Writing & Languages
Selected Publications
“Money, Society and Trust: Lessons from Crisis” - book chapter in Cultures of Currencies: Literature and the Symbolic Foundation of Money, edited by Joan Ramon Resina. New York: Routledge, 2022.
Example essay in The Canadian Writer’s Handbook, Second Essentials Edition, edited by William E. Messenger, Jan de Bruyn, Judy Brown, and Ramona Montagnes. Oxford University Press, 2017.
"Utopian Discourse and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis” - book chapter in Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas, edited by Kim Beauchesne and Alessandra Santos. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Research assistant for Michael Predmore’s 2017 edition of Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Diary of a Newlywed Poet. Catedra, 2017.
Courses taught
At Stanford:
Spanish 1: First Year Spanish, First Quarter
Spanish 2: First Year Spanish, Second Quarter
Spanish 3: First Year Spanish, Third Quarter
Intermediate Spanish, Cultural Emphasis
Intermediate Oral Communication
Introduction to Iberia (literature, history, culture)
At the University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Spanish 101: Beginners' Spanish I
Spanish 102: Beginners' Spanish II
Conference Talks
I have presented my writing at 15 national and international conferences in North America and Europe. Some examples include:
“‘The World is a Fine Place and Worth Fighting For’: The Importance of Oak Park to Hemingway’s Work.” Modern Language Association (MLA) 2019 Convention. Chicago, Illinois, USA. January 3 – 6, 2019.
“What Can the Humanities Teach Us About the 2008 Financial Crisis?” Weiland Talks. Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. May 16, 2018.
“The 2008 Financial Crisis in Portugal, Spain and the United States.” Tenth International American Portuguese Studies Association Conference. Stanford University. Stanford, California, USA. October 12-15, 2016.
“Literary and cinematic representations of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis: Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Todo lo que era sólido and Andrew Ross Sorkin and Curtis Hanson’s Too Big to Fail.” 17th Forum for Iberian Studies: The Crisis in the Iberian Peninsula. University of Oxford, England. Sept 29-30, 2016.
“‘A Door that Opens Before an Unsuspected World’: Tracing the Concept of Adventure in Josep Pla's writing.” Institute of Catalan Studies, Barcelona, Spain. June 29-July 1, 2015.
“‘What a future ours will be!’: Asian-Hispanic Encounters in José Rizal’s The Reign of Greed.” American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conference. New York University, New York City, USA. March 20-23, 2014.
“The Spanish Civil War’s most vulnerable victims: Basque children’s exile and returned migration.” IX International Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi Seminar. University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. June 18, 2013.
“El proceso de (re)construcción de identidad en La escritura o la vida de Jorge Semprún.” 32nd Annual Levy-Wasteneys Symposium. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mar. 22, 2013.
Other Talks
Selected panelist experience includes:
Panelist, Stanford PhD Pathways Conference - “Navigating the Career Exploration Journey”.
Keynote Speaker, Stanford Student Affairs Conference: “Fostering a Sense of Belonging for Stanford Graduate Students”.
Invited Speaker, UBC English Language Institute: “Improving Your Writing and Research Skills”.
Panelist, Stanford Humanities House: “Global Movements in Spain and Latin America”.
Invited Speaker, International Baccalaureate (IB) Annual Students’ Conference: “The IB Program and the Transition to University”.
Invited Speaker, UBC Spanish 206 (Advanced Spanish): “Writing Effective Research Reports in a Target Language”.
Invited Speaker, UBC English Language Institute: “Essay Writing and Academic Integrity”.
