Sheila Rodriguez

Latin American Literature, Latin American culture, Hispanics in the U.S, Spanish for the Professions, New Historical Novel

Earlham College, B.A., 1992
Temple University, M.A. in Spanish, 2000
Temple University, Ph.D. in Latin American Literature, 2005

Dr. Rodriguez teaches courses in Latin American literature, Latin American culture, Spanish for Medical Professionals, Spanish Business as well as Intermediate Spanish.

I really enjoy discussing Spanish literature and culture with Messiah University students!
In the area of Latin American literature, I have published several articles on Nicaraguan novelist Sergio Ramírez and the New Historical Novel.

I am very interested in contemporary Hispanic achievement and some of my courses include a unit on honoring Hispanic Heroes. I have also presented on Mexican American activist César Chávez.
Before returning to academia, I worked for several years as a medical interpreter for Spanish speaking patients, as a caseworker for HIV positive Latinos and as an advocate for migrant farmworkers.

“La Conquista maya de España: Reinventando la historia con Carlos Fuentes” Latin American Essays XXIV, Summer 2011.

“Sombras nada más de Sergio Ramírez: Juicio criminal y juicio moral de la Revolución Sandinista,” Encuentros de nuevos y viejos mundos (2007), 29-38.

“La muerte del héroe tradicional: Jugando con la historia nicaragüense en Margarita, está linda la mar de Sergio Ramírez,” Latin American Essays 21 (2007) 36-45.