Teaching

At Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos in Santiago, Chile.

I aim to strengthen my students’ capacity for cross-cultural learning in the classroom and beyond. Critical thinking is at the center of my pedagogical commitments. Framed by critical pedagogies, my classes improve students’ communication skills —either in English or Spanish, oral and written— as well as their analytical and argumentation abilities through a learning environment where I foster a sense of inclusion. I establish diverse classroom communities through teaching methodologies such as multiple literacies, e-portfolios, the flipped classroom, the communicative approach, and the Inquiry-Based approach. In doing so, they are invited to speak without hesitation and engage with key texts of Hispanic cultures, past and present, on multiple levels and global connections. I have adapted these perspectives to traditional, online, and hybrid courses, as well as study abroad and community service programs. Students take part in an engaging classroom rooted in active learning and pedagogical transparency.  


Human rights

Performing Human Rights in Latin America (University of Dayton, Study Abroad Program - Human Rights in Chile, Summer 2024).
Narrativas de derechos humanos en la producción cultural Latinx y Latinoamericana (University of Dayton, 2023, 2024).
Culturas de los derechos humanos en los Andes (Rhodes College, Spring 2022)
Lucha, Memoria y verdad: Derechos humanos en America Latina (Colby College, Fall 2019)

SP 397

Borders and Human Rights (Colby College, Spring 2020. A course co-designed as a reading group)
Spanish Conversation – Cultural Topics: Derechos humanos en el cine y la música (UConn, Spring 2015, 2016)
Latin American Film
Film in Spain and Latin America (UConn, Online course, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, with Professor Jacqueline Loss)
Spanish Conversation – Cultural Topics: Derechos humanos en el cine y la música (UConn, Spring 2015, 2016)
Latin American Literature & Culture
Latin American/Latinx Culture & Civilization (University of Dayton, Spring 2023)
Survey of Spanish American Literature and Cultures (Rhodes College, Fall 2021)

Sp 298a

Dancing McOndo: Music and Literature from Latin America
(Colby College, Spring 2020 Online)
Sample video lesson:

 
Race & Ethnic Studies
Introduction to Race and Ethnic Studies (University of Dayton, Spring 2024)
Basic – Intermediate Spanish
Basic Spanish I & II. (University of Dayton, Fall 2022 - Spring 2024)
Español Intermedio (Rhodes College, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
Intermediate Spanish I
(Colby College, Fall 2019)
Intermediate Spanish I and II (Loyola University Maryland, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
Intermediate Spanish I and II (UConn, Spring 2013. Summer 2016)
Basic Spanish I, II. (UConn Hartford, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
Basic Spanish II (UConn, Fall 2012; as an online course in summer 2017).
Conversation
Conversation and Composition (Colby College, Spring 2020 Online)
Spanish Conversation – Cultural Topics: Derechos humanos en el cine y la música (UConn, Spring 2015, 2016)
Composition
Spanish Composition I (University of Dayton, Fall 2024)
Conversation and Composition
(Colby College, Spring 2020)
Spanish Advanced Composition (UConn, Fall 2014)
Spanish Basic Composition (UConn, Fall 2014)
Humanities & Linguistics
Classical Mythology (UConn, Online course. Fall 2013, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, with Professor Roger Travis)
Roman Civilization (UConn, Spring 2014, with Professor Nina Coppolino 
Object and Cognition. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Spring 2006 - Spring 2007)
Sociolinguistics. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Fall 2003 – Spring 2004)
Middle Ages and Renaissance (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería. Fall 2002 –Fall 2003). 
Modern age World. (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería. Spring 2003 – Spring 2007)
Contemporary World. (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería. Spring 2004 – Spring 2007).
Ethics in perspective. (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería. Fall 2002 - Fall 2003)

Study Abroad
Performing Human Rights in Latin America (University of Dayton, Study Abroad Program - Human Rights in Chile, Summer 2024).
Cultura española.
Study Abroad Program in Granada, Spain. (UConn, Fall 2015)

Academic Administrative Positions
Resident Director. UConn Study Abroad Program in Granada, Spain. (Fall 2015)

Guest Lectures.

Class on Evelio Rosero’s Los ejércitos. Course: Literatura y estudios culturales. Universidad del Tolima. Maestría en Pedagogía de la literatura. Professor Kelita Vanegas. March 20, 2021.

Class on Clarice Lispector. Course: Seminario de autor latinoamericano. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Licenciatura en Humanidades y Lengua Castellana. Professor Paola Fernandez. December 16, 2020.

Class on Guatemala during the Cold War. Course: Latino Culture in the United States. University of Connecticut. El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies. Professor Aidalí Aponte-Avilés. April 20, 2015.

Three classes on Testimonio and Elena Poniatowska’s La noche de Tlatelolco. Course: Understanding Testimonial Literature. University of Connecticut. El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies. Professor Anne Gebelein. March 2015.

If you are interested in additional information (sources, syllabi, lesson plans), please reach out to me via email.