Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish; Director of International Studies & Global Cultures
Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Language, Culture, and the Arts
3016 College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building | 4901 Evergreen Road | Dearborn, MI 48128

Teaching Areas:

Film Studies, Global Cultures, Hispanic Studies/Spanish, International Studies

Research Areas:

Film and Screen Studies, Social Theory, Spanish

Biography and Education

Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo is a professor of Spanish at the 每日大赛 where he has worked since 2007 teaching Spanish Literature, Film, Culture and Language. He has published more than 60 articles on Spanish contemporary literary criticism, film and history of film in top tier international journals. Moreover, he has released 10 books on Spanish film, literature, and culture; particularly, it is worth mentioning his manuscript: Drogas ilegales en el cine espa帽ol: Adicciones en la gran pantalla desde el fin del Franquismo hasta los inicios del s. XXI. Madrid: Editorial Fundamentos, 2015. Beyond that, he works closely with students and colleagues in order to enrich campus life and promote the best learning environment possible.

Education

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Hispanic Studies

M.A., Universidad de Valladolid, Film Studies and M.A., Universidad de Valladolid, Spanish Teaching Methodology

B.A., Universidad de Valladolid, Hispanic Studies and B.A., Universidad de Valladolid, English Studies

Selected Publications

BOOK: Las cadenas que amamos. Valoria: Editorial P谩ramo, 2021.

BOOK: Inusuales: Hogar, sexualidad y pol铆tica en el cine hispano. Madrid: Iberoamericana. 2020.

BOOK: Quinqui Film in Spain: Peripheries of Society an Myths on the Margins. London: Anthem Press, 2020. 

BOOK: Mujeres y cine en Espa帽a: Industria, Igualdad y Representaci贸n. Madrid: Wysteria, 2018.

BOOK: Castilla bajo mirada extra帽a: Hacia un imaginario cultural. Valoria: Editorial P谩ramo, 2016. 

BOOK: Drogas ilegales en el cine espa帽ol: Adicciones en la gran pantalla desde el fin del Franquismo hasta los inicios del s. XXI. Madrid: Ed. Fundamentos, 2015.

BOOK: Hacia la obra de arte total: Identidad y autenticidad en la cinematograf铆a de Pedro Almod贸var. Valladolid: La nueva literatura hisp谩nica n. 17 (2013).

-鈥淒istop铆as colectivas, individuos inadaptados en la alegor铆a de una sociedad pr贸xima que presenta 搁别苍诲颈肠颈贸苍 de Ray Loriga鈥, in 笔辞濒颈蹿辞苍铆补. Vol. VIII. I. 2019. 37-55.

-鈥淓spa帽a en el mundo a trav茅s de las tapas: Globalizaci贸n gastron贸mica e identidad鈥, in Cultura Gastron贸mica: Representaciones Identitarias en Espa帽a. Valladolid: La nueva literatura hisp谩nica. Vol. 23. 2019. 257/78.

-鈥淟a revoluci贸n no ser谩 televisada sino teatralizada: Del germen de Noviembre (2003) a la lucha social y el activismo local鈥, in Todos a movilizarse: Protesta y activismo social en la Espa帽a del XXI. Barcelona: Anthropos, Siglo Veintiuno, 2019. 119-34.

鈥淟a parodia nacional en El mundo es nuestro (2012) de Alfonso S谩nchez: 驴La comedia 谩cida como forma de representar la crisis financiera en Espa帽a?鈥, in An谩lisis del poder y resistencia en el cine espa帽ol. Barcelona: Universitat Operta de Catalunya, 2018. 87/104. 

鈥淕lobal Social Activism. DIY Culture and lack of Institutional Help鈥. Journal of Urban Cultural Studies. Vol. 4. no. 1. 2017. 427-36.

鈥淚b茅roes: Racismo y cr铆tica social en la apropiaci贸n espa帽olizada de la est茅tica del superh茅roe estadounidense.鈥 Romance Studies, Vol. 32, 1, 2014.

鈥淣uevas miradas a la inmigraci贸n: 14 kil贸metros o el viaje nunca ocurri贸.鈥 Revista Iberoamericana. vol. 44, XI, 2011.

鈥淟a 鈥楶rincesa鈥 de Joaqu铆n Sabina: Nostalgia a caballo entre el amor y el miedo.鈥 Bulletin of Spanish Studies. vol. LXXXVII, no. 3, 2010. 353-70.

 

 

Awards and Recognition

2020  Distinguished Research Award from The 每日大赛

2019  Faculty Appreciation Award (From Globally United Students Association)

2017 Faculty Appreciation Award (from International Studies).

2015 Graduate Student Success Stories Recognition from the University of Kentucky.

2012 Distinguished Teaching Award from the 每日大赛

2008 Faculty Appreciation Award (from Hispanic Studies)

Grants:

  • Faculty Professional Development Grant
  • Faculty Research Initiation and Seed Grant
  • Rackham Faculty Research Grant
  • Small Grant for Faculty Research
  • Research, Support and Maintenance Grant