Dr. Damaris Elizabeth Serrano Guerra
Associate Professor of Spanish
- B.A. University of Panama
- M.A. Michigan State University-Comparative Literature
- Ph.D Michigan State University-Hispanic Cultural Studies
Phone Number: (937) 775-2888
E-mail: damaris.serrano@wright.edu
Damaris Elizabeth Serrano Guerra was born in David, Province of Chiriquí, Republic of Panama.
She holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Cultural Studies (2005) and a M.A. in Comparative Literature (1998), both by Michigan State University. She has a B.A. ‘Cum Laude’ in Humanities with Specialization in Spanish and also is a High School Professor with Specialization in Spanish, granted by the University of Panama (1990).
She infuses in her students the principle that Spanish is knowledge for living, not just a requirement.
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
International Editorial Board of Istmica, sponsored by la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA), and related to LA EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA de la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (EUNA: named as member in 2012.
Gill-Chin Lim Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies, presented by International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University. “This prestigious award recognizes outstanding achievements and leadership internationally.” 2006.
Wright State University. Presidential Award for Early Career Achievement, September, 2007.
National Literary Prize of the Republic of Panama “Ricardo Miró,” in the section of Literary Essay: La literatura panameña: historia, nación, sociedad (amor, cultura y conflictos en la segunda mitad del siglo XX). [Panamanian Literature : History, Nation, Society : Love, Culture and Conflicts in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.]
Honorable Mention in the National Literary Contest of the Republic of Panama “Ricardo Miró.” Essay: La nación panameña en sus espacios: cultura popular, resistencia y globalización. 2004 [The Panamanian Nation in its Spaces: Popular Culture, Resistance, and Globalization.]
Accésit in the National Literary Prize of the Republic of Panama “Ricardo Miró,” in the section of Sociological Essay: La celda del caracol: cuatro ensayos de sociología literaria. 2000 [The Cell of the Shell: Four Essays on Literary Sociology.]
Signos National Prize of Literary Essay: “Rodrigo Miró Grimaldo”: El hilo de Ariadna o el escritor en el ámbito laberíntico de la modernidad a la postmodernidad. 2000. (Aridne’s String or the Writer in the Labyrinth from Modernity to Postmodernity.)
Recognition during the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration by the Latin American Association of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. 2006.
Research Fellowship. Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. Madrid, Spain. 1996.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
La literatura panameña: historia, nación, sociedad (Amor, cultura y conflictos en la segunda mitad del siglo XX) [Panamanian Literature : History, Nation, Society: Love, Culture and Conflicts in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.] Premio Nacional de Literature Ricardo Miró en ensayo, 2005. Panamá: Editorial Mariano Arosemena, INAC, 2006.
La nación panameña en sus espacios: Cultura popular, resistencia y globalización. [The Panamanian Nation in its Spaces: Popular Culture, Resistance, and Globalization.] (Mención de honor 2004, Ensayo). Panamá: Editorial Mariano Arosemena, INAC, 2006.
El hilo de Ariadna o el escritor en el ámbito laberíntico de la modernidad a la postmodernidad. [Ariadne’s String or the Writer in the Labyrinth from Modernity to Postmodernity] Premio Signos de Ensayo 2000. Panamá: Fundación Cultural Signos, 2002.
La celda del caracol: Cuatro ensayos de sociología literaria. [The Cell of the Shell: Four Essays on Literary Sociology.] Panamá: Instituto Nacional de Cultura, 2002. Mención de honor, Ensayo sociológico, Premio Literario Ricardo Miró 2000.
(Co-Autor). Diccionario de la Literatura Centroamericana. Coord. Albino Chacón et al. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, 2007.
“La literatura de la nación panameña: globalismo cultural y no confortismo global,” en Voces y silencios de la crítica y la historiografía Literaria Centroamericana. San José, Editorial Costa Rica. Albino Chacón y Marjorie Gamboa, Eds. EUNA: San José, Costa Rica, 2010.
Pablo Menacho: Un corazón de poeta. Panamá: Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá: 2001. Colección Cuadernos Marginales.
“Panamá: Desde el centro del mundo en sintonía (post)moderna,” en Istmo: Revista Virtual de Estudios Literarios y Culturales Centroamericanos. No. 21, Jul-Dec, 2010.
ONGOING RESEARCH AND LONG TERM PROJECT:
Member of the Central American team working on the encyclopedia “Towards a History of the Central American Literatures.” Co-Author in the Volume 6, called “(Per)versiones de la modernidad. Literaturas, identidades y desplazamientos.” This volume examines / analizes the production / works of Central American literatures since the end of the Twentieth Century throughout beginning of XXI century. This Project is lead by the Centro de Investigaciones en Identidad y Cultura Latinoamericanas” (CIICLA), at the University of Costa Rica.
She is constantly travelling to Panama and Central America to do research, and to attend conferences.