Garrett Oleen


Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Spanish

University of Utah
Master of Arts
Languages & Literature

Southern Utah University
Bachelor of Arts
Languages/Spanish


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