J.P. Spicer-Escalante
Spanish
Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: Logan (MAIN 212)Phone: +1 435 797 0709
Email: jp.spicer@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Ph.D., Latin American Literature, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (1999)
M.A. Spanish, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1992)
B.A. Economics and Spanish, Kansas State University (1987)
Biography
Dr. J.P. Spicer-Escalante is a Full Professor of Hispanic Studies at Utah State University where he has taught Latin American literature and cinema since 2003. He is the author of Visiones patológicas nacionales: Lucio Vicente López, Eugenio Cambaceres y Julián Martel ante la distopía argentina finisecular (2006) and Au Naturel: (Re)Reading Hispanic Naturalism (2010). Since 2020, his main focus has been on Socio-Cultural and Documentary Photography and Videography. His work in these areas has been exhibited in the United States, Europe, and South America, as well as in international venues.
Survey of Hispanic American Literature II
Topics of Hispanic American Cultural Production
Introduction to Hispanic Cinema
Socio-Cultural and Documentary Photography/Videography
19th-21st Century Hispanic Cultural Production
Literary and Cinematic Naturalism in the Hispanic World
Hispanic-American Travel Writing
Solo Photographic Exhibitions
De Corazón y Alma. Photographic exhibition. 20 images. Sanatorio Otamendi. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2023).
Borrowed Traditions: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca. Photographic exhibition. 20 images. West Valley Arts, West Valley, UT (2023).
Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead: Oaxaca de Juárez, México. Photographic exhibition. 10 images. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ. (2023).
In Search of México: Tradition, Globalization, and the Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca. Photographic exhibition. 25 images. West Valley Arts, West Valley, UT (2022).
Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead: Oaxaca de Juárez, México. Photographic exhibition. 10 images. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ. (2022).
Tradition and Modernity. Photographic exhibition. 15 images. IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (2021).
Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead: Mexico City, Mexico. Photographic exhibition. 12 images. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ. (2021).
The ‘Love in the Time of the Coronavirus’ Project. Photographic exhibition. 30 images. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ. (2020).
Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead: Zacualpan de Amilpas, Morelos, Mexico. Photographic exhibition. 10 images. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ. (2020).
Los Pueblos, el Pueblo. The Many Faces of the Américas. Photographic exhibition. 25 images. Latinx Cultural Center, Utah State Univ. (2019).
Megamuestra XIII. 3 images. Espacio Cultural del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2023)
“Two Generations,” The Portrait. Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2023). Exhibition Catalogue, p. 36.
“El Paisano,” Portraits. Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece (2023).
“Observing the Other(s),” DeBóp Arts Party/Athens City Festival. Municipality of Athens, Athens, Greece (2023).
“The Low-Rider,” Member Showcase. Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2023). Exhibition Catalogue, p. 56.
“Observing the Other(s),” The 1st Black & White Athens Photography Festival, Municipality of Athens, Athens, Greece (2023).
“Into the Sahara.” Travel. Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece (2022).
“Green with Envy.” Member Showcase. Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2022). Exhibition Catalogue, p. 34.
“Under a Rhyolite Sky.” Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces. Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2022). Exhibition Catalogue, p. 8.
“The Empty-Nesters.” Portraiture. Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon (2021). Exhibition Catalogue, p. 8.
“The Multi-Colored Sadhu.” Taking Pictures 2021. Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon (2021). Exhibition Catalogue, p. 41.
Founding Co-Director and Managing EditorDecimonónica: Revista de producción cultural hispánica decimonónica (decimononica.org)
Member, Editorial CommitteeExcavatio: International Review for Multidisciplinary Approaches and Comparative Studies related to Emile Zola and his Time, Naturalism, Naturalist Writers and Artists, Naturalism and Cinema around the World