Fernando M Rodríguez-Mansilla

Fernando M Rodríguez-Mansilla serves as Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Bilingual Studies and holds dual chair positions as Chair of Latin American Studies and Chair of Spanish, Latin American, and Bilingual Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He joined the faculty in 2010 after teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Universidad de Navarra in Spain. His academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Spanish Philology from Universidad de Navarra, Spain, establishing his expertise in Hispanic literary traditions.

Dr. Rodríguez-Mansilla's research focuses on the rich literary landscape of the Spanish Golden Age with particular emphasis on picaresque novels, Miguel de Cervantes' works, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's writings, and broader Early Modern Hispanic World studies. His scholarly approach combines cultural interpretative methods with rigorous philological analysis. Recent work demonstrates growing interest in animal studies within literature and transatlantic connections between Golden Age Spain and Colonial Period representations in contemporary Hispanic literature. His research trajectory reveals a consistent commitment to demonstrating how Early Modern Spain serves as the foundation for modern Hispanic culture.

His recent publications reveal strong thematic continuity across multiple scholarly venues, with particular concentration on Golden Age narrative devices, gender studies within courtly literature, and visual culture representations. The scholar maintains active engagement with major research communities through affiliations with the Golden Age Research Group (GRISO) at University of Navarra, Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry, Asociacion Internacional Siglo de Oro, Asociacion de Cervantistas, Cervantes Society of America, and Renaissance Society of America.

As an educator, Dr. Rodríguez-Mansilla teaches specialized courses including Don Quijote, La España del Siglo de Oro, Rutas literarias de España, and In the Shadow of Dulcinea: Love and Women in Golden Age Spain, demonstrating his commitment to bringing historical literary contexts to contemporary student audiences. His teaching philosophy emphasizes both cultural interpretation and philological precision when examining early modern Hispanic texts.