Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy, Temple University
Master of Arts, University of Delaware
Master of Arts, Temple University
Bachelor of Arts, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela
Office: Aquinas Hall 12-E
Office Hours: M/W 2:30pm –3:30pm; TH
1pm – 2pm.
Phone: (845) 569-3148
email: victor.azuaje@msmc.edu
Website: http://faculty.msmc.edu/azuaje/
Courses, Fall 2012
Latin American Culture
Intermediate Spanish I
Basic Spanish I
Bio
Professor Azuaje comes to the Mount from Temple University,
where he was an adjunct professor of Spanish. He has also taught
Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and the Universidad del
Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He was the director of cultural
activities at the Universidad “Rafael María Baralt” in
Venezuela.
The native of Venezuela won the “Enrique Bernardo Nuñez”
Biennial Essay Award for the book La critica de la obra ausente
and the “José Antonio Ramos Sucre” Biennial Essay Honorable
Mention for the book Entre Yavheh y Azazel: el sacrificio en
Ramos Sucre. He has also published numerous articles and book
reviews.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International
Spanish Literary Magazine “Las Malas Juntas.” Dr. Azuaje maintains
a website on the literary works of the Venezuelan poet José Antonio
Ramos Sucre at Ramosucreana.com
Areas of interest: Literature, cultural studies, relationship
between philosophical ideas and literary criticism, relationship
between religion and politics.