Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies. University of Kentucky, KY. 2020.
Certificates: Historic Preservation; Social Theory; Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies; Gender and Women's Studies.

Master of Hispanic Studies. Auburn University, AL. 2014.
M.Ed. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. 2010.
M.S. in Business Administration. Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. 2009.

De Alcalá de Henares a Ciudad de México: ciudades, universidades y preservación del patrimonio histórico

My dissertation explores the relationship between the city of Alcalá de Henares, Spain and Mexico City, Mexico, in terms of the colonization-decolonization processes of the latter. First, Alcalá de Henares and a few years later, Mexico City, suffered profound urban transformations that led to the construction of the so-called City of God (Civitas Dei). The City of God was a utopia: an urban, philosophical and educational model conceived during the first stages of the early modern period. By following Saint Agustine’s precepts, in his book, The City of God Against the Pagans, cardinal Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros created in Alcalá the first planned university city; this project can also be interpreted as the intersection of the Spanish humanist agenda along with the new ideas of the modern state introduced by the Catholic Monarchs in the 15^th century. During the conquest and colonization of the Americas, such an urban, educational, and religious model came to be a perfect tool for the indoctrination of indigenous people. Whereas the City of God in Alcalá de Henares and Mexico City will be studied in Chapters One and Two, Chapter Three explores the use of the University of Alcalá’s Renaissance architecture in the Americas, the decolonization process of Mexico’s Royal University when it became the National Autonomous University, and the creation of an outstanding university campus. The final chapter will be devoted to analyzing the use of Renaissance and colonial urbanism, as well as the architectural heritage in both Alcalá and Mexico City in relation with the UNESCO’s World Heritage program, and the role of public history in the creation of national narratives.
Ultimately, by studying the history of Alcalá de Henares and Mexico City, their universities, and their preserved heritage one can understand why both cities have a shared past and a mutual present within the 21^st century world-system.

2019. “Migración e hibridez colonizadora en Historia de la monja alférez”. 39th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

2018. “Ariel y Calibán en la planificación urbanística universitaria latinoamericana”. IX International Congress, Hispanic Association for the Humanities. Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.

2018. “Las Cervantas: feminizando la nación”. 21st Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

2017. “De Alcalá de Henares a Lubbock: una fachada renovada”. XVIII Annual Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

2016. “El Quijote en Alcalá de Henares, arte urbano y autorrepresentación”. VII International Congress, Hispanic Association for the Humanities. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.

2015. “Juego de Noches, el amor en juego”. Foreign Languages and Literatures Mini-Symposium. Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

University of Kentucky:
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I
SPA 102 - Elementary Spanish II
SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II
SPA 203 - High Intermediate Spanish
SPA 211 - Intermediate Spanish Conversation
SPA 302 - Spanish for Business Professionals
SPA 323 - Introduction to Spanish Translation
SPA 332 - Spanish and Latin American Business Environments

A&S 100 - The Culture of European Cities (Teaching Assistant to Dr. Susan Larson)

Auburn University:
FLSP 1010 - Elementary Spanish I
FLSP 1020 - Elementary Spanish II