Professor of Spanish

University Ombudsperson and

**Caribbean and Latin American Studies Center,

Phone (860) 832 0056

***University Ombudsman Office, Phone (860) 832 2216

Professor García Lozada received his doctorate degree from University of Maryland, College Park, where he specialized in Latin American literature after 1810, with concentrations in Modernism, Caribbean literature, cultural history, and poetry and poetics. His scholarly interests include a range of connections between literature and cultural identity in Latin American texts from the beginning of the nineteenth century up to date. Currently his work in progress entitled "The Critical vision of Europe through Latin American Literature" examines the formation of culture on the periphery of Europe.  He has been teaching a variety of courses, including Spanish language and grammar, Honors Core, surveys on Latin American literature, Latin American essayist and poets, short stories, and the contemporary novel. He is the Associate Director of the Center for Caribbean and Latin American Studies (CCLAS)

“A well-known philosopher once said (and I paraphrase): 'One cannot guarantee human understanding but one can help to develop it'. I have been a student of Professor García's since the Fall 2004.  I entered the graduate program hoping that my Instructors would apply such a principle as they prepared me to be a more informed individual in the area of Spanish Language and Culture.  After taking three courses with Professor García as my Instructor, I can say with utmost sincerity, that he developed in me, a level of curiosity about the Language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world so much so that I began to travel to Latin America for the first time, not because it was a course requirement but rather, because I wanted to see for myself the people and culture that he brought so much alive in me through his instruction"

Excerpt from student’s letter sent to the Committee of Excellence in Teaching 2006 at CCSU.