Ellen Frye Professor • Department of Language Literature Culture and Writing Dr. Frye completed her Ph.D. in Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her undergraduate B.A. with Honors is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Other Interests I love books, education, and travel. You can B.E.T. on this...! Books, Education, and Travel are investments where the positive returns are infinite!!! Languages (other than English) Spanish Italian Degrees PhD Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Specialization Dr. Frye's first specialization is Spanish language, literature, and culture. Her sub-specialties are Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque European theatre, as well as language pedagogy and methodology. She is the Director of and teaches in the Undergraduate E.S.L. Endorsement program, and also she teaches in the Undergraduate Bilingual Endorsement and K-12 World Languages programs. Dr. Frye also researches and specializes in literary and cultural studies of Antarctica! Representative Publications “The Importance of the Actator in Post-Spanish Civil War Theater.”; , Theatralia: Revista de Poética del Teatro; Volume 2018, 2018 “The Ant-architecture of Religion and Spirituality in Antarctica.”; "Antarcticness." Ed. Ilan Kelman. ; University College London Press; 2022 «La meta-imitación como precusora del microdrama: la fluidez del género y la inestabilidad de la identidad en Don Gil de las calzas verdes.»; "Donde el tamaño sí importa… La minificción: una cuestión de géneros." Ed. Darío Hernández et al.; Universidad de la Laguna Press; 2021 “The Strong Soliloquy and the Mighty Monologue: Theatre of Antarctica and Social Impact.”; Nuevos territorios en la escena; Ediciones Antígona; 2023 The Actator Found as First Micronaut, from "Auto de la Pasión" to Cervantine Metatheater; , Microtextualidades. Revista Internacional de microrrelato y minificción; Volume 12, 2022 Representative Presentations “Compelling Images of Suffering and Joy in the Poetry of Antarctica” Modern Language Association Annual Convention Modern Language Association Philadelphia, PA 2024 “Los astros y la astrología en el microdrama temprano español” International Conference on “Sic parvis magna: Cosmología y minificción,” La Universidad de la Laguna Tenerife, 2023 “Tent as Tomb and Crevasse as Coffin: Resting Places on Antarctica” SCAR – SC-HASS Conference: The Antarctic for a Better World SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) – SC-HASS (Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences) Lisboa, 2023 “No Such Thing as a Dead Language! Resurrecting Latin through Romansh” Linguistics Collective Conference, session on Preserving the Unheard: Celebrating and Safeguarding Rare and Endangered Languages Linguistics Collective , 2025 “Theatre as Key to Highlighting Antarctica’s Visibility on the Global Stage” Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association Philadelphia, PA 2025 Notable Courses Taught Spanish Program:* Golden Age Theatre* Cervantes and His Age* The Romantic Theatre* Seminar on the Actor-Spectator Relationship in Spanish DramaEnglish Program:* Literature of Western Europe through the RenaissanceUndergraduate E.S.L. Endorsement Program:* Social and Psychological Processes of Multiculturalism and Acculturation* Integrating Language and Content in the English Language Classroom* Introduction to Second Language AcquisitionUndergraduate Bilingual Endorsement Program:* Cross-Linguistic Approach to Bilingual Development/BilingualismEducation K-12 for World Languages:* Methods of Teaching a Second Language in Elementary and Secondary SchoolsGraduate Bilingual/English as a Second Language (E.S.L.) Master’s program:* Multiculturalism and Acculturation* Field Research/Internship in Bilingual/Bicultural Education* Language Diversity, Loss, and Change* Content Areas in Bilingual Education.Anthropology Program:* Language Matters Email 973 720 3724 236 Atrium By appointment
