Ana Dotras

Professor Ana M. Dotras has an extensive academic experience as a university professor, both in the United States and in Spain, teaching literature and culture, as well as Spanish courses for speakers of other languages. Her publications, which have focused primarily on Spanish narrative and playwriting, include the book The Metafictional Novel. Her current research attempts to bridge the usual disciplinary divides between the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences by applying evolutionary approaches to social behavior to the comparative analysis of Greek, Shakespearean and Spanish drama. She is also passionate about the performing arts, especially opera, and has recently published two articles on Verdi and Puccini.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, Arts & Humanities Division and Languages, IE University, Madrid & Segovia, Spain, 2014 – Present

• Adjunct Professor, Spanish Literature and Literary Theory, The George Washington University, Madrid, Spain, 1999 – Present

• Visiting Scholar, New York University, New York, USA, 2014 – 2015

• Teaching Professor of Spanish Language, Literature and Critical Theory. New York University, Madrid, Spain, 1998 – 2014

• Adjunct Professor of Spanish American Literature, The University of California at Davis, Madrid, Spain, 2008

• Teaching Professor of Spanish Literature. Syracuse University, Madrid, 1998 – 2008

• Visiting Teaching Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA, 2004

• Lecturer of Spanish and Multicultural Studies, and Supervisor and Coordinator of the “Intensive Spanish Course” for International MBA Students, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain, 2002 – 2004

• Lecturer of Spanish as a Second Language. Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Alcalá de Henares and Toledo, Spain, 1994 – 1999

• Adjunct Professor of Spanish Literature. Hamilton College, Madrid, Spain, 1995 – 1997

• Adjunct Professor of Teacher Education and Spanish Literature and Language. Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain, 1993 – 1999

• Adjunct Professor of Spanish and Supervisor and Coordinator of the Spanish Language Courses. European University, Madrid, Spain, 1993 – 1998

• Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 1991 – 1993

• Teaching Assistant of Spanish Literature and Language, and Supervisor and Coordinator of the First and Second Semesters of Spanish, University of Massachusetts, USA, 1986 – 1989

• Teaching Assistant of Spanish Language, University of Georgia, USA, 1984 – 1986