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Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Professional Service
- International Institute of Ibero-American Literature (IILI).
Role: Moderator.
Panel: Narrativas de la violencia extractivista en América Latina XLIV Congress of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature (IILI). Athens, Greece.
07/2023 - 07/2023
- University of Utah.
Role: Discussant.
Panel: “Figurations of Ruin”. Symposium: Ruinas Modernas: Untimely Spaces and Multiple Temporalities in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Culture. Organized by Prof. Jacqueline Sheean, Department of World Languages and Cultures.
09/2022 - 09/2022
- Hispanic Review. University of Pennsylvania.
Journal article peer-reviewer.
07/2021 - present
- Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones sobre América Latina (CEISAL).
Role: Panel co-organizer.
9th International Congress of the Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones sobre América Latina (CEISAL). Panel: Interpretar/interpelar la historia: Reivindicaciones de la memoria en el cine latinoamericano.
07/2019 - 07/2019
- Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS).
Role: Discussant.
Panel: Narrativas locales de lo global en el Perú contemporáneo: Movimientos sociales, espacios públicos, industrias culturales. 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). Oaxaca, Mexico .
03/2019 - 03/2019
- Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Role: Member.
Visual Culture Section Executive Council.
05/26/2018 - 05/31/2021
- Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Role: Panel organizer / Part II chair.
XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association (LASA).
Olvido y desmemoria: narrativas en torno a las tensiones de la memoria en naciones posconflicto, parts I and II (two coordinated sessions). XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Lima, Peru (April – May 2017). Presented.
05/2017 - 05/2017
Internal Service
- “Silence and Shame in Kingo Nonaka’s Memoir: From Captain in the Mexican Revolution to Enemy of the State.” Academic talk by Prof. Ignacio López-Calvo, UC Merced. Part of the Asia-Latin America Mini Series (co-organized with Prof. Cindi Textor). Sponsored by the Asia Center and the Center for Latin American Studies.
Event organizer,
11/2023 - 11/2023.
College service.
- Undergraduate advising. Honors College: Jacob Nydegger. Thesis title: "The Role of the Caregiver in Hispanic Film.".
Honors Thesis Advisor ,
10/2023 - present.
University service.
- Search Committee – Mexican Studies Position .
Chair,
08/2023 - 02/2024.
Department service.
- Teaching demonstration for Bridge Program students .
03/2023 - 03/2023.
College service.
- Undergraduate Council.
Member,
08/2022 - present.
University service.
- University Press Faculty Editorial Advisory Committee.
Member,
08/2022 - present.
University service.
- Merit Committee.
Member,
08/2022 - 05/2023.
Department service.
- Bridge Program Informational Meeting for Olympus High School and East High School Students. Department of World Languages and Cultures – L2TReC.
Spanish Faculty Representative. ,
05/16/2022 - 05/16/2022.
College service.
- “The Potentialities of the Travesti as an ‘In-between’” Academic talk and class visits by Prof. Erika Almenara.
Event co-organizer (with the Center for Latin American Studies).,
03/2022 - 03/2022.
College service.
- Senate Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion .
09/2021 - 05/2022.
University service.
- Ramona Cannon Award Committee .
Member,
07/2021 - present.
College service.
- Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Advisory Committee
.
Member,
08/24/2020 - present.
College service.
- Executive Committee.
07/01/2020 - 04/2021.
Department service.
- Faculty Awards Committee .
10/2019 - 04/2020.
College service.
- Faculty Awards Committee .
10/2019 - 04/2020.
College service.
- Financial Need Scholarship Committee .
09/2019 - 10/2019.
University service.
- Spanish Section Representative .
08/19/2019 - 04/22/2020.
Department service.
- Peninsular Studies Visiting Assistant Professor Hiring Committee .
04/01/2019 - 06/14/2019.
Department service.
- Graduate Committee.
01/07/2019 - 04/22/2019.
Department service.
- Merit Committee.
Member,
08/2018 - 04/2019.
Department service.
- Student Fee Scholarship Committee
.
Member,
07/01/2018 - 04/2021.
University service.
- Speaker Series - Lecture and Workshop with Prof. Diana Taylor
.
Organizer,
08/01/2017 - 11/10/2017.
Department service.
Honors & Awards
- Early Career Teaching Award.
University of Utah,
02/10/2023
- Film Section - Best Essay Award for "Crímenes íntimos: Violencia política e incesto en el cine peruano contemporáneo" (2020).
Latin American Studies Association (LASA),
05/2021
- College of Humanities Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities.
University of Utah,
03/2021
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