Dr. Karen McCarthy
Professor of Hispanic Studies
Degrees Earned:
- B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University
- M.A. N.Y.U. Madrid, Spain
- Ph.D. State University at Albany
A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, Dr. Karen Eberle-McCarthy went on for an M.A. in Spanish from New York University in Madrid, where she also spent her junior year. Dr. Eberle-McCarthy holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from the State University of New York at Albany. Her dissertation, Creación narrativa y testimonio de una época en la novelística de Manuel Peyrou, traces the influence of Argentine politics in the novels of Manuel Peyrou, a close friend of the more famous Jorge Luis Borges. Dr. Eberle-McCarthy received a Fulbright Research Grant than enabled her to live in Buenos Aires for this project.
Dr. Eberle-McCarthy co-authored (with Rev. Romualdo Zantua) a book and audio tape program for church workers, Pastoral Spanish, that was published by Audio-Forum in 1992. She has published numerous articles and book reviews in Spanish and English and has spoken on topics such as Argentine women writers, the detective novel in Argentina, female characters in the novels of Galdós and Martín Gaite, immigration and literature. While on sabbatical (January -August 2000) Dr. Eberle-McCarthy studied women writers and the feminist movement in Ecuador, Argentina and Mexico.
Besides teaching at the university level at various other colleges, including SUNY New Paltz and Siena College, Dr. Eberle-McCarthy has many experiences in education, including teaching in prisons and in the New Paltz Language Immersion Program, supervising secondary education students and teaching Spanish for enrichment to children as part of the Mount Saint Mary College Program for Gifted Children. All her life she has been an advocate of civil rights, women issues and fair housing. In her spare time she and her husband enjoy canoeing, hiking, whitewater rafting and adventure travel.
