My Curriculum Vitae (July 2005)
Post-Secondary Education:
Ph.D. (Spanish) Tulane University, 2002
Dissertation: Imaging the Apocalypse: Dystopian Representation in Post-Dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay
Doctoral Advisors: Ana López and Daniel Balderston
Certificate Writing in the Americas, A collaborative seminar sponsored by Harvard, Brown, and Boston University, 1998
M.A. (Spanish) McGill University, 1995
B.A. (Spanish) The University of Toronto, 1993
Development Courses and Workshops:
SSHRC ‘Preparing your Application' Workshop, May, 2005
SSHRC Budget, CVs and Attachments Workshop, June, 2005
SSHRC Application Workshop, September 2004
Student Advisors' Conference, University of Alberta, March, 2004.
Introduction to ProCite, University of Alberta, February, 2004.
UTS Multiple Choice not Multiple Guess Workshop, University of Alberta, March, 2004.
Academic Positions:
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta 2001-Present
Areas of Specialization:
Latin American Film
Argentine and Uruguayan Cinema
Exploitation Cinemas in Latin America
Latin American Cultural Studies
Southern Cone Cultural Studies
Latin American Popular Culture
Publications:
Refereed Articles:
"Re-Discovering the Body in La muerte como efecto secundario" (Under Review).
"The End of Authority? Playing the Game of Authenticity in César Aira's Los misterios de Rosario" (Under Review).
"The Economics of Memory: From Penal Institution to Shopping Mecca, the Case of Punta Carretas" (Under Review).
"Temptations: Isabel Sarli Exposed," Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, volume 13.1 (March, 2004): 79-95.
"From Villa to Village: Argentina's First Theatrical Coordinates on the Globalized Village Map," Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, volume 21 (Summer, 2002): 175-187.
"Fernando Solanas' Post-Dictatorial Journey into the Hollows of the Image," Quarterly Review of Film and Video, volume 18.4 (October, 2001): 413-423.
Chapters:
"Local(izing) Images: Montevideo's Televisual Praxis," in Stephen Hart and Richard Young, eds., Contemporary Latin American Cultural Studies (Arnold Publishers, 2003): 167-176.
Non-refereed Articles:
"Desde los llanos hasta el cursor," South: Cultural Studies in the Americas, volume 2 (Fall, 1997), http://spgr.spppt.tulane.edu/South//.
Reviews:
Book Review of A Companion to Latin American Film by Stephen Hart submitted for publication in Studies in Hispanic Cinemas 2.2 (December 2005).
"El chevrolé Film Review," Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana, volume 29.1 (May 2000), 156-158.
Other Publications:
Contributed fifteen entries in The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures (Routledge, 2001).
Papers Presented at Scholarly Conferences:
"Desde los llanos hasta la pantalla: El espacio impenetrable de la Patagonia" Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, London, Ontario May 28-31, 2005.
"The Return of the ‘New': Rethinking Contemporary Film Production" Society for Cinema and Media Studies, London, England, March 31-April 3, 2005.
"Aparte: Sentimentalizing Spectatorship" and Panel Chair for another session, Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, October 7-9, 2004.
"The Sarli-Bo Sexploits." Latin American Studies Association Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 27-30, 2003.
"Back to the Future Argentina Re-members its Past and Future." Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Greenville, South Carolina, October 10-12, 2002.
"Ibermedia's Band-Aid Solution for a Tricky Life and a Tricky Industry." Hispanic Cultural Studies Conference, Tucson, Arizona, September 19-21, 2002.
"La marca Aira, Los misterios de Rosario, y el auténtico autor" Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, Iowa City, July 2-6, 2002.
"The Sleepwalker and Condor Crux: Argentina's Future Cityscape." Highway 2, Calgary, May 10-12, 2002.
"Projecting Buenos Aires Back to the Future." Midwest Modern Language Association, Cleveland, November 1-3, 2001.
"The Lifejacket is Under your Seat: Mapping Local Identity in the Face of Globalization." Society for Cinema Studies, Chicago, March 9-12, 2000.
"Fasten your Seat Belt for a Localized Turn into the Global with El chevrolé." Projecting Light into Hollywood's Shadows: Trans/National Cinemas and Cultural Identity, University of Southern Mississippi, Hatttiesburg, February 10-12, 2000.
"Staying Afloat: Uruguayan Cinema at the Turn of the Millennium." Cine-Lit IV, University of Oregon, Portland, February 18-21, 2000.
"Of Smoke and Mirrors: Fernando Solanas Between Apocalypse and Utopia." Florida International University, Miami, October 28-30,1999.
"A Postmodern Journey through Fernando Solanas' El viaje." Society for Cinema Studies Conference, San Diego, April 1998.
"Ideological Impotence Represented through the Invalidated Body." Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Ottawa, May 1997.
"Una construcción femenina en el espejo de la poesía de Delmira Agustini." Seventh Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, May 1997.
"El espíritu de la colmena: La función discursiva en la creación de una identidad ideológica." Cine-Lit III, Oregon State University, Portland, February 1997.
Conference Participation:
Panel Organizer: Society for Cinema Studies, "Considering the Global in the Local," Chicago, March 9-12, 2000.
Conference Organizer: "Cultural Encounters," Tulane University, March 13-15, 1998. Conference has become an annual departmental event at Tulane University.
Teaching:
Undergraduate Courses:
SPAN 325 Introduction to Film (Fall 2004)
LAST 310 Latin America at the Movies (Fall 2003, Fall 2004)
SPAN 303 Popular Culture and its Traditions (Winter 2003)
LAST 210 Introduction to Latin American Studies: South America (Winter 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Winter 2006)
SPAN 310 Spanish American Culture and Civilization (XIX and XX Century) (Winter 2002)
LAST 205 Introduction to Latin American Studies: Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America (Fall 2001, Fall 2002)
SPAN 457 Post-Dictatorship Culture in the Southern Cone (Fall 2001,Fall 2005)
SPAN 326 Spanish Conversation (Spring 2000)
SPAN 325 Advanced Grammar and Composition (Spring 2000) (Spring 1998)
SPAN 336 Oral Proficiency in Spanish (Fall 1999)
SPAN 203 Elements of Spanish III (Fall 1999) (Fall 1997)
SPAN 323 Introduction to Hispanic American Literature (Spring 1998)
SPAN 313 Readings in Latin American Culture (Fall 1997)
Graduate Courses:
SPAN 615 Latin American Film in Theory and Context (Fall 2004)
SPAN 535 Hispanic Theories of Cultural Studies (Fall 2002, Fall 2003)
SPAN 699 Introduction to Latin American Film (Winter 2002)
SPAN 699 Post-Dictatorship Culture in the Southern Cone (Fall 2001)
Directed Readings and Independent Studies/Research Courses:
SPAN 499 Spanish American Culture and Civilization (XIX and XX Century) (Winter 2002)
SPAN 499 Introduction to Latin American Film (Winter, 2002), (Summer 2002)
SPAN 499 Hispanic Theories of Cultural Studies (Fall, 2003)
SPAN 499 Advanced Grammar and Composition (Summer 2004)
Student Supervision:
Supervisor:
M.A. (Spanish, Sandra Navarro, Co-supervisor with Dr. Claudine Potvin)
M.A. (Spanish, May 2005, Miki Okamoto)
Cmtee Memb:
Ph.D. (Spanish, incomp. Constanza Rojas Primus)
Exam Cmtee:
Ph.D. (Spanish, Angélica Ramírez-Roa)
Ph.D. (Spanish, Constanza Rojas Primus) Chair
Ph.D. (Comp. Lit., Wojciech Tokarz)
Other Scholarly Activity:
Research Assistant:
Researcher for Dr. Ana López in the Communications Department at Tulane University, 2000-2001.
Editorship:
Assistant Editor, 1997-1998. Worked for Dr. Daniel Balderston and Dr. Ana López on the The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures, (Routledge, 2000).
Academic Service:
Major Department Offices:
Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, 2003-Present.
Major Faculty and University Offices:
Jalisco Partnership: With two other University of Alberta colleagues (Drs. Fred Judson and Marisa Bortolussi), conducted site visits at four post-secondary institutions in Guadalajara, Mexico for purpose of gathering information for Faculty of Arts to consider possibility of establishing partnership agreements with these institutions.
Committee Membership:
Faculty:
Selection Committee, External Member, Film Studies Hiring Committee, 2005.
Department:
Selection Committee, Spanish Member, Latin American Cultural Studies, Tier 2 CRC Hiring Committee, 2005.
Member of MLCS Core Development Committee, 2004-2005.
Selection Committee, Spanish Member, Latin American Cultural Studies, Tier 1CRC Hiring Committee, 2004.
Selection Committee, Spanish Member, Latin American Hiring Committee, 2003.
Library Liaison for Spanish and Latin American Studies, 2002- 2004.
Representative, LRC Liaison Committee for Spanish and Latin American Studies, 2001- 2003.
Graduate Student Liaison to Faculty, Tulane University, 1996-1997.
Public and Professional Activities:
Community Outreach:
Treasurer for Metro Cinema Society Board, 2003 - Present.
Member for Metro Cinema Society Board, 2002-2003.
Jalisco Partnership: With two other University of Alberta colleagues (Drs. Fred Judson and Marisa Bortolussi), conducted site visits at four post-secondary institutions in Guadalajara, Mexico for purpose of gathering information for Faculty of Arts to consider possibility of establishing partnership agreements with these institutions.
Academic Honors and Awards:
Supervisor for Carmen Norris, Recipient of the Roger Smith Undergraduate Research Award, 2004-2005.
Emil Skarin Fund, 2004-2005.
HFSSR Travel Grant, 2004-2005..
University Teaching and Research Fund, 2003-2004.
SAS Operating Grant, 2003-2004.
HFASSR Travel Grant, 2003-2004.
Jalisco Partnership grant with Drs. Fred Judson (Political Science) and Marisa Bortolussi (MLCS), 2002-2003.
Faculty of Arts Support for our work in Guadalajara, 2002-2003.
Travel Allowance to Complete Degree, 2001-2002.
EFF Funding for Start up, 2001-2002.
Winspear Award to further research, 2001-2002.
HFASSR Travel Grant, 2001-2002.
Student Travel Grant, Society for Cinema Studies, March, 2000.
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, May-July, 1998. Awarded funds in order to attend the Summer Institute on Migration and Exile in the Americas at Boston University under the direction of Alicia Borinsky.
Field Research Grant in Social Sciences and Humanities, Roger Thayer Center for Latin American Studies, August 1998. Awarded travel funds to conduct research for eight months in Argentina and Uruguay.
Tulane Graduate School Travel Grant, 1998, 1999. Awarded two grants in anticipation of costs incurred for presenting conference papers.
Tulane University Graduate School Academic Scholarship, Tulane University, 1995-2000.
Pratt Fellowship, McGill University, 1993-1994.
Language Training:
Native fluency in Spanish and English
Fluent in Italian and French
Reading ability in Portuguese