Ph.D.
Resume:
Teresa Rinaldi, Ph.D.
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San Diego, CA *2169
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www.teresarinaldi.com
Education
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Ph.D., World Cultures, Literature
Dissertation title: Soles de oriente en Latinoamérica: Producción
cultural nikkei en Brasil y Argetina
2002-2008 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
BA, Double Major Music and Spanish, Music Education minor
2001-2002 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Certificate, Intensive English Language Institute
1998-2001 National University of Rosario, Argentina
BA, Music Performance (Violin)
Work Experience
2016 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.
Summer graduate course: “Soles de Oriente”
2014-Present Assistant Professor of Spanish, National University
Lead Faculty for General Ed. Spanish
Lead Faculty for on-site Spanish classes
Department of Arts and Humanities
Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Host for the 22nd Latino Film Festival,
San Diego 2015
2012- 2014 Assistant Professor of Spanish,
Foreign Languages Department, Guilford College
Greensboro, North Carolina
2009-2012 University of California, Merced
Graduate Teaching Assistant/ Teaching Fellow
2009-2012 Unit Chair UAW 2865 (Union for Academic Student Workers)
2007-2009 Sanger Middle School, Sanger, Texas
Spanish/Music Teacher
2002-2007 University of North Texas
Teaching Assistant- Foreign Languages Department
2002-2007 University of North Texas
Spanish instructor- Center of Continuing Education
2002-2005 University of North Texas
Music Library Assistant
UNT Teaching Experience
Taught all levels of Spanish courses
Designed and delivered original curriculum for 2 and 4 week terms of instruction for short term special programing
Mentored new teaching assistants
Served on the Recruitment and Retention committee
Taught Beginning Spanish 1010 and 1020
Taught Intermediate Spanish 2040 and 2060
Taught Advanced Literature/Film classes in the Summer Intense Spanish Master Program
UC Merced Teaching Experience
Sociology I - Crime and Deviance
Introduction to Sociology I
Introduction to Political Science I
Chicano Culture and Literature I
World Cultures and Literature I – Human Rights Literature
World Cultures and Literature II – Human Rights and Literature
Guilford College Teaching Experience
Communicating in Spanish I –
Intermediate Spanish
Culture and Society: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
Contemporary Latin America
National University Teaching Experience
Literature and Culture I
Spanish Capstone
Introduction to Spanish II
Spanish Composition
Film and Culture
Intro to Latin American Cultures
Literature and Culture II
Spanish for the Work Place (Medical Spanish)
Spanish Capstone
Foreign Study Program (FORSPRO) Experience – Madrid, Spain
Spanish for Beginners (Spanish 101, 201)
Hispanic Film and Literature (Spanish 4050, 5010)
Research Interests
Japanese Immigration in Latin America
Comparative immigration studies
Gender and race
Women’s literature
Publications
“Eva Perón: el poder del deseo” Nuevo Itinerario. Instituto de Filosofía de la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional del Noreste, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. October 2015.
“Gaijin by Matayoshi and Yamasaki: one name, two experiences” Vol 7, Number 2, 2015, November. Desde el SurJournal. Universidad Científica del Sur. Lima, Perú. 2015.
“Legitimación, discurso y desaparición de la negritud argentina a través de la novela Fiebre Negra de Rosenvitz” Alba de América, Revista Literaria, Westminster, California, USA 2011.
Women, ‘Good’ Evil, and the Discourse of Power in Mayra Montero’s The Red of His Shadow The Evil Body. InterDisciplinary Press. Oxfordshire, England. 2011.
Forthcoming publication: “Dirty Hearts (Corações Sujos): Japanese Resistance in Brazil,” will appear in Japan Studies Asssociation Journal 13. May 2016.
Service
22nd Latino Film Festival, San Diego 2015: National University coordinator and host for the partnership between Media Arts Center and the College of Letters and Sciences. I was the main organizer of all the National University screenings, interviews, class presentations and coordination of events presented at the Latino Film Festival with the support of the Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies, National University.
General Education Committee, National University.
Lead Faculty for on-site Spanish
Lead Facutly for General Education Spanish
Conferences and presentations
2016 Presented: "Dirty Heart: Japanese Resistance in Brazil" Twenty-Second Annual Japan Studies Association Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, 7-9 January 2016.
2015 Presented: “El Kamp en la cultura contemporánea como forma estética cotidiana de lo extraño” December 19th,2015. Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
Presented: “Representación del diferente del discurso político a través de musicales: el caso Wicked” June, 25th 2015. Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
Presented: “El poder del deseo: Eva, cuerpo, mito y poder” Secretaría General de Extensión Universitaria. Delegación Corrientes. U.N.N.E, June, 26th 2015. Corrientes Capital, Argentina.
Presented: “Solo instantáneas-literatura y fotografía: una mirada cotideana” at the Centro Provincial de Enseñanza Media 35. July 24th, 2015. Provincia del Neuquén. Buta Ranquil, Neuquen, Argentina.
“Evita Peron: the power of desire” 17th Conference of the Society of Phenomenology and Media, National University, San Diego.
2014 “Insights of Spanish Learning: an Instructor’s perspective” Instituto del Profesorado Almirante Brown, Santa Fe, Argentina.
2014 “From Samurais to gauchos” 112th Annual Conference Pacific Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA) - Riverside Convention Center, California.
2014 “Mestizaje Literario: retratos nikkei en Brasil y Argentina.” "Toward an Alliance of Civilizations: East-West Intercultural Dialogues." Tokyo, Japan.
2012 “Narrativas Interrumpidas, Inmigración y Memorias Japonesas en Latinoamérica: Analizadas por medio de Brazil-Maru de Karen Tei Yamashita”. North Central Council of Latin Americanists. Holland, Michigan.
2012 "Queer Representations and Political Discourse through Musicals: The Wicked Case.” International Symposium New Worlds, Other Encounters. Torremolinos, Spain.
"An Interdisciplinary Examination of Gender Roles, Political Discourses, and Violence through Film, Musicals, Theater and Literature" 7th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Universitat Abat Oliva. Spain
2011 Keys to success in Graduate School. California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education. San Francisco, CA
‘Women, ‘good,’ evil and the discourse of power in Mayra Montero’s The Red of his Shadow. Evil, Women and the Feminine conference. Warsaw, Poland
“Renegotiation of Subalternity through the female characters of Flores de un solo día by Anna Kazumi-Stahl.” International Conference V Seminar about Women and Literature. Brasilia, Brazil
“Trans–formación de la tradición: El neo-griotismo como praxis afroeuropea.” AfroEurope@S III: Culturas e Identidades Europa: construyendo la unidad en la diversidad. Cádiz, Spain
“Japanese immigration in Brazil and Argentina: Matayoshi's Gaijin and Yamasaki's Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey.” Third Annual Conference on Orientalisms. Merced, CA
“El oráculo en las novelas de Mayra Montero.” La mujer en la literatura del mundo hispánico. Los Angeles, CA
2010 Mentoring Session. 17th Annual Compact for Faculty Diversity’s Institute on Teaching and Mentoring. Orlando, FL
“Legitimación, discurso y desaparición de la negritud argentina a través de la novela Fiebre Negra de Miguel Rosenzvit.” África y escrituras periféricas en español. Alcalá, Spain
2009 “El oráculo como estructura de la novela Como un mensajero tuyo de Mayra Montero.” Second Annual Conference on Orientalisms. Merced, CA
2005 “De los plebeyos a la burguesía: el tango y su desarrollo en Argentina.” Race and Latin American Cultural Production in the Age of Globalization. Denton, TX
Awards and Fellowships
2015 Japan Studies Association – Freeman Foundation Summer Institute – University
of Hawaii, Honolulu (US$5000)
2014 Keenan Grant – Guilford College (US$ 2000)
2012 University of California Graduate Research Summer Fellowship (US$ 7,500)
University of California General Scholarship (US$ 3,800)
2011 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (US$ 500)
University of California Graduate Research Summer Fellowship (US$ 7,500)
University of California World Cultures Summer Research Grant (US$ 1,200)
2010 World Cultures Summer Travel Grant (US$ 2,000)
2009-2011 University of California PhD Fellowship (US$ 32,000 plus tuition paid)
2007-2009 Toulouse Graduate School Fellowship (US$ 10,000)
2002-2004 Multi-Cultural Scholastic Award (US$ 1,200 each semester)
Professional Associations
2013-Present PAMLA (Pacific Ancient Modern Language Association)
2012-2012 Appointed by GSA (Graduate Student Association) to serve in Delegate Assembly
2012-2012 Appointed y GSA to serve in Ombudsman Search Committee
2012-present Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association member
2011-present MLA member
2005-present Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society
Other Professional Work Experience
2014 WQSF 90.9 FM Greensboro, NC. DJ “Panorama Musical: discovering countries through music.”
2003 Symphony Orchestra, University of North Texas
2001 Intensive English Language Institute Advisory Council Member,
University of North Texas
2000 Mercosur Orchestra
Mercosur Chamber Orchestra
1999-2000 Symphony Orchestra of Cordoba, Argentina
1998 Symphony Orchestra of Rosario, Argentina
Other Experience
2011-2012 Graduate Student Representative for the School of Social Sciences,
Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced
2005-2006 Eagle Ambassador for the College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
2003 Peer Advisor International Orientation, University of North Texas
Member of the World Echoes Cultural Organization, University of North Texas
References
Dr. Ignacio Lopez Calvo
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University of California, Merced
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
P.O. Box 2039
Merced, CA 95344
Dr. Alissa Ackerman
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University of Washington, Tacoma
Social Work Program
Campus Box 358425
1900 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA 98402-3100
Dr. Martin Camps
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Spanish Department
University of the Pacific
WPC-Annex 246
Stockton, CA
Dr. Carlos Cano
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Department of World Languages
4202 East Fowler Avenue, CPR 107
Tampa, FL 33620-5700
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