Education

• PhD - Latin American Literature, University of Kansas (2008)
• MA - Spanish Literature, University of Kansas (2002)
• MA - Hispanic Linguistics, University of Illinois - UC (2000)
• MA - English as an International Language, University of Illinois - UC (1998)
• BA-Teaching of English as a Second Language. Universidad Nacional-CR (1991)

Teaching

• SPN 101 Beginning Spanish I
• SPN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
• SPN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
• SPN 312 Spanish Composition
• SPN 320 Hispanic Cinema
• SPN 324 Topics in Spanish Linguistics: Phonology

Research and professional interests

• XX Century Latin American Literature
• Colonial Literature
• Narratology
• Readership and Subjectivity
• Digital Novel and Holopoetry
• Spanish proficiency and computer-assisted language learning

Awards and honors

• New Faculty Summer Research Stipend, COAL, University of Missouri (June 30, 2009)
• Nominee for the Robert Granberg Teaching Assistant Award (Excellence in Teaching), University of Kansas (2006, 2005)
• Certificat D’Excellence, French Studies. University of Kansas (2001)
• An Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at U-C (2000-1999)