Overview

Ch铆o earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and her BA in Linguistics and Literature from Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤. She is a 19th-Century Latin-American Literature scholar with interests in gender studies, colonialism, and Food Studies. 

Information

Academic Interests and Expertise

Education

Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature, University of Texas at Austin (2011)

Diploma of Specialization in Education, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤 (2000)

Specialization Program for Executives in Business Management, Graduate School of Business ESAN (2000)

B.A. in Linguistics and Literature, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤 (1998)

Areas of Research Interest

19th. Century Latin American Literature, Postcolonialism, Gender and Women Writers, Etiquette and Recipe Books, and Food Studies.

Areas of Teaching Interest

Dr. Del Aguila has experience teaching from First-Year Seminars to Graduate Seminars, and also developed the Spanish online program. Additionally she can facilitate workshops in creative writing, leadership, and team working. 

Courses Taught:

Cooking Communities: Food and Culture in Latin America

Cooking Communities: Food in the Hispanic World (FYS)

Powerful Narratives: Social Justice and Storytelling in Latin America

Writing the Nation: 19th. Century Latin America

Power, Love, and Resistance (Independent Study)

Hispanic Short Story (Independent Study)

Early Spanish-American Literature to Modernismo

Spanish-American Prose since Modernismo

Latin American Civilization

Introduction to Textual Analysis and Composition

Advanced Grammar and Composition for Heritage speakers

Advanced and Intermediate Conversation

Spanish Online (developer and coordinator)

Spanish all levels

Publications

Selected Publications:

Gastronarratives. Food, Literature, and Culture in Latin America. Co-edited volume with Vanesa Miseres. University of Arkansas Press. Forthcoming.

Journal Articles / Book Chapters (peer reviewed)

鈥淯n italiano en Lima: relaciones sociales y consumo en Herencia.鈥 Journal of the Midwest Modern Languages Association (MMLA). Forthcoming.

鈥淐uerpo, esclavitud y agencia en 贵耻濒煤.鈥 Co-written with Enrique Navarro. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hisp谩nicos. Volume 42, No. 1. Volume Con el l谩piz en la mano: mujeres y c贸mics a ambos lados del Atl谩ntico. 43-68. 2018.

鈥淟a tisis del alma: enfermedad y viaje en Gorriti.鈥 Revista del Instituto Riva 础驳眉别谤辞. Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Peru. Volume 3, 1. 25-58. 2017.

鈥淯na sociedad de consumidores: cuerpos en venta y otras mercanc铆as.鈥 Siglo Diecinueve. Volume on Latin-American Consummerism. Universitas Castellae. 77-98. 2015.

鈥淐ocinando la naci贸n. Representaciones del capital cultural en Cocina ecl茅ctica.鈥  顿颈谩濒辞驳辞 18.1. DePaul University, 67-78. 2015.

鈥溍乶geles guerreros: Gorriti y la representaci贸n de la mujer caudillo.鈥 in Sara Beatriz Guardia (ed.) Las mujeres en los procesos de independencia de Am茅rica Latina. Centro de Estudios la Mujer en la Historia de Am茅rica Latina / UNESCO, 409-18. 2014

鈥(A)filiaciones femeninas: Gorriti y la genealog铆a de la escritura en Lima.鈥  顿别肠颈尘辞苍贸苍颈肠补 10.1, 45-62. 2013.

Research-Related Media Projects

Producer and director. Cocin(ando) Wichita. Documentary by The Migrant Kitchens Project, funded by Kansas Humanities (KH), Premiered at Tallgrass Film Festival. 2019.

Professional Experience

Teaching

Assistant Professor & Graduate Coordinator. 香港六合彩开奖直播, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, 2016-ongoing.

Lecturer, 香港六合彩开奖直播, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, 2013-15.

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Department of French, Italian, and Spanish, 2012-13.

Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 2012.

Study Abroad Experience / Summer Programs / Social Programs

Residential Coordinator, Project Social Impact (PSI), Kingston-Boston, 2015. 

Program Director, Residential Coordinator, Instructor. La Poderosa Media Project, Ecuador Summer Program: community-based filming. 2011-13.

Awards and Honors

Awards:

Young Faculty Risk Taker, University Faculty Awards, 香港六合彩开奖直播. 2020.

Phenomenal Women Award, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 香港六合彩开奖直播. 2019.

Drum Major Award, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 香港六合彩开奖直播. 2016.

Honors & Grants:

University Research Project Grant, 香港六合彩开奖直播. 2018. 

Tilford Diversity Commission Fellow, 香港六合彩开奖直播. 2017.

Online Faculty Fellow. 香港六合彩开奖直播. 2016.

External: 

Kansas Humanities, Major Grant. 2017. 

Areas of Service

香港六合彩开奖直播:

Diversity Advocate, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2020.

Parkinson Scholarship Selection Committee Member, 2019-20

Faculty Support Committee Member, 2016-20.

Latinx Cluster - Director Search Committee Member, 2019

Student Organizations:

Co-advisor HALO (Hispanic American Leadership Organization), 2018-20.

Advisor Lambda Pi Upsilon (Latinas Poderosas Unidas), 2017-20.

Co-advisor Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honor Society, 2015-20.

Community:

Organizer, Spanish Contest (Outreach event for USD 259). Poetry declamation, skits and Spelling Bee, 2018-20

Event Coordinator, Kansas World Language Association Conference, 2019. 

Organizer, Spanish Immersion Day (Outreach event for USD 259). Dance, music, crafts and arts with 200 high school students in Spanish. 2019.