CURRENT POSITION
Adjunct Instructor – Lee University: Fall 2013-present
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Romance Languages, Spanish
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: December 2015
Dissertation: “Trauma Stories: Rewriting the Past through Fragmentation in Spanish Testimonial Literature”
Master of Arts in Spanish and Applied Linguistics
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: May 2010
Bachelor of Arts
Mississippi College, Clinton, MS: May 2008
Double Major: International Studies and Spanish, TESOL Certification
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor – Lee University
SPAN 110, Elementary Spanish Fast Track
SPAN 111, Elementary Spanish
SPAN 112, Elementary Spanish
SPAN 210, Intermediate Spanish Fast Track
SPAN 211, Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 212, Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 213, Hispanic World: Communication in Context
ENGL 090, English as a Second Language
ENGL 381/LING 381, Language Acquisition and Development
ENGL 382/LING 382, English Language Seminar
SCED 414, EDUC 518, Teaching Languages Grades 6-12
Instructor of Record – The University of Alabama:
SP 101, Elementary Spanish: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011
SP 102, Elementary Spanish: Fall 2012
SP 103, Intensive Spanish Review: Spring 2010
SP 201, Intermediate Spanish: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
SP 202, Intermediate Spanish: Spring 2013
SP 356, Advanced Grammar & Composition: Spring 2012
Co-Instructor – The University of Alabama:
SP 102, Elementary Spanish: Spring 2009
SP 103, Intensive Spanish Review: Fall 2008
RESEARCH INTERESTS
20th and 21st century Spanish Peninsular Literature and Film, Testimonial Literature, Narrative Fragmentation, Historical Memory in Post-War Spain, Postmemory, Trauma Theory, Transatlantic Studies, Pedagogy and Teaching of Language and Literature, Applied Linguistics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Leadership:
Alabama Modern Language Conference Organizing Committee: University of Alabama, Academic Year 2012-2013.
President, La Última Letra, Spanish Graduate Student Association: University of Alabama, Academic Year 2011-2012.
Academic:
Graduate Teaching Assistant: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Fall 2008-Spring 2013.
Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Ana Corbalán: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
Medical Interpreter/Translator Intern: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, Spring 2008.
Community:
Translator, Mission trip to Honduras, First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL, Mar. 2011.
College Ministry Leadership Team, First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL, Aug. 2010-May 2011.
Translator, Mission trip(s) to Dominican Republic, Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Madison, MS, Jul. 2009, Jul. 2010.
Substitute English Teacher, ESL Program, First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL 2009-2011.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"The Drowned, the Saved, the Frozen: Water and the Language of Trauma in the Works of Primo Levi and Jorge Semprún." Tennessee
Philological Association 2017 Meeting. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 23-25 Feb. 2017.
"Forever Marked: Scars and the Human Body as Problematic Archives of Memory in Felipe Matarranz’s Manuscrito de un superviviente." 2015 Conference on Transatlantic Studies. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. 26-28 Mar. 2015.
"(Re)Constructing the Past: Jorge Semprún's Use of Fragmentation in El largo viaje." Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 4-6 Apr. 2013.
"La música: una forma individual y colectiva de identificación, memoria, y rebelión en Voces inocentes (2004) de Luis Mandoki." Alabama
Modern Language Conference. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1-2 Mar. 2013.
"Una ruptura con el pasado: La deconstrucción del patriarcado y la reconstrucción de la masculinidad en Todo sobre mi madre y Solas." Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 22-24 Mar. 2012.
"Una conversación intertextual: el desconocido diálogo novelística en la España del siglo XIX." Alabama Modern Language Conference. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 23-25 Feb. 2012.
"Incorporating Meaningful Reading in the Spanish Classroom." Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference. University of Auburn-Montgomery, Montgomery, AL 3-4 Feb. 2012.
"El silencio, el ruido y la música: imágenes de la sociedad en transición en la novela Crónica del desamor de Rosa Montero." 61st Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Auburn University, Auburn, AL 29 Sep.- 1 Oct. 2011.
"Una figura de mil voces: la representación colectiva de la mujer encarcelada a través de la estructura fragmentada." University of Chicago Graduate Student Conference. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 15-16 Apr. 2011.
"Making Language Relevant: Personalizing Activities in the Foreign Language Classroom." Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference. University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL 4-5 Feb. 2011.
AWARDS AND HONORS
The University of Alabama:
Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in Modern Languages (2013-2014)
Outstanding Graduate Student in Spanish (2012-2013)
Modern Languages and Classics Special Academic Citizenship Award (2012-2013)
Graduate Student Research and Travel Support Award ($400, Spring 2013)
Graduate Student Research and Travel Support Award ($200, Fall 2011)
Golden Key Honor Society (Spring 2009)
Mississippi College:
Charles E. Martin Award, Best Overall Student in Spanish (2007-2008)
Presidential Scholarship (2004-2008)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Modern Language Association
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica
LANGUAGES
English: native speaker
Spanish: near-native fluency
Portuguese: advanced reading proficiency
Adjunct Instructor – Lee University: Fall 2013-present
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Romance Languages, Spanish
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: December 2015
Dissertation: “Trauma Stories: Rewriting the Past through Fragmentation in Spanish Testimonial Literature”
Master of Arts in Spanish and Applied Linguistics
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: May 2010
Bachelor of Arts
Mississippi College, Clinton, MS: May 2008
Double Major: International Studies and Spanish, TESOL Certification
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor – Lee University
SPAN 110, Elementary Spanish Fast Track
SPAN 111, Elementary Spanish
SPAN 112, Elementary Spanish
SPAN 210, Intermediate Spanish Fast Track
SPAN 211, Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 212, Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 213, Hispanic World: Communication in Context
ENGL 090, English as a Second Language
ENGL 381/LING 381, Language Acquisition and Development
ENGL 382/LING 382, English Language Seminar
SCED 414, EDUC 518, Teaching Languages Grades 6-12
Instructor of Record – The University of Alabama:
SP 101, Elementary Spanish: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011
SP 102, Elementary Spanish: Fall 2012
SP 103, Intensive Spanish Review: Spring 2010
SP 201, Intermediate Spanish: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
SP 202, Intermediate Spanish: Spring 2013
SP 356, Advanced Grammar & Composition: Spring 2012
Co-Instructor – The University of Alabama:
SP 102, Elementary Spanish: Spring 2009
SP 103, Intensive Spanish Review: Fall 2008
RESEARCH INTERESTS
20th and 21st century Spanish Peninsular Literature and Film, Testimonial Literature, Narrative Fragmentation, Historical Memory in Post-War Spain, Postmemory, Trauma Theory, Transatlantic Studies, Pedagogy and Teaching of Language and Literature, Applied Linguistics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Leadership:
Alabama Modern Language Conference Organizing Committee: University of Alabama, Academic Year 2012-2013.
President, La Última Letra, Spanish Graduate Student Association: University of Alabama, Academic Year 2011-2012.
Academic:
Graduate Teaching Assistant: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Fall 2008-Spring 2013.
Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Ana Corbalán: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
Medical Interpreter/Translator Intern: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, Spring 2008.
Community:
Translator, Mission trip to Honduras, First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL, Mar. 2011.
College Ministry Leadership Team, First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL, Aug. 2010-May 2011.
Translator, Mission trip(s) to Dominican Republic, Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Madison, MS, Jul. 2009, Jul. 2010.
Substitute English Teacher, ESL Program, First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL 2009-2011.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"The Drowned, the Saved, the Frozen: Water and the Language of Trauma in the Works of Primo Levi and Jorge Semprún." Tennessee
Philological Association 2017 Meeting. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 23-25 Feb. 2017.
"Forever Marked: Scars and the Human Body as Problematic Archives of Memory in Felipe Matarranz’s Manuscrito de un superviviente." 2015 Conference on Transatlantic Studies. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. 26-28 Mar. 2015.
"(Re)Constructing the Past: Jorge Semprún's Use of Fragmentation in El largo viaje." Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 4-6 Apr. 2013.
"La música: una forma individual y colectiva de identificación, memoria, y rebelión en Voces inocentes (2004) de Luis Mandoki." Alabama
Modern Language Conference. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1-2 Mar. 2013.
"Una ruptura con el pasado: La deconstrucción del patriarcado y la reconstrucción de la masculinidad en Todo sobre mi madre y Solas." Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 22-24 Mar. 2012.
"Una conversación intertextual: el desconocido diálogo novelística en la España del siglo XIX." Alabama Modern Language Conference. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 23-25 Feb. 2012.
"Incorporating Meaningful Reading in the Spanish Classroom." Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference. University of Auburn-Montgomery, Montgomery, AL 3-4 Feb. 2012.
"El silencio, el ruido y la música: imágenes de la sociedad en transición en la novela Crónica del desamor de Rosa Montero." 61st Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Auburn University, Auburn, AL 29 Sep.- 1 Oct. 2011.
"Una figura de mil voces: la representación colectiva de la mujer encarcelada a través de la estructura fragmentada." University of Chicago Graduate Student Conference. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 15-16 Apr. 2011.
"Making Language Relevant: Personalizing Activities in the Foreign Language Classroom." Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference. University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL 4-5 Feb. 2011.
AWARDS AND HONORS
The University of Alabama:
Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in Modern Languages (2013-2014)
Outstanding Graduate Student in Spanish (2012-2013)
Modern Languages and Classics Special Academic Citizenship Award (2012-2013)
Graduate Student Research and Travel Support Award ($400, Spring 2013)
Graduate Student Research and Travel Support Award ($200, Fall 2011)
Golden Key Honor Society (Spring 2009)
Mississippi College:
Charles E. Martin Award, Best Overall Student in Spanish (2007-2008)
Presidential Scholarship (2004-2008)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Modern Language Association
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica
LANGUAGES
English: native speaker
Spanish: near-native fluency
Portuguese: advanced reading proficiency