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Dr. Connie Scarborough

Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1983

Email

connie.scarborough@ttu.edu

Courses Commonly Taught

  • Medieval Literature, History of the Spanish Language
  • Writing for the Profession : Intro. to Literature; Masterpieces of Spanish Literature

Administration

  • Co-Director Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2010-2011 Phi Beta Kappa Selection Committee 2009-2010

Areas of Research

  • Medieval Spanish Literature and Language, especially the works of Alfonso X

Selected Publications

  • A Holy Alliance: Alfonso X's Political Use of Marian Poetry. Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta, 2009.
  • Libro de los exenplos por a.b.c. Critical edition with John E. Keller. Madrid: Ars Libri, 2000.
  • Introduction, The Songs of Holy Mary [a translation of the Cantigas de Santa Maria] by Kathleen Kulp-Hill (Tempe, AZ: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000)
  • "The Co-redemptive Role of Mary in Berceo’s El duelo de la Virgen.” Romance Notes 49.2 (2009): 123-32.
  • “The Tragic/Comic Calisto: Obsessed and Insecure” - Celestinesca (2010) “Geographical and Allegorical Settings: An Ecocritical Reading of “Afrenta de Corpes” in the Poema de Mio Cid” – Mediaevistik (2011) “Sexual Imagery as Unifying Factor in Razón de amor con los denuestos del agua y el vino” – Hispanic Research Review (2011)

Awards and Honors

  • Nominee for La Corónica Book Award 2011 and Nominee for President´s Book Award 2011

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