Professor
Office Location: HE 473
Phone Number: (262) 472-5073
Email Address: ossersm@uww.edu

Degrees:
1975 B.A., Salem State College, M.A.
1978 M.A., SUNY-Albany
1987 Ph.D., SUNY-Albany

Areas of Teaching:
Spanish Language, Spanish American Literature and Culture

Courses Taught:
Beginning Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Advanced Spanish, Spanish for Business, Spanish Conversation, Spanish American Civilization, Readings on Spanish American Literature, Survey of Spanish American Literature, Contemporary Spanish American Narrative

Select Publications/Presentations:
"Dominican Literary Criticism (1972-1992)." Alba de América. Volume 26, Numbers 49 & 50 (2007). pp. 507-516
"The Dominican Republic as the Protagonist in  La fiesta del Chivo. Vetas de la Cultura Dominicana y el Caribe, Volume XIV, Number 78 (2006), pp. 56-63.
"Magic Realism in the Short Stories of Juan Bosch." VI International Symposium of Fantastic Literature, Goteborg Universitet, Sweden, June 26-29, 2007.
"The Poetic Expression of Carmen Pérez Valerio: Stylistic Focus." XXVII International Symposium of Literature, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 7-12, 2006.

Book
The Expressiveness in the Short Stories of Juan Bosch: Stylistic Analysis. Santo Domingo: Alfa y Omega, 1989.