John C. Parrack

John C. Parrack is a Professor of Spanish and Director of the Spanish MA Program at the University of Central Arkansas, with over twenty years of involvement in the Advanced Program in Spanish and a 2021 appointment to the College Board's CLEP Spanish Language Examination Committee.

His educational background:

• PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Parrack's research centers on Imperial Spain's literature, with key emphases:

• Cervantes studies and the role of art in his works
• The picaresque novel tradition, including Lazarillo de Tormes
• Fragmentation of Imperial Spain in Ginés Pérez de Hita's Guerras civiles de Granada
• Spanish historical linguistics applied to second language acquisition

His scholarly contributions include:

• Editor of La Estrella de Sevilla (Cervantes & Co. series)
• Contributor to Ovid in the Age of Cervantes
• Contributor to Approaches to Teaching Lazarillo de Tormes and the Picaresque Tradition
• Contributor to A Companion to the Spanish Picaresque Novel

Publications appear in:

• Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
• La corónica
• Romance Notes

As Director of the Spanish MA Program, Dr. Parrack advises graduate students and shapes curriculum development, leveraging decades of experience in Spanish language education and his current role on national examination committees.