Academic service and collaboration have been essential components of my career. I have sought opportunities to contribute to interdisciplinary communities and their debates. I have enjoyed fruitful interchanges with my colleagues after chairing panels and seminars at ACLA, KFLC, NeMLA, and LASA conferences. I co-founded Colombia Syllabus / Primera línea académica, a crowdsourced repository that collects material on the current protests and the human rights crisis in Colombia, making these sources available to activists, human rights defenders, scholars, and students. I also co-founded and was the co-editor in-chief of UConn’s first open-access academic journal, The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal. I was the president of LANGSA, the Languages Graduate Student Association, during the 2016-2017 academic year. My experience as a researcher and activist in community outreach has helped me to promote solidarity through reflection among my students.
Professional Service
Service in Academic Associations
Treasurer. Latin American Studies Association, Colombia Section. May 2018 – Present.
Student Representative and Social Media Coordinator. Latin American Studies Association, Colombia Section. May 2016- April 2018.
Committee Work
Focus Group. CAP Humanities Working Group. College of Arts and Sciences. University of Dayton. Summer 2024.
Human Rights Studies Faculty Advisory Committee. University of Dayton. Fall 2023 – present.
Humanities Commons Committee. College of Arts and Sciences. University of Dayton. Fall 2022 – Spring 2023.
Assessment/Continuous Improvement Committee. Department of Global Languages and Cultures, University of Dayton. Fall 2022 – present.
Committee – Bro. Paul Bredestege, S.M. Endowment for the Study of Spanish Abroad. Department of Global Languages and Cultures, University of Dayton. Fall 2022 – present.
Member of the Curriculum Committee. Spanish Department, Colby College. Fall 2019 – Spring 2020.
Latin American Studies Committee. Latin American Studies Program, Colby College. Fall 2019 – Spring 2020.
Walker Grants Committee. Latin American Studies Program, Colby College. Fall 2019 – Spring 2020.
Student Oriented Service
Co-Organizer. Colby Liberal Arts Symposium (CLAS). Fall 2019 – Spring 2020.
Coordinator. Spanish Club. Loyola University Maryland. September 2018 – May 2019.
Co-Organizer. Spanish Essay Contest. Loyola University Maryland. Spring 2019.
Facilitator. Universitas 21 Summer School: Human Rights. University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute. July 7-19, 2013.
Academic Leadership Service
President. LANGSA (Languages Graduate Student Organization) Fall 2016-Spring 2017.
Editor and Reviewer
Editorial Council member
Candela Review. Since 2021.
Co-creator & Co-Editor. Colombia Syllabus / Primera línea académica. Since June 2021.
Co-Editor in Chief & Co-founder. The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal. October 2014 – May 2017. TQC is an open-access journal that publishes graduate students’ works in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. I planned the scope of each issue with our team of editors and oversaw the reviewers’ work.
Reviewer.
Journals.
Nueva Revista del Pacífico. Universidad de Playa Ancha de Valparaíso, Chile.
Revista de Estudios Colombianos. Asociación de Colombianistas.
Latin American Literary Review. Cornell University.
Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Perífrasis. Revista de Literatura, Teoría y Crítica. Universidad de los Andes.
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.
Revista Chilena de Literatura Universidad de Chile.
Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies, University of Liverpool.
Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Washington University in St. Louis.
Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Cuadernos de música, artes visuales y artes escénicas. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Manuscript Reviewer
Routledge.
Editorial Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia.
Conference Service
Co-Organizer. Visit/Speaker: “Haunting Without Ghosts, Spectral Realism in Colombia Film.” A talk by professor Juliana Martínez. Colby College, October 30, 2019.
7th LANGSA conference: Migration and Displacement in Literatures Languages and Cultures. University of Connecticut, Storrs. Dodd Center, November 11, 2016. Keynote Speakers: professors Jorge Duany and Silvio Torres Saillant.
A workshop on translation and the job market. Presenters: Peter Constantine, Jacqueline Loss, and Charles LeBel. UConn, Storrs. April 13, 2017.
Creative reading and talk by Carmen Francesca Banciu: “Language Play: Transformation through Writing and Creativity.” UConn, September 22, 2016.
“Grant Writing in the Humanities: A Workshop.” University of Connecticut, Literatures, Cultures and Languages Department. April 21, 2015.
Service through College Radio
Host/DJ. “Bailando McOndo.” A radio show at WMHB Waterville. Spring 2020. Conceived as a companion for my course on music and Literature in Latin America at Colby College, co-produced by the students.
Host/DJ, Mentor. “Radio ciudad perdida” A radio show at WHUS Storrs. Spring 2015; Spring & Fall 2016. Designed as an extra-curricular project for the Spanish classes at UConn. I programmed and hosted this radio show on the music of the Hispanic cultural world, from different eras and genres. I also conducted interviews and mentored new DJs in the radio station.
Interviews.
I have personally conducted interviews with Latin American artists and writers, referenced individually below:
Colombian writer Juan Álvarez, for the podcast Bailando McOndo, as part of our final projects in my course on Latin American music and literature at Colby College. May 17, 2020.
Colombian Artist Carolina Caycedo, for the podcast Bailando McOndo, as part of the programmed activities in her visit to Colby College. March 4, 2020.
Cuban writer Yoss (José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) at WHUS Storrs, as part of his programmed activities in his visit to UConn. November 4, 2016.
Service Learning
Faculty Fellows Seminar in Service-Learning Spring 2019. Center for Community Service and Justice, Loyola University Maryland.
Mentor. Immigration immersion at Hope CommUnity Center – Apopka, Florida. Loyola University Maryland. Center for Community Service and Justice. Spring 2019.