窪蹋勛圖

Andy Ray

A headshot of Andy Ray
Director, Graduate Admissions
Graduate College
raya@ohio.edu
740.593.2800

Andy graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. He served in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica with his wife and later obtained an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Tennessee. He recently published a book titled, .

Andy is currently working on an article that investigates the literature of marginalized, rural Caribbean and Latin American communities as a means to rethink the representation of the nature and to offer alternative perspectives on development practices in Latin America. 

He enjoys playing improvisational music, reading, and spending time outside with his wife and three kids.

Andy joined the Graduate College in September 2017.

Publications  

Book

  • La naturaleza en la literatura costarricense: un enfoque eco-cultural. Quito: Editorial 
    Abya-Yala, 2016. Print.

Articles

  • The Whitening of Green Literature in Costa Rica: An Eco-Cultural Reading of Cocor穩 and the 
    Stories of Bredda Anancy (forthcoming 2019).
  • Luchando contra el fin del mundo: Resistencia, el buen vivir y la decolonialidad en La loca de Gandoca. Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hisp獺nicos, University of Kentucky. No. 2 (Spring) 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/naeh/vol2/iss1/6. Print.
  • Peer Reviewer Representaciones socioecon籀micas de la naturaleza en el Pac穩fico Sur costarricense. Ed. Antonio Vidal Ortega. Barranquilla, Colombia: Revista Memorias, Universidad del Norte. August 2016.

Presentations

  • Presenter El proceso de pensar fuera del caj籀n. Webinar, EducationUSA Colombia. June 16, 2018.
  • Presenter Why study in the United States and the importance of being able to answer that question. Centro Colombo Americano: Pereira, Colombia. May 2017.
  • Presenter C籀mo pensar estrat矇gicamente en su solicitud de ingreso a universidades. Centro Colombo Americano: Rionegro, Colombia. May 2017
  • Presenter Re-Thinking Your Application Process. EducationUSA: Kathmandu. May 2017.
  • Co-presenter The Other Side of the Application Process. EducationUSA: Mumbai. April 2017.
  • Co-presenter Matching Majors to Different Career Options. EducationUSA: Beijing. March 
    2017.
  • Co-presenter Summer and English Language Programs. EducationUSA: Beijing. March 2017.
  • Session leader Tried and True Tactics to Maximize Your Recruitment Trip on a Minimal 
    Budget. 8th Annual American International Recruitment Council (AIRC) conference: 
    Miami. December 2016.
  • Co-presenter International Recruitment: What To Know To Go From Rookie To Pro. 8th 
    Annual AIRC conference: Miami. December 2016.
  • Discussion leader: Strategies for Balancing the Ebb and Flow of Student Markets 8th Annual  AIRC conference: Miami. December 2016.
  • Webinar presenter Undergraduate and Graduate Application Process in the U.S.A. 
    EducationUSA: Cairo. July 2016.
  • Co-presenter Tennessee: Welcome to Our Home. EducationUSA: Beijing. March 2016. 
  • Co-presenter Streamlining Your Application Process toward More Effective International Recruitment. Tennessee Association of International Educators (TAIE) Conference:  Nashville. March 2015.
  • Presenter C籀mo crear una solicitud de ingreso a universidad m獺s competitiva. EducationUSA: 
    Medell穩n. April 2015. 
  • Co-presenter From the Inside Out: Streamlining Your Application Process toward More Effective International Recruitment. NAFSA Region 7 Conference: Savannah. October 
    2015.
  • Presenter Undergraduate and Graduate Application Strategies. EducationUSA: Delhi. 
    September 2015.
  • Co-presenter Education USA 101: An important equation to consider---right fit = right institution + the right place. EducationUSA: Ho Chi Minh City.  September 2015.
  • Co-presenter Education USA 101: An important equation to consider---
    right fit = right institution + the right place. EducationUSA: Hanoi. September 2015.
  • Co-presenter How to Make the Most of Your Recruitment Trip. 7th Annual AIRC conference: 
    Miami. December 2015.
  • Translator A Conversation about Higher Education in Selected South American
    Countries. 5th Annual AIRC Conference: Miami. 2013. Mestizaje, interculturalidad y naturaleza en Costa Rica a trav矇s de un di獺logo intertextual. 62nd Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC): Wake Forest University. Oct. 2012. (Conference paper accepted).
  • "Language, Identity, and Resistance in Latin American Literature. 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language at Carson-Newman College: Jefferson City, TN. 15 March 2012. Chair of panel.
  • "The Language of Nature as a Mechanism of Resistance and Inclusion in Los papeles de Silvio Victor. 2nd annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language. Carson-Newman College. 15 March 2012. Reading.
  • "Leyendo Los papeles de Silvio V穩ctor desde el Buen Vivir: Literatura, identidad y naturaleza en Costa Rica." 4th Crossing Over Symposium. Cleveland State University. 9 Oct. 2011. 
    (Conference paper accepted).
  • Temas de identidad y resistencia en dos cuentos en El jard穩n en el espejo. 61rst Mountain  Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC). Auburn University. 30 Sept. 2011. 
  • Reading. Leyendo Cuentos y relatos del Pac穩fico Sur desde el buen vivir: Una propuesta para la descolonizaci籀n del desarrollo. 64th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language. The University of Kentucky. 15 April 2011. Reading.
  • La conciencia problem獺tica de una historia hispanoamericana en Historia privada de los colombianos de Eduardo Caballero Calder籀n. 19th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics. The University of Texas at Austin. 25 Feb. 2011. Reading.
  • La loca de Gandoca: Resistencia, el buen vivir y la decolonialidad. 1st Annual Texas A&M Department of Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Symposium. The University of Texas 
    A&M. 12 Nov. 2011. Reading.
  • La conciencia de una historia hispanoamericana en Historia privada de los colombianos. Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures' Spanish Graduate Students Symposium. The University of Tennessee. 14 Oct. 2010. Reading.
  • Between Text and Film: A contextual bifurcation in Feliz Ano Velho. 2010 Colloquium on  Literature and Film.West Virginia University. 2 Oct. 2010. Reading.
  • Una lectura de La edad de oro: Desde la colonia hasta la colonialidad. The XIII Annual 
    Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium. The Ohio State University. 23 April 2010. 
    Reading.
  • Reading Ollantay: The Negotiation of Communication in Colonial Quechua Theater. 9th Ohio 
  • Latin Americanist Conference Modern Latin America. 窪蹋勛圖. 26 Feb. 2010. Reading.