Michael Brown 
 Teaching Associate Professor, Romance Languages 
 Romance Studies, CB#3170 
 (919) 843-2043 
 raul@email.unc.edu 
 http://www.unc.edu/%7Eraul/Raul/Raul.html
Appointed Year: | 2005
Tenured: | No
Education: | • MS Psychology, University of KS 2009

World Area of Focus:

• International Less than 10%
• Latin America 75%-99%
• Western Europe/European Union (EU) 10%-24%

Languages:

• Italian (elementary proficiency)
• Portuguese (elementary proficiency)
• Spanish (native/bilingual proficiency)

Specialization: | Latin America; theatre & narrative; PTSD; David Desola, Pedro González, Ariel Dorfman; Mexico; gay theatre; male identity

Relevant Experience:

• 2006-2006 Study Abroad Director in Mexico, UNC-Chapel Hill
• 2005-2014 Lecturer, UNC-Chapel Hill
• 2005-2005 Study Abroad Director in Mexico, Univ. of KS
• 2004-2004 Co-Director Study Abroad in Mexico, Univ. of KS
• 2000-2001 Resident Scholar, NIU
• 2000-2001 Assistant Visiting Professor, NIU
• 1999-1999 Co-Director Study Abroad in Mexico, Univ. of KS

Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years: | -

Relevant Courses Taught:

• SPAN 203 Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 204 Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 260 Intro. to Literary Analysis (Hispanic Lit.)
• SPAN 300 Advanced Grammar & Composition
• SPAN 310 Advanced Conversation
• SPAN 344 Latin American Culture/Civ.: Andes, Mexico, & Central America
• SPAN 350 Advanced Comp. and Conv.

Recent Publications:

• 2018 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “The Last Days of Clark K.: Fortress or Labyrinth?” In progress.
• 2014 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “Breaking the Dams: Finding Peace by Chile’s Troubled Waters.” invited contribution to the South Central Review. To be published in 2014.
• 2014 "Finding Peace by Chile's Troubled Waters: Breaking the Dam of Memories in Ariel Dorfman's _Widows_." South Central Review, Volume 30, Number 3, Fall 2013, pp. 143-144.
• 2014 "Testimonio, tribunales y tratamiento: La muerte y la doncella por Ariel Dorfman como terapia narrativa nacional." --this is to be published by the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico. Every time I contact them regarding it, they say that it is at the printers.
• 2013 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “Esperando el renacimiento: El viaje transatlántico, trans-celestial y transgresivo de Siglo XX (que está´s en los cielos de David Desola.” Coloquio Internacional de Teatro Latinoamericano at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City in November 2013.
• 2013 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. "Testimonio, Tribunales y Tratamiento: La muerte y la doncella por Ariel Dorfman como terapia narrativa nacional." Coloquio Internacional de Teatro Latinoamericano en memoria de George Woodyard: La re/presentación de violencia en el teatro latinoamericano contemporáneo: ¿Ética o estética? IN PRESS with La Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2012 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “Hombres del quinto sol: Rompiendo paradigmas escénicos y sexuales en Muerte de cuna o,  por favor, concédeme un café y Un día nublado en la casa del sol.” Coloquio Internacional de Teatro Latinoamericano at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City in November 2012.
• 2011 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “Truth, Trials, and Treatment: Ariel Dorfman's La muerte y la doncella as a National Narrative Therapy.” Coloquio Internacional de Teatro Latinoamericano en memoria de George Woodyard: La re/presentación de violencia en el teatro latinoamericano contemporáneo: ¿Ética o estética?. Mexico City, November 2011.
• 2009 Brown, Raúl. "Mirror Images: The Use of Fairytale Narration in Elena Garro’s Los recuerdos del porvenir." In Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, 40:16 (2009): 49-57. 

• 2007 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “Vuelto al espejo mágico: el empleo del estilo del cuento de hadas en Los recuerdos del porvenir por Elena Garro.” Colloquio Internacional: Homenaje a Elena Garro, 50 años de su dramaturgía. Mexico City, June 2007.
• 2006 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. Rev. of Jacqueline Bixler and Stuart Day, eds. El teatro de Rascón Banda:  Voces en el umbral. Mexico City: Escenología, 2005. Gestos 21:42 (2006): 188-190. 
• 2006 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “Griselda Gambaro’s Atando Cabos:  Binding Wounds and Those Who Inflict Them.” Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures. Chapel Hill, March 2006.
• 1998 Brown, Michael “Raúl”. “The Use of Technology to Enhance Second Language Acquisition.” Invited Guest Speaker, Midwest Conference on Technology in Foreign Language Classrooms. Lawrence, KS, Spring 1998.