Sara Escobar-Wiercinski
Spanish Instructor
Department
Classical & Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Sara Escobar-Wiercinski
Sara Escobar-Wiercinski was born in Panama City Panama and lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada since 1993. In 2014 she received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Modern Languages, with a specialization in Spanish and Literary Criticism from Wayne State University. Her Ph.D. dissertation: “Subjugated Bodies, Normalized Subjects: Representation of Power in the Panamanian Literature of Roberto Díaz Herrera, Rose Marie Tapia, and Mauro Zúñiga Araúz.” Dissertation advisor: Dr. Víctor Figueroa.
Dr. Escobar-Wiercinski is the director and founder of the MLC Modern Languages Centre in Windsor, Ontario (2015). She also teaches, since 2007, as an adjunct faculty member at Wayne State University, and University of Windsor.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Her area of research has been concentrated on Latin American studies: socio-political issues, focusing on power/knowledge, inequality and violence
- The secondary area of research and study is in second language education, sociolinguistics, and linguistics
Education
- Ph.D. Modern Languages -Spanish and Literary Criticism. Wayne State University, Detroit (2014)
- M.A. Spanish Language and Culture. Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2001)
- B.A. Administration- Universidad Santa María La Antigua (USMA). Panama (1987)
Awards and grants
- Teaching Excellence Nomination for the: "Roslyn and Marvin Schindler Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Students” (2014)
Selected publications
Book review (2015)
Escobar-Wiercinski, Sara. “Verónique Maisier’s Violence in Caribbean Literature: Stories of Stones and Blood” CJLACS Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 308-310. United Kingdom: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2015. Print.
Selected conference proceedings (2013-2014)
- Escobar-Wiercinski, Sara. “Relationship of Power between Prostitute and Procurer, Pimp and Trafficker: The Ultimate Heroine and the Ultimate Villain in Mauro Zúñiga Araúz’s novel Espejo de miserias.” Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery: Selected Proceedings of The Image of the Hero III in Literature, Media, and Society Conference. 267-274. Colorado Springs: Colorado State University- Pueblo, 2014. Print
- Wiercinski, Sara. “Scapegoat, Criminal and Hero: The Lives of Young Offenders in Rose Marie Tapia’s Novel Roberto Down the Right Path”. Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery: Selected Proceedings of the Image of the Outsider III in Literature, Media, and Society Conference. 177-183. Colorado Springs: Colorado State University- Pueblo, 2013. Print
Textbook (2006)
- Escobar-Wiercinski, Sara. Vamos a hablar español: Libro de texto y libro de trabajo. Fourth Edition. Canada: Pearson Custom Publishing ISBN 0-536-17500-4, 2006. Print