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About
María Teresa Balogh is an associate teaching professor of Spanish, specializing in Latin American literature, diverse cultural special topics, and creative writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She joined the UMSL languages team in the fall of 2003. Since then, she has taught a variety of courses from freshman to graduate level, in topics such as magical realism, Hispanic films, myths and legends, and others. She has a Master of Arts degree in foreign languages and literature with a double major in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from UMSL.
She is also a bilingual, bicultural poet, fiction writer, and a Caribbean folkloric dancer. She is originally from Colombia. She has a book of poetry in Spanish by Ediciones Torremosas, a Spanish publisher based in Madrid, and a collection of poetry and fiction in English by Cool Way Press, based in St. Louis. Her fiction and poetry have been published in numerous journals from the U.S.A. and South America.
She has been many places and done a bit of everything, including a couple of tours with the Peace Corps. While being a Peace Corps Volunteer, she taught English in Mauritania, West Africa and trained rural people in Honduras in the management of water systems. She also participated in the supervision and construction of these rural water and sanitation projects.
Contact Information
Phone: 314-516-6440
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Education/Academic qualification
Creative Writing, MFA, University of Missouri-St. Louis
2004 → 2007
TESOL/Spanish, MA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1996 → 1999
Research Interests
- Spanish Language Teaching
- Magical Realism Literature
- Linguistics
- Creative Writing
- Poetry Forums
- Readings and Discussions
- Discourse Analysis
- Linguistic Analysis
- Innovative Course Design
- Dance
- Multilingual Proficiency
- Caribbean Folkloric Dance
Disciplines
- Creative Writing
- Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature
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Cultivating the Next Writers of the Literary World
Balogh, M., Jun 1 2018Research output: Other contribution
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Open AccessFile
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UMSL: Spanish poetry by Maria Teresa Balogh
Balogh, M., Sep 26 2016Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Bilingual Poet’s Second Collection Shifts to Second Language
Balogh, M., Apr 21 2015Research output: Other contribution
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