CURRICULUM VITÆ
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Spanish, The University of Iowa. August 2007-Present
Master of Arts Degree, Spanish, University of North Texas. 2004-6
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Spanish, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 2003
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
1. Graduate Fellow/Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa. August 2007-Present
2. Spanish Teacher, Wichita Falls Independent School District
Wichita Falls, Texas. August, 2004-May 2007
PUBLICATIONS
1. “The Orientalist Route in Isabel Allende’s Daughter of Fortune.” Alternative
Orientalisms in Latin America and Beyond. Ed. Ignacio López-Calvo.
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 154-164.
2. “La ruta orientalista en Hija de la fortuna de Isabel Allende.” Espéculo 35. Mar-Jun
2007 <http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero35/rutaorie.html>
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. “La búsqueda de identidad en El sur de Adelaida García Morales.” Tierra Tinta Second Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. October 12-13, 2006
2. “La ruta orientalista en Hija de la fortuna de Isabel Allende.” Orientalisms and the Chinese Diaspora in the Americas. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. April 21-22, 2006
3. “El ser y la nada en Nada de Carmen Laforet.” International Conference, Spain at the crossroad of 1939: Exile and Cultural Identity. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. April 7-8, 2006
4. “La sexualidad: de la literatura al cine latinoamericano.” V Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica. Lima, Perú. March 8-10, 2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SPANISH COURSES TAUGHT AT WICHITA FALLS ISD
Middle Years Programme Language B (Spanish) Level 4
Middle Years Programme Language B (Spanish) Level 5
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