Cristóbal Garza González
Associate Professor of Spanish
Education
- B.A., Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 1995
- M.A., Spanish, Miami University of Ohio, 2008
- Ph.D., Hispanic Literatures and Cultural Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, 2019
Contact
- cgarza@goshen.edu
- (574) 535-7583
- Wyse 101
As a young student, psychology, psychoanalysis, and counseling were my passions. Following my vocation, I completed a B.A. in psychology and worked in prevention and intervention against domestic violence, in counseling private practice, and taught ENL at college level. While pursuing this path, I developed a keen interest in teaching languages and literature. An invitation to be a teaching assistant at Earlham College shifted my professional goals and I decided to become a full time language educator. As a graduate student, I produced and delivered conference papers on Latin American literature, Spanish drama, Golden Age narrative, World literature, and other fields. My training in psychology helped me develop a solid critical approach to literary production and, most importantly, it provides me with the skills and awareness to be attentive to the needs of my students.
Besides Latin American and Spanish literatures, I am also interested in US-Latina/o cultures, literatures, histories, and arts, and American borderlands history.
Currently I am also the review editor of Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, a publication dedicated to scholarly research, creative writing, and visual arts produced by individuals and collectives interested in the experiences on US-Latina/o, Latinx, Lusophone, and Indigenous communities in global contexts. BTW, Chiricú stands for Chicano, Riqueño, and Cubano, but the journal is more capacious than those labels would make us think.
Starting on the spring of 2024, I will be leading the Ecuador SST program.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“How to use the IU campus to teach Spanish: Yincana or Take a Picture!” 2018 IU Foreign & Second Language Share Fair
“México y Alemania: Crónica de una literatura no anunciada”. 2018 Indiana University, Diálogos Graduate Conference
“A Classy Lady: Identity Politics in Diablo guardian”. 2011 University of Kentucky, Foreign Language and Literatures Conference
“Ausencias siniestras en La casa de Bernada Alba”. 2016 Indiana University, Diálogos Graduate Conference
“Nacionalismo ambivalente en Ulises Criollo”. 2008 University of Chicago, Graduate Conference
“Machismo e Inmadurez en Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda”. 2005 Indiana University, Diálogos Graduate Conference
PUBLICATIONS:
Interview with Sam Quinones. Hiedra Magazine 5 (2015)
Review of El libro uruguayo de los muertos, by Mario Bellatin (2012). Hiedra Magazine 2 (2014)
SST Ecuador Faculty Leader, spring and summer of 2024
Coordinator of GC Spanish/English Conversation Partners, Sept 2019-
Member of the organizing committee of Goshen College Academic Symposium, 2021-2023
Member of search and hire committees for Professor of Theater, 2020; Professor of Art, 2022; Professor of Theater, 2023, and Visiting Professor of Indonesian, 2023
Member of the grant writing committee for Equipping Scholars for Globally Engaged Learning
Director of the staged reading of Las Nuevas Tamaleras, by Alicia Mena, a play in Spanglish, fall 2022, and spring 2023
Instructor/editor of a blog project based on experiences at a shelter for migrants in Texas, summer 2022
Maple Scholars research director, summers of 2020 and 2022
Co-advisor of GC Latino Student Union (LSU) fall 2022-
Mentor in the GC New Faculty Mentorship, 2022-2023
GC IDEAS trip to Ecuador, participant, summer 2022