Faculty Profiles
Publications
In the Shadows of the Master: Al-Mutanabbi’s Legacy and the Quest for the Center in Fatimid and Andalusian Poetry. Berkshire: Berkshire Academic Press, 2012.
Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century Arab Writers. Edited by Majd Al-Mallah and Coeli Fitzpatrick. Detroit, Gale Group, 2009.
Research
- classical Arabic poetry
- Arabic women authors in al-Andalus
- modern Arabic fiction
Degrees
Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Chinese), 2016
Arizona State University-Tempe, School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC)
M.A., Chinese Literature, 2004
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
B.A. Honors, in Chinese Language and Literature, 1998
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research
- Pre-modern Chinese literature
- Tang-Song dynasty narrative literature, especially miscellany (biji)
- Identity building and social and familial networks among intellectuals in Southern Song transition period
- Readership and reception of miscellany in the Song dynasty
Degrees
Ph. D., French Medieval Literature (1992)
Michigan State University
M.A., French Literature (1987)
Michigan State University
Maîtrise, English language/American Civilization (1983)
Université Charles V - Paris VII
Research
- Women Studies and Medieval Courtly Narratives
- Satirical Medieval Literature (the fabliaux)
- French Cinema and Culture
Degrees
Ph.D., French (2004)
University of Iowa
M.A., French (1993)
University of Iowa
B.A., English/French (1989)
Central College
Research
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century French literature and culture, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment
- Metalexicography
- Game-based learning
Degrees
Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics (2019)
The University of Arizona
M.A., Secondary Language Education (May 2018)
UNED (Madrid, Spain)
M.A., Foreign Language Pedagogy (2014)
The University of Utah
Research
- Sociolinguistics
- Spanish in Contact
- Second And Heritage Language Acquisition
- Foreign Language Pedagogy
Degrees
Ph.D., Hispanic Literatures
Vanderbilt University
M.A., Hispanic Literatures
Vanderbilt University
Research
- Contemporary literature and film in Mexico
- Youth cultures and representation in contemporary literature and visual culture in Mexico (60s-70s)
- U.S--Mexico relations and cultural exchanges
Degrees
M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics
Indiana University
B.A.
The College of Wooster
Degrees
Ph.D., Spanish Literature (2015)
Yale University
M.S., Library and Information Sciences (2009)
University of Illinois
B.A., Comparative and World Literature and Spanish with honors (2007)
University of Illinois
Publications
Monographs
Natural Designs: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and the Invention of New World Nature.
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023.
Articles
“Con la garganta abierta: La retórica en la lucha por la Amazonía en Un viejo que leía novelas de amor.” Revista Iberoamericana, Vol. LXXXV, No. 266, January-March 2019, pp. 153-166.
“Framing the Indies: The Renaissance Aesthetics of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557).” Colonial Latin American Review. Vol. 28, 2019, pp. 130-151.
“‘Written in the Memory of the Living’: The Boundaries of History in Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo’s Sumario and Historia general.” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Vol. 53, No. 3, 2019, pp. 1015-1036.
“El agua y la inmortalidad poética en las églogas de Garcilaso de la Vega.” Hipogrifo. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2020, pp. 411-424.
Research
- New World natural histories
- Renaissance visual culture
- Early modern scientific culture
Degrees
Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Degrees
Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics (2001)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Research
- Interconnection of historical social interaction/change and language change in German
- Linguistics (any language): general linguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and historical sociolinguistics
Degrees
Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota
M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota
B.S., Spanish Education, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Research
- Second Language Pedagogy
- Second Language Acquisition
- Curriculum Analysis and Design
- Phonology
Degrees
Ph.D., French & Second Language Acquisition (2004)
The Pennsylvania State University
M.A., French Language & Literature (1996)
Bowling Green State University
Research
- Civil Discourse & Intercultural Competence in World Language Education
- Development of Multi/Digital Literacies in Language Learning
- Game-Based Learning for World Languages
Degrees
Ph.D., Spanish Literature
University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Spanish Literature
University of Pennsylvania
Research
- 19th-21st century Spanish peninsular narrative fiction, especially that written by women
- fiction, film, poetry, memoirs, photography, graphic novels about the Spanish Civil War
Degrees
Ph.D., Japanese Literature
University of Michigan
M.A., Japanese Literature
University of Colorado
B.A., Japanese Language and Literature
B.A., Chinese Language and Literature
University of Colorado
Research
- Premodern Japanese poetry and poetic theory
- Premodern hybrid text/image works
- Traditional Japanese Theater
- Japanese humor
- Japanese folklore and the supernatural
Degrees
Ph.D., Romance Linguistics
University of New Mexico
M.A., Spanish
University of Virginia
Jason Yancey is a cofounder of the Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe, a director and translator of early modern Spanish theatre, and a Professor of Spanish at Grand Valley State University. He has more than 25 years of experience building and performing with puppets for diverse audiences in ways that blend language, literature, culture, and educational outreach. In 2024, his shadow puppet adaptation of Don Quixote (¡Quijóteres!) received the Walker Reid Comedia Production Prize from the Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre. He is also a recipient of GVSU’s Pew Excellence in Teaching Award (2015), and the Outstanding Community Service Award (2025).