Mario Santana (UChicago)
| Mario Santana | |
| Name: | Mario Santana |
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| Origin: | Canary Islands in Spain |
| Education | Ph. D. in Spanish Literature, Columbia University, 1994; M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Georgia, 1988; Licentiate in Philosophy, University of Barcelona, 1983 |
| Occupation: | Associate Dean of the Division of the Humanities; Associate Dean of the College; Associate Dean in the College; Master of Humanities Collegiate Division |
| Awards, Honors, and Professional Experience | Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Chicago, 2002; Chicago Humanities Institute Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1996 |
| Published Works | Foreigners in the Homeland: The Spanish American New Novel in Spain, 1962–1974 |
Mario Santana became a part of the University of Chicago faculty in 1994, currently serving as the Associate Dean of the Division of the Humanities and Associate Dean of the College during his tenure as Master.
Santana's research centralizes around contemporary Spanish literature, including Catalan, Basque and Galician as well. At the University of Chicago, the study abroad to Barcelona was established 1996. He received a 2002 Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for his role in developing Reading in World Literature, a part of the University of Chicago's Humanities Core Sequence.
In the College, Santana looks to continue to develop the University's international offerings, as well as those in music, drama, visual arts and creative writing.
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