EDUCATION
Ph.D. Romance Linguistics, Department of Romance Languages, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001
M.A. Romance Languages, Department of Romance
Languages, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1997
B.A. Spanish and History of Art, Hood College, Frederick, MD, 1994
Ph.D. Romance Linguistics, Department of Romance Languages, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001
M.A. Romance Languages, Department of Romance
Languages, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1997
B.A. Spanish and History of Art, Hood College, Frederick, MD, 1994
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
July 2016—present (on sabbatical, spring 2021)
Acting coordinator, Spanish & Portuguese Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
Spring 2016
Acting Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
January—June 2014
Coordinator, Spanish & Portuguese Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
July 2013—June 2015
FACULTY POSITIONS
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Core Faculty member of the Women’s Studies Program & Linguistics Program
University of New Hampshire
Fall 2012—present
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures; appointed to Core Faculty of the Women’s Studies Program (beginning Fall 2009)
University of New Hampshire
Fall 2008—Spring 2012
(awarded Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor, June 2012)
Assistant Professor of Spanish, School of International Letters & Cultures, (formerly the Dept. of Languages & Literatures), and Affiliate Faculty of the Women and Gender Studies Program (from Spring 2006),
Arizona State University
Fall 2001—Spring 2008
(awarded Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor, May 2008)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MAPS Summer Institute, Modern Languages Association, June-July 2020
ADE-ADFL Summer Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University/Duquesne University/University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), June 5-9, 2019; co-facilitated the new chairs workshop and led a discussion group
ADFL Summer Seminar North, Michigan State (East Lansing, Michigan), May 28-June 2, 2018
Community Engagement Academy, UNH/Cooperative Extension, accepted (April – May 2018).
HERS Leadership Institute for Women in Education, Wellesley 2016-2017
ADFL Summer Seminar East, Georgia Tech (Atlanta, Georgia), May 2017
Advancing Chairs as Leaders, UNH Office of Engagement and Academic Outreach/UNH Advance, Spring 2017
Pathway to Professorship, UNH Office of Engagement and Academic Outreach, Fall 2014
PUBLIC HUMANITIES
New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative Winter Academy, January 2021
Summer Institute in Public Humanities, Center for the Humanities, University of New Hampshire –
accepted summer 2020; postponed until summer 2021 due to covid-19
“Engaging Multilingual/Multicultural Communities in Humanities through Global Humanities
Undergraduate Research Lab on the topic of Bodies, Borders, & Belonging” with Elizabeth Berry
(Dept. of Multicultural Engagement, Nashua Community College), New Hampshire Humanities
Collaborative Small Grant (funded, delayed due to covid-19)
Seacoast LGBT History Project – member of the organizing committee; carrying out Seacoast NH
LGBTQ Oral History Project
Somos Familia Mural Project, Phoenix, Arizona (organizer, first LGBTQ Latinx themed mural in
Phoenix)
Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
July 2016—present (on sabbatical, spring 2021)
Acting coordinator, Spanish & Portuguese Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
Spring 2016
Acting Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
January—June 2014
Coordinator, Spanish & Portuguese Program, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University of New Hampshire
July 2013—June 2015
FACULTY POSITIONS
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Core Faculty member of the Women’s Studies Program & Linguistics Program
University of New Hampshire
Fall 2012—present
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures; appointed to Core Faculty of the Women’s Studies Program (beginning Fall 2009)
University of New Hampshire
Fall 2008—Spring 2012
(awarded Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor, June 2012)
Assistant Professor of Spanish, School of International Letters & Cultures, (formerly the Dept. of Languages & Literatures), and Affiliate Faculty of the Women and Gender Studies Program (from Spring 2006),
Arizona State University
Fall 2001—Spring 2008
(awarded Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor, May 2008)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MAPS Summer Institute, Modern Languages Association, June-July 2020
ADE-ADFL Summer Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University/Duquesne University/University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), June 5-9, 2019; co-facilitated the new chairs workshop and led a discussion group
ADFL Summer Seminar North, Michigan State (East Lansing, Michigan), May 28-June 2, 2018
Community Engagement Academy, UNH/Cooperative Extension, accepted (April – May 2018).
HERS Leadership Institute for Women in Education, Wellesley 2016-2017
ADFL Summer Seminar East, Georgia Tech (Atlanta, Georgia), May 2017
Advancing Chairs as Leaders, UNH Office of Engagement and Academic Outreach/UNH Advance, Spring 2017
Pathway to Professorship, UNH Office of Engagement and Academic Outreach, Fall 2014
PUBLIC HUMANITIES
New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative Winter Academy, January 2021
Summer Institute in Public Humanities, Center for the Humanities, University of New Hampshire –
accepted summer 2020; postponed until summer 2021 due to covid-19
“Engaging Multilingual/Multicultural Communities in Humanities through Global Humanities
Undergraduate Research Lab on the topic of Bodies, Borders, & Belonging” with Elizabeth Berry
(Dept. of Multicultural Engagement, Nashua Community College), New Hampshire Humanities
Collaborative Small Grant (funded, delayed due to covid-19)
Seacoast LGBT History Project – member of the organizing committee; carrying out Seacoast NH
LGBTQ Oral History Project
Somos Familia Mural Project, Phoenix, Arizona (organizer, first LGBTQ Latinx themed mural in
Phoenix)