Skip to main content Dr. Yuri Porras
- Professor at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Chair, Spanish Translation / Professional Search Committee.
August 2024 - Present.
- Member, Spanish MA Admissions Committee.
2024 - Present.
- Member, Spanish MA Handbook and Exams Committee.
2024 - Present.
- Member, WLL AI Committee.
2024 - Present.
- Member, Spanish 3308/3307 Textbook Selection Committee.
June 2024 - Present.
- Board of Directors, The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater.
April 2014 - Present.
2023
- Coordinator / Organizer, AHCT Symposium 2023.
January 2023 - 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, Hipogrifo. Revista de literatura y cultura del Siglo de Oro.
2023.
- Member, Graduate Council.
2014 - 2023.
- Graduate Advisor, Spanish MA Program.
2014 - 2023.
- Chair, Spanish GIA/GTA Selection Committee.
2014 - 2023.
- Chair, Graduate Recruitment Committee.
2014 - 2023.
- Member, Graduate Faculty Committee.
2011 - 2023.
2022
- Reviewer / Referee, Association of Hispanic Classical Theater Annual Conference.
2019 - 2022.
2021
- Reviewer / Referee, Cambridge University Press.
October 2021 - 2021.
- Member, APR Committee.
January 2021 - 2021.
- Member, Departmental Advisory Council.
2019 - 2021.
2020
- Reviewer / Referee, Hipogrifo: Revista de literatura y cultura del Siglo de Oro.
July 2020 - 2020.
2019
- Reviewer / Referee, Hispanofila.
2016 - 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Asociacion Internacional de Teatro Espanol y Novohispano (AITENSO).
2016 - 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Nueva Revista del Pacífico.
May 2019 - December 2019.
2018
- Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Council.
2016 - 2018.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Studia Iberica e Americana: Journal of Medieval Iberian and Early Modern Hispanic Transatlantic Studies.
2014 - 2018.
- External Reviewer for Full Professor, University of South Carolina--Beaufort.
August 2018 - December 2018.
2016
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2010 - 2016.
- Member, Fulbright Campus Committee.
2009 - 2016.
2015
- Member, Liberal Arts College Review Group.
2015.
- Member, Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Committee.
2015.
- Member, Fulbright Campus Committee.
2015.
- Member, Faculty Fulbright Language Evaluation Interviews.
2015.
- Chair and Moderator for session, Texas Medieval Association Conference (TEMA).
2015.
2014
- Member, Concert Performance for Festival de Poesía.
2014.
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2014.
- External Tenure/Promotion Reviewer, University of Texas-Brownsville Department of Modern Languages.
2014.
- Reviewer / Referee, Letras Hispanas.
2014.
- Chair, Search Committee for Medieval Spanish Tenure-Track Position.
2013 - 2014.
- Chair, Search Committee for Latin American Spanish Tenure-Track Position.
2013 - 2014.
2013
- Member, Fulbright Campus Committee.
2013.
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2013.
- Cantor, St. Paul’s Church.
2009 - 2013.
2012
- Member, Fulbright Campus Committee.
2012.
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2012.
- Member, Presidential Upper-Level Scholarship Committee.
2012.
- Attendee / Participant, — American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Music Concert.
2012.
- Senate Liaison, Faculty Senate.
2011 - 2012.
- Coordinator, First-Year Spanish.
2011 - 2012.
2011
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2011.
- Dr. Manuel Delgado’s Invited Lecture.
2011.
- Faculty Mentor.
2011.
- Reviewer of manuscripts, The Journal of Women and Gender Studies.
2011.
- Co-coordinator, First-Year Spanish.
2010 - 2011.
2010
- Member, Student Fulbright Language Evaluation.
2010.
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2010.
- Graduate Mentor.
2010.
2009
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2009.
- Evaluator, Graduating Seniors Portfolios (SACS).
2009.
- Graduate Mentor.
2008 - 2009.
2008
- Member, Fulbright Campus Committee.
2008.
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2008.
2007
- Member, Spanish Major/Minor Exit Exam Committee.
2007.
2006
- Member, Tenure Track Faculty Search Committee for German.
2006.
2005
- Member, Poetry Reading/Singing in Sigma Delta Pi Symposia.
2005.
