Faculty Profile for Alba Elizabeth Melgar

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Senior Lecturer of Spanish at Texas State since 2006. I have also taught: Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Spanish, Literature and Social Studies at High School in Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala and El Salvador prior to 2006.

Teaching Interests

Spanish Language and Spanish Literature

Research Interests

Recently I have been writing short biographical stories to be illustrated by my son who is a professional illustrator. Such as: "Por qué no te lo dije." "Detráas de cada foto siempre hay una historia." Carvilio, el cangrejito que regresó al mar".

The historical memory of the Salvadorian Civil War in the poets born around 1980 in El Salvador.

The influence of the Arab sensuality on the Spanish Metaphor from the Al-Andalus to the present poetry.

Language as the backbone of our Cultural Heritage.

Quality of life for the Elderly in Developing and Developed Countries.

Violence, Religion and Human Rights i El Salvador and Mexico.

Patriarchy and Feminism.

Patriarchy, Women Migration and The Mail Order Bride Industry in USA

Marianismo, la Virgen de Guadalupe and Juan Luis Vives

Health and wellness seen as Human Rights by The Minimum Vital in 1930