Gerardo Garcia-Munoz, PhD

Gerardo Garcia
Gerardo Garcia-Munoz, PhD
Associate Professor, Spanish

Contact Information

Associate Professor, Spanish
Office: Hilliard Hall
Phone: (936) 261-3727
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Executive Statement

Dr. Gerardo Garcia-Munoz specializes in Latin American literature, culture, and film, with an emphasis on Contemporary Mexican Literature. He teaches courses in these areas, related subjects, and Spanish language. His research focuses on Latin American detective fiction. He has published two books on Mexican detective fiction: Norte negro. Catorce miradas a una narrativa criminal mexicana. México: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León / Universidad Iberoamericana Torreón, 2023 and El enigma y la conspiración: del cuarto cerrado al laberinto neopoliciaco. México: Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 2010. He co-edited La luz y la guerra: el cine de la Revolucion Mexicana (Light and War: The Cinema of the Mexican Revolution) (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2010).

Teaching/Research Area of Interest

  • Latin American Detective Fiction
  • Latin American Film

Education

  • Ph.D.  Spanish Arizona State University
  • M.A.  Spanish New Mexico State University

Selection of Courses Taught

  • SPAN 1301 Elementary Spanish I
  • SPAN 1302 Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN 2311 Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN 2312 Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPAN 2317 Spanish for Law Enforcement
  • SPAN 2320 Spanish Conversation
  • SPAN 2321 Spanish Composition
  • SPAN 3307 Spanish-American Literature II
  • SPAN 3309 Hispanic Civilization and Culture I
  • SPAN SPAN 3330 Hispanic American Film
  • SPAN 3340 Latin American Detective Fiction
  • SPAN 4300 Hispanic Civilization and Culture II
  • SPAN 4993. Independent Study
  • SPAN 4399. Special Topics
  • HUM 1303 Introduction to the Humanities

Selected Research / Creative Activities

Books

  • Norte negro: Catorce miradas a una narrativa criminal mexicana. México: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León/Universidad Iberoamericana Torreón, 2023.
  • El enigma y la conspiración: del cuarto cerrado al laberinto neopoliciaco. México: Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 2010.
  • Julio Ramón Ribeyro: cinco claves de su cuentística. México: Universidad Iberoamericana, 2003.

Edited Book

  • La luz y la guerra: el cine de la Revolución mexicana. Arte e Imagen. Co-edited with Fernando Fabio Sánchez. México: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2010.
  • “Leyenda Morgan: El cuento policiaco de Jaime Muñoz Vargas”. Nuevas narrativas mexicanas. (Volumen III). Barcelona, Lingkua, 2019. 223-238.
  • “Las encarnaciones de la muerte” (Introducción). LatiNoir: muerte con pasaporte. México, Nitro/Press, 2018. 5-10.
  • “Carne de ataúd: una travesía por la criminalidad del porfiriato”. Sunny Places for Shady People. El post-policiaco mexicano. Joseph Towle, compilador. México: University of Colorado Springs, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Editorial Artificios, 2018. 199-218.
  • “Conspiración y violencia en Círculo de fuego”. Fuegos cruzados. Ensayos sobre narrativa policiaca de fronteras”. Jaime Muñoz Vargas, José Salvador Ruiz Méndez, and Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz, eds. México: University of Colorado Springs, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Editorial Artificios, 2016. 165-187.

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • “Violencia subjetiva y ficción paranoica en tres cuentos de Guillermo Saccomanno”. Dura. Revista de literatura criminal hispana. 3(2021). pp 26-38.
  • “Crímenes urbanos: la ficción policiaca de Hugo Valdés”. Tema y Variaciones de Literatura. Núm 54, semestre 1, enero-junio de 2020, UAM- Azcapotzalco, pp. 101-118.
  • “La recuperación de la historia: los documentales de Juan Ramón Aupart.” Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea. 17.44 (2010): 99-106.
  • “La guerra cristera en la cinematografía mexicana: entre el melodrama y el anticlericalismo.” The Colorado Review of Hispanic Studies. Special Issue on The Representation of History in Iberian and Latin American Film. 8 (2010). 183-200.

Invited Presentations

  •  2023 Keynote Speaker at XII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Detectivesca en Español (XII International Conference of Hispanic Detective Fiction) held at University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, TX, November 16-18.

Guest Lectures

  •  2023 “Origins of Mexican Detective Fiction and Noir Novel” SPAN Dr. Mario Morera Department of Languages, Cultures and Communication, Master’s of Arts in Hispanic Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University, Sept 11, 2023.

Service Activities

  • Chair LCOM Mid-Tenure Review Committee
  • Chair Foreign Languages Curriculum Committee
  • Member LCOM Curriculum Committee
  • Member BCAS Mid-Tenure Review Committee
  • Member BCAS Post Tenure Review Committee
  • Member LCOM Department Head Search Committee
  • Member LCOM Tenure Review Committee

Grants & Awards

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Credentials, Certificates, Memberships, and Badges

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