Jesus Rosales
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Phone: 480-965-6281
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Jesús Rosales is an associate professor of Spanish in the School of International Letter and Cultures at Arizona State University. He was born in Durango, Mexico and raised in Santa Barbara, California. He has lived and worked throughout the Southwest, including California, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. His field of specialty is Chicano literary history and Chicano literature written in Spanish. He is fortunate to have worked at different academic levels: high school, community college, and university.
- Ph.D. Stanford University 1995
- M.A. Stanford University 1981
- B.A. University of California-Los Angeles 1980
Professor Rosales' research focuses on Chicano literature and culture with an emphasis on Chicano literary history and Chicano narrative written in Spanish. He also studies the impact that Mexican popular culture has on Chicano literature and Mexico on the Chicano imaginary; these themes will be the focus of future book projects. A project in the works is to delve on how Chicano literature and culture is seen outside of the United States. With the aid of former and current ASU Ph.D. students, he is currently collecting essays from international critics that we plan to publish in four volumes: "Spanish Perspectives on Chicano literature"; "European Perspectives on Chicano literature"; "Latin American Perspectives on Chicano literature"; and "Mexican Perspectives on Chicano literature."
Besides these research interests, Rosales also enjoys creative writing. His short stories and fictional testimonies have been published in a number of journals. Currently, he is working on a collection of short stories titled, "Play In Dreams and Other testimonios"
Rosales is the founder and editor of Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte. The journal, founded in 2003, publishes essays, poetry, narrative, interviews, testimonies and art as a way to promote Chicano literature and culture on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border. He is also the founder of the Premio Nacional de Narrativa Chicana Escrita en Español in an effort to promote Chicano literature in Spanish.
Selected Publications Include:
Books:
1) Contigo en la distancia. Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico: ALJA Ediciones, 2023.
2) The Literary Life and Work of Margarita Cota-Cárdenas: La Plonqui (Edited with Dr. Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez). Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2023.
3) Marco Solis El hombre de arena. Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico: ALJA Ediciones, 2020.
4) Spanish Perspectives on Chicano Literature: Literary and Cultural Essays (Edited with Dr. Vanessa Fonseca). Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2017.
5) Thinking en español: Interviews with Critics of Chicana/o Literature. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2014.
6) Alejandro Morales: Encuentro, historia y compromiso social. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1999.
Book Chapters:
1) "History, Spatial Justice, and the Esperpento in Alejandro Morales' Pequeña nación." A Critical Collection on Alejandro Morales: Forging an Alternative Chicano Fiction. Marc García-Martínez and Francisco A. Lomelí (Editors). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2021.
2) "Revistas literarias chicanas en español: Puentes: Revista México-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte." El Gran México: Las culturas mexicanas más allá de las fronteras. José Manuel Valenzuela (coordinador). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México: Gedisa, 2019.
3) "Community and Exile in Norma E. Cantú's Canícula," in Word Images: A Norma Cantú Reader. Ed. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. March 2017.
4) "Literatura méxico-americana de urgencia y compromiso social de las primeras décadas del siglo XX: José de la Luz Sáenz." Chican@s y Mexican@s norteñ@s: Bi-Borderlands Dialogues on Literary and Cultural Productions. Graciela Silva Rodríguez and Manuel de Jesús Hernández-Gutiérrez (Editors). México: Ediciones Eón, 2012.
5) “El cronotopo del encuentro en Reto en el paraíso de Alejandro Morales,” Bilingual Review: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1996.
Articles:
1) "Prólogo, Caras viejas y vino nuevo: 'Old Faces on the Edge.'" Traducción, retraducción y novela chicana: el caso de Caras viejas y vino nuevo, Elena Errico. Granada, España: Editorial Comares, 2021.
2) "The Literary Works of José Agapito Olivas: Interrogating Early New Mexico Folklore y Lo Mexicano" (in collaboration with Carlos G. Vélez-Ibánez, et. al). Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. UCLA Chicano Research Center, Los Angeles, CA. Fall 2019.
3) "The Spanish Language: Chicano Literature." Oxford Encyclopedia/Latino. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
4) "Literatura chicana, una nueva perspectiva histórica." RANLE: Revista de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. New York, Vol. VI - No. 12, 2017.
5) "Presencia de íconos culturales mexicanos en La otra frontera de Alfonso Rodríguez." Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura, Santa Barbara, CA, 2016.
6) “La literatura chicana en español: La otra frontera de Alfonso Rodríguez.” Parcours Interculturels: Entre er devenir. Maia Morel (coord.). Cote-Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada: Éditions Peisaj, 2010.
7) “José de la Luz Sáenz: Precursor de la literatura del Movimiento Chicano.” Camino Real: Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas, Madrid, España, Número 0, 2009.
8) “Los cuentos de Rosaura Sánchez: ¿narrativa chicana o mexicana?” Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba, Número 252, julio-septiembre, 2008.
9) “El Sur: Chicano/a Visions of Mexico in ‘El corrido de Rito García’ and ‘Oaxaca, 1974.’” Cien años de lealtad en honor a Luis Leal. One Hundred Years of Loyalty in Honor of Luis Leal, Volumen II. Mexico: UC-Mexicanistas, 2007.
10) “La frontera como falso refugio chicano, el caso de Oscar Zeta Acosta: The Brown Buffalo.” Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, Spring 2004.
11) “A Sojourn of Desire: Cuando lleguemos (Chicano Literature: A Historical Reflection).” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Los Angeles, CA, Volume 26, No.2, Fall 2001.
12) “En busca de la verdadera Tierra Amarilla.” Cuadernos Americanos: Nueva Época. Universidad Autónoma de México, México, 55 enero-febrero, 1996.
Creative Works:
1) Fictional Testimony: "Sueño finito (In Dreams)." Revista Camino Real. Número dedicado a Rudolfo A. Anaya. Madrid, España, 2022.
2) Short Story: "Ecos: entre arena y cemento." Hostos Review/Revista Hostosiana. Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, New York, Número/Issue 15, Fall 2019.
3) Short Story: "Bendígame, Padre." Confluencia, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, Vol. 27. No. 1, Fall 2011.
4) Testimony: "La casa Leal." Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura, Santa Barbara, CA, Vol. VIII, número 29 y 30, Fall 2010.
5) Short story: “Cartas a Enrique,” Al corriente: curso intermedio de español,” McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, N.Y., Fourth Edition, 2003 (also appeared in the Second Edition, 1993 and the Third Edition, 1998).
6) Short story: “El camino,” Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura, Center for Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA,Vol. 1, número 3, Fall, 1997.
7) Short story: “El retrovisor,” San Quintín 106, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, Año II, número 8, septiembre-octubre, 1997.
8) Short story: “Historia de un camino,” Saguaro, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Vol. 9, 1994.
9) Short Story: “Parte del proceso,” First Prize, Cenzontle Seventh Chicano Literary Prize. 1980-1981, University of California, Irvine, 1981.
Editor:
1) "Durango" Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte. Tempe, Arizona, Número 13, Otoño 2023.
2) "El estado de Arizona" Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte. Tempe, Arizona, Número 12, Otoño 2017.
3) Verde. Saúl Cuevas (Novel: winner of the Premio Nacional de Narrativa Chicana Escrita en Español). San Luis Río Colorado, México: Editorial Letras del Norte, 2016.
4) “Yucatán: Baktún 14” Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte, Tempe, Arizona, Número 11, Spring 2014.
5) "The Rolando Hinojosa/Miguel Méndez Literary Symposium: Vida y Honor/Life and Honor" Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte, Tempe, Arizona, Número 9, Fall 2011.
6) "La literatura mexicana y chicana: Cien años de Revolución." Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte, Tempe, Arizona, Número 8, Fall 2010.
7) "La mujer chicana y mexicana del siglo XXI: Ellas tiene la palabra," Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte, Tempe, Arizona, Número 7, Fall 2009.
8) “Puro tejano,” Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte, Corpus Christi, TX, Número 6, Fall 2008.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 792 | Research |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 471 | Indohispanomexicano Civilizatn |
| SPA 485 | Chicano/a Short Story:Espnglsh |
| SPA 792 | Research |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 471 | Indohispanomexicano Civilizatn |
| SPA 471 | Indohispanomexicano Civilizatn |
| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
| SPA 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 486 | Chicano/a Novel:Ultima,Rafa |
| SPA 520 | Preparing Professional Careers |
| SPA 598 | Special Topics |
| SPA 486 | Chicano/a Novel:Ultima,Rafa |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
| SPA 429 | Writing Mexico: Major Texts |
| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 592 | Research |
| SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 792 | Research |
| SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SPA 799 | Dissertation |
| SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SPA 486 | Chicano/a Novel:Ultima,Rafa |
| SPA 586 | Chicano/a Novel |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
| SPA 429 | Writing Mexico: Major Texts |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SPA 471 | Indohispanomexicano Civilizatn |
| SPA 538 | Chicana Writers |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
| SPA 429 | Writing Mexico: Major Texts |
| SPA 464 | Jaitón Works in Chicano/a Lit |
Selected Presentations:
1) "El camino." XII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Chicana y Estudios Latinos. Barcelona, Spain, June 20-22, 2022.
2) "El sol de Texas de Conrado Espinoza" Novela de inmigración y nacionalismo mexicano." XXV Congresos Internacionales de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos. Lima, Perú, March 4-6, 2020.
3) "México en la imaginación del chicano: Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa de Rigoberto González." XIX Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 8-10, 2017.
4) "El laberinto borgiano en A Chicano in China de Rudolfo Anaya." 30 Years After Borges: rgentina, Politics and Culture Conference Beijing, China, July 16, 2016.
5) “Los cuentos pre-chicanos de Mario Suárez.” XXV Jornadas: Binacionales de Literatura Abigael Bohórquez San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, México April 20-23, 2016.
6) “Presencia de íconos culturales mexicanos en La otra frontera de Alfonso Rodríguez.” National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies Denver, Colorado, April 6-9, 2016.
7) “Revistas literarias chicanas en español: el caso de Puentes: Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte.” II Festival Cultural Internacional El Gran México: Las culturas mexicanas más allá de las fronteras El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, September 11, 2014.
8) "Perspectivas españolas en la literatura chicana.” 9th International Conference on Chicano Literature and Latino Studies Oviedo, Spain, May 28-30, 2014.
9) "La carpa y el laberinto en Ensueños de Saúl Cuevas.” National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2014.
Director of current Ph.D. students:
1) Constantino López
Director of current MA students
Committee member of current Ph.D. students:
1) Mariana Ruiz González Rentería
2) Bruno Nowendsztern
3) Francisco Carrillo
4) Ana Cervantes
Director/Member of previous Ph.D. and MA students:
1) Director: Concetta M. L. Bondi Ph.D. (Def. Summer 2020) Dissertation title: "Urban Chicanx/Latinx Art and Cultural Production in Phoenix, Arizona 'Mujeres del desierto': Cultural Identity, Eco-somaesthetics, and Urban Space in the Work of Stella Pope Duarte, La Morena, and Annie Lopez
2) Director: José Juan Gómez Ph.D. (Def. Summer 2018) Dissertation title: "In/justicia espacial en el teatro chicano/a: La (re)creación, toma y lucha por un espacio propio ante el desplazamiento y la gentrificación"
3) Director: José Flores, Ph.D. (Def. Fall 2017) Dissertation title: “Remezcla: reimaginando el discurso racial en la narrativa mexicoamericana (1970-2010)" (Dr. Flores is currently a Visiting Assisting Professor of Spanish and Latino Studies at Whittier College, Whittier, California, fall 2017)
4) Director: Laura Belmonte, Ph.D. (Def. Fall 2016) Dissertation title: "La lucha por la dignidad: espiritualidades y expresiones religiosas en la producción cultural chicana, 1960-2014 (Dr. Belmonte is currently an Assisting Professor of Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico)
5) Member: Rosita Scerbo, Ph.D. (Def. Spring 2020) Dissertation title: "QueerARTivismo político y reinvindicación social: nuevas aproximaciones interdisciplinarias y transculturales a la autobiografía visual femenina"
6) Member: Xiomara Núñez-R Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2019)
7) Member: Katie Brown, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2016) Dissertation title: “Traduttori Traditori: The Tasks of the Creative “Traitor” and the Problematic of Translation (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, José Martí, César Vallejo, José Lezama Lima, and Octavio Paz)” (Dr. Brown is currently a Visiting Professor of Spanish at the University of Southern Colorado)
8) Member: Beatriz Rodríguez, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2019)
9) Member: Solem Minjares, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2018
10) Member: Indira García, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2016) (Miss García is currently a doctoral student at the University of Kansas)
11) Member: Tomás Ramos, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2015)
12) Member: Daniel Vargas, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2015)
13) Member: Edith Mansiglia, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2015)
14) Member: Arturo Jiménez, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2015)
15) Member: Elizabeth Atencia, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2015)
16) Co-Director): Jorge Mancillas, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2014)
17) Member: Rachel Newman, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2014)
18) Member: Norma López, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2014)
19) Member: Aurora Muñoz, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2014)
20) Director: Ana Sifuentes, M.A. (Def. Fall 2013)
21) Member: David Durán, M.A. (Def. Fall 2013)
22) Member: Vanessa Fonseca, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2013)
23) Member: Ileana Baeza, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2013)
24) Member: Mario Escobar, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2010)
25) Member: Rebecca Baker, M.A. (Def. Spr. 2010)
26) Member: John LeDeux, Ph.D. (Def. Spr. 2009)
27) Member: Martha E. Serpas-Alvarado, MA (Def. Spr. 2009)