Juan Velasco, Ph.DInstructor for "Writing from Life" (Fall, 2007 only) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Dr. Juan Velasco, Associate Professor in Santa Clara's Department of English and Modern Languages, teaches courses in contemporary Latin American and Chicano/a Literature, and Film. He received his first Ph.D. in 1992 from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. His area of specialization was Contemporary Latin American Literature and his dissertation title was: Las diferentes ediciones de "La Sombra del Caudillo" de Martín Luis Guzmán. In 1995 he received his second Ph.D. from UCLA. His area of specialization was Contemporary Chicano/a Literature and the dissertation title was Labyrinth of Mexicanness: The Construction of Ethnicity in Contemporary Chicano/a Autobiography. |
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