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Louis L. Ollivier
Title: Associate Professor of Spanish
Office Location: Bowden Hall 116
Campus Phone: 6244
E-Mail Address: ollivierl@wnmu.edu

Degrees: 1973 Ph.D. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Ibero-American Studies (Latin American Literature, History, Applied Linguistics); 1966 M.A. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Madrid, Spain, Spanish Literature, History; 1964 B.A. St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA, Spanish, History, World Classics, Philosophy
Date began at WNMU: 1996

Research & Academic Interests:

  • Borderlands Institute: Dedicated to academic and cultural exchanges between WNMU and the Universidad Regional del Norte of Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • NDEA Title VI Fellowship, Portuguese Language Institute, University of New Mexico 1970
  • Organization of American States Research Fellowship, Porto Alegre, Brazil 1971
  • Bilingual issues of the U. S. Spanish speaker.
Publications:
  • "Cien aņos de soledad: Existence is the Word," Latin American Literary Review, Fall/Winter 1975
  • "O Tempo e o Vento: Universality of Yesterday," Chasqui, revista de literatura latinoamericana, Nov. 1974
  • Book review of Graciliano Ramos by Richard Mazarra (New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1974)
  • Chasqui, revista de literatura latinoamericana, Fall 1974
Hobbies, personal interests and community involvement: Board of Directors, Protege, S.A., Compania Internacional de Seguridad; Rotary International

Favorite Quote: "They can take away my good fortune, but not my spirit nor my strength," Miguel de Cervantes

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