EDUCATION
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
2017
PhD – Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
Formerly: Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages
Dissertation: Choteo Cubano: Humor as a Critical Tool in Twentieth-Century Cuban Theater
Advisor: Prof. Jean Graham-Jones
Committee Members: Prof. Elena Martínez, Prof. Carlos Riobó
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
2015
Master of Phil. – Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages
Foreign Studies, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2012
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2008
Master of Arts – Spanish
Foreign Studies, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, México, 2006
Master’s Project: Revolutionary Theater in Latin America
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2003
Bachelor of Arts – Spanish/International Affairs, Minor: Political Science
Foreign Studies, Universidad de Granada, Spain, 2001-2002
Areas of Specialization
Latin American and Latinx Literature and Pop-Culture; Contemporary Caribbean and Latinx Theater; Cuban Theater; Humor, Politics, and Intersectional Identities in Latinx Literature
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching for Part-Time Faculty – Baruch College
2021 – 2022 Andrew W. Mellon Transformative Learning in the Humanities Faculty Fellow – City University of New York
2021 – 2022 Audio and Digital Pedagogy Fellow in Black and Latinx Studies – Baruch College
2020 Nominee, Barbara Reich Gluck Teaching Excellence Award – Baruch College
2019 Nominee, Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching – Baruch College
2015 – 2016 Writing Across the Curriculum Fellowship – Hostos Community College
2015 Goizueta Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship – Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami
2014 Doctoral Student Research Grant – The Graduate Center, CUNY
2014 Provost’s Summer Research Award – The Graduate Center, CUNY
2010 – 2015 Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship – The Graduate Center, CUNY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Baruch College, City University of New York
2012 – present
Lecturer: Department of Black and Latino Studies
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature,and Department of English
- Great Works of Literature I – 15 sections
- Great Works of Literature II – 9 sections
- Latin America: An Institutional and Cultural Survey – 7 sections
- Latinas: A Social and Cultural Survey – 4 sections
- Survey of Caribbean Literature in English – 3 sections
- Latinx Literature in the US – 1 section
- Cuban Culture and Society – 1 section
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Arts and Cultures – 1 section
- Macaulay Honors: People of New York – 1 section
- Macaulay Honors: Arts in New York City – 1 section
City College of New York, City University of New York
2022
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Honors Program
- Macaulay Honors: Arts in New York City – 1 section
Hunter College, City University of New York
2014
Instructor: Department of Romance Languages
- Survey of Spanish-American Teatro – 1 section
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York
2014
Instructor: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Spanish Conversation I – 1 section
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
2011 – 2014
Graduate Teaching Fellow: Department of Modern Languages
- Spanish: Basic Language Skills I – 3 sections
- Spanish: Basic Language Skills II – 3 sections
- Spanish: Basic Language Skills III – 5 sections
- Core Curriculum: Literature, Ethnicity, and Immigration – 1 section
Timberlane Regional High School, Plaistow, NH
2004 – 2010
Spanish Language Teacher
- Spanish I, II, III, and IV
Students learn the Spanish language through listening, speaking, reading, and writing with an emphasis on Spanish-speaking cultures. Upper level courses (Spanish III and IV) contain a literary element. Additional Responsibilities: Spanish curriculum development, co-advisor for the Gay/Straight Alliance
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Hostos Community College, City University of New York
2014 – 2016
Writing Fellow: Writing Across the Curriculum
Work primarily with senior faculty to develop writing intensive courses, syllabi, and writing assignments which will be used to help students meet their writing intensive requirements for graduation. Certify adjunct faculty in writing intensive courses via an online Blackboard learning module.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Archival Research – Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba
2016
Choteo in Cuban Theater of the Twentieth Century
Archival Research – University of Miami, Cuban Heritage Collection
2015
Choteo in Theater of the 1930s (Post-Machado)
Archival Research – University of Miami, Cuban Heritage Collection
2014
Choteo in Theater from the Special Period (1990s)
PUBLICATIONS
“Verifying Latinx Identities: Complex Character Representation in the Television Series One Day at a Time.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities, vol. 37, no. 2, 2022, pp. 83-99.
“Humor, Coping, and Change in Special Period Cuba: Interpreting the Role of Visual Choteo in Vereda tropical by Joaquín Miguel Cuartas Rodríguez.” Hispanic Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2022. https://hispanicstudiesreview.cofc.edu/article/25909-humor-coping-and-change-in-special-period-cuba-interpreting-the-role-of-visual-choteo-in-vereda-tropical-by-joaquin-miguel-cuartas-rodriguez
Review of Diary of Fire by Elías Miguel Muñoz. Cuban Studies, no. 47, March 2019, pp. 353-355.
Review of La isla de los ingenios by Fernando García del Río. Cuban Studies, no. 45, February 2017, pp. 401-402.
“Tourism, ‘Tradition,’ and the Politics of Humor in the Cuban Play ‘¡Guan Melón! ¡Tu Melón!’” Words Without Borders. 5 Jan. 2017. https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/on-the-cuban-play-guan-melon-tu-melon-rebecca-l-salois
PANELS AND ROUNDTABLES ORGANIZED
“Pop-Culture, Fandom, and Comics in the College Classroom.” New York Comic Con, 2022.
“Performing Identities: Representing Cubanidad through Visual Literatures.” North East Modern Language Association, Boston, 2020 (2 panel sessions).
PANEL PRESENTATIONS (JURIED)
“One Character at a Time: Identity Verification through Representations of cubanidad in Television.” Paper Presentation at North East Modern Language Association, Boston, 2020.
“Vereda tropical: Choteo and Change in Special Period Cuba.” Paper Presentation at University of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, 2019.
“Choteo and Gender Roles in El velorio de Pura, by Flora Díaz Parrado.” Paper Presentation at University of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, 2016.
“El velorio de Pura: An Evolution of Choteo in Cuban Theater.” Paper presentation at Georgetown University, GRAPHSY: Herencia y Tradición, Looking Back, Moving Forward, Washington, 2016.
“A Message to the Cuban People: Choteo and Virgilio Piñera’s El flaco y el gordo.” Paper Presentation at University of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, April 2013. Revised and Edited Paper Presentation at City University of New York – Graduate Center, Cuban Studies Conference, New York, October 2013.
“Minor Voices, Major Impact – The Importance of the Other in Jose Pablo Feinmann’s Cuestiones con Ernesto Che Guevara.” Paper Presentation at City University of New York – Graduate Center, 18th Annual Student Congress, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages, New York, 2013.
“Forgotten Voices: Another Look at the Cuban Revolution. Cuestiones con Ernesto Che Guevara by José Pablo Feinmann.” Paper presentation at Indiana University, Diálogos: The Tenth Annual Graduate Student Research Conference, Bloomington, 2013.
“Colonial Cuban Theatre? Hybridity and Transculturation in Santiago Pita’s El príncipe jardinero.” Paper presentation at City University of New York – Graduate Center, In Trans: Reading Between and Beyond, New York, 2012.
“Un destino sudamericano: José Pablo Feinmann y Cuestiones con Ernesto Che Guevara.” Paper presentation at Temple University 2nd Annual Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Philadelphia, 2009.
“Grammar in the TPRS Classroom.” Instructional presentation at NHAWLT (New Hampshire Association of World Language Teachers), Meredith, 2008.
ROUNDTABLES
“Pop-Culture Parallels.” Pop-Culture, Fandom, and Comics in the College Classroom, Roundtable Participant, New York Comic Con, 2022.
“Podcasts, Pop-Culture, and Academia.” Bridging Cultural Gaps: Geek Fandom across Academic Disciplines, Virtual Roundtable Participant, Kentucky Communication Association, 2021.
“Student-Led Syllabi.” CTL Teaching Innovations Showcase. Virtual Roundtable Participant, Center for Teaching and Learning, Baruch College, 2021.
“Why Do We Read This? A Literature Podcast.” The Value (and Struggles) of Public Engagement. Virtual Roundtable Participant, North East Modern Language Association, 2021.
“Life Advice: The Scholar’s Guide and GISH.” Academic Renegades: Scholarly Investigations of Fandom and Fanfic II. Virtual Roundtable Participant, Super Heroines Con, 2020. https://youtu.be/s2_1WzGIRQQ
“Fandom Spending: Lessons Learned from a 12th-Century Chinese Poet.” Academic Renegades: Scholarly Investigations of Fandom and Fanfic. Virtual Roundtable Participant, Nerd Alert News Convention, 2020. https://youtu.be/tl4y8XjN8HA
“Why Do We Read This? Connecting the Supernatural Fandom to Great Works of Literature.” So, Get This: Supernatural Under an Academic Lens. Virtual Roundtable Participant, Festival and Beyond, 2020. https://youtu.be/VnZ9SWW_1U4?t=5986
“Virgilio Piñera’s El flaco y el gordo: Food as Power in Cuban Theater.” Food for Thought: Metaphors of Eating in Literature and Film. Roundtable Participant, North East Modern Language Association, New Haven, March 2016.
ADDITIONAL TALKS AND EVENTS
“Hispanic Heritage Month: Fireside Chat with the Latinx Visions Podcast Hosts Professors Rojo Robles and Rebecca Salois.” Guest Speaker, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, New York, 2021.
“Alumni Panel Q&A.” Participant, University of New Hampshire, 2021.
“Podcasts and the Classroom: Creating and Assigning Course Specific Podcasts.” Workshop Organizer, Transformative Learning in the Humanities, CUNY, New York, 2021.
“Transforming Struggles into Art: A ‘Tiny Zoom Concert’ with Yancyabril.” Moderator, Baruch College, New York, 2021.
“Fiction or Memoir? Exploring Identity in Diary of Fire by Elías Miguel Muñoz.” Invited Speaker, Baruch College, New York, 2018.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT
Baruch College, CUNY
2023 Participant: The CUNY 1969 Project – Summer Teach-In
2021 Participant: Seminar on Inclusive Pedagogy
2020 – present Member: Curriculum Committee – Black and Latino Studies
2020 Participant: CUNY Online Teaching Essentials
2020 Participant: Great Works Reader Response Pilot Program – English
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2015 – 2017 Member: Committee on Committees
2015 – 2016 Member: Faculty, Students, and Programs Task Force
2015 – 2016 Doctoral Student Council (DSC) At Large Representative, Member: Grants Committee, Governance Task Force
2013 – 2015 DSC Officer for Funding, Chair: Grants Committee
2012 – 2016 Member: College Association
2012 – 2015 DSC Program Representative, Member: Grants Committee
2011 – 2014 Social Media Manager: Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages (HLBLL), and HLBLL – Annual Graduate Student Conference
2011 – 2012 HLBLL Student Representative: Executive Committee
2010 – 2012 Member: Organizing Committee HLBLL Annual Student Congress
ADDITIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE
2021 – present Podcast: Latinx Visions – Creator, Writer, Editor, Producer
A Latinx Studies podcast which analyzes and investigates Latinx media and culture in its many forms
2019 – 2021 Podcast: Why Do We Read This? – Creator, Writer, Editor, Producer
A world literature podcast connecting great works of literature to pop-culture and current events
2001 – 2002 Theater group for foreigners, Granada, Spain
Entremeses, Miguel de Cervantes
Una farsa infantil del dragón, Ramón de Valle Inclán
1999 – 2001 Theater in Spanish, University of New Hampshire
Estudio en blanco y negro, Virgilio Piñera
El retablillo de don Cristóbal, Federico García Lorca
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member: Modern Language Association
Member: Northeast Modern Language Association
Member: Latin American Studies Association
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English and Spanish
Reading knowledge of Portuguese
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