Jaime Cruz-Ortiz

Education
Ph.D., Spanish, Washington University of Oklahoma, 2009.

M.A., Spanish, University of Iowa, 2003.

BA, English and Spanish, University of Oklahoma, 1999.

Teaching Emphasis
Spanish language and culture. particularly Spanish Renaissance and Baroque Theater.

Hobbies
Dr. Cruz-Ortiz enjoys collecting old books, visiting drive-in movie theaters, and watching science fiction and monster movies.

Publications
Articles in Céfro, Dramamturgia y espectéculo teatral en la época de los Austrias, and Anais do V Congresso Brasileiro de Hispanistas e I Congresso Interatcional da Associação Brasileira de Hispanistas. Translation in El río sin tacto. 

Dr. Jaime Cruz-Ortiz is an Assistant Professor of Spanish.  He came to Pittsburg State University in the Fall of 2009.  Before that, he worked as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, where he was co-founder of Tierra Tinta, an annual conference on Hispanic, Latin American, and Luso-Brazilian literatures and film.  At OU, Jaime was awarded the Provost's prestigious Graduate Assistant Teaching Award in 2008.  He has three children:  Ismael, dominique, and Séneca.