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Sara V. Guengerich
(Last updated August 2015)
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
Contact Information
Associate Professor of Spanish
Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Box 42071
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-2071
Office Phone: (806) 834-4039
email: [email protected]
Education
2009
Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish, University of New Mexico.
Dissertation: “Indigenous Andean Women in Colonial Textual Discourses.”
Advisor: Kathryn J. McKnight.
Defended June 19, 2009 with highest honors.
2004
Master of Arts in Spanish, University of New Mexico.
2001
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Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication & Spanish, University
New Mexico.
1997
Associate’s Degree in Advertising, Universidad Privada Franz Tamayo, Bolivia.
Academic Position
2015-present
2009- 2015
Associate Professor of Spanish, Texas Tech University
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Texas Tech University.
Prior Academic Positions
2004-2008
2002-2007
Spanish Instructor, Instituto Cervantes of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Teaching Assistant of Spanish, University of New Mexico.
Administrative Positions
20142012
Graduate Advisor Spanish and Portuguese, CMLL, Texas Tech University
Director Study Abroad Spanish Program, Texas Tech University in Seville,
Spain (Summer 1).
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2010, 2012
2009-2014
2005-2007
Coordinator of SPAN 3307: Introduction to Hispanic Literature.
Coordinator of SPAN 3303: Intermediate Spanish Conversation.
Assistant Coordinator of the Spanish as a Second Language
Division, University of New Mexico.
II. TEACHING
Courses Taught (Since appointment)
Graduate courses:
SPAN 5355/
HIST 5355
SPAN 5370-001
SPAN 5370-001
SPAN 5355-001
SPAN 5370-001
SPAN 5370-001
SPAN 7000-001
SPAN 700-001
SPAN 7000-001
SPAN 8000
Colonial Blackness: Race and Identity in the Spanish American
Colonial World (Summer 2015) —Cross-listed graduate seminar.
"The Cross and The Sword: Narratives of the Conquest of Mexico
and Peru" (Fall 2010).
"Gender, Religion and Power in Colonial Spanish American
Literatures" (Fall 2011).
Seminar in Hispanic Literature: "The 'Other' in Spanish American
Colonial Texts" (Spring 2013).
"Subject to Colonialism: Narratives of the Conquest and
Colonization of Mexico and Peru" (Spring 2014).
Spanish American Colonial Literature (Fall 2009, Fall 2015).
Pre-Hispanic Poetry (Spring 2010).
"Colonial Latin American Authors" (Summer 2011).
"Colonial Literature in the Spanish Imperial Courts" (Summer
2012).
Doctoral Dissertation Hours (Multiple sections, Summer 2012,
Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014).
Undergraduate courses:
SPAN 4332-001:
SPAN 4325-001:
SPAN 4389-001:
SPAN 4325-001:
SPAN 3307-002:
SPAN 3303:
SPAN 3305-003:
SPAN 4346-260:
SPAN 4343-260:
Hispanic Civilization. "The Cultural Legacy of the Andes" (Spring
2010).
The Aesthetics of Social Justice: Indians in Latin American
Narrative (Fall 2014).
Senior Seminar "Visualizing the Encounter: Films and Text of the
Conquest of Spanish America" (Spring 2015)
Hispanic Short Story (Fall 2010, Fall 2014).
Introduction to Hispanic Literatures (Spring 2011, Spring 2012,
Spring 2014).
Intermediate Spanish Conversation (Multiple sections, Fall 2009,
Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring
2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014).
Intermediate Spanish Grammar (Spring 2015)
Spanish Life and Culture (Seville, Spain -TTU Center, Summer 1,
2012).
Advanced Grammar Skills (Seville, Spain, TTU Center, Summer 1,
2012).
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Teaching Recognition and Awards
2014
2011
2010
Nominated by students to participate of the Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony.
Nomination for the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
Nomination for the Hemphill Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award.
Inducted in Sigma Delta Pi, National Hispanic Honor Society, Texas Tech
University.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2014
“The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega on Women.” (Submitted by invitation to the
Modern Language Association's Approaches to Teaching the Writings of Inca Garcilaso de la
Vega volume).
Research Direction
Chair of Doctoral Committees
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Ana Cawthon, “Cihuatl, Xochitl y Cuicatl: Analisis textual de la mujer en los
cantos nahuas,” 2010-2014 (graduated).
Daniel Hopkins, "Absoged: The Articulation of Identity in Contemporary
Guna Literature," 2012-2014 (graduated).
Abraham Mata, "Sermones del México colonial y el discurso religioso
transatlántico, siglos XVII y XVIII," 2010-2014 (graduated).
Member of Doctoral Committees
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Hilda Salazar, “El exilio en los testimonios de Rigoberta Menchú y Domitila
Barrios de Chungara,” 2011 (graduated).
Catherine Grissom, “Under the Shadow of the Trickster: The Criado as a
Supplement to Don Juan,” (ABD, Dissertation writing in progress).
Member of Doctoral Exam Committees
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John Baron (Ph.D. exam completed July 2014).
Claudia Simón (Ph.D. exam completed January 2014).
Michael Martínez Jr. (Ph.D. exam completed October 2013).
Chair of Masters' Thesis
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Juan Morilla (MA Thesis in progress)
Chair of Masters' Committees
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Wendoli Flores, MA, 2011 (graduated).
Member of Masters' Thesis Committees
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Yesenia Blanco, MA Thesis, 2014 (graduated).
Member of Masters' Exam Committees
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Laura Valentín, MA, 2011 (graduated).
Pablo Domínguez, MA, 2011 (graduated).
Isidro L. Jimenez, MA, 2011 (graduated).
Mary Belden, MA, 2010 (graduated).
Student Advising Activities
2014-present
2012-2010
Graduate Studies Director for the Spanish and Portuguese
Division, CMLL.
Faculty Advisor for Céfiro (Graduate Student Organization, CMLL).
III. RESEARCH
Articles (Refereed)
2015
"The Inca Garcilaso on Women," Approaches to Teaching the Works of Inca Garcilaso de
la Vega. New York: Modern Language Association of America [Forthcoming 2016].
2014
"Capac Women and the Politics of Marriage in Early Colonial Peru." Colonial Latin
American Review 24.2. pp. 147-167.
2013
"Unfitting Shoes: Footwear Fashion and Social Mobility in Colonial Peru." Journal of
Spanish Cultural Studies 14.2. pp.159-185.
2013
"Daughters of the Inca Conquest: Native Women in Spanish Colonial Probanzas."
Uncovering the Colonial Archive: Women’s Textual Agency in Spanish America, 1500-1800,
eds. Rocío Quispe-Agnoli and Mónica Díaz (Ashgate). [Forthcoming 2015]
2013
“Virtuosas y Corruptas: La mujer indígena en las obras de Guaman Poma de Ayala y
el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.” Hispania. A Journal Devoted to the Teaching of Spanish and
Portuguese 96.4: 672-83. [Accepted for publication 2012].
2013
"The Perceptions of the Bison in the Chronicles of the Spanish Northern Frontier."
Journal of the Southwest 55.1: 251-76. [Accepted for publication 2010].
2012
“Bolivia and Its Importance to U.S. Latino Folklore.” Celebrating Latino Folklore: An
Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions, ed. Maria Herrera-Sobek. Santa Barbara: ABCCLIO Greenwood Press, pp. 121-132. [Accepted for publication 2010].
2009
“Viceregal Fashions: Mantos, Sayas and Golden Buckles in Colonial Peru.”
Monographic Review/Revista Monográfica XXV: 45-70.
2009
“Paula de Eguiluz: The Witchcraft Trials of a Black Woman in Colonial Cartagena
de Indias.” Afro-Latino Voices: Documentary Narratives from the Early Modern Iberian
World, ed. Kathryn McKnight and Leo Garofalo. Cambridge: Hackett Publishing
Company, pp. 175-193.
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Book in preparation
Guengerich, Sara Vicuña. Daughters of the Inca Conquest: Indigenous Women and The Spanish
Conquest.
Book Reviews
2012
Review of Joanne Rappaport and Tom Cummins' Beyond the Lettered City: Indigenous
Literacies in the Andes, Durham: Duke University Press, 2012. In Colonial Latin
American Historical Review.
2007
Review of Alan Durston's Pastoral Quechua: The History of Christian Translation in
Colonial Peru, 1550-1650. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. In
Colonial Latin American Historical Review.
2005
Colombi, Beatriz. Viaje intelectual: Migraciones y desplazamientos en América Latina (18801915) Rosario, Argentina: Ensayos Críticos, 2004. In The Colorado Review of Hispanic
Studies 3: 182-84.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications, including Technical Reports
2008
“El discurso complementario de Domitila Barrios de Chungara.” Tierra Firme Revista
Cultural Hispana 2, pp. 6-9.
2007
Stuart, David E. The Ecuador Effect. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,
(Portions translated from Quechua to English)
Manuscripts Currently Submitted
2014
“The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega on Women.” (Submitted by invitation to the
Modern Language Association's Approaches to Teaching the Writings of Inca Garcilaso de la
Vega volume).
Works in Progress
2015
"El matrimonio legal como una reinvención cultural: el caso de dos princesas
incaicas." (To be submitted to Revista Allpanchis. Centro de Estudios Peruanos)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations
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2014
"Doña Manuela Tupac Amaru: La agencia femenina en la construcción de la élite
cusqueña de los siglos XVII y XVIII," Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
(Lima, Peru), June 20.
2014
"Eva/Ave: Women in the Works of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Guaman Poma
de Ayala," New Mexico State University, March 19.
2012
"So, You Want to be a Professor?" Series: Getting Your First Job and Surviving
Your First Year, TLPDC Lecture Series, Texas Tech University, March 8.
2010
"The Transatlantic Journeys of Indigenous Andean Women," CMLL Lectures
Series, Texas Tech University, March 8.
2009
"Between Velvets and Potatoes: Andean Noblewomen and Market Vendors in
Colonial Spanish America," Feminist Research Institute, The University of New
Mexico, April 22.
International Conference Presentations (refereed)
2015
"Daughters of the Inca Conquest: Native Women in Spanish Colonial Probanzas and
Informaciones," Modern Language Association (MLA), Vancouver, Canada. January 810, 2015.
2014
"Tracing the Paths of the Indian Nobility in Late Colonial Peru: The Cases of Doña
Manuela Tupac Amaru and Doña Maria Teresa Choquehuanca," Grupo de Estudios
sobre la Mujer en España y Latino America pre-1800 (GEMELA), Lisbon, Portugal.
September 8-10.
2012
"Ficciones históricas y literarias: Matrimonios interraciales en la colonia andina
temprana,” V Congreso Nacional de Historia y Literatura, Universidad Nacional
Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (Peru), 6-10 August.
National Conferences (refereed)
2015
"Interethnic Dispositions: Discourses of Native Nobility in Colonial Peru," The
Southwest Seminar. Consortium on Colonial Latin America. Texas State University,
San Marcos, TX., Ocotber 22-24.
2014
"The Visual and Textual Fabrication of Inca Nobility in Late Colonial Peru," Latin
American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, IL., May 29-31.
2013
"The Rhetoric of Clothing: A Colonial Social Contract," Latin American Studies
Association (LASA), Washington, D.C., May 30-June 1.
2013
"El desarrollo del sujeto femenino moderno en los espacios físicos (e ideológicos)
del Perú colonial," North East Modern Language Association (NeMLA), Boston,
March 21-24.
2013
"Foundational Ruins: Earthquakes and the Discourses of Creole Consciousness in
Colonial Peru," Modern Language Association (MLA), Boston, January 3-6.
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2012
“The Perceptions of the Bison in the Chronicles of the Spanish Northern Frontier,”
Western Literature Association (WLA), Texas Tech University, November 7-10.
2012
“Legal Marriage as a Cultural Reinvention: The Cases of Two Inca Princesses,”
Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y Latino America pre-1800
(GEMELA), Portland State University, September 13-15.
2012
"The Emergence of Creole Thinking in the Midst of Natural Disasters," Rocky
Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), Park City, Utah, March
29-31.
2012
“Escalando peldaños: Feminine Shoes and Social Mobility in Colonial Peru,”
Modern Language Association (MLA), Seattle, January 5-8.
2011
"Women, Motherhood and Marriage in the Works of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega,"
Women's Studies Colloquium, Texas Tech University, October 27.
2011
“‘Vida maridable’ and Marriage Fictions: Spanish-Indian marriages in Early Colonial
Peru,” Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), Santa Fe,
NM, April 6-9.
2010
“Cacicazgos, Dowries and Genealogy: A Triple Discourse of Law and Custom
in Colonial Peru," Midwest Association of Latin American Studies (MALAS), St.
Louis, MO., November 5.
2010
"Collections of Mantos, Sayas and Golden Buckles: The Tapado Fashion in Viceregal
Peru," Early Modern Text and Image Conference, University of South Carolina Beaufort, October 16.
2010
“Herederas de tiempo inmemorial, mujeres de calidad e indias del común:
Conflictos identitarios de las mujeres andinas en las crónicas de Indias y en
documentos de archivo,” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC),
University of Kentucky, April 15-17.
2010
“The Transatlantic Journeys of Colonial Indigenous Women,” Women in the IberoAmerican Atlantic 1500-1800 Conference, College of Charleston, February 18-20.
2007
“Imaginaries of the Devil: The Trials of Paula de Eguiluz at the Inquisition in
Cartagena de Indias,” Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies
(RMCLAS) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 26.
2006
“'Si me permiten hablar' : El discurso complementario de Domitila Barrios de
Chungara,” XVII International Symposium on Spanish: Women Writers of Latin
America and the Borderlands, The University of Texas Pan-American, April.
2005
“Writing and Voice in the Works of Teresa de Cartagena,” 40th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 4-6.
Conference Workshops Organized/Conducted
2015
The Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Programs, Workshop for Incoming Graduate
Students (August 20).
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2014
2012
The Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Programs, Workshop for Incoming Graduate
Students (August 21).
Job Market Workshop for Graduate Students, CMLL (March 26).
2011
Latin American and Iberian Studies Lecture Series, Texas Tech University:
o “Tlatlacualtiah: A Nahua Rain Ceremony in Northern Veracruz” with
invited guest speaker, Dr. John Sullivan, State University of Zacatecas
(March 2).
o “The IDIEZ Project: Revitalizing Nahuatl in Higher Education” with
invited guest speaker, Dr. John Sullivan, State University of Zacatecas
(March 3).
o “Poetry and popular culture in Latin America” with invited guests, Dr. Juan
Carlos Ureña and Dr. Jeana Paul-Ureña, Stephen Austin University (April
28).
o Concert in the Nueva Trova style of music featuring songs from the
Ureña’s new album, "Espacio de Luz" (April 29).
2009
Job Market Workshop for Graduate Students, CMLL (October 20).
2009
Latin American and Iberian Studies Lecture Series:
o “What’s cooking? One thousand years of Ecuadorian tradition that’s what!
The Manabita Oven: Then and Now” with Dr. Tamra Walters, Associate
Professor in Anthropology, TTU (November 13).
o “ ¡Viva la Revolución!: The Mexican Revolution and Its Impact on the
Texas-Mexico Border” with Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor of
History, TTU (November 23).
FUNDING
External Applications (Awarded)
2011
2010-11
2007
2006
Short-Term Fellowship, Newberry Library, $1,600.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Texas Mini-Grants, $750 (PI).
Elka Klein Memorial Travel Grant, The American Jewish University,
$1,500.
Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies, LAII, University of New
Mexico on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, $2,400.
Internal Applications (Awarded)
2015
2013-2014
2013
2012
2011
2010-2011
Humanities Research Fellowship, Humanities Center TTU, $2,000.
Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship, CAHSS $7,911.
Gloria Lyerla Library Memorial Fund Research Travel Grant, $700.
Faculty Diversity Development Grant, $2,000.
Institute for Inclusive Excellence Award, $1,000.
International Cultural Center $250; Office of Institutional Diversity $1,000;
CMLL $700; History Department $200; Dr. Janet Pérez $1,000; Art
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History Department $400 (All awarded for the Latin American and Iberian
Studies Program Activities).
External Applications (Denied)
2015
2011
Kluge Fellowship program, Library of Congress, $21,000.
Pre-proposal NEH Summer Stipend, National Endowment for the
Humanities, $6,000.
American Council for Learned Societies, Dissertation Fellowship, $40,000.
2008
Internal Applications (Denied)
2011
2010
Faculty Diversity Development Grant, $ 2,000.
Gloria Lyerla Library Memorial Fund Research Travel Grants, $750.
Grant Applications In Progress
The Division of Education at the National Endowment for the Humanities, “The Hispanic
and Native Cultures on the Llano Estacado, 1540–1850.” (In collaboration with Dr. John
Beusterien). Expected date of submission: Fall 2015.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2013
Sixteenth-Century Paleography Certification granted by the Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú (PUCP) and the Riva Agüero Institute, Lima, Peru.
2007
Participated in an ELE (Español como Lengua Extranjera) seminar for teachers.
Enforex, Madrid, July 2-13.
SERVICE
Spanish Division
2015
2014-present
2013-2012
2013
2012, 2015
Chair of Search Committee for a Spanish faculty at the Assistant
level.
Graduate Studies Director for the Spanish and Portuguese
Division.
Recruited international students in Peru, Spain and Bolivia
through informative workshops (summer 2014).
Member of the Seville Center Spanish Faculty Selection
Committee.
Publicity Design to recruit students for the CMLL
Undergraduate and Graduate Spanish Programs.
Visited classes and organized informative sessions to
promote the Spanish Study Abroad Program in Seville.
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2012- present
2010-2012
2009- present
2010-present
2009-2012
2009
Member of the Spanish Undergraduate Upper-Level Studies Ad
Hoc Committee.
Faculty advisor for Céfiro: Enlace Hispano Cultural y Literario
(Graduate student organization affiliated with the Spanish and
Portuguese Division at CMLL).
Wrote recommendation letters for graduate students applying
for university and external funding, academic jobs, Ph.D.
programs. Also for undergraduate students applying for admission
to graduate programs, internships and jobs.
Member of the Undergraduate Scholarship Ad Hoc Committee.
Member of the Spanish Graduate Studies Ad Hoc Committee.
Member of the Spanish Graduate Survey Ad Hoc Committee.
Departmental Service -CMLL
2014- present
2011
Member of the Publicity Committee
Member of the German Job Search Committee.
College and University Service
2015,2013, 2011 Recruited students at the University Day.
2015,2013-2012 Recruited students at the Study Abroad Fair.
2014, 2012
Reviewed the dossiers of numerous TEACH Program Fellows during
their Exit Interviews (May).
2012
Mentored Clark Scholar (July).
2011
Faculty fellow at the Institute of Inclusive Excellence.
2011
Served as a judge in the Arts & Humanities Conference, October 21st 22nd.
2011
Served as Dean’s representative for a Ph.D. defense, October 20th.
Membership in A&S and University Committees
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
University Discipline Committee.
TTU Bookstore Advisory Board.
Latin American and Iberian Studies Grant Proposal Committee (Chair and
Principal Investigator).
Synergy Activities TTU (Guest Lectures)
2014-2013
2014-2010
"The Methods of Paleography in Colonial Spanish America/Early Modern
Spain" at John Beusterien and Connie Scarborough's graduate class
(Methods in Medieval and Renaissance Studies), February.
"The Colonial Spanish American Resources" at Connie Scarborough's
graduate class (Writing for the Profession), February, September.
Professional Service and Leadership
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Journal Article Referee
2015
2014
2011-2012
2011- present
2011
2009-present
Ethnohistory. Duke University Press (National)
Hispanófila. Ensayos de Literatura. University of North Carolina (National)
Hispania: A journal devoted to the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese (National).
Céfiro Journal, Editorial Board (Regional).
The Southwestern Geographer (Regional).
Colonial Latin American Historical Review (National).
Conference Session Organizer/Moderator
2012
2012-2011
2011-2012
2006
Co-organizer of panel (with Noelia Cirnigliaro, Darmouth) "You Will
Know Them By Their Shoes: Footwear in the Cultural Production of the
Early Modern Hispanic World,” Modern Language Association Meeting,
Seattle, January 5-8.
Moderator, Céfiro Conference, Texas Tech University.
Moderator, Conferencia Internacional de Literatura Detectivesca en
Español (CILDE), Texas Tech University.
Session Chair, “Crónicas y épicas de comunidad y encuentro
transatlántico: Siglos XVI y XVII”, 14th Annual University of New Mexico
Conference on Ibero-American Culture and Society, February 17.
Membership in Professional Organizations
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Modern Language Association (MLA).
Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (SSEMW).
Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas, pre -1800 (GEMELA).
Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies (RMCLAS).
Early Modern Society for Text and Image (EMIT).
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