Areas of Expertise

Courses taught as Assistant Professor of Spanish:

• SPAN 1013 Elem Spanish I
• SPAN 102 Elem Spanish II
• SPAN 2033 Intermediate I
• SPAN 2043 Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 4133 HSP/LAT CLTR & CV
• SPAN 3123 Conversation
• SPAN 3133 Adv. Grammar Comp.
• SPAN 680 Ltn. Am. & Span. Lit.
• SPAN 682 Women Writers

Courses taught as Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish:

• Spanish Composition SPAN3160
• Intermediate Spanish II SPAN2010
• Intermediate Spanish I SPAN2000
• Spanish Tutoring at WMU, 2009 – 2012 “La mesa española”

Featured Publications/Presentations:

• “Retrato de las Amazonas y la amazonía en una obra de teatro del Siglo de Oro de tema americano”. The Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Amazonian & Andean Studies. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2019 (October)
• “The representation of America and the Amerindians in the stage directions of three comedies of Peruvian topic of the Golden Age Literature.” The AHCT Annual Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium. El Paso, TX. 2019 (April) 
• “Images of the Amerindian and the Conquistador in the Golden Age Theater.” Multidisciplinary Graduate Conference. The Newberry Chicago’s Independent Research Library. 2017 (January)
• “La figura femenina en Nocturno III de José Asunción Silva: Una lectura irreverente del poema.” 33rd Annual Romance Languages Conference. University of Cincinnati.  2013 (April)
• “La Respuesta de Sor Juana: desarticulando un texto masculino.” 12th Conference on the Americas. Grand Valley State University. 2013 (March)
• “Representación de la mujer en Luna caliente de Mempo Giardinelli.” XIII Anual Tropos Graduate Conference. Michigan State University. 2013 (March)
• “Mujeres en crecimiento: El buildungsroman en Soñar en cubano de Cristina García.” XXII Congreso Anual de la AILCFH. Grand Valley State University.  2012 (November)
• “Maldito amor: ¿Escritura femenina?” 65th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Kentucky University. 2011 (April)

 

Involvement

• Modern Language Association
• The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT)
• SAAS (Society for Amazonian and Andean Studies)
• Faculty Development Committee
• Search committee for Ouachita Spanish faculty

Other

Awards & Scholarships  

• 2017 Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant
• 2014 Gwen-Frostic Doctoral Fellowship from Western Michigan University
• 2013-14 Department-level Graduate Teaching Effectiveness (GTE) Award
• 2012-13 Department-level Graduate Research and Creative Scholar