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LAURA E. BELMONTE
University of New Mexico
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
1821 Sigma Chi Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
[email protected]
Education
Ph.D. in Spanish—Cultural Studies (Expected May 2016)
Arizona State University
Dissertation Title: “The Fight for Dignity: Spiritualities and Religious Expression in
Chicana/o Cultural Production from 1960s-2010s”
Jesús Rosales (chair), David William Foster, and Manuel Hernández
M.A. in Spanish (May 2011)
University of New Mexico
Concentration: Hispanic Literature
B.A. in Education (May 2009)
University of New Mexico
Concentrations: Bilingual Education, Spanish
PUBLICATIONS
Belmonte, Laura E. “Review of Border Dilemmas: Racial and National Uncertainties in New
Mexico, 1848-1912 by Anthony P. Mora.” AmeriQuests 12.1 (2015). Forthcoming.
Belmonte, Laura E. “El mestizaje espiritual y Xicanista representado en la literatura
chicana contemporánea mediante las obras de Estela Portillo Trambley, Helena María
Viramontes, Ana Castillo y Stella Pope Duarte.” Circunloquios: Revista de investigaciones
culturales 2.1 (2015).
Baeza, Ileana & Laura E. Belmonte. “Terceros espacios desde Aztlán al Mayab. El recorrido
de un chicano por el Mayab: Entrevista con el Dr. Manuel de Jesús Hernández-G.” Puentes
10 (2014).
Presentations
Belmonte, Laura E. “The Role of the madre chicana: Celestial Angels, Almighty Women.”
Mujeres en Activas en Letras y Cambio Social 2015 Summer Institute Honoring our
Intersectionality, Our Migration Roots/Routes, Albuquerque, NM. 30 July 2015.
Belmonte, Laura E. “Femicide and Genocide on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Discourses of
Justification Denounced in Mummified Deer and The Women of Juarez.” XLI National
Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference Fragmented Landscapes in Chicana
and Chicano Studies: Deliberation, Innovation or Extinction?, Salt Lake City, UT. 12 April 2014.
Belmonte, Laura E. “El mestizaje espiritual y Xicanista representado en So Far from God de
Ana Castillo.” Arizona State University. XVII Spanish Graduate Student Conference
Transformations: New Perspectives in the 21st Century, Tempe, AZ. 28 March 2014.
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Belmonte, Laura E. “Reterrevolucionarios y rabiosos: la poesía denunciante de Margarita
Cota-Cárdenas de una perspectiva sorjuanina.” XVIII Congreso Internacional La Frontera:
Una nueva concepción cultural, Phoenix, AZ. 20 February 2014.
Belmonte, Laura E. “El Performance Tribalero: Representaciones del movimiento Tribal en
‘Behind the Seams: Mexican Pointy Boots’ y ‘Glee’.” XL National Association of Chicana
and Chicano Studies Conference Advancing from Sea to Shining ¡Sí!: Learning from our Past,
Defending our Rights in the 21st Century, San Antonio, TX. 21 March 2013.
Belmonte, Laura E. “Enrique Krauze: Representaciones históricas de México, e
intervenciones ideológicas del presente.” Arizona State University. XVI Spanish Graduate
Student Conference Social Imaginaries and Cultural Production, Tempe, AZ. 22 February
2013.
Belmonte, Laura E. “Voy a dar lástima; soy rajado”: La mitificación del rajado y la
inconciencia política del méxico-americano.” Arizona State University. XV Spanish
Graduate Student Conference Migraciones y diaspora desde nuevas perspectivas, Tempe, AZ.
10 March 2012.
Belmonte, Laura E. “La fuerza de las sutilezas.” 65th Annual Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association Convention, Scottsdale, AZ. 8 October 2011.
Awards and fellowships
Arizona State University Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-2016
-Relinquished due to the acceptance of a faculty position at the Department of
Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico.
Foster Latin American Research Fellowship Award, 2011-2012
Spanish Graduate Fellowship Award, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015
Teaching Experience
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of New
Mexico, 2015 – present.
Introduction to Chicana and Chicano Studies
Chicana and Chicano Cultural Studies (Online course)
Teaching Associate, Spanish Department, Arizona State University, 2011-2015
Mexican American Literature (Online course)
Spanish Conversation and Composition for Bilinguals, Courses I & II
Spanish Conversation and Composition (Online course)
Intermediate Spanish for Bilinguals, Courses I & II
Intermediate Spanish (Online course)
Intermediate Spanish
Elementary Spanish (Online course)
Elementary Spanish
Teaching Associate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico,
2010-2011
Intermediate Spanish as a Heritage Language
Elementary Spanish as a Heritage Language
Spanish Teacher, Ernie Pyle Middle School, Albuquerque Public Schools, 2009-2010
Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish
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Spanish Teacher, Rio Grande High School, Albuquerque Public Schools, 2008-2009
Advanced Spanish
Spanish Literature
Service
Organizer for Spanish graduate student group Encuentros de estudiantes de literatura
chicana, where I planned meetings, presentations, film viewings and trips that are relevant
for the academic development of graduate students specializing in Chicano literature,
Arizona State University, August 2012 – present.
Served as a tutor in the Spanish Writing and Tutoring Center for the students enrolled in
the undergraduate Spanish courses, Arizona State University, August 2014 - present.
Co-organized a Bowling Night for the Spanish as a Heritage Language students, Arizona
State University, October 2014
Co-organized the Noche Cultural for students of SPA 316 to present their final projects,
Arizona State University, December 2013
Organizing Committee Member, 16th Annual Spanish Graduate Conference, Arizona State
University, 2012-2013
Co-organized the event “Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas” sponsored by the Sabine Ulibarrí
Spanish as a Heritage Language Program in which we had Al Hurricane Sr. and Jr.
performed for our students and faculty in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
University of New Mexico, April 2011.
Secretary, Spanish Graduate Student Association, University of New Mexico, 2010-2011
Administrative work
Assistant of coordinator, Spanish as a Heritage Language Program, Arizona State
University, Fall 2014
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