EDUCATION

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (August 2001)
Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature
Major: Contemporary Latin American Literature
Minor: Women’s Studies

Dissertation: “Subversive Women in Mexico’s New Historical Novel”
Dissertation Committee: Debra A. Castillo (Chair), John W. Kronik, Mary Roldán (History)

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (May 1996)
B.A. in Spanish, Summa Cum Laude; and French
General Honors, Honors in Spanish

PUBLICATIONS

“Questioning the Sanctity of History: Brianda Domecq’s La insólita historia de la Santa de Cabora.” SECOLAS Annals 34 (October 2003): 20-25.

Review. Rosario Castellanos Declaración de fe. Letras Femeninas 24.1-2 (1998): 197-199.

Review. Colonialism Past and Present. Ed by Alvaro Félix Bolaños and Gustavo Verdesio. Accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Hispanófila.

“Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Accepted for publication by Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“The Discourse of Hegemony and the Multiple Voices of History in Silvia Molina’s Ascensión Tun.” Latin American Studies Association. Dallas, Texas. March 2003

“Señoritas Porfirianas in Eladia Gonzalez’s Mi nombre es Eva”. Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Furman University, Greenvillle, South Carolina. October 2002.

“Questioning the Sanctity of History: Brianda Domecq’s La insólita historia de la Santa de Cabora.” Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies. University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. February 2002.

“Arráncame la vida: reescribiendo la novela histórica a fines de siglo” X Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Literatura Femeninas Hispánica. Querétaro, México. September 1999.

“Language and Identity in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.” Hijas del Quinto Sol Conference. Saint Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. July 1998.

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

Furman University Faculty Innovation and Improvement Grant (May 2003)
Monetary grant for developing course strategies to incorporate student participation in the writing and publishing of course reader.

National Endowment for the Humanities (Summer 2002)
Monetary grant for course development for Interdisciplinary Studies 75: Narrative and Identity in Latin America

Sage Graduate Fellowship (1996-1997, 2000-2001)
Cornell University Graduate School.
Full tuition and stipend for the academic year.

Beatrice Brown Award (April 2000)
Cornell University, Women’s Studies Program
Monetary award for research related expenses. Used for historical research in Mexico City.

Adelphic Award (Fall 1999)
One of my students in my Cornell University freshman writing course won the Adelphic Award for his essay entitled “Bilingual Education”. Each semester a monetary award is presented for the best essay written in response to a First Year Writing Seminar assignment by a student whose native language is other than English. The selection was made up of experienced writing professors.

Berkowitz Award (September 1999)
Cornell University, Department of Romance Studies.
For travel to conference in Querétaro, Mexico.

Conference Travel Award (1998, 1999)
Cornell University Graduate School.

Summa Cum Laude (1996)
University of Colorado for honors thesis “Silvia Molina y la Novela Histórica Mexicana”

Phi Beta Kappa (1996)
University of Colorado

Golden Key National Honor Society (1996)
University of Colorado

Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honor Society (1996)
University of Colorado Equity and Excellence Award (1996)

Monetary award, in recognition of academic excellence and community service, given to two graduating students each year.

Jacob Van Ek Award (1996)
University of Colorado, College of Arts and Sciences
Awarded each year in recognition of academic excellence and contribution to community service.

Dean’s List (Spring 1993-Spring 1996.)
University of Colorado

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor Furman University (2001-2003)
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Spanish 11: Elementary Spanish I
Spanish 12: Elementary Spanish II
Spanish 15: Intensive Elementary Spanish
Spanish 21: Intermediate Spanish
Spanish 25: Conversation and Composition
Spanish 37: Readings in Spanish American Literature
Spanish 53: Foreign Study in Spanish American Literature, Costa Rica

Director of Study Abroad Program in San José, Costa Rica, Winter 2003

Latin American Studies Concentration
Interdisciplinary Studies 75: Latin American Studies Capstone Seminar “Narrative andIdentity in Latin America,” co-taught with Dr. Christina Buckley (Department of Modern Languages and Literatures) and Dr. Erik Ching (Department of History).

Teaching Assistant Cornell University (1997-2000)
John S. Knight Writing Program
Freshman Writing Seminar: “Crossing Borders/Rites of Passage,” a cross-curriculum writing course on literature of the Mexico-U.S. border.

Department of Modern Languages
Spanish 121: First-year Spanish

Department of Romance Studies
Spanish 201: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Spanish 311: Advanced Conversation and Composition
Spanish 312: Advanced Conversation and Composition

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

Teaching Writing II (July-August 1999)
Cornell University, John S. Knight Writing Program
Attended six-week class on teaching college writing.

Trained Peers for Teaching Spanish Literature 201 (July-August 1999)
Cornell University, Department of Romance Studies
Chosen by department to train the new Teaching Assistants for teaching Spanish 201. Helped peers to develop their syllabi, course plans, and teaching materials.

Teaching Second Languages (Fall 1998)
Cornell University, Department of Modern Languages
Attended semester-long class, concurrent with teaching Spanish 121, on teaching second languages.

New Tools for Teaching and Research (June 1998)
Princeton University
Received grant to attend one-week intensive program on educational technology.

Graduate Teaching Development Workshop (Fall 1997, Fall 1998)
Cornell University, Office of Instructional Support
Attended two day-long teaching development workshops.
Topics of workshops attended: Facilitating classroom discussion, time management, classroom presence, electronic classroom.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

International Poetry Reading (May 2003 and April 2003)
Helped to organize and coordinate the Furman University International Student Association annual poetry reading in which students and faculty read a poem in their native language and in English. Participants represented over fifteen different countries.

Hispanic Heritage Month (November 2002)
Helped to organize and plan events for the Hispanic Heritage Month. I served as the emcee for the Hispanic Desert Reception. I organized the Day of the Dead display at the Library. I organized a poetry reading by local Chicana poet Vera Gomez.

Romance Studies Graduate Association Cochair (Fall 1999-Spring 2000)
Cornell University, Department of Romance StudiesElected by graduate students to be responsible, with cochair, for planning social activities as well as organizing a round table, with three invited guests, of the future of Romance Studies departments. The association also serves as a forum for Romance Studies graduate students’ academic concerns.

Entralogos Conference Cochair (Spring 1998)
Cornell University, Department of Romance Studies
Responsible, with cochair, for planning all aspects of a two-day language and
literature conference.

Teatrotaller (Fall 1996)
Cornell University, Department of Romance Studies
Assisted undergraduate students as assistant stage manager for full-scale
production of Sombrero de tres copas.

STUDY ABROAD

University of Kansas, Study Abroad Program (Spring 1995)
Exchange to Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Lycée Polyvalent Régional Marlioz, Aix-les-Bains, France (1991-1992)
Rotary Youth Exchange Scholarship

TEACHING ABROAD

Furman University, Study Abroad Program in San José, Costa Rica (Winter 2003)
Director of program which is hosted by Universidad de Costa Rica

LANGUAGES

Spanish: native fluency
English: native fluency
French: near-native fluency

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Anderson Language Technology Center (1992-1996)
University of Colorado
Worked in the language laboratory with interactive language software (laser disks, computer language programs, videotapes and audiotapes).

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Latin American Studies Association
Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies
Modern Language Association
Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica