As an educator, I do not see myself as a transmitter of information, but rather as an enabler of critical thinking and a facilitator of cooperative learning. I hope to share my expertise with students and, in turn, learn from their diverse perspectives. I strive to engage students with the world around them, encouraging them to pursue and achieve an education that is meaningful and relevant in many aspects of their lives.
Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Fall 2022 – Present:
Assistant Professor of Spanish (tenure-track), Dept. of Modern Languages, California State University of Fullerton
Fall 2021 – Spring 2022:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages, Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Spanish Lecturer, Dept. Of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
2014 – Spring 2021:
Instructor of Record, Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish, Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Summer 2016 – 2019:
Visiting Instructor of Spanish, Centro International de Español, University of Deusto-Bilbao, Spain.
Summer 2016:
Spanish coordinator for the Basic Spanish Language Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
2012 – 2013:
Instructor of Spanish, University of Tianjin, China
EDUCATION
2016 – 2021 PhD in Hispanic Studies, Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dissertation: Repensando la discapacidad en España y Latinoamérica: La producción cultural hispánica de autores/as con diversidad funcional en los siglos XX y XXI. Dissertation Director: Iker González-Allende.
Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities, Graduate Minor in Women’s & Gender Studies, and Graduate Minor in Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education.
2019 – 2021 Endorsement Teaching Certificate Initial World Language: Spanish (7-12)
2016 – 2021 M.A. in Teaching Learning and Teacher Education.
Final Project: Inclusive Socio-Emotional Education: The Social Relationships of Children and Adolescents with Functional Diversity in Children and Youth Literature. Project Director: Theresa Catalano.
2014 – 2016 M.A. in Hispanic Studies, Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Master Thesis: La violencia terrorista en la narrativa vasca del siglo XXI. Master Thesis Director: Iker González-Allende.
2010 – 2014 B.A. in Modern Languages, University of Deusto-Bilbao, Spain. Honors Program, Minor in Hispanic Studies and Literatures.
Thesis: El ‘realismo trágico’ en Los peces de la amargura. Estrategias posmodernas en la narrativa de Fernando Aramburu. Thesis Director: Mercedes Acillona.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION & RESEARCH
20th - 21st Centuries Spanish and Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Disability Studies; Women’s and Gender Studies; Second Language and Heritage Language Pedagogies and Education; Digital Humanities; Spanish Cinema.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat & Iker González -Allende. “Entre la humillación y la lucha: Masculinidad y discapacidad en Cartas desde el infierno (1996), de Ramón Sampedro.” Hispania, vol. 106, no. 4 [Forthcoming in December 2023].
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Eliminando invisibilidades: La sexualidad de las mujeres crip en Yes, we fuck!.” Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades, vol. 45, no. 1, 2019, pp. 11-32. Special issue on Re-imagining Female Disabilities in Luso-Hispanic Women’s Cultural Production, edited by Esther Fernández and Victoria Ketz.
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Sobrevivir en la zona muerta: La voz de las víctimas en El ángulo ciego, de Luisa Etxenike.” Sancho el Sabio: Revista de cultura e investigación vasca, no. 42, 2019, pp. 119-140.
González, José E., Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat & Barbosa, Marcus. “Detecting Modernismo’s Fingerprint: A Digital Humanities Approach to the Turn of the Century Spanish American Novel.” Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 51, no. 2, 2018, pp. 195-204. doi: 10.1080/08905762.2018.1540577.
Book Chapters
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Educación socioemocional inclusiva de los jóvenes con diversidad funcional en Experiencias desde otro punto de vista, de Jessica Martín.” Lo que segrega también nos conecta, coordinated by Romina Grana, Dykinson, 2022, pp. 414-34.
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “La voz femenina en el exilio: trauma, memoria y resiliencia en Un barco cargado de…, de Cecilia G. de Guilarte.” Agencia, historia y empoderamiento femenino, edited by Diane Marting, Eva Paris and Yamile Silva, República Dominicana: Ministerio de la Mujer, Crítica Dominicana Literaria sobre Escritoras Hispanoamericanas (CDLEH), 2018, pp. 143-58.
Interview
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “‘Mi lector ideal es alguien que no piense como yo, pero con el que pueda encontrarme en lo que nos une y no en lo que nos separa’. Entrevista a Javier de Isusi.” Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, vol. 20, 2016, pp. 139-55.
Book Review Essay
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. Rev. of La niña algodón, by David Sánchez y Raúl Aguirre. El Guiniguada: Revista de investigaciones y experiencias en Ciencias de la Educación, vol. 29, 2020, pp. 180-85.
Book Reviews
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Bulman, Gail A. Feeling the Gaze. Image and Affect in Contemporary Argentine and Chilean Performance. Chapel Hill: North Carolina P, 2022. Pp. 350. ISBN 978- 1-4696-6743-0.” Hispania, vol. 106, no. 3 [Forthcoming in September 2023].
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. Rev. of Los niños, by Carolina Sanín. Letras Femeninas, vol. 43, no. 2, 2018, pp. 222-24.
Other Publications
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “La universidad y el empleo.” Revista Deusto, no. 123, 2014, pp. 20-21.
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “El perfil de los universitarios.” Revista Deusto, no. 122, 2014, pp. 16-17.
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “La transmisión del conocimiento.” Revista Deusto, no. 121, 2013, pp. 22-23.
Works in progress
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Humor as a Critic of Heteronormative and Ableist Discourse in Alicia en un mundo real, by Isabel Franc and Susanna Martín.” Article. [Submitted to Modern Languages Open Journal in Spring 2023]
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “La representación del cuerpo femenino crip en El diario ilustrado de Frida Kahlo.” Article. [Submitted to Actio Nova Journal in Spring 2023]
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Revolviendo armarios: La masculinidad queer y crip en Manual básico de lengua de signos para romper corazones, de Roberto Pérez Toledo.” Book Chapter. [To be submitted in Fall 2023]
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “El humor como método de crítica social y política en Ávidas pretensiones, de Fernando Aramburu.” Article. [To be submitted in Spring 2024]
Fuente-Camacho, Montserrat. “Animal fiero y tierno: una cosmogonía mítica, de Ángela María Dávila.” Article. [To be submitted in Spring 2024]
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2023 “El humor como método de crítica al discurso normativo en Alicia en un mundo real, de Isabel Franc y Susanna Martín.” 105th AATSP Anual Conference: Nuevos horizontes para la comunicación y la cultura. Salamanca, España, June 26-29.
2022 "Entre la humillación y la lucha: Masculinidad y discapacidad en Cartas desde el infierno (2004), de Ramón Sampedro." III Congreso Internacional CreadorAS en la educación Literaria e Intercultural (III CICELI). Valencia, España, July 14-16.
2022 "Educación socioemocional inclusiva de los jóvenes con diversidad funcional." II Congreso Internacional Identidades, Inclusión y Desigualdad: Miradas Cruzadas. Sevilla, España, May 19-20.
2020 “La feminidad crip de Frida Kahlo: Vulnerabilidad y corporalidad no normativa como forma de resistencia.” Latin American Studies Association Conference: Améfrica Ladina: vinculando mundos y saberes, tejiendo esperanzas. Guadalajara, México, May 13-16.
2019 “Educación socioemocional: Las relaciones sociales de niños y jóvenes con diversidad funcional en La niña algodón, de David Sánchez y Raúl Aguirre y Experiencias desde otro punto de vista, de Jessica Martín”. XXIX Congreso internacional de las Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidad: CreadorAS en la Educación Literaria e Intercultural. Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, July 17-20.
2019 “La sexualidad de las mujeres crip en Yes, we fuck!” 39th Cincinnati Conference on Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures. The University of Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5-6.
2019 “La subversión de la sexualidad desde la diversidad funcional/discapacidad en Yes, we fuck!” Cine-Lit 9: Mujer y género. The University of Oregon, Portland, March 9-11.
2019 “The Redefinition of Gender and Sexuality from Disability.” No Limits: Women’s & Gender Studies Student Research Conference. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 8.
2017 “Un Barco cargado de… Trauma, memoria y resiliencia.” XXVII Annual Congress of the International Association of Female Hispanic Literature and Culture. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 9-11.
2017 “El humor como método de crítica social y política en Ávidas pretensiones, de Fernando Aramburu.” Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, October 26-28.
2017 “La espiral del silencio en Letargo, de Jokin Muñoz.” 11th Riverside Annual Conference: Violence: Stories and Expressions. The University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California, April 14.
2017 “The Role of the ETA victims in Luisa Etxenike’s The Blind Spot.” No limits: Women’s & Gender Studies Student Research Conference. The University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, March 10.
2016 “El papel de la víctima en El ángulo ciego, de Luisa Etxenike.” XXVI Annual Congress of the International Association of Female Hispanic Literature and Culture. The University of Houston, Houston, Texas, November 10-12.
2016 “Lectura ecocrítica de Los ríos profundos, de José María Arguedas.” Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, November 3-5.
2016 “The Spiral of Silence in Letargo by Jokin Muñoz.” 41 Annual European Studies Conference. The University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, October 7-8.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University of Fullerton
Graduate Courses
SPAN 500 – Research & Teaching Methods in Spanish (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
Upper–division Courses
SPAN 407 – Spanish Visual Representations of Cultural Transformations in the 20th Century (Spring 2023)
SPAN 315 – Introduction to Spanish Civilization (Spring 2023)
SPAN-461 – Spanish Literature since Neoclassicism (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lower-division Courses
SPAN 1010 – First Year of Spanish (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
SPAN 1020 – Second Year of Spanish (Fall 2021-2 sections, Spring 2022- 2 sections)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Upper–division Courses
SPAN 321 – Spanish Civilization: Cultures of Spain (Fall 2017)
SPAN 315 – Representative Authors of Spain (forthcoming in Spring 2021)
SPAN 304 – Advanced Writing: Creative writing (Spring 2018-2 sections, Summer 2019)
SPAN 303 – Advanced Reading for Comprehension (Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
Intermediate–division Courses
SPAN 210 – Online Accelerated Second Year of Spanish (Summer 2019, summer 2020)
SPAN 210 – Accelerated Second Year of Spanish (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
SPAN 204 – Intensive Writing in Spanish, Second Year (Fall 2016, Spring 2020)
SPAN 203 – Intensive Conversation and Service Learning in Spanish (Spring 2017)
SPAN 203 – Intensive Conversation in Spanish, Second Year (Fall 2016, Fall 2019)
Lower–division Courses
SPAN 102 – Second Year of Spanish (Summer 2015, 2016, Fall 2021-2 sections)
SPAN 101 – Online First Year of Spanish (Fall 2020)
SPAN 101 – First Year of Spanish (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)
University of Deusto-Bilbao, Spain
Upper–division Courses
SPAN 303 – Fourth Year of Spanish (Summer 2018, 2019)
Intermediate–division Courses
SPAN 102 – Second Year of Spanish (Summer 2016, 2017)
SPAN 102 – Second Year of Spanish (Fall 2013)
PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
TEAC 897R – World Languages Student Teaching at Lincoln public Schools (Spanish for Heritage Speakers) (Starts in Spring 2021).
TEAC 852R – Secondary World Languages Methods II (Fall 2020).
TEAC 894 – Practicum in World Languages at Lincoln Public Schools (Spanish) (Fall 2020).
EDPS 851 – Education and Psychology: Psychology of Adolescence (Summer 2020).
SPED 801B – Special Education: Accommodating Exceptional Learners in the Secondary Education Classroom (Summer 2020).
TOGS – Teaching Online for Graduate Students: Professional Development Training for Online Instruction (Fall 2018).
TEAC 801 – Curriculum Inquiry (Summer 2018).
TEAC 815A – Foundations of Dual Language Education (Fall 2017).
TEAC 800 – Inquiry: Teaching and Learning (Summer 2017).
TEAC 851R – Secondary World Languages Methods I (Spring 2016).
TEAC 813J – Intercultural Communication (Spring 2016).
SERVICE
California State University of Fullerton
Service to the Profession
2023 Chaired Panel: “Perspectivas divergentes e interseccionales de la maternidad.” XXXII Congreso de la Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (AEGS): Intersecciones. Querétaro, México, October 5-7. [Accepted]
2023 Chaired Panel: “Transiciones: lo que eran y lo que son.” II Conferencia Internacional de Mujeres Cineastas Hispánicas (CIMCiH). Worcester, MA, October 20-21. [Accepted]
2022 Member of Researchers and Critical Educators (RACE)
2022 Teaching & Wellness Committee Chair for RACE
Service to the Department
2022 Member of Modern Languages and Literatures Outreach Committee
2022 California State University World Languages Council
Service to the University
2022 Spanish Liaison for Study Abroad and Global Engagement (SAGE) at CSUF
Service to the Community
2023 Local Guest Speaker: Presentation in the AAEE about a Study Abroad Program in Bilbao, Spain.
2023 Local Guest Speaker: Presentation in the AAEE about “Acción Poética” a new project for CSUF students.
2022 National Guest Speaker: Lecture in a graduate/undergraduate course entitled “World Language Secondary Methods II” at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2022 Local Guest Speaker: Presentation in the AAEE (Asociación de Alumnos y Exalumnos de Español) as a new Spanish professor at CSUF
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Service to the Profession
2020 Chaired Panel: “Identidades vulnerables: Redefiniendo la discapacidad, el género y la raza en Améfrica Ladina”. Latin American Studies Association Conference: Améfrica Ladina: vinculando mundos y saberes, tejiendo esperanzas. Guadalajara, México, May 13-16.
2020 Chaired Panel: “Redefiniendo la migración hispánica: análisis interdisciplinar y multimodal de los desplazamientos migratorios en los siglos XX y XXI”. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, Kentucky, April 16-18. [Approved but conference was cancelled due to COVID-19]
Service to the Department
2021 – 2022 Participation in the Language Fair as part of the Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures
2019 – 2020 Director of Spanish Proctoring Center, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures.
2018 – 2020 Director of Spanish Tutoring & Writing Center and Editor of Spanish magazine Tu revista, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures.
2017 – 2018 Graduate Committee member as the Graduate Students’ Representative, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures.
2017 Participation in Lincoln Public School Career Fair as part of the Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures.
2016 Participation in the Spanish Tutoring Center, Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures. (Spring).
2014 – 2021 Participation in meetings of the Department Graduate Student Association.
Service to the University
2016 – 2021 Liaison and Summer Faculty Leader of the Study Abroad Program at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain.
2015 – 2018 Judge in competitive events in the Annual Language Fair for high school students: regional dances (2015, 2016, 2017), and music (2018).
Service to the Community
2017 Translations for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). Center for Civic Engagement at UNL.
2016 – Present Co-founder member of Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) Dual Language Coalition for the creation and implementation of Dual Public School in Lincoln, NE.
University of Deusto-Bilbao, Spain
Service to the University
2014 Co-organizer and collaborator (make-up, costumes, and actor), Cathleen ni Houlihan. Theater performance.
2011 – 2014 Co-Founder, co-organizer and co-presenter, Cine Forum, monthly movie reviews for students.
Service to the Community
2011 – 2012 Volunteer, Gorabide, Center for people with mental disabilities (Fall, Spring)
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2023 2022-23 Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Faculty Travel Grant. $1,000.
2023 Consolidated Course Fees, CSUF Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $800.
2022 CSUF Start-up / Professional Development Funds. $7,000.
2022 CSUF Milton Gordon New Faculty Research & Creative Activities Stipend. $8,000.
2021 UNL International Student Scholarship Fund. $1,000 [Campus-wide competition]
2020 Rogers Travel Fellowship, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $200.
2020 Summer Curricular Development Grant, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $400.
2019 – 2020 Donald Walters Miller Fellowship. Office of Graduate Studies. $5,000 [Campus-wide competition]
2019 Supplemental Graduate Student Travel, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $300.
2019 – 2021 George Rogers Memorial Merit Fellowship, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $2,000 each year.
2017 – 2018 Dean’s Fellowship, Office of Graduate Studies. $1,000 [Campus-wide competition]
2017 International Association of Female Hispanic Literature and Culture Travel Fellowship. $700.
2016 – 2021 Rogers Article Publication Award, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $500 each year.
2016 – 2019 Rogers Travel Fellowship, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $650 each year.
2016 – 2018 George Rogers Memorial Merit Fellowship, UNL Dept. Modern Languages and Literatures. $2,500 each year.
2014 – 2016 Chancellor’s Fellowship, UNL Office of Graduate Studies. $4,000 each year.
2013 Internship to study Chinese and teach Spanish, University of Tianjin, China. €5,000.
2012 – 2013 Internship to study English in Oxford, England. Basque Government €2.500.
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native speaker
English: Certificate in Advanced English, Chamber of Commerce of Bilbao, Spain (2004- 2010)
Portuguese: Reading proficiency
Chinese: First and Second Semester of Chinese at the University of Tianjin, China (2012-2013)
Basque: Beginner Level
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
2023 – Present Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
2023 – Present Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)
2020 – Present American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
2019 – Present Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
2016 – Present Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (AEGS), previously called “Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica”.
REFERENCES
Iker González-Allende, Ph.D.
Leland and Dorothy Olson Professor in Modern Languages and Literatures
Professor of Spanish
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Luis Othoniel Rosa , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Theresa Catalano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Second language Acquisition & Teaching
Dept. of Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
José Eduardo González, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ingrid Robyn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Errapel Mejías-Vicandi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
University of Nebraska-Lincoln