Elvira Aballí Morell

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• Ph.D: Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Vanderbilt University, 2022
• M.A: Spanish and Portuguese, Vanderbilt University, 2018
• B.A: Hispanic Philology, Universidad de La Habana, 2015

Specialties

• Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Latinx Studies
• Black Diaspora
• Caribbean Studies
• Public and Digital Humanities
• Theories of the Archive
• Second Language Acquisition

Publications

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Publications

• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "Universo sonero, drama bufo y vanguardia artística en Motivos de son de Nicolás Guillén." Hispanic Review 92.3 : 475-505.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "De cimarrones: Raza y disidencia en Autobiografía de Juan Francisco Manzano." Cuban Studies 51 : 144-62.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "La aporía de los Naufragios." The Latin Americanist 62 : 1-15.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "El "clave bien temperado" de Felisberto Hernández." Valenciana: Estudios de Filosofía y Letras 24 : 7-32.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "Wao o de la manipulación quijotesca en la literatura diaspórica dominicana de Junot Díaz: Análisis de la apropiación del paradigma cervantino en The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." Voces del Caribe: Revista de Estudios Caribeños 12 : 1195-1223.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "El criollo y la esclavitud en Cecilia Valdés o la Loma del Ángel: Potencia, resistencia y empoderamiento." Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture 3 : 1-27.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "The Mythological Consciousness of Belkis Ayón: A Path for Resistance." The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists .
• Aballí Morell, Elvira, Juanamaría Corodones-Cook. " Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal: Mis obras son sangre de mis venas ." Afro-Hispanic Review 36 : 227-43.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira, Juanamaría Cordones-Cook. "Manuel Mendive: Embellecer la vida es mi gran objetivo." Afro-Hispanic Review 36 : 244-56.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira, Juanamaría Cordones-Cook. "Choco: Con los pies en La Habana." Afro-Hispanic Review 36 : 257-69.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "Sklodowska, Elzbieta. Invento, luego resisto: El Período Especial en Cuba como experiencia y metáfora (1990-2015)." Afro-Hispanic Review 36 : 270-73.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. Heart Unifying Communities: Bilingual Anthology, vol. 1. Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and A. W. Mellon Foundation.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. Soledades: La isla de Prometeo . Editorial Voces de Hoy.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "Sea and Urticaria" Pandemic Creative Writing vol. 1 : 23-26 .
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "#quarantine" Pandemic Creative Writing vol. 1 : 23-26.
• Aballí Morell, Elvira. "Canción sin palabras" Furman 217 3 : 148-49.

Awards

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Awards

• Postdoctoral Service Award. Granted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Vanderbilt University , 2023
• Excellence in Teaching in a World Language Award. Granted by the College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, 2021
• E. Inman Fox Award for Excellence in Teaching. Granted by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Vanderbilt University , 2020
• Academic Excellence in Music Award. Granted by the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán , 2007
• Ernesto Lecuona Award. Granted by the Conservatorio Guillermo Tomás, 2003
• Rapid-Advance Micro Grant Program (RAMP). Granted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Innovation, Vanderbilt University , 2023
• Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship. Granted by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) , 2022
• Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop. Granted by the Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Harvard University , 2022
• Mellon Partners for the Humanities Education Program Grant. Granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , 2021
• Mellon Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities. Granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , 2021
• Curb Public Scholar Fellowship. Granted by The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy, Vanderbilt University , 2021
• Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory Fellowship. Granted by HASTAC, Dartmouth College , 2021
• Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute Dissertation Enhancement Grant. Granted by the Graduate School, Vanderbilt University , 2021
• Buchanan Fellowship: “Giving Voice to Afro-Hispanic Life and Culture through the Collections of Manuel and Delia Zapata Olivella.” Granted by the Jane and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University and the Buchanan Family , 2021
• Summer Fellowship in Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS), Vanderbilt University, Tulane University, and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo , 2017
• Travel Grant for the XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Barcelona , 2018

Courses

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Courses

• SPAN3105W: Introduction to Hispanic Culture
• SPAN3510: (Re)Framing Afro-Latinx
• SPAN 3512: Modern Latin America