Faculty
Iana Konstantinova
Professor of Spanish; Spanish Program Coordinator
“I love mentoring students and watching them grow into their full potential. I enjoy seeing alumni succeed in the workplace and hope they stay in touch with me after they graduate.”
Education
- Ph.D. in Spanish Literature, University of Virginia, 2006
- M.A. in Spanish Literature, University of Virginia, 2002
- B.A. magna cum laude with University Honors in English and Spanish, Texas Christian University, 1998
Courses
- Core:
- Classics of Western Literature
- Spanish Major:
- Topics:
- Don Quijote
- Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Julio Cortázar
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Spanish American Short Story
- Spanish Conversation
- Business Spanish:
- Survey of Spanish American Literature
- Survey of Iberian Literature
- Introduction to Spanish Literature
- Spanish Grammar and Writing
- Culture of Spain
- Culture of Spanish America
- Spanish I-IV
- Topics:
- Travel Study:
- Madrid and Granda, Spain
Teaching Positions & Professional Experience
- Faculty Member, Southern Virginia University, 2007-present
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University, 2005–07
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, 2000–05
- Taught English, Spanish, and French at Burleson High School, 1998–00
Scholarship & Creative Work
- Research centers on contemporary Spanish and Spanish American Literature, especially metafiction
- Published articles in Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature, Variaciones Borges, Crítica Hispánica, The Monographic Review/Revista Monográfica, Letras Hispanas connects to pdf, Ciberletras, Hipertexto, Cincinnati Romance Review
- Book chapter in Mito e historia en la televisión y el cine español, Ed. Christine Blackshaw Naberhaus. Editorial Albatros, 2019
- Borgesian Libraries and Librarians in Television Popular Culture connects to pdf, 2013
- Posthumanism in Rosa Montero’s Lágrimas en la lluvia and El peso del corazón connects to pdf, 2017
- The Reality of Representation: An Examination of the Double in El calígrafo de Voltaire by Pablo De Santis, 2017
- The Metafictional Vampires of Buenos Aires: A Study of Los anticuarios by Pablo De Santis,
- Co-editor of book Crear entre mundos: nuevas perspectivas en la metaficción española, Editorial Albatros, 2021.
Awards, Leadership & Service
- Division Chair of Social Sciences, Southern Virginia University, 2018–present
- Faculty mentor to Women’s Lacrosse Team, 2015–present
Memberships
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Sigma Delta Pi, Faculty Advisor
- Sigma Tau Delta
- Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership
- Golden Key International Honor Society
- Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society