Hispanic Studies Faculty Bio

Mihai Grünfeld
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
CH-142, MN-128 / 845.437.5255 / grunfeld@vassar.edu
http://faculty.vassar.edu/grunfeld
B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Vassar faculty since 1987

Mihai Grünfeld obtained his B.A. in Spanish and French from University of Toronto, in Canada, his M.A. from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his Ph.D. in Latin American Literature from University of California at Berkeley. At Vassar, he teaches in the Department of Hispanic Studies, is a participating faculty in the Latin American Studies Program, and is the Advisor to the Class of 2005. His research is on modern Latin American poetry, especially the Avant-Garde, and the intersection between literature and arts.

Mr. Grünfeld has published Antología de la poesía latinoamericana de vanguardia (1995) and articles on modernismo and the Avant-Garde. He is currently working on a book on the Avant-Garde, an autobiography (The Blue Lighter), and also doing research on the representation of indigenous cultures in Latin America.

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Professors

• Michael Aronna, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Chair 2007/08
• Andrew Bush, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Chair 2008/09
• Mario Cesareo, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
• Mihai Grünfeld, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
• Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, Professor of Hispanic Studies on the Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair and Director of Africana Studies Program
• Nicolas Vivalda, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
• Eva María Woods, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies