Amber Workman
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Phone: 480-965-6281
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LL TEMPE, AZ 85287-0202
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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I work primarily on nonfiction genres in Latin America such as crónica and the essay, with an emphasis on Mexico (late nineteenth century to the present).
RESEARCH AREAS
Latin American literature, history, and cultural studies (emphasis 20th- and 21st-century Mexico to the present) literary nonfiction (crónica), essay, intellectual and cultural history, anti-intellectualism, the Porfirian press, reading and post-reading in Latin America
- Ph.D. Hispanic languages and literatures (emphasis Mexican literary and cultural studies), University of California, Santa Barbara
- M.A. Spanish-American literature, Arizona State University
- B.A. Spanish, Arizona State University
- Certificate in Latin American Studies, Arizona State University
Latin American literature, history, and cultural studies (emphasis late 19th-/early 20th-century Mexico to the present) literary nonfiction (crónica), essay, intellectual and cultural history, the Porfirian press, reading and post-reading in Latin America
2019- Founder and Director, Mexican Studies Research Group (www.mexicanstudies.org)
Books in progress
Contested Commemorations: National Myth, Counter-Memory, and the ‘Useable Past’ in Newspaper Writing on the Mexican Centennials of Independence
The Latin American Literary Chronicle in the Twenty-First Century
Book chapters
- “María Luisa Puga y la ‘pugna’ por la lectura en México.” María Luisa Puga y el espacio de la reconstrucción. Ed. Alejandro Puga, Amanda Petersen, and Patty Tovar. México: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2018: 181-195.
- “The Uses and Limits of Ethnic Humor and New Media in ‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ by Gustavo Arellano.” The Internet as Contestatory Medium in Latin America. Ed. Hilda Chacón. New York: Routledge, 2018. 151-160.
- “Expats in the City’: Más allá de la mirada turística en la crónica urbana transnacional de cronistas latino-estadounidenses.” Periodismo narrativo en América Latina. Ed. Antonio López Hidalgo. Salamanca. Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL), 2017. 199-218.
- “‘Ésta me cuadra y me la llevo’: Pillage and Chronotope in Los de abajo.” Equestrian Rebels: Essays on Mariano Azuela and the Novel of the Mexican Revolution. Ed. Roberto Cantú. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2016. (Conference proceedings Cal State-Los Angeles, 2015). 185-199.
- “El flâneur y los festejos centenarios.” Independencia, Revoluciones y Revelaciones: 200 años de literatura mexicana. Ed. Alicia Rueda Acedo, Ignacio Ruiz Pérez, and Rodolfo Mendoza Rosendo. Xalapa: Universdiad Veracruzana; Universidad of Texas, Arlington; UC Mexicanistas, 2010. 129-142.
Journal articles
- “Naturaleza y artificio en poesía de Nezahualcóyotl y la ‘Descripción de la laguna de México’ (1585) de Eugenio de Salazar.” (submitted)
- “The Non-Reader Citizen and the Nation in Rosa Beltrán’s Efectos secundarios (2011).” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 37.2 (2021): 176-96. (forthcoming)
- “El laberinto en la posmodernidad: los (ab)usos de la obra maestra de Octavio Paz en Estados Unidos.” Fuentes de lealtad hacia el norte y hacia el sur México y Estados Unidos. Special edition of Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura 11 (2015): 20-26.
- “‘Por fin, pasaron ya las fiestas del Centenario’: The Centennial of Mexican Independence in Rafael López’s ‘Commemoratory’ Chronicles.” The Latin Americanist 54 (2010): 47-58.
- “Monsiváis Writes the (Bi)centennial.” Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 2 (2010): 339-44.
Book reviews
- Review of Vida y milagros de la crónica en México, by Sara Sefchovich. Chasqui 47.2 (2018): 45-46.
- Review of Before, by Carmen Boullosa. Trans. Peter Bush. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas 51.1 (2018): 154-55.
- Review of Generación ¡Bang! Los nuevos cronistas del narco mexicano, ed. Juan Pablo Meneses. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 32 (2014): 177-79.
- Review of The Life and Writing of Fray Angélico Chávez: A New Mexico Renaissance Man, by Ellen McCracken. Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura 32 (2012): 100-101.
- Review of Crossing Cultures/Cruzando culturas, ed. Rhina Toruño-Haensly. Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina de Literatura, Arte y Cultura 8 (2011): 66.
Essays and encyclopedia articles
- “Carlos Monsiváis.” The Literary Encyclopedia. 2018. Online.
- “Perspectives on the Fall of the Aztec Empire: From 1520 to 2015.” The American Mosaic: The Latino American Experience. ABC-CLIO. 2016. Online.
- “Art, Music, Film, and Literature as Unique Cultural Expression in the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands.” The American Mosaic: The Latino American Experience. ABC-CLIO. 2015. Online.
- “José Carlos Mariátegui.” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies. Ed. Henry J. Schwartz. 2015. Online.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 412 | Adv Conversation/Composition |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 474 | Revolutnr Mexico&Postmdrn Revs |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 194 | Special Topics |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 429 | Writing Mexico: Major Texts |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
SPA 550 | Spanish for Reading Knowledge |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
COURSES TAUGHT
Arizona State University
Elementary Spanish I
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Spanish Conversation and Composition I
Spanish Conversation and Composition II
Advanced Spanish
Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Major Works: Mexico
Spanish for Reading Knowledge
California Lutheran University
Elementary Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
California State University-Channel Islands
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Maricopa Community Colleges
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Hispanic Heritage in the U.S. Southwest
History of Mexico
Ideas and Values in the Humanities
Pepperdine University
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Basic Spanish Translation
Literature of Spanish America I: Colonial to Modernismo
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Los Ángeles
Crónica literaria mexicana
University of California, Santa Barbara
Advanced Composition in Spanish through Literature
Spanish American New Novel
Introduction to Chicano Studies: A Historical Perspective
Introduction to Chicano Studies: A Cultural Perspective
Introduction to Latin American and Iberian Studies
(undergraduate and graduate sections)
The Latin American and Iberian Urban Experience
Latin American and Iberian Literatures and Cultures in an Age of Globalization
Beginning Spanish I
Beginning Spanish II
Beginning Spanish III
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish III
READERSHIPS
University of California, Santa Barbara
Barrio Popular Cultur
Business Spanish
Contemporary Mexican Literature: Modernism to Avant-garde
Contemporary Mexican Literature: Mexican Short Story
Decolonizing Feminism
Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
Mexican Culture
Survey of Chicana/o Literature
Survey of Spanish American Literature
Survey of Spanish American Colonial Literature
Survey of Spanish Literature
2014
Modern Language Association (MLA) Bibliography Fellow Award
2012-2014
International Humanities Center Research Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2011
Dean’s Dissertation Advancement Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2011
Spanish and Portuguese Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009
Award for Excellence in Brazilian and Portuguese Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009
Genaro Estrada Grant for Studies in Mexican Independence and Revolution,Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Mexico)
2021-
Volunteer Editor for Latin American Literature, Encyclopedia Britannica
2010-2018
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Textos Híbridos. Revista de estudios sobre la crónica latinoamericana (Now housed at The Ohio State University: https://textoshibridos.uai.cl/index.php/textoshibridos)
2014
Interim Managing Editor, Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos
2007-2010
Co-editor of TINTA: Research Journal of Hispanic and Lusophone Studies
Manuscript reviewer
Dimension Antropológica, Hispania, Revista de Humanidades (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Book reviewer
Hispanic American Historical Review, Hispanófila, Studies in Latin American Popular Culture
- American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
- American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
- ASU Faculty Women’s Association (FWA)
- Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ)
- International Association for Literary Journalism Studies (IALJS)
- Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
- Latinoamericana. Asociación de Revistas Literarias y Culturales
- Modern Language Association (MLA)
- PROFMEX (Consortium for Mexico Policy Research)
- UC-Mexicanistas (Intercampus Research Group)
2012-2013
Mentor to graduate students in Latin American and Iberian Studies working on Masters' theses, University of California, Santa Barbara
2015-2016; 2017-
Spanish Instructor, Arizona State University
2015-2018
Adjunct Instructor (Spanish, Mexican history, Hispanic Heritage in the U.S. Southwest Introduction to Humanities), Maricopa Community Colleges
2014-2015
Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, Pepperdine University
2012-2014
Spanish Lecturer, California Lutheran University
2013-2014
Summer Interim Director of Spanish and Portuguese Language Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
2012-2015
Spanish, Latin American and Iberian Studies, and Chicana/o Studies Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara
2012, 2014
Spanish Lecturer, California State University, Channel Islands
2011-2016
Research Assistant, Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2011-2012
Lead Teaching Assistant in Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Santa Barbara
2008-2009
Abstract Writer and Translator, Historical Abstracts/EBSCO
2008, 2009, 2021
Reader for AP Spanish Exam (College Board)
2007-2012
Spanish and Chicana/o Studies Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara
2004-2007
Spanish Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University
2021-
Organizer and Facilitator, “Classic Works of Hispanic Literature”, “Classic Works of Mexican Literature”, and “Creative Nonfiction by Latin American Writers” bi-monthly/monthly book discussions
2019-
Founder and Director, Mexican Studies Research Group (www.mexicanstudies.org)
2019-2021
Co-founder and co-facilitator, Borderlands Literature and Film Circle sponsored by Border Community Alliance (Tucson, AZ)
2014-
Modern Language Association (MLA) Field Bibliographer
2012
Member, Mexican Studies Research Focus Group (RFG), University of California Santa Barbara
2010-2011
Graduate board member, Consortium for Literature, Theory, and Culture (CLTC) Colloquium Series, University of California, Santa Barbara
2010-2014
Modern Language Association (MLA) Bibliography Fellow
2009-2013
Assistant organizer, UC-Mexicanistas annual conference, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009-2010
Organizing committee member, 12th Annual Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009-2010
Graduate representative to the Spanish and Portuguese faculty, University of California, Santa Barbara