WIFREDO DE RÀFOLS, associate professor, received his M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. He teaches a wide variety of courses in Spanish literature, culture, and literary theory, and serves on various university, college, and departmental committees. He has delivered numerous conference papers in the United States and Spain and published widely within his area of specialization -- 19th- and 20th-century Spanish literature. His publications examine works by Zorrilla, Pérez Galdós, Valle-Inclán, and Jiménez. His general research interests include hermeneutics, artificial reading, and bias studies.