Teaching
My approach to teaching takes into account students' skills and knowledges. I have taught at Hispanic Serving Institutions for over 8 years years and have developed courses that cultivate a collaborative, inclusive, equitable atmosphere that allow students to learn vis-a-vis the diverse lived experiences of their peers. My courses support student learning by centering student-to-student exchanges, and my syllabi draw from a wide range of textual and audiovisual materials that reflect our mediated and informational world. The activities, assignments, and discussions are designed with the cultural and political realities of our twenty-first century in mind, and they equip students to engage with those realities by developing a capacity for critical inquiry applied to the analysis and discussion of Latin American literary and audiovisual arts.
Proposed Courses
Literature of the Mexican Revolution
Modern Mexican Literature
Mexico City
Latin American Horror
Indigenous Poetry in Latin America
The Latin American Essay
Violence, the Environment, and Latin America
Phototextuality in Latin America
Latin American Cultural Theory
Teaching Reviews
"I wanted to say thank you for teaching this class, I was able to learn many aspects of Latin American history which I was not aware of before. I would really like to continue learning about Latin America, specifically that of Latin American Culture and use of mediums such as film."
"Over all, I really really enjoyed this class. It was super informational and I didn’t know about 99% of the information going into this class compared to what I know now exiting this class. Thank you so much for a great semester."
"Fue un excelente semestre de descubrimiento y de mucho aprendizaje. Su papel de profesora fue muy instrumental en sus presentaciones detalladas y en la moderación de nuestras discusiones. Me ha encantado la experiencia 🙂".