Maria Tajes Professor • Department of Language Literature Culture and Writing Dr. Tajes is the current Director of the Spanish Program and Co-PI for LEES (Literacy Empowerment in English and Spanish), an NPD grant from the US Department of Education. She is also the faculty supervisor for the Spanish Dual Enrollment programs.A native of Spain, she first arrived to the USA as an international student, an experience that marked her future research interests in migration theory and the literature of Spanish continental and transatlantic migration. Her first book, El cuerpo de la emigración y la emigración en el cuerpo, explores the role of the body as a metaphor of alienation and identity conflicts associated with the migration process. She also coedited Hybridity in Spanish Culture, a volume devoted to different views and manifestations of hybridity in Spain. Her current research deals with the concept of aging in contemporary Spanish literature. Professional Interests Spanish Migration to Europe and Latin AmericaMigration StudiesAging Studies Other Interests Dr. Tajes is actively involved in curriculum development and the teaching of Spanish for the professions. She always welcomes new pedagogical techniques and approaches; the latest one is project based learning. Languages (other than English) Spanish Other Portuguese Degrees PhD Spanish Literature, Rutgers University New Brunswick, MA Spanish Literature, Rutgers University New Bruswick, NJ BS Accounting and Spanish, Rutgers Newark, NJ Specialization 19- 20st Century Literature of Spain, Literature of Spanish Migration, Transatlantic Studies Representative Publications Cuarta edad e institucionalizaci´´on en Hotel Paradiso de Ramón Pernas; , La Nueva Literatura Hispánica; Volume 24, Issue Fall 2020 2020 “Tercera edad y metaficción en La boda de Kate de Marta Rivera de la Cruz”; , L´Érudite Franco-Espagnol; Volume 13, Issue 2019 2019 https://lef-e.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Tajes_2019.154100300.pdf Representative Presentations Economía y madurez; palabras de la Generación Perdida Imaginarios económicos en la literatura de España y Latinoamérica Department of Languages and Literatures, Lehman College New York, NY 2019 Arrugas en el siglo XXI; representaciones de la vejez en la literatura española contemporánea Congreso internacional de Literatura Hispánica in Santiago de Chile. CILH Santiago de Chile, 2019 “Vejez y reclusión en Hotel Paradiso de Ramón Pernas” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Association Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Association Auburn, AL 2019 Trabajar de lo mío; jóvenes españoles y emigración Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Association knoxville, TN 2018 “Jóvenes emigrantes en Andrea contra Pronóstico de Alba Lago” XV Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica Quito, 2018 Notable Courses Taught Professional SpanishCulture of SpainMigration and Displacement in Spanish LiteratureSpanish Conversation Email 973 720 3725 337 Grant Hall Tuesdays 10:00 to 11:00 AM and 2:00 to 3:00 PM, Thursdays 10:00-11:00 am (Zoom) and in Zoom by appointment
