PhD Candidate
Research Interests
20th and 21st Century Literature and Cinema in Argentina and Spain; alienation, crisis and neoliberalism
Education
PhD in Spanish Literature and Culture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2019-2024 (expected)
M.A in Spanish Literature and Culture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2017-2019
Study Abroad: Knox College. 2015-2016
B.A in Literary Studies (with honors), University of Barcelona. 2013-2017
Grants
- SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2023-2024)
- SLCL Intercultural Competence Grant for Course Revision (Summer 2022)
- Timothy J. Rogers Memorial Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2022)
- Summer Research Fellowship, Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2020)
Awards and Honors
- Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Office of the Provost, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2024)
- Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2024)
- Graduate Student Teaching Award, Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2023)
- Conference Travel Award, Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2022, 2023)
- Conference Travel Award, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2021, 2023)
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent: Fall 2017*, Spring 2018*, Fall 2018*, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020*, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022*, Spring 2023* (* ranked as outstanding).
Courses Taught
- SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I (Fall 2021)
- SPAN 122: Intensive Elementary Spanish (Fall 2017)
- SPAN 130: Intermediate Spanish (Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020)
- SPAN 141: Introduction to Spanish Grammar (Spring 2019)
- SPAN 142: Spanish in the Professions (Spring 2021)
- SPAN 200: Readings in Hispanic Texts (Fall 2020)
- SPAN 202: Spanish for Business (Summer 2021)
- SPAN 228: Spanish Composition (Fall 2019)
- SPAN 254: Approaches to Culture (Fall 2022)
- SPAN 320: Spanish Cultural Studies II (Spring 2023)
- SPAN 395: Health Professions and US Latinx Communities (Spring 2022) (TA)
SPAN 122/130 Head Teaching Assistant (AYs 2019-2021)
Additional Campus Affiliations
- European Union Center Research Assistant (2021-2023)
- International Student and Scholar Services Global Educator (2022-2023)
- International Education Committee (2021-2022)