Curriculum    Vita
 FERNANDO   FIGUEROA, Ph. D.

Department of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
Baton Rouge Community College
Office Phone: (225) 216-6808
 
 
 
EDUCATION:
                                1986-1993: Ph.D.  English, Louisiana State University (LSU),
                                Baton Rouge, Louisiana
                                Major field of concentration: Medieval English Literature
                                Minor: Philosophy

                                1992: M. A.  English, Louisiana State University (LSU),
                                Baton Rouge, Louisiana

                                1986: B. A. cum laude, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
                                Major: English

                                1982: summa cum laude, Jesuit High School, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
 
DISSERTATION:

                                 "Woven Words: A Semiology of Clothing in Medieval Texts."

A study  the semiology of clothing in both Latin and Middle English texts of the middle ages, with attention to the conflict between language as mediator and as distortion of truth. Dissertation director: Jesse M. Gellrich
TEACHING  EXPERIENCE:
Freshman Composition, LSU; UNO; BRCC
English Literature Survey I, Honors, LSU English Literature Survey II, UNO, 1 semester
Introduction to Fiction and Novel,  LSU; UNO; Loyola,
Introduction to Poetry and Drama, UNO; BRCC
Business Communications, LSU
Technical Communications, UNO
Effective Business Communications for Professionals, UNO

 
SPECIAL COURSES:
Live Feed Simulcast Courses Involving Both Main Campus
and Slidell Satellite Campus

*Introduction to Short Story and Novel
*Technical Communications

 Computer Classroom
*Technical Communications

INDEPENDENT LECTURE SERIES:
1/96-5/98: Twice a month, all volunteer, off-campus “Roundtable” discussions with UNO students et al. on topics varying from literature to politics to social commentary, etc.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Rhetoric and Composition
Business and Technical Communications
Literature of all genres and periods
Philosophy
Zen
WEB DESIGN AND CYBER ROUNDTABLE FORUM:

                                Webmaster of Web Page: Figueroa 101 (www.50megs.com/nandoman)

                                Host of Cyberforum Discussion Group: Nando's Knights of the Roundtable
                                (www.delphi.com/nandosknights)
 
 
 
EMPLOYMENT:

Coordinator of English, BRCC, Spring 2000-present
 
Head, Liberal Arts Degree Program, BRCC, Fall 1998-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, BRCC, Fall 1998-present

Instructor, English Department, UNO, Fall 1993-Summer 1998

Lecturer, Division of Professional Development, UNO, Fall 1997

Grant Editor, Department of Research, UNO, Fall 1997

Instructor, English Department, Loyola, Spring 1993

Instructor, English Department, LSU, Fall 1992

Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, LSU, 1986-1992

Assistant Grant Manager, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, LSU, 1991-1992

Technical Writing Consultant, Veterinary Clinical Science School, LSU, 1990-1992

Technical Writing Consultant, Civil Engineering Department, LSU, 1988-1990

Research Assistant to Jesse Gellrich, 1987

ACADEMIC HONORS:
Who's Who Among Americas Teachers, 1998
Founding president of Loyola University chapter of Sigma Tau Delta English Honorary Society, 1986
Dean's List: Loyola University, 1984-1986; University of Texas at Austin, 1983

Recipient of Dow Chemical Engineering Scholarship, 1982-1984

Minority Recruitment Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin, 1982-1984

CONFERENCES:
"Chaucer's Fabliaux: The Semiology of Clothing, and the  Hermeneutics of Desire." 24th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 4-7, 1989

"'Mistaken in the Mistress': Kate Hardcastle's Design as the Veiled Woman in Oliver Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer,'" Steven Bouler, copresentor. 14th Annual Meeting of the South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Shreveport, Louisiana, February 16-18, 1989

COMMITTEE CHAIRSHIPS:
Chair: SACS, Liberal Arts degree program development and assessment

CO-author: Baton Rouge Community College: Academic Affairs Program Development and Assessment.

CoChair: Faculty Senate Development Committee

LANGUAGES: 
                                Spanish: good speaking and reading knowledge
 
 
PERSONAL INTERESTS:

                                Guitar, Tennis, Computers, Pop Culture, Choir Music
 
 
REFERENCES: 

Professor Malcolm Magaw, UNO English Department
(504) 280-6134

Professor Les White, UNO English Department
(504) 280-6153

Professor Mary Fitzgerald, UNO English Department
(504) 280-6142
 
 
CREDENTIALS: 

Available upon request
 
 

If you have comments or want to offer me a job, email me at figueroaf@mail.brcc.cc.la.us
 
 

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