Dr. Jason E. Klodt is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Klodt's research interests include Spanish Cinema, Spanish Cultural Studies, and Modern Spanish Literature.
Biography
Dr. Jason Klodt earned his B.A. in Spanish and Education from Central College in 1993, M.A. in Spanish Literature from Indiana State University in 1995, and Ph.D. in Spanish Cultural Studies from Michigan State University in 2003. In 1991 and 1992 he lived in Grenada, Spain, while attending the University of Grenada. He has traveled extensively throughout Spain as well as many other European countries, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Dr. Klodt is a specialist in Spanish literature, culture, and film and he is currently researching and writing on contemporary Spanish cinema.
Books
Growing Up On Film: Millennial Disaffection in Spanish Cinema and Culture . In press.
Articles
“Spaces of Exile and Youth Delinquency in Recent Spanish Cinema.” Films With Legs: Crossing Borders With Foreign Language Films . Rosemary A. Peters and Véronique Maisier, eds. Newcastle upon Tine, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. 118-129.
“Corruption, Fraud and the Coastal City in Contemporary Spanish Cinema.” The City in Literature and Cinema . Joan Torres-Pou and Santiago Juan Navarro, eds. Barcelona: Promotions and University Publications, 2009. 57-66.
“Strangers in a Strange House: Spanish Youth, Urban Dystopia, and Care Santos's Okupada.” Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura 4 (2007): 58-72.
“Deep Down You Like It: Titillation, Desire, and the Spectator's Gaze in Alejandro Amenábar's Tesis.” Journal of Hispanic Cinemas (Leicester, UK) 4 (2007): 3-17.
“Spain's Urban Youth, Success, and the Sellout in José Ángel Mañas's/Salvador García Ruiz's Mensaka.” Cine-Lit: Essays on Hispanic Film and Fiction . Corvallis, Oregon: Cine-Lit Publications, 2007. 160-166.
“Lives on Wheels: Movement and Identity in Contemporary Spanish Cinema.” Proceedings of the 15th Congress of the International Association of Hispanists, III: Spanish Literature, 18th-20th Centuries . Beatriz Mariscal, ed. Newark, DE: Juan de la Cuesta, 2007. 651-659.
“'Nothing at all at all at all': Ray Loriga and the Paradox of Spain's Generation X.” Tropos 27 (2001): 42-54.
Courses Taught
- Span 321 Spanish Culture
- Span 361 Spanish Cinema
- Span 578 Survey of Spanish Literature
- Span 586 Modern Spanish Literature
- Hon 101 Freshman Honors I
- Hon 102 Freshman Honors II
Education
B.A. Spanish, Central University of Iowa (1993)
M.A. Spanish, Indiana State University (1995)
Ph.D. Hispanic Cultural Studies, Michigan State University (2003)
Recognitions
- Outstanding Teacher of the Year, College of Liberal Arts, UM, 2010
- Teacher of the Year, Mississippi Humanities Council, 2010
- Summer Research Grant, College of Liberal Arts, UM, 2003, 2005, 2007