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Bobby D. Nixon
B.A. from U. of North Carolina, Asheville, 2002
M.A. from U. of California, Davis, 2008
Ph.D. from U. of California, Davis, 2012
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D.E.A. from Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, 2006
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9:20-10:20, Thursdays 10:30-11:30, Fridays 2:30-3:30 & by appointment
Areas of Research Interest include theories of orality and traditional Pan-European lyric and balladry; Medieval Iberia as a cultural and intellectual crossroads of the Mediterranean; and moral philosophy and didactic texts from the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions.
My doctoral dissertation, “Seis familias de baladas novelescas de la tradición pan-europea como clave para conocer la formación y la transmisión del género”, analyzes the creation of the ballad genre out of existing Medieval lyrical and narrative traditions and the oral transmission by wandering minstrels.
Courses taught at Denison include Beginning Spanish, Composition, and Introduction to Peninsular and Latin American Civilizations.