Ramon Guerra

Biography

I have been teaching at UNO since 2008. During that time I have developed several courses and published a number of works focused on my research interests in Latino Literature and cultural studies in my involvement with both the English Department and the interdisciplinary Office of Latino and Latin American Studies (OLLAS). I also currently serve as the editor of Great Plains Quarterly.

Teaching Interests

Latina/o Literature, Postmodern Literature, Cultural Studies and the Twentieth Century, and Post World War II American Literature

Research Interests

Latinx Literature, 20th and 21st Century American Literature, African American Literature, Ethnic Literature, Testimonio's role within literature and history, Postcolonial Studies, and Postmodern Studies

Service Summary

In the Department of English served for six years as the Chair of the Graduate Program Committee and currently as the Chair of the Grade Appeals Committee. I am currently serving as a Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Arts and Sciences and I am on the Faculty Committee of the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS). University-wide, I serve on the Graduate Council, and have previously served on the Faculty Senate, the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, and Committee on Student Affairs.

Awards and Honors

Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award, Teaching - 2019

Education

Ph D, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, English, Ethnic Studies, 2008

MA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, English, Ethnic Studies, 2003

BA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, English, History, 2001

Professional Development

Community of Practice: Teaching, "International Migration, Development, & Citizenship", 08/01/2014

Faculty Fellowship, Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 10/01/2020 - 05/01/2023

Selected Publications

Guerra, Ramon, Latchaw, Joan. 2020. "Unmasking Male Voices in Woman Hollering Creek: Contributions to Pedagogy and Masculinity Studies", Dialogue: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 7, 3, 25-37.

Guerra, Ramon. 2019. "The Politics of US Latino Literature and American Realism", Oxford University Press, 233-248.

Guerra, Ramon. 2018. "Testimonial Youth in Flux: Migration, Narrative, and Children in Which Way Home", University of Florida Press, 175-192.

Guerra, Ramon. 2014. Testimonio of 'When I Left and When I Arrived': The Mexican Revolution Era Immigrant in the Midwest, Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, IX, 31.

Guerra, Ramon. 2013. "Mexican Americans Encounter the American Dream: George Washington Gomez", Grey House Publishing Inc., 229-249.

Externally Funded Research

Latino Railroad Workers in the Midwest. An Oral History Project, Union Pacific Railroad Museum, Other Agencies, 03/01/2021 - 05/31/2022

Directed Student Learning

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, “The Hard Text of Life”: Dueling Paradigms of Postwar American Innocence in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and John Barth’s The Sot-Weed Factor, Completed

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Evaluating the Cultural Diversity of High School Language Arts Textbooks, Completed

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, “TOO MUCH CIVILIZATION”: SAVAGE SOCIETY AND MORAL INVIOLABILITY IN DAVID MITCHELL’S CLOUD ATLAS, Completed

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, “On the Occasion of Your Father’s Temporary Death” , Completed

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Exclusive State of Mind: Insurmountable Distance in The Things They Carried and “Empire State of Mind”, Completed

Department, College, and University

Department of English Graduate Program Committee, Committee Chair, 01/01/2016 - present

Graduate Council, Committee Member, 08/01/2017 - 08/31/2017

Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) Faculty Committee, Committee Member, Develop curriculum and projects pertaining to Latino and Latin American students and issues through interdisciplinary faculty involvement. , 01/01/2008 - present

Department of English Grade Appeals Committee, Committee Chair, 08/01/2009 - present

Professional

The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors, Committee Member, The Willa Cather Foundation's Board of Governors is a diverse group of individuals dedicated to promoting the life, times, and work of Willa Cather. Regular communication and committee meetings are ongoing, and the Board meets three times a year— one time each in Omaha, Lincoln, and Red Cloud, Nebraska., 11/01/2016 - present

Center for Great Plains Studies Board of Governors, Committee Member, The Board of Governors provides advice to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Director of the Center for the operation, program priorities, and budgetary matters of the Center for Great Plains Studies., 08/01/2015 - present

Administrative Assignments

Graduate Program Chair, 01/04/2016 - 08/31/2022