Dr. Judy Berry-Bravo
is honored with a Medium Paver from Dr. Pedro Bravo-Elizondo
Dr. Judy Berry-Bravo is a Full Professor at Pittsburg State University, Kansas, and has served as Chair since 2000. Before coming to PSU, she taught at Wichita State University where she was Spanish Division Director. Prior to that she taught at Ft. Hays State University, served as Chair and Spanish Teacher at Whitfield School in St. Louis, and taught English as a Second Language at WSU. Her husband, Pedro Bravo-Elizondo, is a Full Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at Wichita State University. Education Post Doctoral: Brazil: The (Invisible) Giant in Latin American Studies, NEH Summer Institute, Ohio State University, 2001. Post Doctoral: Baroque Literature in its Spanish and Spanish American Contexts, NEH Summer Seminar, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1995. Certified Spanish Tester, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1991. Re-trained 1999 and 2001. Post Doctoral: Modern Poetry and Poetics in Latin America, NEH Summer Seminar,Georgetown University, 1990. Ph.D., Romance Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis, 1989. M.A., Linguistics, Wichita State University, 1983; BA, Spanish and Linguistics, 1981. Teaching Emphasis Spanish and Portuguese. Areas of specialization: Latin American Literature, especially poetry, and linguistics. Publications Books: Porque Iquique es Puerto (Co-author with Pedro Bravo-Elizondo, 2005); Rebelión en la Pampa Salitrera. (Co-translator with Pedro Bravo-Elizondo, 2003); Idea Vilariño: Poesía y Crítica (1999); Romelia Alarcón Folgar: Palabra y Poesía de Guatemala (1996) and Texts and Contexts of Idea Vilariño’s Poetry (1994). Articles in Alba de América; Confluencia; Crítica Hispánica; Hispania, Latin American Theatre Review; Letras Femeninas; Monographic Review/Revista Monográfica; Review of Latin American Studies; Revista Académica y Cultural de la Universidad Arturo Prat; Revista Anda; Revista de la Universidad de San Carlos; Revista La Torre, Universidad de Puerto Rico; and Revista de Ciencias Sociales.
