Introduction

I am a cultural historian with an interdisciplinary background in socio-cultural anthropology, media and area studies. My research explores the connections between cultural performance, race, memory, and nation-making in the Andes, with a focus on applied cultural research. As an educator, my mail goal is to encourage the personal and professional development of my students with a healthy balance of wellness and achievement, and in alignment with the demands of the complex employment landscape of the future. I have substantial expertise in curricular design, review and accreditation, and in student-centred language teaching methods and technology-enhanced teaching methodologies (online, blended and in person).

Postgraduate Qualifications:

2012, PhD in Modern Languages (Latin American History and Cultural Studies)  Newcastle University (UK), Newcastle Upon Tyne

2004, MA in Screen Documentary (Media and Communication Studies)  Goldsmiths College, University of London, London

Areas of Specialization:

• Atlantic and Latin American History and Cultural Studies
• Nation, Nationalisms
• Memory and Intangible Heritage
• Performance Studies
• Race
• Bolivia and the Andes
• Research methods (audiovisual)
• Critical thinking
  
  

Previous roles:

Chair of Social Sciences Department (2018-2021)

Chair of the CHSS Curricular Committee (2021)

Coordinator of the Academic Excellence Hub (2022-2024)

Memberships

• UK Advance Higher Education (HE) Fellowship awarded May 2024.
• Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous People Section (Latin American Studies Association), council officer
• Association of Critical Heritage Studies, member
• ADRELA, Alianza para la Investigación Digital sobre la América Latina Temprana, member
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, member
• Chotro, Indigenous People in the Post-colonial World, International Committee member (run by the European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies and the Indian Bhasha Research and Publication Centre)
• Women in Carnival network, member
  

Languages

English, Spanish, French