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Dr. Lucy Harney

  • Professor - College of Liberal Arts
  • Professor - Dept of World Languages & Literatures
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Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Comparative Literature

University of Texas at Austin, 1997

Master's Degree

MA in Spanish

Texas Tech University, 1987

Master's Degree

MMUS in Music Performance

Texas Tech University, 1986

Bachelor's Degree

BMUS in Music Performance

Texas Tech University, 1985

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Spanish and English

Texas Tech University, 1985

  • Harney, Lucy (Principal). Research Travel in Cuba, TXST Research Enhancement Program, Institutional (Higher Ed), $4800. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Harney, Lucy (Principal). Research Travel in France, Spain, England, TXST Research Enhancement Program, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Funded: 2007). Grant.
  • Harney, Lucy (Principal). Research Travel in Spain, TXST Research Enhancement Program, Institutional (Higher Ed), $6944. (Funded: 2005). Grant.
  • Harney, L. (2025). Adapting Cecilia: Cuba’s Iconic Mulatta. Palgrave Macmillan 978-3-031-97676-6.
  • Harney, L. (2021). Social Typology and Costumbrismo in the Tonadilla Escénica. In Dissonances of Modernity: Music in the Literature of Modern and Contemporary Spain. University of North Carolina Press.
  • Harney, L. (2014). Memoirs of Mediocrity and Delusion in Los pasos perdidos. Revista de Estudios Hispánicos - Puerto Rico, 45–68.
  • Harney, L. (2014). Typology, Hypergamy, and Sociopolitical Anxiety in  Selected Spanish and Cuban Zarzuelas. Gestos: Revista de Teoría y Práctica de Teatro Hispánico, 81–94.
  • Harney, L. (2012). Los pasos perdidos as Lost World Fiction. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de La Universidad de Costa Rica, 47–62.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Studies Administrator of the Year, Center for International Studies, Texas State University. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Education, NAFSA: Association of International Education. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Studies Professor of the Year, Center for International Studies, Texas State University. 2009
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2004
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Dean's Faculty Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. 1999
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  1. Other

  2. Other

    Study Abroad

  3. Institutional Effectiveness Council

  4. International Programming Committee

  5. Other

    PACE and Liberal Arts New Student Orientations

  6. GIA Selection Committee

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