Charli Valdez                                   
english@drew
  Assistant Professor of English
 Degrees:  AB, 1992, Cornell University; AM, 1999, Brown University; Ph.D. 2004, University of Houston.

Arrived at Drew: 2004

Areas of specialization: American literature, Latino literature,  Ekphrasis, creative writing (fiction). 

Courses regularly taught:  English 128/ Interart Relations; English 37 / Latino/Latina Literatures; ENGL 107/ Creative Writing Workshop: Short Fiction; ENGL 20B/ Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition: Twentieth Century.

Recent and Forthcoming Publications:  “Talkabout” Straylight (UW- Parkside  fall 2008) (forthcoming short story); “Oppositional Autoethnographic Expression in American Literatures.” Revista de Antropología Social 17: Anthropology & Literature (2008). “Eloquence & Caliban’s Dialogic Curse” Language and Identity in Chicano/Latino Discourse (2006), “Writing Paintings” AWP Pedagogy Papers (2005)," Interview with Mark Doty," American Voices, 2004; "Queen vs. Knave" (fiction), Small Spiral Notebook, 2001.

Current Projects:  The Transnational Gaze: Ekphrasis and the Painterly in Latino Literature (book manuscript); “American Ekphrasis in a European World: The Transnational Gaze of Henry James.”; “Of Mimicry y Desnudos: Ekphrasis in the poetry of Sandra Cisneros.”; “Changing Face of Agricultural Labor: OaxaCalifornia & Beyond.”

Awards and Fellowships:   Fulbright (Spain) 2001-2002 and 2002; Walker Scholarship (Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center), 2001;  Cambor Fellowship (fiction) 1999 and 2003; U.S. Department of Education FLAS Fellowship in Brazilian Literature, 1998.

Points of interest: Taught creative writing and literature at Wabash College prior to his arrival at Drew and has worked as a legal advocate, organizer, and translator for PCUN (the farmworkers' union of  Oregon) and for non-profits in Chiapas, Mexico.
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