Jose M. Lemus, PhD

Jose M. Lemus, PhD

Jose M. Lemus, PhD

Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences

Expertise/Specializations

  • Spanish Literature and Culture
  • Colonial Studies (18th Century New Spain)
  • Service-Learning / Community-based Learning

Academic Appointments

Department

  • Modern Languages and Literatures

Position

  • Associate Professor

Teaching Activity

  • (Fall 2013) SPN 202 D: Intermediate Spanish II
  • (Summer 2016) SPN 225 V: Intermediate Spanish(at Lima, Peru)
  • (Fall 2012) SPN 201 B: Intermediate Spanish I
  • (Fall 2012) SPN 201 C: Intermediate Spanish I
  • (Fall 2012) SPN 202 C: Intermediate Spanish II
  • (Fall 2012) SPN 312 1: Spanish Grammar in Context
  • (Fall 2013) SPN 201 A: Intermediate Spanish I
  • (Fall 2013) SPN 350 1: Spanish for Heritage Speaker
  • (Fall 2014) RSP 101 CB: An Introduction to the Culture of Collegiate Life
  • (Fall 2014) SPN 313 1: Advanced Spanish Conversation
  • (Fall 2014) SPN 422 A: Latin-American Culture and Civilization
  • (Fall 2014) SPN 430 1: Communicating in Business II
  • (Fall 2015) SPN 350 1: Spanish for Heritage Speaker
  • (Fall 2015) SPN 422 1: Latin-American Culture and Civilization
  • (Fall 2016) SPN 311 C: Advanced Spanish I
  • (Fall 2016) SPN 314 Communicating In Business I
  • (Fall 2016) SPN 426 Survey of Latin-American Literature
  • (Fall 2017) SPN 112 D: Beginning Spanish for Daily Life II
  • (Fall 2017) SPN 311 Advanced Spanish I
  • (Fall 2017) SPN 314 Communicating In Business I
  • (Spring 2013) SPN 203 A: Intermediate Hispanic Culture
  • (Spring 2013) SPN 422 1: Latin-American Culture and Civilization
  • (Spring 2014) SPN 313 1: Advanced Spanish Conversation
  • (Spring 2014) SPN 202 A: Intermediate Spanish II
  • (Spring 2014) SPN 314 1: Communicating In Business I
  • (Spring 2014) SPN 401 B: Advanced Spanish Composition
  • (Spring 2015) SPN 311 C: Advanced Spanish I
  • (Spring 2015) SPN 314 1: Communicating In Business I
  • (Spring 2015) SPN 425 1: Introduction Literary Analysis
  • (Spring 2016) SPN 311 B: Advanced Spanish I
  • (Spring 2016) SPN 422 1: Latin-American Culture and Civilization
  • (Spring 2016) SPN 551 1: Latin-American Novel
  • (Spring 2017) SPN 112 Beginning Spanish for Daily Life (D)
  • (Spring 2017) SPN 112 Beginning Spanish for Daily Life (E)
  • (Spring 2017) SPN 430 Communicating in Business II
  • (Summer 2015) SPN 496 DR: Independent Study in the Dominican Republic
  • (Summer 2016) SPN 313 V: Advanced Spanish Conversation (at Lima, Peru)
  • (Summer 2016) SPN 423 V: Encuentro Hispano I (at Lima, Peru)
  • (Summer 2017) SPN 225 Intermediate Spanish (FLPA-Lima, Perú)
  • (Summer 2017) SPN 313 Advanced Spanish Conversation (FLPA-Lima, Perú)
  • (Summer 2017) SPN 340 Special Topics in Hispanic Culture (FLPA-Lima, Perú)
  • (Summer 2017) SPN 423 Encuentro Hispano (FLPA-Lima, Perú)

Biography

José Miguel Lemus was borne in Mexico City, and lived in Belize, Central America for one academic year. He studied journalism in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He acquired his B.A. degree with an honored thesis about the ethics in the press media. He practiced journalism both in Mexico City and in the Mexican-American Border (Ciudad Juárez-El Paso), first as a reporter and later as an editor of local news.
Before teaching in Creighton, he has taught in two universities in México (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez) and three universities in the USA (the New Mexico State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
He acquired his Ph.D. in literature at UIUC with a dissertation about the origins of national identity in the New Spain colonial press.
He is interested in the creation of service learning courses. He helped to create a community-base and service-learning initiative at UIUC, and created a similar initiative at UNL.
Currently helps in community organizations in Lincoln such as Centro de las Américas, Catholic Social Services, Everett Elementary School, and since the summer of 2012 in Omaha organizations like El Centro Juan Diego, and the Latino Center of the Midlands.
He has coordinated GED programs for Latino adults in Lincoln, and is a member of the Board of Advisers of the Nebraska Appleseed. He is also the founding president of the Nebraska – Iowa Chapter of the Red Global Mx, a network of highly qualified mexicans abroad.

Publications and Presentations

Articles

  • , 129-136
  • , 43:2, 37-57

Publications

  • , 58
  • , Special Edition, 311-322
  • , 65-81
  • , 61-62, 319-323
  • , 93-106

Presentations

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship Interests

  • New Spain newspapers (18th Century)
    Literary studies
    Transatlantic studies
    Cultural studies
    Service-learning

Current Research Projects

  • THE SURGE AND ARTICULATION OF NATIONALISM IN THE PRINT JOURNALISM OF THE 18TH-CENTURY NEW SPAIN, IN ITS TRANSATLANTIC CONTEXT

    SERVICE-LEARNING WITH LATINO POPULATION IN USA

Awards and Honors

  • Ohtli Award, Mexican Federal Government , 2018