Alec Schumacher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Spanish Program Coordinator; Modern Languages and Literature

Professor Schumacher teaches classes on language, literature, and culture as Assistant Professor of Spanish at Gonzaga University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017, with an emphasis on contemporary Latin American...

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Dr. Alec Schumacher

Contact Information

  • Office Hours | Spring 2023
    Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00-12:00 pm
    Monday and Wednesday 2:00-2:30 pm

  • (509) 313-5862

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Latin American Literature

M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spanish and Latin American Literature

B.A., St. Norbert College, Spanish and Philosophy

Courses Taught

SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish I 

SPAN 301/320: Advanced Spanish

SPAN 303: Survey of Spanish Literature I

SPAN 308: Survey of Latin American Literature II

SPAN 380: Chile: The Politics of Memory

SPAN 481: Contemporary Latin American Poetry and Performance

Professor Schumacher teaches classes on language, literature, and culture as Assistant Professor of Spanish at Gonzaga University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017, with an emphasis on contemporary Latin American literature. His doctoral thesis treats the intersections of performance, politics, and participation with poetic production of the late 20th century. His research interests include Juan Luis Martinez, Chilean poetry, the neo-avant-gardes in Latin America, translation theory, and experimental poetics and performance.

The Chilean Flag. Translation of La bandera de Chile by Elvira Hernández. Kenning Editions, 2019.

"Estoy doblemente tranquilo: La poética del desdoblamiento como motor creativo de Juan Luis Martínez en El poeta anónimo".  Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana, Vol. 50, No 1, May 2021.

"Coincidence in Participatory Forms: The Proposal Poems of Grupo Texto Poético and Juan Luis Martínez" in A contracorriente. Vol. 18, No 1, Fall 2020, pp. 224-253.

"Otredad, traducción y lírica en 'Poemas del otro' in Martínez Total, eds. Braulio Fernández Biggs and Marcelo Rioseco. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria, 2016.