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Simone, Leigh
Titles/Responsibilities
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages
Academic School
School of Arts & Sciences
Academic Department
Modern Languages
Contact Information
Office Phone: (716) 375-2281
E-mail:
lsimone@sbu.edu
Office Location
Plassmann Hall 207B-G11
Courses Taught
SPAN 101-102. Elementary Spanish
SPAN 201-202. Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 222. Spanish Literature in Translation
SPAN 224. Contemporary Latin American Literature in Translation
SPAN 301-302. Spanish Conversation and Composition
Reading Spanish Literature in English
SPAN 401. Survey of the Literature of the Middle Ages
SPAN 402. Survey of the Golden Age of Literature
SPAN 412. Golden Age Drama
SPAN 425. Generation of 1898
SPAN 426. Hispanic Theater
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., Spanish, Texas Tech University
Dissertation title: Comedy in the Theater of Azorin
M.A., Spanish, Texas Tech University
B.A., Modern Languages, St. Bonaventure University
Personal Interests/Community Involvement
I enjoy volunteering at the SPCA. I work in obedience and agility with our German Sheperd dog, Kiva. I also enjoy community theater and traveling, particularly to the American Southwest.
Other Education
Ph.D coursework at University at Buffalo; University of Texas
Professional Background
In my career prior to academia, I was a senior associate for Korn/Ferry International, the executive search firm.
Accomplishments
My translation of a Xavier Villarrutia play was adapted and performed here at SBU as well as in a staged reading performance at the Irish Classical Theater in Buffalo with members of Hispanics United of Buffalo. The translation was published in 2010 in the journal "The Dirty Goat" vol. 22.
2004 winner of the Leo J. Keenan Faculty Appreciation Award.
Currently serve on the Faculty Senate Enrollment Management Committee.
Currently serve on the Faculty Senate Search Committee for the Vice President of Enrollment Management.
Teaching Philosophy
Current Research Interests/Projects
I am currently working on an edited anthology of Spanish/Latin American theater monologues.
I advise our majors and minors as well as serve as the adviser of Xi Delta, the SBU chapter of the National Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi.
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