Dr. Marcos Romero Asencio earned his Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of New Mexico
where he was awarded a Fray Ang茅lico Ch谩vez Fellowship and a Graduate Dean鈥檚 Dissertation
Fellowship. He taught college-level Spanish for nine years at the University of New
Mexico and Indiana University East before arriving at Aquinas in 2005.
Dr. Romero Asencio teaches WL201 Third Semester Spanish, WL202 Fourth Semester Spanish,
WL302 Advanced Spanish Conversation and Diction, WL325 Seminar in Spanish Literature:
Medieval and Early Modern Spain, WL 326 Seminar in Spanish Literature: 18th Century
to Present Day Spain, TI333 Spanish/English Medical Interpretation and TI334 English/Spanish
Community Interpretation. His research interests include Medieval Spanish Narrative,
Paleography, Iconography, Golden Age Drama, and English-Spanish Interpretation.
He is married and has three children who have studied in the Forest Hills Spanish
Immersion program. In an effort to meld his Spanish and New Mexican heritage, he hopes
to one day own an apartment near the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain and to cruise the
streets of Madrid in a 1960 Chevy Impala convertible. However, he will probably retire
near the Santa Fe plaza in New Mexico and drive a 1973 SEAT 600.
2006 - Dissertation defended with distinction
2004 - Fray Ang茅lico Ch谩vez Fellowship, University of New Mexico. One fellowship awarded
anually.
2003 - Fray Ang茅lico Ch谩vez Fellowship, University of New Mexico
2001 - Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, University of New Mexico. Six fellowships
awarded annually.
PUBLICATIONS
鈥淢ar铆a de Zayas鈥� Broken Frame: A Brief Study of the History and Evolution of Frame
Narratives鈥�. Neophilologus. March, 2018 pp. 369-86.
PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS
Panelist for the Cinema without Borders: Me llamaban King Tiger screening. Wealthy Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI. February 26, 2020.
"Lighten up, Francis. Reevaluating a Medieval Parody.鈥� 72 nd Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Cheyenne, Wyoming. October 4, 2018.
鈥�El libro de los enga帽os de las mugeres: Medieval Misogyny or Parody?" 70 th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 22, 2016.
鈥淲hen a Man Fears a Woman: An Analysis of Misogyny and Gynophobia in the Libro de los enga帽os e los asayamientos de las mugeres.鈥� 69 th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Santa Fe, New Mexico. October 19, 2015.
鈥淪ancho IV鈥檚 Castigos: A Reevaluation of the Documentary Witnesses.鈥� 68 th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Boise, Idaho. October 11, 2014.
鈥淐astigos: A Case for Restoring, Reformatting, and Revealing a Medieval Text.鈥� 67
th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Vancouver, Oregon. October 10, 2013.
鈥淲ho is Don Juan Manuel鈥檚 True Friend? Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters.
Alma College, March 2, 2012.
鈥淟ies and the Ignorance of Absolute Truth in La verdad sospechosa.鈥� Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Calvin College, March 26, 2010.
"Mar铆a de Zayas鈥� Broken Frame: A Brief Study of the History and Evolution of Frame
Narratives" Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Wayne State University,
March 20, 2009.
鈥淔riends and Half-Friends in Medieval Short Narratives鈥� 43 rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, May 2008.
鈥淭reacherous Dogs and a Tongue-Tied Man: The Role of Villains and a Flawed Hero in
the Cantar de M铆o Cid. 15th Annual University of New Mexico Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society,
27-29 February 2008.
鈥淓stablishing Authority: Teresa de Cartagena as Author鈥� 42 nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan. May 2007.
鈥淭he Reinterpretation of Text Through Image鈥�, 41 st International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan. May 2006.
鈥淜ings, Princes, Suicide Queens and More: An Examination of the Miniatures Contained
in MS C (3995) of Sancho IV鈥檚 Castigos鈥�, 57 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky. April 2004.
鈥� 鈥楨jemplo 48鈥� Revisited鈥�, 80 th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese,
Madrid, Spain. July 1998.
