Associate Professor of Spanish & Hispanic Studies
Union College
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
Schenectady, NY 12308
E-mail: henselec@union.edu
Christine Henseler's work on Generation X
was recently featured on
The Washington Post's Leadership List.
Christine Henseler earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree in Advertising, a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Spanish Literature and Culture from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature from Cornell University. She has worked as Associate Director of Academic Programs and as Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Union College. She is on the Editorial board of The Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, on the Editorial Advisory Board of the new Canada Journal of Popular Culture, she is the Faculty Advisor to the Univ. of Texas at Austin, graduate student run literary magazine Pterodáctilo, and she has reviewed scholarly articles for countless journals in Spanish literature. She is also a Member of the 4Humanities Collective, she is on the MLA Executive Delegate Assembly, and she has organized several international conferences.
Prof. Henseler's work centers on contemporary Spanish literature and technology, media studies, and youth culture, in particular Generation X. She has published numerous books and articles, including Contemporary Spanish Women's Narrative and the Publishing Industry (2003) and Generation X Rocks: Contemporary Peninsular Fiction, Film, and Rock Culture(2007). She has recently published Spanish Fiction in the Digital Age: Generation X Remixed (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011). Now "live" is Hybrid Storyspaces: Redefining the Critical Enterprise in Twenty-First Century Hispanic Literature (Hispanic Issues On Line), an edited volume with Debra A. Castillo (Cornell) on the interdisciplinary dynamics between Hispanic literature and technology. And she is currently completing a highly collaborative and global edited volume titled Generation X Goes Global: Mapping A Youth Culture in Motion (Routledge, August 2012).
Prof. Henseler teaches classes in Spanish on contemporary Spanish language, literature, culture and technology. In English, she teaches courses on "Generation X" and "the Millennials," on media literacy and on remix culture. She team-teaches with faculty in the Computer Science Department on topics pertaining to new media, social networking and computer games. She has also developed several multi-disciplinary course taught by faculty across campus, including the Humanities Super Seminar and Entrepreneurship and Digital Media. She speaks Spanish, German and English.
Her professional interests center around four main axis points: strengthening the Humanities, bridging communication between disciplines, mentoring both students and junior faculty members, and using new media technologies to invigorate academic disciplines.
Prof. Henseler's work centers on contemporary Spanish literature and technology, media studies, and youth culture, in particular Generation X. She has published numerous books and articles, including Contemporary Spanish Women's Narrative and the Publishing Industry (2003) and Generation X Rocks: Contemporary Peninsular Fiction, Film, and Rock Culture(2007). She has recently published Spanish Fiction in the Digital Age: Generation X Remixed (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011). Now "live" is Hybrid Storyspaces: Redefining the Critical Enterprise in Twenty-First Century Hispanic Literature (Hispanic Issues On Line), an edited volume with Debra A. Castillo (Cornell) on the interdisciplinary dynamics between Hispanic literature and technology. And she is currently completing a highly collaborative and global edited volume titled Generation X Goes Global: Mapping A Youth Culture in Motion (Routledge, August 2012).
Prof. Henseler teaches classes in Spanish on contemporary Spanish language, literature, culture and technology. In English, she teaches courses on "Generation X" and "the Millennials," on media literacy and on remix culture. She team-teaches with faculty in the Computer Science Department on topics pertaining to new media, social networking and computer games. She has also developed several multi-disciplinary course taught by faculty across campus, including the Humanities Super Seminar and Entrepreneurship and Digital Media. She speaks Spanish, German and English.
Her professional interests center around four main axis points: strengthening the Humanities, bridging communication between disciplines, mentoring both students and junior faculty members, and using new media technologies to invigorate academic disciplines.
Education
1995 – 1999 Ph.D. Cornell University
1993 – 1995 M.A. University of Kansas. Hispanic Literature
1989 – 1993 B.A. University of Kansas. Major in Spanish Literature and Culture (with Honors), Minor in History of Art
1989 – 1993 B.S. University of Kansas. Major in Journalism, Advertising (with Distinction)
Administrative Work
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1995 – 1999 Ph.D. Cornell University
1993 – 1995 M.A. University of Kansas. Hispanic Literature
1989 – 1993 B.A. University of Kansas. Major in Spanish Literature and Culture (with Honors), Minor in History of Art
1989 – 1993 B.S. University of Kansas. Major in Journalism, Advertising (with Distinction)
Administrative Work
- Chair, Spanish Program (2009-present)
- Faculty Mentor to the Posse Foundation (2007-2011)
- Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) (2006-2009)
- Associate Director of Academic Programs (2005-2007)
Editorial Work
- Member of the Editorial Board. The Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies. 2007-Present
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the new Canadian Journal of Popular Culture. 2012-Present
- Journal Article Reviewer for the following journals: Hispanic Review, The Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, The Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, Letras Femeninas.
- Faculty Advisor to Pterodáctilo, a graduate student journal located in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas, Austin.
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- Member of 4Humanities: Advocacy for the Humanities. Director of “Humanities in Action Lab” and “Humanities, Plain and Simple.” 2010-present.
- Member of the MLA Delegated Assembly (2013-2015)
- Division Executive Delegate Committee on “Teaching as a Profession.” 2008-2013. Division Secretary, 2010, Division Chair, 2011.
- Co-Organizer of International Conference, “Hybrid Storyspaces: Redefining the Critical Enterprise in Twenty-First Century Hispanic Literature.” Cornell University, April 29-May 1, 2010. With Debra Castillo. <http://sites.google.com/site/hybridstoryspaces>
- External Program Reviewer of the Foreign Language and Literature Department, Skidmore College (2007) and the Department of Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Goucher College (2012)
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IN THE NEWS
Dec. 22, 2012. New Blog reference by Agustín Fernández Mallo: Libros que me han gustado este año. Nov. 11th, 2011. Blog reference by Agustín Fernández Mallo of Spanish Fiction in the Digital Age: Generation X Remixed. Lausanne, April, 2011- Congreso "Nueva Narrativa Española" "Todo lo que usted quiso saber sobre el congreso mutante en Lausanne y nunca se atrevió a preguntar" ~ EL BLOG DE MIGUEL ESPIGADO |
28 y 29 de abril, 2011. Coloquio Internacional ~ Programa "Nueva Narrativa Española." March 11, 2011: "Conversación con Jorge Carrión sobre Teleshakespeare"~ WEB DE JORGE CARRION "Valente + Mejorando lo present + Entrevista + Fotos de Cornell" ("Hybrid Spaces" conference, Cornell University April 20-May 1, 2010) ~ EL BLOG DE AGUSTIN FERNÁNDEZ MALLO |
