Leslie Nord, Ph.D.
I am teaching Translation, Spanish/English, English/Spanish, in the Department of Romance, German and Russian Languages and Literatures at California State University at Long Beach. The program includes an Introduction to Translation, Business/Legal, Medical and Literary Translation. In the Spring of 1998 I will also teach Business Spanish. I have also taught college level Spanish literature. I am particularly interested in the intersection of literature and graphic arts at the beginning of the twentieth century in Spain, culminating in the posters of the Spanish Civil War.
288 Park Avenue
Long Beach, California 90803
(562) 987-1087
FAX: (562) 985-2406
email address: lnord@csulb.edu
Language Proficiency
Fluency in English and Spanish. Speaking and reading ability in French. To a lesser extent, I speak and read Portuguese, Catalan and Italian.
Services Offered
Teaching Spanish
Language & Literature | Teaching Translation | Academic Counseling |
Education
- Yale University, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese
- Monterey Institute of International Studies, Translation
- UCLA, M.A., Spanish
- UCLA, TESL Certificate
- UCLA, B.A., Spanish
- Universidad Cumplutense, Madrid, Spain, Junior Year Abroad
- University of South Carolina, School of Management, Business Spanish Seminar
Professional Highlights
- Hosting "Madres de la Plaza de Mayo," Scripps College
- Chair, Department of Hispanic Studies, Scripps College
- Teaching Award, Scripps College
- Distinguished Service Award, Scripps College
- Academic Counselor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UCLA
- Coordinator of Interpreters, Boxing Event, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games
- Award as volunteer interpreter at UCLA Hospital Emergency Room
Publications
- Nord, Leslie. "Ironic Tension in the 'Romance de la
guardia civil española'," in "Cuando yo me
muera..."; Essays in Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca. ed.
C.
Brian Morris. Lanham: University Press of America, 1988.
- Nord, Leslie. "When Words are Not Enough: The Spanish
Civil War, Committed Poetry and the Graphic Arts," La Chispa
'93, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1993.
- Nord, Leslie. "The Keeper of the Keys: Rewriting El beso
de la mujer araña," Monographic Review/Revista
Monografica, Vol. XI, Texas Tech University, 1996.
Certifications
Completed course work for the TESL Certificate at UCLA.
Additional Information
I have five years experience counseling at the college level, and have taught full time for eight years at the college level, and for twelve years as a graduate student at UCLA and Yale. I am currently working toward certification as a translator.