Richard A. Preto-Rodas

Background

Preto-Rodas, Richard A. was born on May 30, 1936 in New York City. Son of Manuel and Beatrice Alina (Carvalho) Preto-R.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Fairfield U., 1958; Master of Arts in Philosophy, Boston College, 1960; Master of Arts in Spanish, University of Michigan, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Langs. (fellow Rackham School Graduate Studies 1965), University of Michigan, 1966.

Career

Instructor, University of Michigan, 1964-1966; assistant professor, U. Florida, 1966-1970; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1970-1974; professor, University of Illinois, 1974-1981; chairman Spanish, Italian, University of Illinois, 1978-1981; director language, U. South Florida, Tampa, 1981-1989; professor language, U. South Florida, Tampa, 1989-1998; professor emeritus, U. South Florida, Tampa, since 1998. Consultant Modern Language Association. Fulbright visiting professor comparative literature Universitè Stendhal, Grenoble, France, 1994-1995.

Achievements

• Richard A. Preto-Rodas has been listed as a noteworthy foreign language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Negritude as a Theme in the Poetry of the Portuguese-Speaking World
  • Negritude As a Theme in the Poetry of the Portuguese-Speaking World (University of Florida Monographs. Humanities, No. 31.)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages, American Association Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

Manuel Preto-R.

Mother:

Beatrice Alina (Carvalho) Preto-R.