Contact Information

Office: 3169 JFSB

Phone: 801-422-4941

Email: douglas_weatherford@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses Span 339, Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Span 355, Spanish American Culture and Civilization
Span 438/638, Introduction to Hispanic Film
Span 450R/650R, Early Spanish American Literature
Span 451, Survey of Spanish American Literature
Span 454R/650R, Spanish American Novel
Span 659R (Seminar), Mexico at Mid-Century
Span 601B, Introduction to Literary Theory and Research Methodology

Semester Schedule: Winter 2013 Office Hours:

MWF 1-1:50 PM

Biography:

Doug was born in Salt Lake City but grew up in Statesboro, Georgia, where his father taught German at Georgia Southern University. Doug served a mission in northern Mexico (Torreón: 1984-85) that included assignments in the Mormon Colonies and the Mennonite Camps of the state of Chihuahua. Doug married Terri L. Jackson in 1986 and the two have five children: Krista, Derek, Kevin, Dallin, and Noah. Doug loves to read, travel, and ride bicycles and motorcycles. Doug graduated from BYU in 1988 (B.A. Spanish) and worked on a M.A. degree in Spanish until 1990 when he was activated with the 300th MI Brigade (Linguist) and sent to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. After returning, Doug began a Ph.D. program in Latin American Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He has been a professor at BYU since 1995 and is currently serving as the Head of the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures Section. Doug's research and teaching emphases have included the narrative of Mario Vargas Llosa, Rosario Castellanos, and historical novels that retell the period of Discovery and Conquest. He is currently completing a project that examines the place of the Mexican author Juan Rulfo in film.

Degrees: BA, Brigham Young U., 1988;
PhD, Pennsylvania State U., 1997

Interests:

Twentieth-Century Spanish American Narrative (especially Mexico), Hispanic Film, Colonial Literature, Historical Novel