Garrett Oleen
Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience
Huston-TillotsonUniversity, Department of Humanities and Fine Arts
Adjunct Professor of Spanish, 2010 – Present
Spanish 1311 First Year Spanish I
Spanish 1312 First Year Spanish II
AustinCommunity College, Foreign Languages Department
Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2008 - Present
Spanish 1511 First Year Spanish I
Spanish 1512 First Year Spanish II
Spanish 2311 Second Year Spanish I
Spanish 2312 Second Year Spanish II
Universityof Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Assistant Instructor, 2002-2009
SPN 506 First Year Spanish I
SPN 507 First Year Spanish II
SPN 312K Second Year Spanish I
SPN 312L Second Year Spanish II
SPN 301 Spanish for Graduate Students of other Departments I
SPN 305 Spanish for Graduate Students of other Departments II
Universityof Utah, Department of Languages and Literature
Adjunct Instructor, 2001-2002
SPAN 1010 First Year Spanish I
SPAN 1020 First Year Spanish II
Graduate Teaching Assistant / Instructor, 1999-2001
SPAN 1010 First Year Spanish I
SPAN 1020 First Year Spanish II
Southern Utah University, Department of Foreign Languages and Humanities
Language Lab Assistant / Tutor, 1995 - 1997
Selected conference presentations
Selected Conference Presentations
“La voz de una hormiga; Sab de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda.” Presented at the 13thAnnual Colloquium on Hispanic Literature and Romance Linguistics, UT Austin, April 2003.
“Negrismo, modernismo y la representación del otro en Orígenes.” Presented at the 14thAnnual Colloquium on Hispanic Literature and Romance Linguistics, UT Austin, April 2004.
“Si “Sab c’est moi” entonces yo soy Zafira: The Autobiograph(ies) of Juan Francisco Manzano” Presented at the 9th Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Texas Tech University, March 2007.
“Inciting Revolution? Plácido and the Poetry of the Escalera Revolt of 1844” Presented at the 17th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luzo-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics, UT Austin, November 2008.
doctoral exams and dissertation
Doctoral Examinations and Dissertation
Doctoral examinations
Exam Areas: 19th and 20th Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Colonial Narrative and Poetry, Colonial through 20th Century Brazilian Literature on Race and Conflict, 19th and 20th Century Spanish Literature
Dissertation
“Nineteenth Century Plantation Counter-Discourses in Juan Francisco Manzano, Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés (Plácido) and Eleuterio Derkes”
Committee: César A. Salgado (co-chair), Jossianna Arroyo (co-chair), James Nicolopolus, Michael Harney, Leopoldo Bernucci, James Sidbury
Professional Publications
Works in Progress / Publication agenda
Oleen, Garrett A. “The Plantation Counter-Discourses of Juan Francisco Manzano and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda.” Paper based on dissertation to be submitted for publication consideration in peer reviewed journal Spring 2011.
Oleen, Garrett A. “The Autobiograph(ies) of Juan Francisco Manzano.” Paper based on dissertation to be submitted for publication consideration in peer reviewed journal Spring 2011.
Oleen, Garrett A. “Inciting Revolution? Plácido’s Jiconténcal and the Escalera Revolt of 1844: A Plantation Counter-Discourse.” Paper based on dissertation to be submitted for publication consideration in peer reviewed journal Summer 2011.
Oleen, Garrett A. “María Cristina and the Mulatto Poet – Plácido’s Counter-Creole Laudatory and Political Poetry.” Paper based on dissertation to be submitted for publication consideration in peer reviewed journal Summer 2011.
Oleen, Garrett A. “The Nineteenth Century Puerto Rican Hacendado Counter-Discourse of Eleuterio Derkes.” Paper based on dissertation to be submitted for publication consideration in peer reviewed journal Fall 2011.
additional work experience
Additional Work Experience
Freelance Tutor and Translator, Austin, TX, 2002 - Present
Customer Service Associate, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Round Rock, TX, Jul 2007 – January 2008; July – September 2008.
Pre-load Operations Supervisor – United Parcel Service, Belton, TX, Sep 2002 – Aug 2005
Customer Svc. Operations Supervisor – Convergys Corporation, South Jordan, UT, Aug 1999 – Aug 2002
Freelance Tutor and Translator, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999 – 2002
Outbound Sales Operations Supervisor – Convergys Corporation, Cedar City, UT, Jun 1994 – Aug 1999
Co-Manager – Golden Corral Family Steakhouse, Cedar City, UT, Mar 1994 – Aug 1997
Substitute Teacher – Uintah School District, Oct 1993 – Mar 1994
Volunteer Church Representative, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Sep 1991 – Oct 1993
Published: December 14, 2024