George K. Green

Dr. George K. Green
Professor
Modern Languages

Biography:

Dr. George K. Green holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from Colombia University and five other college and university degrees, including two diplomats from the Munich Interpreters Institute. He has over fifty years of experience as a freelance translator and more than forty as a teacher. In 34 years at this institution, he has taught 84 different courses in such diverse fields as linguistics, folklore, grammar, writing, literature, translation and interpreting. He was the founder of two regional professional associations, the translation and interpreting courses at this institution, and the departmental literary magazine. He was the series editor for three volumes of articles on the Spanish of the United States published by the Rio Grande Research Group, which he helped to establish. His publications include a number of books and several hundred articles. He has traveled widely in Latin America and Europe.

Degrees:

Ph.D. from Columbia University
M.Phil. from Columbia University
M.A. from Columbia University
B.S. from Columbia University
Diplomate in Interpreting from Munich Interpreters Institute
Diplomate in Translation from Munich Interpreters Institute

CV/VITAE: Green Vitae

Classes Taught:

(recent semesters)
Translation at all levels
Bilingual Spanish I and II
(previously)
Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Folklore
Spanish Literature, Latin American Literature
Spanish Grammar and Composition

Joined UTB/TSC:

1976

Area of Specialty and Responsibility:

Translation

Previous Experience:

Experimental and Bilingual Institute, Spanish Harlem
Ramapo State College, New Jersey
Briarcliff College, New York
Hackley School, New York
Munich Community College
U.S. Army Language Program, Seventh Army, Europe