Professor, Spanish
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Bonnie L. Gasior, Ph.D. is Professor of Spanish, at California State University, Long Beach. Her areas of expertise include the literature of early modern Spain and colonial Spanish-America, especially as it relates to women’s studies. She has published in numerous journals such as Hispania, Laberinto, Bulletin of the Comediantes, and Chasqui. She is the co-editor of three edited volumes: Crosscurrents: Transatlantic Perspectives on Early Modern Hispanic Drama (2006, Bucknell UP); Making Sense of the Senses in the Spanish comedia (2017, Juan de la Cuesta, & winner of the 2020 Vern Williamsen Prize for comedia studies); and Reconsidering Early Modern Spanish Literature through Mass and Pop Culture: Contemporizing the Classics for the Classroom (Juan de la Cuesta, 2021). In addition, she is co-author of a literary analysis textbook, Redes literarias: la literatura hispánica en su contexto socio-histórico (2018, McFarland). Her most recent project is a co-authored manuscript that explores internships from a leadership and EDI perspective: InternsHIPs, High-Impact Practices and Provocative Praxis in Higher Education: A Social Justice Framework Based on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Routledge 2023).
Dr. Gasior finds joy in balancing research with service and teaching. As a proud Pittsburgh, PA native, she has twice led students on Alternative Spring Break to serve in McKees Rocks (2018) and East Liberty (2019), respectively, as part of a course that raised awarness on urban poverty in Appalachia. From 2015-19, she was the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative for her campus, and from 2019-21, she served as the Interim Director of the University Honors Program. Since 2020, she has been a faculty fellow with the CSU Chancellor’s office to certify faculty across the 23-campus system in Mental Health First Aid. In 2019, she was the recipient of a system-wide CSU Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award: https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/why-the-csu-matters/graduation-initiative-2025/FILA/past-awardees/2019-20-awardees/Pages/gasior.aspx
Sunday, April 30, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
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