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Gregary J. Racz serves as Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, with additional summer teaching in Spanish translation at Rutgers University's Translation and Interpretation Certification Program. He concurrently holds leadership roles as Vice President of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and book review editor for Translation Review.
His academic credentials include a B.A. from Rutgers University and advanced degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) from Princeton University.
Dr. Racz specializes in literary translation with exceptional focus on poetic texts, pioneering analogical rendering of meter and rhyme to challenge conventional translation methodologies. His research integrates Translation Studies, Literary Theory, Comparative Literature, and Poetics, examining cross-cultural literary transmission through works by Calderón de la Barca, Borges, Neruda, and Whitman. Current scholarship includes the contracted monograph "Approaches to Translating Poetry" with Multilingual Matters.
Professional recognition includes:
- Honorary Membership in Alpha Chi National Honor Society
- Crossing Boundaries Award for Translation (International Quarterly)
- Carpeta de poesía Award (Luz Bilingual Publishing)
- Sidney Sulkin Award for Prose (Poet Lore)
He maintains active affiliations with ALTA (as Vice President), American Translators Association, Modern Language Association, and American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association, contributing to editorial and organizational leadership in translation studies.
