Ph.D. - Translation Studies
The University of Texas at Dallas - 2015
Professional Preparation
M.A. - Translation Studies
The University of Texas at Dallas - 2005
The University of Texas at Dallas - 2005
Research Areas
- Translation Studies
- Literary Translation
- Latin American Studies
- Spanish Language and Literature
Publications
Awards
Oaxaca Summer Institute XI Fellow, Oaxaca, Mexico - Oaxaca Summer Institute [2009]
Appointments
Research Associate and Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–Present]
Research Associate in the Center for Translation Studies Lecturer in Creative Writing (Translation) and Spanish (Beginning 1)
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–Present]
Research Associate in the Center for Translation Studies Lecturer in Creative Writing (Translation) and Spanish (Beginning 1)
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2018–Present]
CRWT 3330, Translation Workshop
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2018–Present]
CRWT 3330, Translation Workshop
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2017–Present]
Spanish 1311, Beginning 1
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2017–Present]
Spanish 1311, Beginning 1
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2016–2017]
LIT 4348, Translation Workshop
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2016–2017]
LIT 4348, Translation Workshop
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2016–2016]
Spanish 1311 and 1312, Beginning 1 & 2
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2016–2016]
Spanish 1311 and 1312, Beginning 1 & 2
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–2015]
Spanish 1312, Beginning 2
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–2015]
Spanish 1312, Beginning 2
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–2015]
Rhetoric 1302
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–2015]
Rhetoric 1302
Writing Consultant
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2012–2013]
The Writing Center at UTD
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2012–2013]
The Writing Center at UTD
Instructor
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2011–2011]
Rhetoric 1302
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2011–2011]
Rhetoric 1302
Instructor
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2010–2011]
Masterpieces of World Literature
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2010–2011]
Masterpieces of World Literature
Presentations
"Site / Sights and Sounds in Carmen Boullosa's La Virgen y el violín"
2019/11–2019/11 Presented on a panel titled “Sites and Sounds: Translating Place” at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference in Rochester, NY“Translating Boullosa: The Author and Her Translators on Writing and (Re)Creating”
2018/10–2018/11 Organized and presented on a panel at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference in Bloomington, IN“Foreign Worlds Beyond the Foreign Language: The Challenges of Translating Science Fiction and Dystopian Literature: Carmen Boullosa's Heavens on Earth”
2017/10–2020/10 Presented on a panel titled “Foreign Worlds Beyond the Foreign Language: The Challenges of Translating Science Fiction and Dystopian Literature” at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference in Minneapolis, MN"Designing a Hybrid-online Course in Translation Studies"
2016/10–2016/10 Presented on a panel titled “Designing a Hybrid-Online Course for Literary Translation Studies” at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference in Oakland, CA“Destabilization, Dysfunction, and Disorder in the Dystopian Capitals of Cielos de la Tierra.”
2014/03–2014/03 Co-organized a panel titled “Dystopian Capitals: Cultural (De)Formation and the Failure of Utopian Projects” at the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) conference in New York, NYNews Articles
Affiliations
Member
2004/10American Literary Translator’s Association (ALTA)