Ryan A . Spangler, PhD

Associate Professor

CURAS Assistant Director

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RyanSpangler@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Modern Languages and Literatures
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Ryan A . Spangler, PhD

Associate Professor

CURAS Assistant Director

Dr. Ryan Spangler joined the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in 2007 from the University of Kentucky, where he received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies. He received is M.A. in Spanish American Literature and his B.A. in Spanish both from Brigham Young University. Dr. Spangler specializes in the poetry of the Cuban writer and revolutionary, José Martí. He is co-editor of a forthcoming critical anthology on the works of Martí (Syncing the Americas: José Martí and the Shaping of National Identity, U of Bucknell P, 2017), and is currently working on a translation of Martí's collection of poetry, Versos libres. Dr. Spangler is also the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement.

Research Focus

José Martí, Ruben Darío, modernismo 20th century Vanguardia Teatro campesino in Sendero Luminoso

Department

Modern Languages and Literatures

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • Spangler Ryan Anthony, etal Syncing the Americas 2018
  • Syncing the Americas: José Martí and the Shaping of National Identity
    Spangler Ryan Anthony, Modern Tensions in the Poetics of José Martí [Book Chapter] 2018
  • Spangler Ryan A., Introduction and Annotations to Jose Marti [Book Chapter] 2015

Publications

  • The journal of Latino-Latin American studies
    Spangler Ryan, Cholo u hombre: Representation and Revolution in the Senderista Theater of Víctor Zavala Cataño
    10:2, p. 66 - 77 2020
  • Journal of Critical Southern Studies
    Spangler Ryan A., Ninguna Patria Tengo Yo: Cuba's Poetic and Political Redemption in José Martí
    3, p. 72 - 95 2015
  • La Habana Elegante
    Spangler Ryan A., Review of Jose Marti, the United States, and Race.
    56:2 2014
  • Anagnorisis
    Spangler Ryan A., Deshaciendo La Desmemoria: Historia y Ficcion En El Teatro De Haffe Serulle
    8 2013
  • Procedimientos del Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío
    Spangler Ryan A., Salutación del pesimista: Darío, Schopenhauer y la revelación del arte
    8, p. 61 - 76 2010
  • Procedimientos del Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío
    Spangler Ryan A., La religión poética en la poesía de Rubén Darío
    7, p. 33 - 47 2009
  • Spangler Ryan A., The religion of poetry: An evaluation of spiritual crisis in the poetry of Jose Marti 2009

Awards

  • Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement
    Creighton University
  • Dean's Award for Major Advising
    College of Arts and Sciences, Creighton University