Dr. Marcos Romero Asencio earned his Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of New Mexico
where he was awarded a Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship and a Graduate Dean’s Dissertation
Fellowship. He taught college-level Spanish for nine years at the University of New
Mexico and Indiana University East before arriving at Aquinas in 2005.
Dr. Romero Asencio teaches WL201 Third Semester Spanish, WL202 Fourth Semester Spanish,
WL302 Advanced Spanish Conversation and Diction, WL325 Seminar in Spanish Literature:
Medieval and Early Modern Spain, WL 326 Seminar in Spanish Literature: 18th Century
to Present Day Spain, TI333 Spanish/English Medical Interpretation and TI334 English/Spanish
Community Interpretation. His research interests include Medieval Spanish Narrative,
Paleography, Iconography, Golden Age Drama, and English-Spanish Interpretation.
He is married and has three children who have studied in the Forest Hills Spanish
Immersion program. In an effort to meld his Spanish and New Mexican heritage, he hopes
to one day own an apartment near the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain and to cruise the
streets of Madrid in a 1960 Chevy Impala convertible. However, he will probably retire
near the Santa Fe plaza in New Mexico and drive a 1973 SEAT 600.
2006 - Dissertation defended with distinction
2004 - Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship, University of New Mexico. One fellowship awarded
anually.
2003 - Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship, University of New Mexico
2001 - Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, University of New Mexico. Six fellowships
awarded annually.
PUBLICATIONS
“María de Zayas’ Broken Frame: A Brief Study of the History and Evolution of Frame
Narratives”. Neophilologus. March, 2018 pp. 369-86.
PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS
Panelist for the Cinema without Borders: Me llamaban King Tiger screening. Wealthy Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI. February 26, 2020.
"Lighten up, Francis. Reevaluating a Medieval Parody.” 72 nd Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Cheyenne, Wyoming. October 4, 2018.
“El libro de los engaños de las mugeres: Medieval Misogyny or Parody?" 70 th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 22, 2016.
“When a Man Fears a Woman: An Analysis of Misogyny and Gynophobia in the Libro de los engaños e los asayamientos de las mugeres.” 69 th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Santa Fe, New Mexico. October 19, 2015.
“Sancho IV’s Castigos: A Reevaluation of the Documentary Witnesses.” 68 th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Boise, Idaho. October 11, 2014.
“Castigos: A Case for Restoring, Reformatting, and Revealing a Medieval Text.” 67
th Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Vancouver, Oregon. October 10, 2013.
“Who is Don Juan Manuel’s True Friend? Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters.
Alma College, March 2, 2012.
“Lies and the Ignorance of Absolute Truth in La verdad sospechosa.” Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Calvin College, March 26, 2010.
"María de Zayas’ Broken Frame: A Brief Study of the History and Evolution of Frame
Narratives" Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Wayne State University,
March 20, 2009.
“Friends and Half-Friends in Medieval Short Narratives” 43 rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, May 2008.
“Treacherous Dogs and a Tongue-Tied Man: The Role of Villains and a Flawed Hero in
the Cantar de Mío Cid. 15th Annual University of New Mexico Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society,
27-29 February 2008.
“Establishing Authority: Teresa de Cartagena as Author” 42 nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan. May 2007.
“The Reinterpretation of Text Through Image”, 41 st International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan. May 2006.
“Kings, Princes, Suicide Queens and More: An Examination of the Miniatures Contained
in MS C (3995) of Sancho IV’s Castigos”, 57 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky. April 2004.
“ ‘Ejemplo 48’ Revisited”, 80 th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese,
Madrid, Spain. July 1998.
