Dr. Ramon Saldivar

Professor

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Biography

Ramon Saldívar is the Hoagland Family Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2012. He has previously served as Chair of the Department of English and the Department of Comparative Literature at Stanford. His teaching and research interests focus on literary criticism, literary theory, cultural studies, transnationalism, and Chicano studies. He has authored several significant works, including "Figural Language in the Novel: The Flowers of Speech in Cervantes and Joyce" and analyzed the development of Chicano narrative forms in "Chicano Narrative: Dialectics of Difference". Saldívar has received numerous awards, including the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award and the Lillian Thomas B. Rhodes Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He has held various editorial positions and contributed to several prestigious journals such as PMLA and American Literary History. His current research explores the intersection of race, narrative theory, and American fiction, examining contemporary racial imaginaries and speculative realism.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

1991-01-01 — Present

Stanford University • Stanford, California

Served as a professor in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature.

Professor

1988-01-01 — 1991-01-01

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, Texas

Taught as a professor in the Department of English.

Associate Professor

1983-01-01 — 1988-01-01

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, Texas

Served as Associate Professor in the Department of English.

Awards

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National Humanities Medal

2012-01-01
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Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award

1998-01-01
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Lillian Thomas B. Rhodes Award

1994-01-01

Courses

CSRE 101A COMPLIT 101 MTL 398 DLCL 189B DLCL 189C COMPLIT 194 AMSTUD 195 ENGLISH 198 ILAC 199 ILAC 399 MTL 390 MTL 399 ENGLISH 398 ENGLISH 398R

Requirements for Stanford University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:165
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Overall
Required:4.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from an accredited institution Strong background in mathematics and programming
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.