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Andy Ray

A headshot of Andy Ray
Director, Graduate Admissions
Graduate College
raya@ohio.edu
740.593.2800

Andy graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. He served in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica with his wife and later obtained an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Tennessee. He recently published a book titled, .

Andy is currently working on an article that investigates the literature of marginalized, rural Caribbean and Latin American communities as a means to rethink the representation of the nature and to offer alternative perspectives on development practices in Latin America. 

He enjoys playing improvisational music, reading, and spending time outside with his wife and three kids.

Andy joined the Graduate College in September 2017.

Publications  

Book

  • La naturaleza en la literatura costarricense: un enfoque eco-cultural. Quito: Editorial 
    Abya-Yala, 2016. Print.

Articles

  • 鈥淭he Whitening of Green Literature in Costa Rica: An Eco-Cultural Reading of Cocor铆 and the 
    Stories of Bredda Anancy (forthcoming 2019).
  • 鈥淟uchando contra el fin del mundo: Resistencia, el buen vivir y la decolonialidad en La loca de Gandoca.鈥 Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hisp谩nicos, University of Kentucky. No. 2 (Spring) 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/naeh/vol2/iss1/6. Print.
  • Peer Reviewer 鈥淩epresentaciones socioecon贸micas de la naturaleza en el Pac铆fico Sur costarricense.鈥 Ed. Antonio Vidal Ortega. Barranquilla, Colombia: Revista Memorias, Universidad del Norte. August 2016.

Presentations

  • Presenter 鈥淓l proceso de pensar 鈥渇uera del caj贸n.鈥 Webinar, EducationUSA Colombia. June 16, 2018.
  • Presenter 鈥淲hy study in the United States and the importance of being able to answer that question.鈥 Centro Colombo Americano: Pereira, Colombia. May 2017.
  • Presenter 鈥淐贸mo pensar estrat茅gicamente en su solicitud de ingreso a universidades.鈥 Centro Colombo Americano: Rionegro, Colombia. May 2017
  • Presenter 鈥淩e-Thinking Your Application Process.鈥 EducationUSA: Kathmandu. May 2017.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淭he Other Side of the Application Process.鈥 EducationUSA: Mumbai. April 2017.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淢atching Majors to Different Career Options.鈥 EducationUSA: Beijing. March 
    2017.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淪ummer and English Language Programs.鈥 EducationUSA: Beijing. March 2017.
  • Session leader 鈥淭ried and True Tactics to Maximize Your Recruitment Trip on a Minimal 
    Budget.鈥 8th Annual American International Recruitment Council (AIRC) conference: 
    Miami. December 2016.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淚nternational Recruitment: What To Know To Go From Rookie To Pro.鈥 8th 
    Annual AIRC conference: Miami. December 2016.
  • Discussion leader: 鈥淪trategies for Balancing the Ebb and Flow of Student Markets鈥 8th Annual  AIRC conference: Miami. December 2016.
  • Webinar presenter 鈥淯ndergraduate and Graduate Application Process in the U.S.A.鈥 
    EducationUSA: Cairo. July 2016.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淭ennessee: Welcome to Our Home.鈥 EducationUSA: Beijing. March 2016. 
  • Co-presenter 鈥淪treamlining Your Application Process toward More Effective International Recruitment.鈥 Tennessee Association of International Educators (TAIE) Conference:  Nashville. March 2015.
  • Presenter 鈥淐贸mo crear una solicitud de ingreso a universidad m谩s competitiva.鈥 EducationUSA: 
    Medell铆n. April 2015. 
  • Co-presenter 鈥淔rom the Inside Out: Streamlining Your Application Process toward More Effective International Recruitment.鈥 NAFSA Region 7 Conference: Savannah. October 
    2015.
  • Presenter 鈥淯ndergraduate and Graduate Application Strategies.鈥 EducationUSA: Delhi. 
    September 2015.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淓ducation USA 101: An important equation to consider---right fit = right institution + the right place.鈥 EducationUSA: Ho Chi Minh City.  September 2015.
  • Co-presenter 鈥淓ducation USA 101: An important equation to consider---
    right fit = right institution + the right place.鈥 EducationUSA: Hanoi. September 2015.
  • Co-presenter How to Make the Most of Your Recruitment Trip.鈥 7th Annual AIRC conference: 
    Miami. December 2015.
  • Translator 鈥淎 Conversation about Higher Education in Selected South American
    Countries.鈥 5th Annual AIRC Conference: Miami. 2013. 鈥淢estizaje, interculturalidad y naturaleza en Costa Rica a trav茅s de un di谩logo intertextual.鈥 62nd Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC): Wake Forest University. Oct. 2012. (Conference paper accepted).
  • "Language, Identity, and Resistance in Latin American Literature.鈥 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language at Carson-Newman College: Jefferson City, TN. 15 March 2012. Chair of panel.
  • "The Language of Nature as a Mechanism of Resistance and Inclusion in Los papeles de Silvio Victor.鈥 2nd annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language. Carson-Newman College. 15 March 2012. Reading.
  • "Leyendo Los papeles de Silvio V铆ctor desde el Buen Vivir: Literatura, identidad y naturaleza en Costa Rica." 4th Crossing Over Symposium. Cleveland State University. 9 Oct. 2011. 
    (Conference paper accepted).
  • 鈥淭emas de identidad y resistencia en dos cuentos en El jard铆n en el espejo.鈥 61rst Mountain  Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC). Auburn University. 30 Sept. 2011. 
  • Reading. 鈥淟eyendo Cuentos y relatos del Pac铆fico Sur desde el buen vivir: Una propuesta para la descolonizaci贸n del desarrollo.鈥 64th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language. The University of Kentucky. 15 April 2011. Reading.
  • 鈥淟a conciencia problem谩tica de una historia hispanoamericana en Historia privada de los colombianos de Eduardo Caballero Calder贸n.鈥 19th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics. The University of Texas at Austin. 25 Feb. 2011. Reading.
  • 鈥淟a loca de Gandoca: Resistencia, el buen vivir y la decolonialidad.鈥 1st Annual Texas A&M Department of Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Symposium. The University of Texas 
    A&M. 12 Nov. 2011. Reading.
  • 鈥淟a conciencia de una historia hispanoamericana en Historia privada de los colombianos.鈥 Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures' Spanish Graduate Students Symposium. The University of Tennessee. 14 Oct. 2010. Reading.
  • 鈥淏etween Text and Film: A contextual bifurcation in Feliz Ano Velho.鈥 2010 Colloquium on  Literature and Film.West Virginia University. 2 Oct. 2010. Reading.
  • 鈥淯na lectura de La edad de oro: Desde la colonia hasta la colonialidad.鈥 The XIII Annual 
    Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium. The 帝王会所 State University. 23 April 2010. 
    Reading.
  • 鈥淩eading Ollantay: The Negotiation of Communication in Colonial Quechua Theater.鈥 9th 帝王会所 
  • Latin Americanist Conference Modern Latin America. 帝王会所. 26 Feb. 2010. Reading.