Curriculum Vitae

Roslyn M. Frank

University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242
Email: roz-frank@uiowa.edu

Educational and Professional History

Higher Education

1972- Ph.D. University of Iowa, Iowa City IA:  Spanish.  Dissertation Title:  “La visión narrativa de Mario Vargas Llosa en Los jefes, La ciudad y los perros y Los cachorros”

1963- M.A. University of Iowa
Major in Spanish; Minor in Russian

1961- B.A. Summa cum laude, University of Iowa
Major in Spanish; Minor in English, Russian

Professional Experience

2002-present- Professor Emeritus, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

1988-2002- Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

1977-1988- Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

1972-1977- Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

1968-1972- Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

Areas of specialization and research

Basque Studies
European ethnography
Ethnomathematics
Ethno- and archaeoastronomy
Informational technologies and orality
Oral and written literature in Euskara
Basque folklore and performance art
Feminist studies;  Ecocriticism
Latin American Literature
Contemporary Spanish Women Writers.

Language background

English (native language), Spanish (fluent), Basque (fluent), French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian (reading ability)

Professional Associations

European Society of Astronomy in Culture/ Société européenne de la Astronomie dans la Culture (ESAC/SEAC) [home page at: http://www.iac.es/seac/esac.html and upcoming 2001 conference home page at: http://mikrob.com/SEAC2001/ ]

International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture. Center for Archeoastronomy [home page at: http://www.wam.umb.edu~tlaloc/archastro/]

International Study Group in Ethnomathematics [home page at: http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.htm]

Basque Studies Society of America [home page at: http://www.basque.ws/]

Journal, editorial and professional responsibilities

Editor of The Journal of the Institute of Basque Studies, London, England

Trustee and Senior Research Consultant, Institute of Basque Studies. London Guildhall University

Reviewer for the Journal of Archaeoastronomy, published by the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (ISAAC), University of Texas Press

Reviewer for Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal of the History of Astronomy (London)

Reviewer for Cosmos and Culture (London)

Treasurer of the European Society of Astronomy in Culture (ESAC/SEAC)

Foreign travel and research

Foreign travel and research

Foreign travel and attendance at international conferences

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, Estonia, Euskal Herria, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Republic of Malta, Russia, Sardinia, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Wales

Field work and trips involving consultations and collaborative research with foreign scholars

Argentina: 2000
Austria: 1991, 1986, 1985, 1984
The Basque Country, Spain: 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999,
1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990,
1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1981, 1980,
1979, 1978, 1977, 1974.
Belgium: 2004, 2002, 1999, 1998
Bulgaria: 1993
Colombia: 1973
Denmark: 2002
England: 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1990
Estonia 2002
France: 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 
Germany: 2005, 2004
Greece: 2006
Guatemala: 1987
Ireland: 1999
Italy: 2006, 1994
Lithuania: 2007
Mexico: 1984
Nicaragua:  1986, 1984-1985, 1982
Panama: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991,
1990, 1989, 1987, 1985
Poland: 2007, 1996
Republic of Malta: 1999
Russia: 2000
Sardinia: 2005
Scotland: 1990
South Korea: 2006
Spain: 2004
Sweden: 2001, 1999, 1985, 1984
The Netherlands: 1997
Wales: 1990

Funded research activities abroad

Research in ethnomathematics and ethnoastronomy: Hunting the European Sky Bears Project, in The Basque Country, Spain, under a Developmental Leave Assignment (Spring 1997)

Research in ethnomathematics and ethnoastronomy: Hunting the European Sky Bears Project, in The Basque Country, Spain, under a Developmental Leave Assignment (Spring 1992)

Research on the works of the 16th century Basque writer and medical doctor, Huarte de San Juan, in The Basque Country, Spain, under a University of Iowa Research Grant. (Summer, 1988)

Research on the role of women, family structure, and utilization of common space among Basque shepherd communities (The Basque Country, Spain) and on Basque influences on Nicaraguan folklore, folk-theater, and oral literature (Nicaragua) under a Developmental Leave Assignment. (Academic year 1984-85)

Research for development of International Video Archives Project:  Travel and Consultation with Ministry of Culture in Euskadi, Catalunya, Galicia and Madrid.  Research on the application of video and CAI (computer aided instruction) to language and cultural teaching of minority languages and cultures in Spain. Collection of video material for University of Iowa PICS (Project for International Communication Studies). (Summer, 1984)

Research and Seminars on Basque Language Methodology under funding from the Basque Government (Vitoria, Spain). (Summer, 1981)

 Research on land allocations and rural law codes in Basque farming communities under a grant from the Joint U.S.-Spanish Committee for Educational and Cultural Affairs. (Four-month period, 1980)

Research on rural Basque family organization, politics and law codes conducted in the Basque Country, Spain (Summer, 1974, 1977-1979)

Grants:  funding received for research

Developmental Leave Assignment (Spring 1997)

Developmental Leave Assignment (Spring 1992)

University of Iowa Research Grant (Summer 1988)

Developmental Leave Assignment (Fall 1984)

University of Iowa Research Grant (Summer 1984)

Research grant under the Joint U.S.-Spanish
Committee for Educational and Cultural Affairs (Four months, 1980)

Old Gold Summer Fellowship (1980)

Developmental Leave Assignment (Spring 1978)

Interdisciplinary Block Funding for Research Assistant (1976-77; 1978-79)

Old Gold Summer Fellowship (1975)

Other teaching and administrative duties

Director of the Regents' Hispanic Institute. Valladolid, Spain (1993-4 to present)

Chair of Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa (1988-1991)

University of Iowa Coordinator of Regents Hispanic Institute, Burgos, Spain (Summer 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979)

Courses Taught at the University of Iowa

Courses taught:

Introduction to Life in Spain
Readings to Spanish Literature & Culture
Spanish Civilization
Seminar: Ecocriticism
Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction
Spanish-American Short Story
Introduction to Basque Language and Culture
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Problems in Spanish Language
Advanced Spanish Language
Senior Spanish Language
Contemporary Latin American News Colloquium
Contemporary Latin American Narrative
Don Quijote.

Direction of Ph.D. dissertations

Adolfo J. Cisneros-  Mario Vargas Llosa: una visión histórica del Perú 1993.

Adrian Massei-  Centro y periferia en la novelística de Hector Tizón: una escritura desde el margen 1994.

Jerome Minor  Translation as a Metaphor for Communication and Creation in the Works of Jorge Luis Borges 1995.

Sara Rosell  Discurso de(r)mográfico: la novela antiesclavista en Cuba y Brasil, siglo XIX (Co-director with Maria Duarte) 1996.

Ivonne Cuadra  (Des)mistificaciones literarias e históricas: La Quintrala 1996.

Luis Linares  La doble magia: Teatro y religión en Cuba, siglo XX  (Co-director with Mario Santizo). 1997.

Joseph Gabrielli  La posmodernidad en la narrativa de Rosa Montero  (Co-director with Walter Dobrian). 1997.

Eva Legido-Quigley  La liberación sexual postfranquista en el marco de la literatura erótica de escritoras españolas contemporáneas 1997

Steven Skattebo The Voices of Nature in Latin American Magic Realism: An Ecocritical Approach 2000.

Short Courses and Doctoral Seminars on Ethnomathematics and Ethnoastronomy Taught at the University of the Basque Country:

1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (see individual listings below under Scholarship: Presentations)

Scholarship