Dr. Stacy Davis
Associate Professor of Spanish, Director of Second Language Instruction
On sabbatical for the Fall 2023 semester.
B.A. Hollins College (1997)
M.L.A. University of Richmond (2006)
Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis (2016)
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century Peninsular Literature; masculinity studies, the indiano as an intersection of gender and empire; the Realist Novel; the short stories of Emilia Pardo Bazán.
Dr. Davis enjoys teaching all levels of Spanish language, culture, and literature, along with upper-level courses. With her specialty in Second Language Acquisition, she also teaches the graduate-level methods course for future language instructors. Dr. Davis also works closely with students in Linguaprofs, a pre-professional organization for MAE and pre-MAE French, Spanish, and ESOL teachers.
Her recent publications include:
Book Chapter as part of Edited Volume: “La alegoría metaficticia de la muerte del arte en Doña Berta” in Crear entre mundos: nuevas tendencias en la metaficcion española (Editorial Albatros, published September 2021).
Article: “Rompecabezas alegóricas: Armando dos piezas compartidas en la cuentística de Benito Pérez Galdós y Emilia Pardo Bazán” (Anales Galdosianos, 57 Número monográfico: Pardo Bazán y Pérez Galdós: consonancias y convergencias con ocasión de dos centenarios, 2022, p. 125-41).
Article: “Imperial Anxieties and Urbane Transgressions: The Indianos of Benito Pérez Galdós’s Lo prohibido” in Decimonónica: Revista de producción cultural hispánica decimonónica (Winter issue, 2023).