Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
XV. Languages
XI. Service
X. Teaching Experience
XIII. Additional Professional Training
Publications
VI. Fellowships and Awards
Personal Information
Timeline
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Santiago Morales-Rivera

Irvine,CA

Overview

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29
years of professional experience

Work History

Junior Tutor

Harvard University
  • Helped one junior Harvard undergraduate to develop a reading list and analyze major works of 19th-century Peninsular writers Zorrilla, Espronceda, Bécquer, Galdós, and Clarín.

Associate Professor

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
01.2016 - Current

Associate Professor

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
01.2016 - Current
  • "Spanish Science Fiction" "Latin Music: A History of Songwriting" "Funny Tales" "Iberian Horror Stories" "Reading for the Laugh" "Cynicism" "Master of Theory: The Novel"

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
01.2008 - 01.2016

Assistant Professor

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
01.2008 - 01.2015
  • "Imaginary Concerts" (Colloquium).
  • Special seminar for senior students. "In the Face of Music" Graduate seminar. "De las Jarchas a Atxaga" undergraduate survey course. "Professionalization". Graduate seminar. "Brujería, Witchcraft in Spanish Culture." Undergraduate course. "Critical Theory: An Introduction." Graduate seminar. "Subjects of Revolt in Modern Spain." Graduate seminar. "Spanish Film: An Introduction." Undergraduate course. "Thinking Crisis within Spanish Modernity." Special seminar for senior students. "Aesthetics and Affectivity: The Sentimental Education of Contemporary Spanish Fiction." Graduate seminar. "Chronicles of Spain: History, Art, and Politics (1898–2008)." Undergraduate course. "Literary Movements and Genres: Readings in 20th-Century Iberian Literatures." Undergraduate course. "Letras peninsulares: Curso general en historia de las literaturas hispánicas." undergraduate course.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell University
01.2007 - 01.2008

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell University
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • "Perspectives on Spain." Undergraduate course. Examines the history and culture of Spain from the 18th to the 21st centuries. "The Spanish Difference: Readings in Modern Iberian Literatures." Undergraduate course. An introductory survey of modern Spanish literature. "Spanish Film." Undergraduate course. Examines the evolution of Spanish cinema since Franco's death in 1975, both from a historical and a cinematic perspective. "Modern Spanish Passions." Doctoral seminar. Examines affects and affliction in Spanish subjectivity through the analysis of 19th- and 20th-century literary works. "Subjects of Revolt." Doctoral seminar. Examines several rebel figures and countercultural movements in the history of modern thought and literature in Spain.

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Taught "Spanish Culture through Cinema," an advanced language and culture course which offers a thorough grammar review through analysis of major films by Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, and others in their historical, political, and social context.
  • Teaching Fellow. Taught "Upper-Level Spanish II: Cultura urbana actual," an advanced language and culture course including a thorough grammar review and an examination of diverse literary and cinematographic works that depict contemporary life in the major cities of Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
  • 2004 Senior Tutor. Helped three Harvard seniors to prepare for their General Examination in Hispanic Literatures.

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University
01.2000 - 01.2004
  • Taught "Upper-Level Spanish I: Cuatro países latinoamericanos" an advanced language and culture course introducing students to the cultural expression—literature, film, journalism—of Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico.

Teaching Fellow, Core Curriculum Program

Harvard University
01.2003 - 01.2003
  • Assisted Prof. Luis Fernández Cifuentes as section leader for "Power and the Sacred: Figures of Conflict in Modern Hispanic Literatures," a course focused on Hispanic representations of modern notions of 'Power' as well as modern intimations of the 'Sacred' in films and in the works of major writers, including Galdós, Unamuno, Cortázar and García Márquez. Designed and led weekly discussions, commented on and graded papers and exams.

Adjunct Professor

New York University in Madrid
Madrid
01.2001 - 01.2003

Adjunct Professor

New York University in Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
01.2001 - 01.2003
  • "Approaches to Peninsular and Latin American Literatures." Survey course on Hispanic major works from the Middle Ages to the modern period.

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University
01.1998 - 01.2003
  • Taught "Beginning Spanish," a course for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish.

Adjunct Professor

Boston University in Madrid
Madrid
01.2002 - 01.2002

Adjunct Professor

Boston University in Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
01.2002 - 01.2002
  • "Poesía hispanoamericana contemporánea." Introduction to the genre of poetry in works by Rubén Darío, Huidobro, Neruda, and Nicolás Guillén.

Thesis Tutor

Harvard University
01.2000 - 01.2000
  • Co-advised with Prof. Luis Fernández Cifuentes a Romance Languages senior undergraduate writing her thesis on Emilia Pardo Bazán and Émile Zola.

Education

Ph.D. - Romance Literatures

Harvard University
01-2006

A.M. - Romance Literatures

Harvard University
01-1998

B.A. - Hispanic Philology

Universidad de Zaragoza
Spain
01-1996

B.M. - Piano

Conservatorio de Música de Zaragoza
Spain
01-1996

Skills

  • Modern Literatures in Spanish
  • Music and Fiction
  • Novel and Storytelling
  • Cynicism and Humor

Affiliations

  • Faculty mentor, Atlántica y Pacífica: Transmedial Journal, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UCI.
  • European Popular Music Research Group
  • Editorial board member, Libargo Editorial
  • Editorial board member, Global Journal of Cultural Studies.
  • UC Iberistas Consortium
  • Modern Languages Association (MLA).
  • Asociación Internacional de Cine y Literatura Españoles Siglo XXI (ALCES XXI).

XV. Languages

Spanish (native speaker); English (fluent); Catalan, French and Portuguese (reading knowledge).

XI. Service

  • XI.17. Reviewer for Modern Language Notes.
  • XI.16. Editorial board member. Libargo Editorial.
  • XI.15. Workshop. UCI. Colloquium. Department of Spanish. How to do research. April 19, 2025.
  • XI.14. Reviewer, UCI Scholarship Team, 2024.
  • XI.13. Respondent; Israel Rolon Barada. Sara Montiel. Mito y leyenda. Seymour Menton Room. UC Irvine. December 5, 2024.
  • XI.12. Moderator, UC Mexicanistas. UCI, February 15, 2023.
  • XI.11. Reviewer for Modern Language Notes, 2023–present.
  • XI.10. UC Iberistas Annual Symposium, Santa Cruz, coordinator.
  • XI.9. Editorial board member, Global Journal of Cultural Studies.
  • XI.8. Advisor, Sigma Delta Pi, Spring 2013.
  • XI.7. Advisor of Undergraduate Students from DREAMERS at UCI, whose mission is to support and advocate for the rights of immigrant (1.5 Generation) students of all nationalities by educating the UCI community about the struggles and adverse experiences they face on a daily basis.
  • XI.6. Reviewer for Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
  • XI.5. Member of the governing board of Southern California Peninsularistas.
  • XI.4. Reviewer for Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies.
  • XI.3. Member of Genus. Grupo de investigación. https://genusnovel.wixsite.com/misitio.
  • XI.2. Reviewer for Iztapalapa. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades.
  • XI.1. Editor, Mijal Bajtín. La novela como género literario. Edición Luis Beltrán Almería. Traducción Carlos Ginés Orta. EUNA, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza.
  • University of California, Irvine: Committees and Administrative Service
  • XI.13. Director of Graduate Studies, 2025–present.
  • XI.12. Visiting Lecturers Committee (Istart year to be confirmed)–present).
  • XI.11. Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (June 2015–2024).
  • XI.10. Humanities Commons Adviser (2014–2015).
  • XI.9. Academic Senate, Spring 2014.
  • XI.8. Director of Undergraduate Studies (substitute for Spring 2014).
  • XI.7. Webpage Committee (for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese).
  • XI.6. DECADE Program; faculty participant, 2012, 2014.
  • XI.5. Member of the Committee for Research Grants at the Humanities Center (2010–present).
  • XI.4. Member of the Committee for European Studies (2009–present).
  • XI.3. Chair, Committee for Visiting Lecturers (2008–2014).
  • XI.2. Member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee (2008–present).
  • XI.1. Chair, Search Committee for Lecturer Position in Portuguese Language (2008).
  • Doctoral Dissertation Committees
  • XI.25. Anny Proctor (Ph.D., 2026)
  • XI.24. Jacqueline Martínez Serna (Ph.D., 2025)
  • XI.23. Melinda Frank (Ph.D., 2025)
  • XI.22. Jeanny Fuentes (Ph.D., 2024)
  • XI.21. Mckenna Middleton (Ph.D., 2024)
  • XI.20. Joan de Dios Monterde (Ph.D., Universidad de Barcelona, 2019).
  • XI.19. Ann Rosen (Ph.D., 2018).
  • XI.18. Analaura Brophy (Ph.D., 2018).
  • XI.17. Christina García (Ph.D., 2018).
  • XI.16. Fernando Hernández (Ph.D., 2018).
  • XI.15. David Contreras (Ph.D., 2017).
  • XI.14. Emily Jackson (Ph.D., 2017).
  • XI.13. Lauren Gaskill (Ph.D., 2016).
  • XI.12. Itzel Olivares (Ph.D., 2016).
  • XI.11. Alberto Landeveri (Ph.D., 2016).
  • XI.10. Thania Muñoz (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.9. Carlos van Tongeren (Ph.D. 2015, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
  • XI.8. Jared White (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.7. Kevin García (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.6. Itzel Reyes (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.5. Paul Johnson (Ph.D., 2014).
  • XI.4. Marion Hart (Ph.D., 2013).
  • XI.3. Jesús Miguel Saldaña (Ph.D., 2013).
  • XI.2. Ann Kalscheur (Ph.D., 2012).
  • XI.1. Diego Emilio Gómez (Ph.D., 2011).
  • Undergraduate Thesis Committees
  • XI.1. Chair, Hadeer Soliman (honors thesis).
  • M.A./Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committees
  • XI.18. Mariel Edith Gruszko (UCI, Department of Anthropology, Ph.D. 2015).
  • XI.17. Paul Fitzgibbon (UCLA, Ph.D. 2015).
  • XI.16. Victoria Lau (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.15. Emily Jackson (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.14. Fernando G. Hernández (Ph.D., 2015).
  • XI.13. Lourdes Reyes
  • XI.12. Benjamin Cluff
  • XI.11. Paul Johnson (Ph.D. exams, 2011).
  • XI.10. Jesús Miguel Saldaña (Ph.D. exams, 2011).
  • XI.9. Marion Hart (Ph.D., 2010).
  • XI.8. Jorge Mondragón Sánchez (M.A., 2011).
  • XI.7. Thania Muñoz (M.A., 2011).
  • XI.6. James Hirsch (M.A., 2011).
  • XI.5. Kevin García-Cruz (M.A., 2011).
  • XI.4. Analaura Brophy (M.A., 2011).
  • XI.3. Paul Kasper (Ph.D. exams, 2009).
  • XI.2. Ann Kalscheur (Ph.D. exams, 2009).
  • XI.1. Marcela Rojas (Ph.D. exams, 2009).
  • Teaching Practica
  • XI.7. Kevin García
  • XI.6. Itzel Olivares
  • XI.5. Carlos Vargas
  • XI.4. Jared White
  • XI.3. Colby Nixon
  • XI.2. Micah Martin
  • XI.1. Paul Johnson
  • Independent Studies
  • XI.11. Victoria Lau
  • XI.10. Emily Jackson
  • XI.9. William Yankes
  • XI.8. Fernando G. Hernández
  • XI.7. Patricia Quintana
  • XI.6. Leila Bidad
  • XI.5. William Yakes
  • XI.4. Kevin García
  • XI.3. Itzel Olivares
  • XI.2. Jesús Miguel Saldaña
  • Directed Readings
  • XI.10. Federico de Palma
  • XI.9. Anny Proctor
  • XI.8. Martha Torres Méndez
  • XI.7. Samari Yamira Batres
  • XI.6. Charles George Allen
  • XI.5. Jared White
  • XI.4. Paul Johnson
  • XI.3. Kevin García
  • XI.2. Itzel Olivares
  • XI.1. Jesús Miguel Saldaña
  • XII. Composer and Performer
  • Songwriter, 1989–1996; recorded a CD in 1995.
  • Classical pianist; performed concerts throughout Aragón (Spain), 1992–1995.

X. Teaching Experience

  • University of California, Irvine
  • 2016–present Associate Professor
  • "Spanish Science Fiction"
  • "Latin Music: A History of Songwriting"
  • "Funny Tales"
  • "Iberian Horror Stories"
  • "Reading for the Laugh"
  • "Cynicism"
  • "Master of Theory: The Novel"
  • 2008–2015 Assistant Professor
  • "Imaginary Concerts" (Colloquium).
  • Special seminar for senior students.
  • "In the Face of Music" Graduate seminar.
  • "De las Jarchas a Atxaga" undergraduate survey course.
  • "Professionalization". Graduate seminar.
  • "Brujería, Witchcraft in Spanish Culture." Undergraduate course.
  • "Critical Theory: An Introduction." Graduate seminar.
  • "Subjects of Revolt in Modern Spain." Graduate seminar.
  • "Spanish Film: An Introduction." Undergraduate course.
  • "Thinking Crisis within Spanish Modernity." Special seminar for senior students.
  • "Aesthetics and Affectivity: The Sentimental Education of Contemporary Spanish Fiction." Graduate seminar.
  • "Chronicles of Spain: History, Art, and Politics (1898–2008)." Undergraduate course.
  • "Literary Movements and Genres: Readings in 20th-Century Iberian Literatures." Undergraduate course.
  • "Letras peninsulares: Curso general en historia de las literaturas hispánicas." undergraduate course.
  • Cornell University
  • 2007–2008 Visiting Assistant Professor
  • "Perspectives on Spain." Undergraduate course. Examines the history and culture of Spain from the 18th to the 21st centuries.
  • "The Spanish Difference: Readings in Modern Iberian Literatures." Undergraduate course. An introductory survey of modern Spanish literature.
  • "Spanish Film." Undergraduate course. Examines the evolution of Spanish cinema since Franco's death in 1975, both from a historical and a cinematic perspective.
  • "Modern Spanish Passions." Doctoral seminar. Examines affects and affliction in Spanish subjectivity through the analysis of 19th- and 20th-century literary works.
  • "Subjects of Revolt." Doctoral seminar. Examines several rebel figures and countercultural movements in the history of modern thought and literature in Spain.
  • Harvard University
  • 2004–2006 Teaching Fellow
  • Taught "Spanish Culture through Cinema," an advanced language and culture course which offers a thorough grammar review through analysis of major films by Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, and others in their historical, political, and social context.
  • Teaching Fellow. Taught "Upper-Level Spanish II: Cultura urbana actual," an advanced language and culture course including a thorough grammar review and an examination of diverse literary and cinematographic works that depict contemporary life in the major cities of Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
  • 2004 Senior Tutor. Helped three Harvard seniors to prepare for their General Examination in Hispanic Literatures.
  • 2000, 2004 Teaching Fellow. Taught "Upper-Level Spanish I: Cuatro países latinoamericanos" an advanced language and culture course introducing students to the cultural expression—literature, film, journalism—of Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico.
  • 2003 Teaching Fellow, Core Curriculum Program. Assisted Prof. Luis Fernández Cifuentes as section leader for "Power and the Sacred: Figures of Conflict in Modern Hispanic Literatures," a course focused on Hispanic representations of modern notions of 'Power' as well as modern intimations of the 'Sacred' in films and in the works of major writers, including Galdós, Unamuno, Cortázar and García Márquez. Designed and led weekly discussions, commented on and graded papers and exams.
  • Junior Tutor. Helped one junior Harvard undergraduate to develop a reading list and analyze major works of 19th-century Peninsular writers Zorrilla, Espronceda, Bécquer, Galdós, and Clarín.
  • 2000 Thesis Tutor. Co-advised with Prof. Luis Fernández Cifuentes a Romance Languages senior undergraduate writing her thesis on Emilia Pardo Bazán and Émile Zola.
  • 1998, 2003 Teaching Fellow. Taught "Beginning Spanish," a course for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish.
  • Boston University in Madrid, Spain
  • 2002 Adjunct Professor. "Poesía hispanoamericana contemporánea." Introduction to the genre of poetry in works by Rubén Darío, Huidobro, Neruda, and Nicolás Guillén.
  • New York University in Madrid, Spain
  • 2001–2003 Adjunct Professor. "Approaches to Peninsular and Latin American Literatures." Survey course on Hispanic major works from the Middle Ages to the modern period.

XIII. Additional Professional Training

  • XIII.4. "Psico(pato)logía de los sentimientos" by Carlos Castilla del Pino. Universidad Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain, 2000.
  • XIII.3. "Teaching Methodology of Spanish as a Second Language." Universidad de Jaca, 1997.
  • XIII.2. "Reto y oportunidad Literatura Comparada" by Claudio Guillén. Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo, Santander, 1995.
  • XIII.1. "Estética Musical de Mauricio Ravel." Universidad de San Sebastián, 1994.

Publications

  • I. Books and Monographs
  • I.5. Duros de oído: Por una crítica de la razón sonora. Book manuscript under review at Acantilado.
  • I.4. Historia de dos hermanos: Miguel y José Antonio Labordeta ante la Transición. Book manuscript under review at Institución Fernando el Católico.
  • I.3. El morbo de la melancolía. Guest editor. Special issue of eHumanista 53 (2022).
  • I.2. Novela corta: Teoría e historia. Co-edited with Luis Beltrán Almería and Dolores Thion. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2021.
  • I.1. Anatomía del desencanto: Humor, ficción y melancolía en España, 1989–1998. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2017.
  • II. Articles
  • II.17. "Leonora Carrington en Plaza Garibaldi." Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea. Forthcoming.
  • II.16. "Miguel Labordeta Subías." The Literary Encyclopedia, 4 Sept. 2026.
  • II.15. "La saga / gran fábula de L. B." Boletín de la Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo, vol. 101, no. 3, 2025, pp. 37–48.
  • II.14. "Cantar y callar al son de la Transición." Versants: Revista Suisse de Literaturas Romanicas, vol. 72, no. 3, 2025, pp. 131–51.
  • II.13. "La lengua del ahorcado." eHumanista, no. 53, 2022, pp. 98–120.
  • II.12. "Episodios musicales galdosianos: El ruido y la furia de una nación." Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, vol. 22, no. 4, 2021, pp. 461–81.
  • II.11. "Todo es poco: Novela corta y parresía en El licenciado Vidriera de Miguel de Cervantes." Novela corta: Teoría e historia, edited by Luis Beltrán Almería, Santiago Morales-Rivera, and Dolores Thion, PUZ, 2020, pp. 65–81.
  • II.10. "Bécquer's Miserere: The Music of Modern Life." Hispanic Review, vol. 87, no. 3, 2019, pp. 333–54.
  • II.9. "Votos
  • Pistolas: Anarquismo y film noir en España." CENDEAC, 2018.
  • II.8. "Desencantos ejemplares: Estética y afectividad en la España de los años noventa." Revista Iberoamericana, vol. 80, no. 247, 2014, pp. 535–52.
  • II.7. "The Black Sun of Anarchy: From Historical Memory to Sinister Imagination." Hispanic Issues On Line, vol. 12, 2012, pp. 157–79.
  • II.6. "La imaginación desamparada de Juan José Millás: Humor y melancolía en La soledad era esto." Revista Hispánica Moderna, vol. 64, no. 1, 2011, pp. 129–48.
  • II.5. "El arte de adivinar de Gonzalo Torrente Ballester: Anatomía de la culpa en La muerte del decano." La Tabla Redonda: Anuario de Estudios Torrentinos, special issue, 2010, pp. 143–62.
  • II.4. "Degeneration of the Sixties: A Look at Spain." Revista: Harvard Review of Latin America, vol. 7, no. 17, Winter 2009, pp. 39–42.
  • II.3. "La fiesta del Chivo: La más humilde de las rebeliones." Riff-Raff: Revista de Pensamiento y Cultura, no. 14.2, 2000, pp. 55–69.
  • II.2. "La heroína romántica." Riff-Raff: Revista de Pensamiento y Cultura, no. 12.2, 2000, pp. 95–111.
  • II.1. "De seres y estares." Poesía en el Campus: Revista Oral de Poesía, no. 22, 1992, pp. 18–25.
  • III. Conference Proceedings
  • III.2. "Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí: La lógica del (p)resentimiento." Primer Simposio España y Estados Unidos: Una mirada desde el Instituto Internacional, Madrid, 2002, pp. 83–91.
  • III.1. "Cantar la partida de la tierra natal: El lamento y la risa." La jornada literaria III, Rutgers University, 1999, pp. 33–43.
  • IV. Book Reviews
  • IV.5. "Periferias de la literatura." Ínsula: Revista de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, no. 869, 2019, pp. 25–27.
  • IV.4. Review of Los usos de la palabra: El pensamiento literario de José María Valverde, by Juan Carlos Pueo. España Contemporánea, vol. 23, no. 2, 2011, pp. 142–45.
  • IV.3. Review of Working through Memory: Writing and Remembrance in Contemporary Spanish Narrative, by Ofelia Ferrán. Modern Language Notes, vol. 125, no. 2, Hispanic Issue, March 2010, pp. 481–85.
  • IV.2. Review of ¿Qué es la historia literaria?, by Luis Beltrán Almería. Hesperia. Anuario de Filología Hispánica, vol. 10, 2007, pp. 269–71.
  • IV.1. "Recensión bibliográfica." Poesía en el Campus: Revista Oral de Poesía, no. 28, 1993, pp. 76–82.
  • V. Other Publications
  • V.3. Co-author, Poesía en el rock (poetry collection). Zaragoza: Drume Negrita, 1995.
  • V.2. Co-author, Palabras encadenadas (poetry collection). Zaragoza: Mira Editores, 1994.
  • V.1. Co-author, Cuaderno uno. Zaragoza: Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria, 1993.

VI. Fellowships and Awards

VI.23. Humanities Research and Travel Grant, UCI 2025, 2026., VI.22. Building Intellectual Community, UCI 2024, 2025., VI.21. Humanities Research and Travel Grant, UCI, 2023, 2024., VI.20. Faculty Building Intellectual Community grant award, 2023, 2024., VI.19. Nominee, De Gallow Professor of the Year Teaching Award, 2022., VI.18. UCHRI Conference Award, 2017–2018., VI.17. Humanities Commons Book Subvention Grant, November 25, 2014., VI.16. Humanities Research and Travel Grant. University of California, Irvine, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14., VI.15. Selected by graduating seniors as an Outstanding Professor in the School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine, 2011., VI.14. Nominee, Anteater Award for Best Advisor of the Year. Dreamers at UCI, 2011., VI.13. Humanities Research and Travel Grant. University of California, Irvine, 2010–11., VI.12. Selected by graduating seniors as an Outstanding Professor in the School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine, 2010., VI.11. Humanities Research and Travel Grant. University of California, Irvine, 2009., VI.10. Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Harvard University, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006., VI.9. Excellence in Teaching Prize Nominee. Harvard University, 2001, 2004., VI.8. Summer Travel Grant. Harvard University, 2001, 2003., VI.7. Romance Languages and Literatures Conference Grant. Harvard University, 2001., VI.6. Research Travel Grant to attend Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXII Congress, Miami, 2000., VI.5. Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo Fellowship, Santander, 2000., VI.4. Real Colegio Complutense Fellowship, Harvard University, 1996–1998., VI.3. Research Travel Grant, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). Traveled to Colombia to study contemporary Colombian theater, 1998., VI.2. Universidad de Zaragoza Fellowship, Summer Internship Program, 1997., VI.1. Universidad del País Vasco Fellowship for musical training, 1994.

Personal Information

Title: Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures

Timeline

Associate Professor

University of California, Irvine
01.2016 - Current

Associate Professor

University of California, Irvine
01.2016 - Current

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

University of California, Irvine
01.2008 - 01.2016

Assistant Professor

University of California, Irvine
01.2008 - 01.2015

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell University
01.2007 - 01.2008

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell University
01.2007 - 01.2008

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University
01.2004 - 01.2006

Teaching Fellow, Core Curriculum Program

Harvard University
01.2003 - 01.2003

Adjunct Professor

Boston University in Madrid
01.2002 - 01.2002

Adjunct Professor

Boston University in Madrid, Spain
01.2002 - 01.2002

Adjunct Professor

New York University in Madrid
01.2001 - 01.2003

Adjunct Professor

New York University in Madrid, Spain
01.2001 - 01.2003

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University
01.2000 - 01.2004

Thesis Tutor

Harvard University
01.2000 - 01.2000

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University
01.1998 - 01.2003

B.M. - Piano

Conservatorio de Música de Zaragoza

B.A. - Hispanic Philology

Universidad de Zaragoza

A.M. - Romance Literatures

Harvard University

Junior Tutor

Harvard University

Ph.D. - Romance Literatures

Harvard University
Santiago Morales-Rivera