Natalia Defiel

• Educational Background
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background

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Educational Background

• MA: Hispanic Literature and Cultures, University of Minnesota, 2016 -
• BA: Spanish Studies, University of Minnesota, 2013 -

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Presenter: “Beyond the Limits of Humor” ISHS Conference at University of Tallinn, Estonia. 2018 -
• Presenter: “Emergent Voices in Times of Repression: Humor as a Tool to Confront Repressive Rule”. Horror Vacui. Calambur 5th Graduate Student Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2018 -
• Presenter: “Desnaturalizando a Eva: un estudio de Cuento Primitivo de Emilia Pardo Bazán” KFLC: The Languages, Literatures, and cultures conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 2017 -
• Presenter: “El humor y la protesta social en España del siglo XIX”, KFLC: The Languages, Literatures, and cultures conference” University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 2016 -
• Presenter: “Lord Byron through Spanish eyes: A study of a translation of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Exchanged and Collision, 3rd Annual Conference in Hispanics and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics. Minneapolis, MN. 2016 -
• Presenter: “Mariano José de Larra y su estrategia discursiva” Exchange and Collision, 2nd Annual Conference in Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics. Minneapolis, MN. 2015 -
• Presenter: “El humor y la protesta social en España del siglo XIX Spanish and Portuguese Research Group at the University of Minnesota. 2015 -
• Consultant: Spanish Writing Center. 2019 -

Outreach

• Reader: Advanced Placement Program, Spanish Language and Culture. 2018 -
• Medical Spanish Interpreter: Garden and Associates. 2010 - 2014
• Victim Service Center: Non-profit Organization (later named Trauma Resolution Center). (After School Program Coordinator at Young Girls Academy. Middle School. Miami, FL. 2007 - 2008
• Spanish Instructor: International Institute of Minnesota. 2019 - present
• Volunteer: Social Justice Education Fair. This is not a test. White Supremacy, climate change and the future of our schools, Minneapolis, MN. 2017 -

Research

• Research Assistant: Memory, Trauma, and Human Rights at the Crossroads of Art and Science. 2019 -
• Co-editor: Hispanic Issues Online, Humor Under Repressive Systems. 2019 -

Awards

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Awards

• Hella Mears Graduate Fellowship in European Studies, Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018
• Best Abstract, International Studies for Humor Studies, 2018
• Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Professor Nicholas Spadaccini recognition for outstanding work as Spanish Studies Major , 2014
• Carol E. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship, 2013
• Graduate Student Travel Fellowship - Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, 2016 - 2018

Courses

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Courses

• SPAN 1022: Alternative Second Semester Spanish
• SPAN 1003: Intermediate Spanish
• SPAN 3015W: Spanish Composition & Communication
• SPAN 3105W: Intro to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
• SPAN 3104W: Intro to the Study of Hispanic Literatures