Charli Valdez                                   
english@drew
  Assistant Professor of English
 Degrees:  AB, 1992, Cornell University; AM, 1999, Brown University; Ph.D. 2004, University of Houston.

Arrived at Drew: 2004

Areas of specialization: American literature, Latino literature,  Ekphrasis, creative writing (fiction). 

Courses regularly taught:  English 128/ Interart Relations; English 37 / Latino/Latina Literatures; ENGL 107/ Creative Writing Workshop: Short Fiction

Recent and Forthcoming Publications:  “Heteroglossia, Dirty Girls, Dulzura y Aurora” Crate Literary Journal (2007), "Ekphrastic Revision & Wonder" Mirror Up to Nature: Art as Imitation (2007), “Eloquence & Caliban’s Dialogic Curse” Language and Identity in Chicano/Latino Discourse (2006), “Writing Paintings” AWP Pedagogy Papers (2005)," Interview with Mark Doty," American Voices, 2004; "Queen vs. Knave" (fiction), Small Spiral Notebook, 2001; "Flipside of Passion" (fiction), Wordworks, 2000.

Current Projects: “Spain in the Chicano Imaginary”, “‘On the Uses of’ Teaching Latino Popular Culture at a Liberal Arts College”, “The Illeist” (short story),  Goya Triptych with Dog, an ekphrasic novel set in Madrid, Spain in the early C19th.

Awards and Fellowships:   Fulbright (Spain) 2001-2002 and 2002; Walker Scholarship (Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center), 2001;  Cambor Fellowship (fiction) 1999 and 2003; U.S. Department of Education FLAS Fellowship in Brazilian Literature, 1998.

Points of interest: Taught creative writing and literature at Wabash College prior to his arrival at Drew and has worked as a legal advocate, organizer, and translator for PCUN (the farmworkers' union of  Oregon) and for non-profits in Chiapas, Mexico.
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