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Individual Faculty Research Profile—John Beusterien, Ph.D.

Research and Scholarship

  • Early Spanish Literature and Culture; Race and Ethnic Studies; Critical theory; Spanish Southwest; Animal Studies.

Language Teaching

  • Coordination and Administration of Third-Year Undergraduate Spanish Program

Creative Writing Interests

  • Poetry, Short Stories

Awards and Honors

  • President´s Book Award (for An Eye on Race: Perspectives from Theater in Imperial Spain ), Texas Tech University
  • Inducted in Sigma Delta Pi, National Hispanic Honor Society

External Funding

  • Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain´s Ministry of Culture and United States´ Universities (administered by the University of Minnesota ) ($3000)

Internal Funding

  • Spring Enrichment Fund for Research, Texas Tech University ($3500), 2008
  • Grant for Conference, Ryla T. and John F. Lott Endowment for Excellence in the Visual Arts administered by the School of Art , Texas Tech University ($5000), 2008
  • Arts and Humanities Research Travel Award, Texas Tech University ($983), 2007
  • Arts and Humanities Research Award, Texas Tech University ($3600), 2007
  • Texas Tech University Humanity Fellowship ($10,000), 2005

Professional Association Offices Held

  • Executive Committee, Early Modern Image and Text Society (EMIT), International Association