I was hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics in 2008. Prior to joining Concordia University, I served as an Assistant Professor at Saint Thomas University (2003) and Queen’s University (2004-2008). I earned my PhD (2003) in Hispanic Philology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. I have published several articles on translation and Spanish American Colonial Literature (particularly the chronicles by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala), and also have two books on current indigenous Spanish American poetry: La voz letrada (Abya Yala, 2012) and Poéticas mapuche(s) (Askasis, 2018). I also won the Dean’s New Scholar Award at Concordia University in 2010, and undertook a FQRSC funded research on Mapuche poetics, and participated in four international team projects: History of Translation in Spanish America, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), Spain (Diccionario histórico de la traducción en Hispanoamérica: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2013), Writing and Orality, sponsored by the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA: Or Words to That Effect: Orality and the Writing of Literary History: John Benjamins, 2016), Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies (Routledge, 2020), The Cambridge History of Chilean Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2021), and the Handbook of Latin American Literature in Translation (Bloomsbury Press, Forthcoming). In addition to my academic work, I have published a prize-winning chapbook and a book of poetry, as well as several literary works, which has been presented both nationally and internationally.
Education
PhD in Hispanic Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2003).
Diploma (MA equivalent) Native American Studies, Universidad Complutense y Casa de América, Madrid (2000).
Post-graduate Degree University Level Education, Universidad de Chile (1998).
BA in Social Communication and Journalism (Licenciatura), Universidad de Chile (1996).
BA in Hispanic Language and Literature (Licenciatura), Universidad de Chile (1991).
BA Filología Hispánica (Licenciatura), Ministry of Education, Spain (2001).
Research and teaching interests
- Colonial discourse.
- Writing, orality and translation.
- Contemporary Indigenous Latin-American Poetry.
- Translation as an Aesthetic in Latin-American Literature.
Grants
Individual Research Grant. FQRSC (Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Societé et la Culture). (35,356 dollars) “Poésie, métadiscours et métatexte : vers une poétique mapuche contemporaine”, 2009-2012.
Member of the Scientific Committee (Co-coordinator of Colonial period with Prof. Mercedes Serna, University of Barcelona). Towards a History of Translation in Spanish America, international research project financed by Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (MICINN). Main investigators: Francisco Lafarga (Universitat de Barcelona) and Luis Pegenaute (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). (Individual allocation: $ 5000 dollars), 2009-2012.
Individual Research Grant. Start-Up Grant, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University (15,000 dollars), 2008-2012.
Individual Research Grant. Advisory Research Committee Award (ARC): (6000 dollars) Contemporary Andean Indigenous Poetry in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador: 1985-2005, Queen’s University, 2007.
Individual Research Grant. SSHRC 4 –A : ARC Grant from Queen’s University: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), (5000 dollars). Tension Between Oral and Written Codes in Contemporary Spanish American Indigenous Poetry, 2006.
Individual Research Grant. Advisory Research Committee Award (ARC): (6000 dollars). First Bilingual Anthology of Current Hispanic American Indigenous Poetry (1985-2005), Queen’s University, 2005.
Individual Research Grant, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Universidad de Chile Award (2000 dollars). Quechua Literature, research project, 1995.
Awards
Dean’s New Scholar Award. Faculty of Arts and Science. Concordia University (500 dollars), 2010.
Travel Award. Office of Research, Queen’s University (750 dollars), 2007.
Academic Excellence Award, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Universidad de Chile, Chile (3000 dollars), 1990.
Fellowships
Doctorate Studies Fellowship, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI), Madrid, Spain (60,000 dollars) 1998 – 2002.
Intercampus Fellowship, (Collaborating professor at Las Palmas University), Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI), Canary Islands, Spain (1000 dollars), 1998.
Academic Collaboration Fellowship in Latin American Literature, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Universidad de Chile, Chile (1000 dollars), 1991.
Academic Collaboration Fellowship in General Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Universidad de Chile, Chile (1000 dollars), 1989.
