Research
Time Period: Peninsular Spanish Literature 1500-1700;
Genres: Prose, Theater
Also interested in feminist approaches to literature, testimonial literature, rhetoric.
Publications
Books and reference works:
World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Maureen Ihrie and Salvador Oropesa. 3 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011.
In addition to being lead editor of this reference work, also authored numerous entries.
Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature. Ed. Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie. 2 vols. Westport, Ct: Greenwood P, 2002. Also authored many individual entries.
Dictionary of Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Ed. G. Bleiberg, M. Ihrie and J. Pérez. 2 vols. Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press, 1993. Also composed many signed and unsigned entries.
Skepticism in Cervantes. London: Tamesis, l982.
Service Activities
Academic Council (Fall 2011 - Spring 2014)
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages (Fall 2012 - )
Honors Advisory Committee (Fall 2003-Spring 2010)
Thesis Subcommittee (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)
Honors Fellowship Advisory Committee (Fall 2005-)
Isabella Cannon Centre Advisory Committee (Fall 2003- Fall 2004)
Library Committee (Fall 2002-Spring 2004)
Secretary (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)
Search Committee for Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (Fall2009-Spring 2010)
Study Abroad Committee (Fall 2006-09, Chair 2008-09)