Community Engagement 2019 - 2019. Funded - $1,150
Research Interests
- Hispanic literature (19th-21st century Spanish American literature, Southern Cone, Alberto Blest Gana, Jorge Luis Borges, Borges interview quotes, the interview as fiction), Latin American cultural studies.
University Service
- Role: Member - ISU Faculty Senate 2022 - 2024
- Role: Faculty Advisor - Timmy Global Health, Indiana State University Chapter 2018
Professional Service
- Role: Officer, President/Elect/Past - Phi Sigma Iota 2023 - 2026
Public/Community Service
- Role: Mentor - Adult Bilingual Literacy Project 2019
Dr. Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and specializes in Spanish American Literature and Culture. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2014. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Spanish from Brigham Young University and a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages and Literatures, Magna Cum Laude, from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Dr. Hanson has spent significant time abroad in Spanish-speaking countries. During his doctoral work at Purdue, he lead a study abroad and internship program for two summers in the beautiful city of Cartagena, Colombia. Dr. Hanson has lived for a total of two years in Chile. He first went to Chile for a summer internship and later returned to live and teach English for more than a year. His passion for the Spanish language and Latin American culture first began while representing a non-profit organization in Peru for two years. Dr. Hanson loves spending time with his family, traveling the world, hiking, enjoying nature, and relaxing on California's beaches. He joined the ISU faculty in 2014.
Ph.D. in Spanish American Literature, August 2014
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Dissertation: Writing the Nation: Alberto Blest Gana's Novelistic Vision for a Modern Chile
Chair: Dr. Song No
Master of Arts, Spanish, August 2008
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Thesis: An Annotated Bibliography of Interviews of Jorge Luis Borges
Chair: Dr. David Laraway
Bachelor of Arts, Modern Languages and Literatures, June 2006
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
In-progress Scholary Work
"Mariluán's Death as a Symbol of Assimilation: How Alberto Blest Gana's Mariluán Resolves Chile's National Conflict in the 1860s."
Book review of Del manuscrito al libro: Materialidad del texto y critica genetica en la novela iberoamericana: 1969-1992 by Rafael Climent-Espino
Published Scholarly Articles
"Homogeneidad nacional y el mensaje heterogéneo en Mariluán." Actas del Primer Congreso Internacional de Teorías, Crítica e Historias Literarias Latinoamericanas - Celebrando la contribución de Antonio Cornejo Polar. Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar; Latinoamericana Editores. 2018. [peer-reviewed]
“Leonor Encina: un nuevo modelo de mujer en Martín Rivas.” Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana [RCLL] 42.84 (2016): 359-376. Print [peer-reviewed]
"Denuncias poéticas: La lamentación de Fray Calixto de San José Túpac Inca y su bajitiniano discurso con doble voz." Visitas al Patio [Revista del Programa de Lingüística y Literatura, Universidad de Cartagena] 7 (2013): 157-71. Print. [peer-reviewed]
"Jorge Luis Borges Performing the Interview." Variaciones Borges 36 (2013): 251-70. Print. [peer-reviewed]
Conference Presentations
"Lifting the Curtain on the Nation: The Theater and Chilean National Identity in El ideal de un calavera." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC). The University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. April 2018.
"Windows of Knowledge: Mannerism Descriptions and Hegemony in Alberto Blest Gana's El ideal de un calavera." Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference. Lima, Peru. April 2017.
"Amor dividido y hegemonía nacional: El mensaje heterogéneo y unificador de Mariluán." I Congreso Internacional de Teorías, Crítica e Historias Literarias Latinoamericanas: Celebrando la contribución de Antonio Cornejo Polar. Lima, Perú. July 2016.
"Divided Love and National Conflict: What Alberto Blest Gana's Mariluán Says about Unifying Chile in the 1860s." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. The University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. April, 2016.
"Leonor Encina: un nuevo modelo de mujer en Martín Rivas.” Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology Conference (AHLiST). Coimbra, Portugal. November 2015
“Ventanas de chilenidad: Cronotopo y cuadros de costumbre en la imaginaria nacional de Alberto Blest Gana.” Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology Conference (AHLiST). Cartagena, Colombia. November 2014.
"Becoming a More Civilized Nation: Civilization and Barbarism in Alberto Blest Gana's Mariluán." Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures (MACHL). Columbia, Missouri. November 2013.
"Reinventing the Role of the National Woman in Alberto Blest Gana’s Martin Rivas." AHLiST Conference. Madrid, Spain. 2012.
“Jorge Luis Borges Performing the Interview.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. The University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 2011.
"Lamentos poéticos: Exclamación de Fray Calixto de San José Túpac Inca." Midwest Modern Language Association Convention. Chicago, Illinois. 2010.
Invited Lectures
“El papel del Libertador en la fundación del Perú.” 2015 Purdue and University of Cartagena Conference on Simón Bolívar and Colombian Culture. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. April 17, 2015.
"Modern Values for 19th-Century Chile: The New National Woman in Alberto Blest Gana's Martín Rivas." Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. Feb. 27, 2014.
"La invención de la nueva mujer nacional chilena en Martín Rivas." Universidad de Cartagena. Cartagena de las Indias, Colombia. Nov. 30, 2012.
Spanish American Literature (19th-21st century); Southern Cone Literature; Alberto Blest Gana; Romanticism and Nationalism; Jorge Luis Borges; Borges interview quotes
Hispanic Literature (19th-21st century Spanish American literature; Southern Cone; Alberto Blest Gana; Jorge Luis Borges; Borges interview quotes; the interview as fiction)
Latin American cultural studies