Teaching Philosophy

I believe teaching should be an interactive endeavor in which students and teacher take an active role. I see the role of the professor as a mediator who leads the discussions and not just passes on information. New ideas are explored in my classes and originality is rewarded. I often ask questions without seeking a specific answer. In fact, one of the most challenging aspects of our profession is to ask the right questions. I do not see myself as a teacher of a particular subject, but rather, as a facilitator for critical and analytical thought. I encourage students to be independent thinkers and be critical of themselves, as well as others in a constructive way that leads to improvement, rather than discouragement. In my view, teaching demands respect of the subject taught, and of the students, in addition to intellectual and academic rigor, accompanied by creativity, flexibility and collegiality.

Graduate courses

• Teorías literarias y culturales

• Estudios culturales latinoamericanos

• Postcolonial Theory (co-taught)

• Indigenismo

• Post/Colonia: Diálogos textuales

• Postmodern Fiction in Latin America

Eötvös Loránd University,Budapest

with a Fulbright grant

La voz indígena en la Colonia

Novela latinoamericana contemporánea

Undergraduate courses

• Introduction to Cultural Studies

• Postcolonial Theory

• Latin American Film

• Discursos de la memoria

• Writing Brazilian Culture (co-taught)

• Spanish Research Seminar

• Advanced Spanish Commposition

• Capstone Seminar for Arab and Islamic Studies