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Ballantyne, Margaret
 

Ballantyne, Margaret

Curriculum Vitae

Professor
World Languages, Literatures, and Humanities

Phone: 718-262-2444
Office Location: AC-3C08A
mballantyne@york.cuny.edu

Education

Degree Institution Field Dates
PhD  Brown University  Hispanic Studies  1984 
MA  Brown University  Hispanic Studies  1981 
BA  Adelphi University  Spanish  1978 
certificate  Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, Madrid  Spanish Studies  1977 
I weave together teaching, scholarship, & service to engage students. These overlap especially in translation & ed tech. My translation experiences connect to my teaching & to my published translations. In the 90's I directed YC's student-staffed Spanish translation center. Theory & practice combined as students gained career experience & contributed to the community. Ever since translators became early adopters of Gutenberg's revolutionary technology language professional have embraced technology. Beginning with language lab it was natural for me to incorporate technology, as it has developed to enhance my classes. I have made Ed. I am developing OER materials for my courses. I will teach SPAN 240 as an OER course this semester.

Areas of Expertise

Nineteenth Century Literature and Intellectual History of Spain
Women Writers from Spain
Translation; Literary Translation
Nineteenth Century Women Writers in Spain
Literary Translation

Books in Field Of Expertise

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Translator. Memory Tracks: Fragments from Prison (1975-1980) by Margarita Drago. New York: Editorial Campana, 2007. .

Articles in Field Of Expertise

Margaret A. Ballantyne. ""Indice de la Revista de España bajo la dirección de Galdós"." Hispania. 73 1990: 332-344.

Chapters in Field Of Expertise

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""The Mother Island by Flérida García de Nolasco"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women" ed. D. DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Doña Endrina de Calatayud by Hilma Contreras." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Domeincan Wom ed. D. DeFilippis, ed.. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Selection fro Culturas africanas: rebeldes con causa b Aida Cartagena Portalatín"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women, ed. D. DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Women and Young Art by Marianne de Tolentino"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women, ed D. DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Selection from Mujer y escclavitud en Santo Domingo b Celsa Albert Batista"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women, ed. D.DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Selection from Algo que decir by Chiqui Viscioso"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women ed. D. DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Towards a Narrative by Dominican Women by Emelda Guerrero"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women, ed. D.DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""On Critics and Creative Women by Angela Hernández"." Documents of Dissidence:Historical Writings by Dominican Women, ed D. DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Women, Art and Marginalization by Myrna Guerrero"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women ed. D.DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Selection from Women of April by Margarita Cordero"." Documents of Dissidence: Historical Writings by Dominican Women, ed. D.DeFilippis. 1998: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans.. ""Panorama of Dominican Literature in the United States by Franklin Gutiérrez"." Historias de Washington Heightsy otros rincones del mundo/Stories from Washington Heights and Other Corners of the World, eds D. DeFilippis, F. Gutiérrez. 1994: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne,, Trans.. "¨The Widower by Diogenes Abreu." Historias de Washington Heights y otros rincones del mundo/Stories from Washington Heights and Other Corners of the World eds. D.DeFilippis and F. Gutiérrez. ¨1994: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne, Trans (into Spanish). ""El verano del futuro, por Julia Alvarez"." Combatidas, combativas y combatientes: Antología de cuentos escritos por mujeres dominicanas ed. D.DeFlippis. 1992: .

Margaret A Ballantyne, Trans. (into Spanish). ""Las cuatro niñas por Julia Alvarez"." Combatidas, combativas y combatientes:Antología de cuentos escritos por mujeres dominicanas, ed. D.DeFilippis. 1992: .

Refereed Proceedings in Field Of Expertise

Margaret A. Ballantyne. ""York College: Making it in the Year 2000--Mentoring Honor Students"." Proceedings of Retention 2000 Strategies that Empow, Ccollaborate Educate and Excel" U Maryland. 1995: .

Margaret A. Ballantyne. ""El cuento español 1868-1890: entre tradición y renovación"." Actas--Irvine 92 Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas. 1994: .

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances

" Why School Boards Should Encourage and Contribute to OER with M. Nagler " 14 October 2017: New York State School Board Assoc. Convention.

" Assessing Your District Mission Using Electronic Badging, with M. Nagler " 29 October 2016: New York State School Board Assoc Convention.

" Faculty Inquiry Groups: Laying the Foundation for General Education Reform" with D. Swoboda and V. Moldovan " May, 2009: CUNY General Education Conference.

" The World at Our Fingertips: Web Enhanced Instruction in the Foreign Language and Literature Program " November, 2004: CUNY Faculty Developement Day.

" The World Wide Web in the Foreign Language Course " November, 2002: CUNY On-Line Conference.

" Forerunners of Modernism in the Revista de España " September, 1998: Brown University, Modernismo y '98 Conferenc.

" Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum: A CUNY Case Study " December, 1994: CUNY Foreign Language Council.

" The Nineteenth-Century Spanish Heroine and Her World " 3 April, 1992: NEMLA COnference.

" ¿Fue un sueño real o una realidad soñada?: Forerunners of Modernism in Spain " September, 1991: West Virginia University Colloquium on Modern Literature and Film.

" Writing on the Installment Plan: Serialized Novels by Arróniz and Pardo Bazán " April, 1991: Cincinnati University.

" The View of Women in Two Novels by Emilia Pardo Bazán " April 1991: Wichita State University Conference on Foreign Literature.

" Orphans and Novices: The Marginalized Heroines of Teresa Arróniz in the Revista de España " October 6, 1990: West Virginia University Colloquium on Modern Literature and Film.

" Good Daughters, Wives, and Sisters, the Heroines of Teresa Arróniz " April 5 1990: Wichita State University Conference on Foreign Literature.

" Nature and the Outsider in Three Novels of Nineteenth-Century Spain " October, 1989: West VIrgina University CColloquium on Modern Literature and Film.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service

Vice-President, Board of Education, Mineola Union Free School District: 2016-Present.

Trustee, Board of Education, MIneola Union Free School District: 2013-2016.

Interpreter for Special Education Meetings, Mineola Public Schools: 2005-2013.

Coordinated Translation project for Young Adult Institute Training Materials: 1992.

YC Spanish Translation Center, Director: 1991-5.

Pro-Bono translation (legal, educational, medical documents, naturalization documents, etc.): 1978-present.