SUSAN R. WEHLING	Back to main page
Associate Professor, Spanish Department of Modern and Classical Languages Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698

• Academic Degrees
• Honors and Grants
• Teaching and Administrative Experience
• Scholarship: Refereed Conferences
• Scholarship: Invited Conferences
• Scholarship: Refereed Publications
• Scholarship: Publications under Submission
• Courses Taught
• University Service
• Professional Service
• Invited Lectures
• Service to Community
• Residencies and Travel Abroad
• Biographical
• Professional References

PHD, Latin American Literature,
University of Cincinnati McMicken College of Arts and Sciences,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, June 1992.

MA, Spanish Civilization, and Culture,
University of Cincinnati McMicken College of Arts and Sciences,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45521, June 1986.

BA, Sociology, Arizona State University,
College of Arts and Sciences,
Tempe, Arizona, 85020, June 1981.

Center for Human Potential,
Technical and Language Skills Training Program,
Alajuela, Cosat Rica, 1982.

University of Edinburgh,
Year Abroad Program in Sociology and Political Science,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1979-80.

Georgia Humanities Council grant for, “Hispanic Heritage Month: Focus on Farm workers,” September, 2002. ($2,000)

USG Teaching and Learning Grant for the program, “Connecting Teachers and Technology,” 1999-2000. ($20,000)

USG Teaching and Learning Grant for the program, "Articulation, Acquisition, and Technology; Foreign Language Education Workshops," 1998-99.

Georgia Humanities council Grant for, "Death and Culture: Traditions is South Georgia Communities," November, 1998.

Valdosta State University Faculty Development Fund Grant Recipient, Apr '97, May '97, Oct '97, May '98, Nov '98 Mar '99 Mar '00 Mar '01 Mar '02.

Georgia Humanities Council grant for, "A Celebration of the Caribbean Arts Conference," May 1996.

U.G.S. Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 1984-1989.

University Research Council Grant, 1988.

Public Access Grant [Broadcast series of 13 documentaries, "Our Southern Neighbors"] 1986.

Acting Head, Associate Professor, Spanish. 2000-2002
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia, 31698

Assistant Professor, Spanish 1996 to 1999.
Valdosta State University,
Valdosta, GA 31698

Director, Valdosta State University Guadalajara Study Abroad Program in Mexico, 1997 to present.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish 1994-1996
Teaching responsibilities included Elementary and Intermediate level courses in Spanish. Ohio University 220 Ellis Hall, Modern Languages, Athens, OH 45701.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish, 1992-1994.
Teaching responsibilities included Elementary and Intermediate language courses and an Intermediate Latin American Literature course. Miami University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Oxford, Ohio 45056.

Assistant Professor, Spanish, 1989-1992.
I was in charge of the Spanish Program. I taught from 4-6 classes per semester from Elementary to Advanced Spanish, Latin American and Spanish Civilization and Culture, and Latin American and Spanish Literature. Department of Foreign Languages, Averett College, Danville, Virginia 24541.

Graduate Teching Assistant, Spanish, 1985-1989.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.

Lecturer Adjunct, Spanish, 1985-1988, 1992-1994.
Department of Modern Languages.
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio 45234.

Community Organizer-Educator, U.S. Peace corps, 1982-84.
Ministry of Agriculture, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador, South America .

“Working with the Migrant Community: Service Learning, Second Language Acquisition, and a Change of Ethics,” Georgia Southern University Conference on Latin America, March 2003.

“Technology-infused Pedagogy,”  SCOLT Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  March 2002.

"Spanish and Service-Learning," Communities and connections, SCOLT Annual Conference, Virgina Beach, 1999.

"Students, Salsa, and Service: Working with Migrant Students," The Winds of Change, ACTFEL, Chicago, Nov. 1998.

"Typewriters, Guns, and Roses: Sabrina Berman's Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda," 50th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY April 14-16, 1997.

"A Stage of Their Own," Conference on Hispanic Women Dramatists, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 5-8, 1995. "Games Women Play and the Rules They Break: Latinas and the Stage."

"Prostitution and Patriarchy in Beatriz Mosquera's La Irredenta." Louisiana State University Foreign Language and Literature Conference La Chispa, Baton Rouge, February 10-12, 1994.

"Feminist Discourse in Latin American Women Playwrights." University of Kentucky, Lexington, 46th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 24, 1993.

"Feminist Visions in Carmen Bollousa's Cocinar hombres." University of Cincinnati, Romance Languages and Literatures Conference, May 1991.

"The Re-structureing of History in Isidora Aguirre's El Retablo de Yumbel," University of Cincinnati, Romance languages and Literatures Conference, May 1990.

"The Production of Woman in Latin American Discourse as Seen in the Play El eterno femenino." West Virginia University, Morgantown, Fifteenth Annual Colloquium on Literature and film, October 1990.

"Tristana; Myth and Reality in 19th Century Spain." University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Women's Studies Conference, May 1987.

Chaired Sessions: University of San Francisco, Hispanic Locations conference, 1997, Valdosta State University Women's conference, 1997, University of Cincinnati, A Stage of One' Own Conference, 1995, University of Cincinnati, Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, 1985-1993.

“"...y me indentifiqué," A Lacanian Reading of Enrique Giordano’s El mapa de Amsterdam,” University of Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May, 2000.

"Age and Aging in Sabina Berman's Lunas," Hispanic Cultural Locations Conference, san Francisco, California, Oct. 10-12, 1997.

"La perspectiva femenista en Trescientos millones de Roberto Arlt." University of Indiana, Pennsylvania, Conference on Theater, October 1988.

“Students, Salsa, and Service: Working with Migrant Students,” Dimensions ’99.

"Typewriters, Guns, and, and Roses: Sabina Berman's Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda," Letras femeninas, Spring, 1999.

"Cocinar hombres: Radical Feminist Discourse." Gestos, vol.3, Nov. 1993.

"Prostitution and Patriarchy in Beatriz Mosquera's La Irredenta,"  Under consideration for publication in Latin American Theater Review.

1. Beginning Spanish
2. Intermediate Spanish
3. Spanish Composition and Conversation with a service-learning component
4. Advanced Spanish Composition and conversation
5. Spanish conversation
6. Introduction Hispanic Literature
7. Introduction to Peninsular Literature
8. Introduction to Hispanic Civilization and culture
9. Latin American Civilization and culture I, II
10. Introduction to Latin American Studies Perspectives Course
11. Community Practicum in Spanish
12. Study Abroad Practicum
13. Hispanic Theatre
14. Survey of Latin American Literature, II
15. Foreign Language Methodology

• College of Education Executive Committee, 2001-present.
• Strategic Planning Committee Goal #8, 2002.
• Arts and Sciences Executive Committee, 2000-2002.
• GSTEP Committee member, 2000-present.

• Departmental Search Committees, Curriculum Revision, PSC, Study Abroad, Textbook Selection, etc.
  1996-present.

• University System of Georgia Latin American Studies Representative-VSU, 2000-present.

• University System of Georgia Foreign Language Advisory Board, 2000-2002.

• Gates Millennium Scholarship Representative VSU, 1999-2001. 

• Service-Learning Task Force, 1998 to present.
• Hispanic Heritage Committee, 1998 to 2002.
• Diversity Week Committee, 1998 to present.
• Organizer, "International Day Languages Fair," Diversity Week, April 23, 1998.
• Teaching Circle, 1998 to present.
• Departmental Committee on Assessment, 1998 to present.
• Departmental Committee on Textbook selection, 1998.
• Council for Undergraduate Research May 1997 to present.
• Educational Policies Committee, 1997 to present.
• Bread for the World, 1997 to present.
• VSU Americas' Council Representative 1996 to 2000.
• Study Abroad Fair, Peace corps and Mexico Study Abroad Representative, 1996 to present.
• Department Library Co-coordinator, 1996 to present.
• Department Committee on Core Curriculum. Proposed three Area B courses, 1996.
• South Georgia Academic Alliance of Foreign Languages, Coordinator, 1996 to present.
• International Cinema Committee, 1996 to 2000.

• Assistant Director, Academia de Artes Teatrales, "Noches de amor éfimero," 1996.
• Organizer, First Annual Foreign Language Awards Banquet, May 1996.

• Mentor for Cincinnati Youth collaborative, Cincinnati Public schools 1992-1994.

• International Student Advisor, 1989-1991.
• Professional Development committee, 1991-1992.
• Faulty Affairs Committee, 1992.

• Theater Productions, Spanish Department, 1986-1989.
• Assistant Directory/Producer, Los Siameses, may 1989.
• President, Graduate Student Association, 1987-88
• Student Representative, Curriculum Committee, 1986-1987
• Creative Writing Workshop, Spanish department, 1986-1987.
• Central American Student Organization, 1986-1987.

Participant,  “All of One Nation Conference”, American Council on Education, Oct. 21, 2001, in Diversity training workshop, attended sessions on Latino retention and minority faculty.

Director, Valdosta State University Mexico Study Abroad Program, 1997 to present.

Assistant Editor, Cincinnati Romance Review, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221.

PRAXIS II test advisee, Atlanta, GA, January 1997.

"Service-learning in the Spanish Classroom," Ware County High School, 1998.

"Students, Salsa, and Service: Working with Migrant Families," Brown Bag Series, VSU, Nov. 1997.

"Liberation Theology," Unitarian Church, Valdosta, GA Oct. 1997.

"Liberation Theology," Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta, GA, Oct. 1997.

"Welcome Address to New Faulty," Valdosta State University, Sept. 1997.

"The Importance of Research at the Undergraduate level," Plenary Session, Conference of Undergraduate Research, VSU, May 1997.

AMIGOS of South Georgia, Committee Member, 1999-Present.

Community Liaison, Migrant families, 1997 to present.

Task Force on Emergency Childcare, 1998 to present.

Spanish teacher, Sallas Mahone, Mrs. Orr's Kindergarten class, 1998 to present.

• Mexico, Summer 1997, 1998.
• Travels in Spain, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994.
• U.S. Peace corps, Costa Rica and Ecuador, 1982-1984. Follow-up visits, 1986, 1990.
• Middle East, 1991, 1994.
• Year abroad, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1979-1980.

Home Address: 2410 Georgia Ave., Valdosta, GA 31602 (229) 249-9445.

Directors of Doctoral Dissertation: Dr. Enrique Giordano and Dr. Sandra Cypess.

Citizenship: U.S.A.

1. Dr. Enrique Giordano
   Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures,
   University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.
   (513) 556-6000.

2. Dr. Manuel Cachán
   Dept. of Moderan and Classical Languages
   Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698
   (912) 333-5948

3. Dr. Daniel Torres and Dr. José Delgado
   Dept. of Modern Languages, 220 Ellis Hall
   Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701
   (614) 593-0872