Dr. José Dávila-Montes, interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, is a Full Professor of Translation and Interpreting and the founder of the legacy Translation and Interpreting Office in 2005.
He studied in Barcelona Autonomous University (Barcelona, Spain), where he obtained his BA + MA in Translation and Interpreting and a PhD in Translation and Cross-Cultural Studies. He also studied in Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland), Toyo University (Tokyo, Japan), and the State University of New York at Binghamton (New York), where he obtained an MA in Spanish Literature.
In the past, he coordinated a fully online MA program in Audiovisual Translation by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He also taught Translation, Interpreting, Spanish, and Japanese Language since 1999 in Barcelona Autonomous University (Spain), State University of New York at Binghamton (USA), Dublin City University (Ireland), and Hunter College of New York (USA).
Before becoming a full-time professor, he worked for over a decade as a professional translator, interpreter, localization project manager, editor, and project director for a number of publishing houses, producing encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works, multimedia products and language courses, and being involved in the publishing of over 150 titles and tens of thousands of pages.
Degrees
- PhD in Translation and Cross-Cultural Studies (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
- MA in Spanish Literature (State University of New York at Binghamton, United States)
- BA & MA in Spanish, English and Japanese Translation and Interpreting (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
CV/VITAE: Dr. José Dávila-Montes
Full Professor
Writing & Language Studies
Email:
jose.davila@utrgv.edu BMAIN 1526
Phone: 956-882-8215
