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Joseph M. Ortiz

Department Chair
English Department

Professor
English

Office Building: Hudspeth Hall
Office Room: 320
Phone:
Email: jmortiz7@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in English, Princeton University (2003)
BA in English, Mathematics, Yale University (1995)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Other - Gordon Merrick (11/01/2022-11/30/2022). Podcast, Guest Speaker. Unsung History Podcast. Joseph Ortiz.

Publications

Review of "American Apollo" (Des Moines Metro Opera) The Gay & Lesbian Review (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Review of Maya Cantu, "Greasepaint Puritan: Boston to 42nd Street in the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes" The Gay & Lesbian Review (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet MLA (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Review of "Fictions of Consent" by Urvashi Chakravarty MLQ 85 1 (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Nec doctum satis: Humanist Translation and English Recreational Song Early Music (2023), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Luis Vaz de Camões, The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) World Epics (Columbia University) (2023), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Elegiac Loss and the Poetics of Translation in Vergil’s Aeneid and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso University of Toronto Press (2023), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel Lexington Books (2022), Joseph M. Ortiz.

Presentations

Queer Revolutions: Patricia Nell Warren, Gordon Merrick, and the Construction of Gay Literary History (2024), Volume Palm Springs, CA, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Turning Celestial Soil: Figures of Translation in Milton’s Paradise Lost (2024), Volume Las Vegas, NV, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Literary Pride (2024), Volume Princeton, NJ, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Beyond Stonewall: Gordon Merrick and the Canonization of Gay American Literature (2024), Volume Chicago, IL, Joseph M. Ortiz.
‘The stretchéd meter of an antique song’: Hearing Classical Time in Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2024), Volume Portland, OR, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Singing/Translating Pastoral in Early Modern England (2024), Volume Chicago, IL, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Beyond Stonewall: Gordon Merrick and the Hidden History of Gay Fiction (2024), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Pop Music in the Renaissance (2024), Volume virtual, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Translating Empire and Race: Vergil, Velasco, and Spanish Humanist Epic (2024), Volume Chicago, IL, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Barbaric Translations: Racing Virgil in Early Modern Spain (2023), Volume Baltimore, MD, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Milton’s Georgic: Inventing the Past in Paradise Lost (2023), Volume Toronto, Ontario, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Nec doctum satis: Humanist Translation and English Recreational Song (2023), Volume Lincoln, United Kingdom, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Gordon Merrick, Class of 1939 (2023), Volume Princeton, NJ, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Milton’s Casella: Protestant Song and the Limits of Italian Humanism (2023), Volume Princeton, NJ, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Anonymous Heywood and the Classical Art of Misreading (2023), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Supporting Your Students with LGBTQ Titles (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Joseph M. Ortiz.
A Theatrical Training Ground: Princeton’s Queer Networks in the 1930s (2022), Volume San Francisco, CA, Joseph M. Ortiz.
‘Una vela!’: Translation and Racial Difference in Verdi’s Otello (2022), Volume Washington, DC, Joseph M. Ortiz.

Grants

Bridging the Shakespeare-Latinx Divide (Cross-Institutional Grant)
Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel (book subvention)

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660	17425
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31263

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660	17425
Spring 2025	ENGL 4390 - Directed Study	20325
Spring 2025	ENGL 5399 - Thesis	20166
Spring 2025	ENGL 5399 - Thesis	20167
Fall 2024	ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.	10246	Syllabus
Fall 2024	ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies	15792
Fall 2024	ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies	17461
Fall 2023	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	16373	Syllabus
Fall 2022	ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare	14995	Syllabus
Spring 2022	ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper	21527
Fall 2021	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	10877
Fall 2021	ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies	11597
Fall 2021	ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies	11598
Fall 2021	ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare	14960
Spring 2021	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	21672
Spring 2021	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	21674
Spring 2021	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	21675
Spring 2021	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	29354
Spring 2021	ENGL 4309 - Milton	28373
Fall 2020	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	10924	Syllabus
Fall 2020	ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.	10929	Syllabus
Spring 2020	ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660	28290	Syllabus
Spring 2020	ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper	22229
Spring 2020	ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper	22230
Fall 2019	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	10984	Syllabus
Fall 2019	ENGL 2311 - English Literature	10974	Syllabus
Spring 2019	ENGL 5325 - Genre: Theory and Practice	28010
Spring 2019	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	22030
Spring 2019	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	22032
Spring 2019	ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper	22027
Spring 2019	ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper	22368
Spring 2019	ENGL 4309 - Milton	20913
Fall 2018	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	11044	Syllabus
Fall 2018	ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660	16984
Fall 2018	ENGL 2311 - English Literature	11033	Syllabus
Fall 2018	ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination	12376
Fall 2018	ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper	12222
Spring 2018	ENGL 2311 - English Literature (C)	20945
Spring 2018	ENGL 3341 - History of Form I	26855
Spring 2018	ENGL 4309 - Milton	20957

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.	10246	Evaluation
Fall 2023	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	16373	Evaluation
Fall 2022	ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare	14995	Evaluation
Fall 2021	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	10877	Evaluation
Fall 2021	ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare	14960	Evaluation
Spring 2021	ENGL 4309 - Milton	28373	Evaluation
Fall 2020	ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry	10924	Evaluation
Fall 2020	ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.	10929	Evaluation
Spring 2020	ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660	28290	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Ph D in English, Princeton University (2003)
BA in English, Mathematics, Yale University (1995)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2022-11-01

End Date

2022-11-30

Type

Other

Title

Gordon Merrick

Publications

Review of "American Apollo" (Des Moines Metro Opera) The Gay & Lesbian Review (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Review of Maya Cantu, "Greasepaint Puritan: Boston to 42nd Street in the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes" The Gay & Lesbian Review (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet MLA (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Review of "Fictions of Consent" by Urvashi Chakravarty MLQ 85 1 (2024), Joseph M. Ortiz.
Nec doctum satis: Humanist Translation and English Recreational Song Early Music (2023), Joseph M. Ortiz.

Presentations

Queer Revolutions: Patricia Nell Warren, Gordon Merrick, and the Construction of Gay Literary History (2024), Volume Palm Springs, CA, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Turning Celestial Soil: Figures of Translation in Milton’s Paradise Lost (2024), Volume Las Vegas, NV, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Literary Pride (2024), Volume Princeton, NJ, Joseph M. Ortiz.
Beyond Stonewall: Gordon Merrick and the Canonization of Gay American Literature (2024), Volume Chicago, IL, Joseph M. Ortiz.
‘The stretchéd meter of an antique song’: Hearing Classical Time in Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2024), Volume Portland, OR, Joseph M. Ortiz.

Bridging the Shakespeare-Latinx Divide (Cross-Institutional Grant)
Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel (book subvention)

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660

Section

17425

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31263

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660

Section

17425

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ENGL 4390 - Directed Study

Section

20325

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ENGL 5399 - Thesis

Section

20166

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ENGL 5399 - Thesis

Section

20167

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.

Section

10246

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies

Section

15792

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies

Section

17461

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

16373

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare

Section

14995

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper

Section

21527

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

10877

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies

Section

11597

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 5390 - Directed Studies

Section

11598

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare

Section

14960

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

21672

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

21674

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

21675

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

29354

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 4309 - Milton

Section

28373

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

10924

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.

Section

10929

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660

Section

28290

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper

Section

22229

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper

Section

22230

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

10984

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ENGL 2311 - English Literature

Section

10974

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ENGL 5325 - Genre: Theory and Practice

Section

28010

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

22030

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

22032

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper

Section

22027

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper

Section

22368

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ENGL 4309 - Milton

Section

20913

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

11044

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660

Section

16984

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

ENGL 2311 - English Literature

Section

11033

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

ENGL 5391 - M.A. Written Examination

Section

12376

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

ENGL 5392 - Master of Arts Research Paper

Section

12222

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

ENGL 2311 - English Literature (C)

Section

20945

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

ENGL 3341 - History of Form I

Section

26855

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

ENGL 4309 - Milton

Section

20957

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.

Section

10246

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

16373

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare

Section

14995

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

10877

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare

Section

14960

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 4309 - Milton

Section

28373

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 3323 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry

Section

10924

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.

Section

10929

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 5302 - British Literature 1485-1660

Section

28290

Evaluation

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