Meet the Associate Dean for General Education

Dr. Carlos Parra

Carlos Parra, Ph.D.

Education: 

  • Ph.D. in Romance Studies, Duke University, North Carolina.
  • MA. in Languages & Literature, Spanish, University of Utah, Utah. 
  • BA. in Spanish & Latin American Studies, Weber State University, Utah.

ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH AREA

  • Cultural Studies
  • Hemispheric Studies
  • Diaspora
  • Migration
  • Communities Nostalgia
  • Displacement
  • Belonging

Awards

  • Nominee — Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce’s International Ambassador (2012)
  • Nominee — La Paz Latino Leadership Award, Chattanooga TN (2012 & 2013)
  • Nominee — Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award (2007)
  • Recipient — Southern Adventist University, President’s Award for Community Service Excellence (2004)
  • Recipient — Leadership Award, Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA), North American Division Program Abroad (2004)

Selected Publications

  • “A Glance at Identity (Trans/Con) Formation among Latino /Hispanic Communities in North America”
    New Perspectives in Diasporic Experience (2014). pp. 3-8.
    Ed. C. Rapoo, M.L. Coelho, and Z. Sarwar.
    Oxfordshire: Inter-Disciplinary Press,
    ISBN: 978-1-84888-291-1
 

  • "Representación y simulación autorial en Sab de G. Gómez de Avellaneda".
    X Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latino-americana Actas de JALLA Colombia 2012. Tomo 1, p. 393-402 (9).
    Escuela de Estudios Literarios, Universidad del Valle.
    ISBN: 978-958-765-011-2


     
  • “Latinos by Nationality and Illegal by Ethnicity: The Condition of Fear in the U.S.”
    No Borders: Immigration and the Politics of Fear. Ed. Emma Bell. #22 (2012), pp. 131-40.
    Universite de Savoie UP.
    ISBN-10: 2-919732-07-2; ISBN-13: 978-2-919732-07-4.
     
  • “Latino Presence in the U.S South: An (Un) Wanted Exchange”
    Strangers in New Homelands: Deconstructing and Reconstructing of “Home” among Immigrants in the Diaspora. (2012), pp. 13-24.
    Ed. M. Baffoe, M. Cheung, L. Asimeng-Boahene, and B. Ogbuagu.
    Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
    ISBN (10): 1-4438-4136-6, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-4136-8

     
  • “Dual Enrollment, a Key to Internationalization”
    ADFL Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 3 (2011), pp. 48-52 (5).
    Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Bulletin.
    ISSN: 0148-7639