糖心APP

Work Experience

糖心APP, Associate Professor of Spanish, 2022-present
Assistant Professor, 2019-2022
Montclair State University, Adjunct Professor of Spanish & Latino Studies, 2009-2020
University of Western Ontario, Course Instructor of Portuguese, 2014-2019
Paramus Catholic High School, Spanish Teacher, 2012-2014
Brookdale Community College, Adjunct Professor of English, 2011-2012

Committees

Current Committees:
Cultural Enrichment Committee Chair
Faculty Mentoring Committee
DEIB Strategic Priority Team Co-Chair
Human Resources Strategic Priority Team
AFACCT
Honors Program
Labor Management Committee

Past
Faculty Council Past President (FY2024)
Faculty Council President (FY2023)
Faculty Council Secretary (FY2021 & 25)
Faculty Council Vice President (FY2022)
Scheduling Implementation Taskforce
Faculty Fundraising Committee
Faculty Fundraising Chair
Professional Development Committee
MHEC Advisory Council

Community Service

Director of Echoes & Visions Reading Series (2024-present)
2025-2026 Authors Featured: Cleyvis Natera, David Viergutz, Lily Tuzroyluke, Tyehimba Jess (Pulitzer Winner), Sharnell Tull, Steve Berry, Julian Zabalbeascoa, Dorianne Laux
2024-2025 Authors Featured: David Galef, David Kherdian, Hanay Geiogamah, Jennifer Keates Curtis, Amber Green, Roxana Walker-Canton, Randi Sonenshine, Ada Lim贸n (US Poet Laureate), Ariel Dorfman

Faculty Advisor for Student United Way (2019-2022)

Awards

University of Western Ontario School of Graduate Studies- Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2019

Publications

Books (as editor):

Hispanic and Lusophone Voices of Africa. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press. 2022.

Book Chapters:

Introduction, in Hispanic & Lusophone Voices of Africa. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press. 2022.

Cabo Verde from Text to Silver Screen: Germano Almeida’s “The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Ara煤jo”, in Hispanic & Lusophone Voices of Africa. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press. 2022.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

M-L, D. and Sarita Addy. When Ogun and Iansan Meet: Gender and Performativity in Karim A茂nouz’s Madame Sat茫.鈥� Mid-Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies (MARLAS) 3.1: (2019):53-80.

M-L, D. 鈥淎uthoritarian-Discourse in Garc铆a M谩rquez鈥檚-La mala hora & Ruy Guerra鈥檚-O Veneno da Madrugada.鈥� Delaware Review of Latin American Studies. 16.2 (2015): 5-19.

M-L, D. 鈥淎nimating a Legend: El Cid.鈥� Contemporary World Literature: Journal of the Arts 1.7 (2011): 55-69.

M-L, D. 鈥淪hattered Hopes and Dreams: The Timeless Realities of Immigration in David Riker鈥檚 La Ciudad鈥�- Urbana: Urban Affairs and Public Policy 9.1 (2011).

Presentations

Conference Papers:
“Supporting Students on the Spectrum” (with Dana Bunnell-Young). AFACCT Conference, January 8, 2026.

鈥淚nnocence Interrupted: Class, Ideology, and Coming of-Age under Authoritarianism in Machuca and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress鈥�. LASA/Oceania-Asia Conference, November 18, 2025.

鈥淩esurrecting Laurie Strode: Halloween H20 The True Anniversary Sequel鈥�. Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference (virtual), October 9, 2025. (co-authored with Daisy Harper)

鈥淐rimson Saints and Sapphire Deities: Color Symbolism in Moulin Rouge!鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association Virtual Symposium, July 20, 2025.

鈥淯nearthing Chile鈥檚 Hidden Past: Patricio Guzm谩n’s Nostalgia de la luz鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, University of Delaware, March 28, 2025.

鈥淎 Less is More Approach: Depicting Displacement & Violence in Marcelo Pi帽eryo鈥檚 Kamchatka鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2025 Convention, La Salle University, March 8, 2025.

“Cinematic Paintings & Landscapes in Vozvrashcheniye鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association Conference, November 8, 2024.

鈥淭he Many Faces of Postmodern Horror Films鈥�. Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference, October 3, 2024.

鈥淔inding Justice and Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Ariel Dorfman鈥檚 La muerte y la doncella.鈥� Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2024 Convention, Bogot谩, Colombia, June 13, 2024.

鈥淒ialogism, Genre, and Adaptation in the Coen Brothers鈥� True Grit鈥�. Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference, October 12, 2023.

鈥淗ope and Futurity in Alfonso Cuar贸n鈥檚 Children of Men鈥�. 6th Annual Racism, Nationalism, and Xenophobia International Interdisciplinary Conference (virtual), The University of S茫o Paulo, May 26, 2023.

鈥淏razil鈥檚 Role in the Production of Luso-African Cinema鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, Salisbury University, March 11, 2023.

“Religious Depictions and Imagery in Andrey Zvyaginstev鈥檚 The Return (2003)” Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference (virtual), October 20, 2022.

鈥淧ostmodern Horror: Then & Now.鈥� 4th Annual Postcolonialism, Postcommunism, and Postmodernism International Interdisciplinary Conference (virtual), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, July 29, 2022.

“Literary Representations of the 1989 US Invasion of Panama.” Annual International Conference organized by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University, 27th June 2022

鈥淔ear, Terror, and Trauma in Enrique Chuez鈥檚 Operaci贸n Causa Justa鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, The College of New Jersey, March 18, 2022.

鈥淗istory and Memory in the Fiction of Patricio Pron鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2022 Convention, Johns Hopkins University, March 11, 2022.

鈥淔iery and Feminine: Gender Fluidity & Yoruba Religion in Karim Ainouz’s Madame Sat茫鈥�. National Association of African American Studies Conference (Virtual Conference), February 15, 2022.

“Adapting Third World Fiction: Co-productions, Film Festivals, & Politics, The Case of Cabo Verde”. Pacific & Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 13, 2021.

鈥淚ntertextuality in the Coen Brothers鈥� True Grit (2010)鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association Conference (virtual), November 10, 2021.

鈥淟anguage and (Mis)Communication in the Coen Brothers’ Fargo鈥�. Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference (virtual), October 22, 2021.

鈥淧eruvian Cinema in Times of Crisis鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference (virtual), The College of New Jersey, March 19, 2021.

“Psychological Trauma for Returning Exiles in Tununa Mercado鈥檚 Estado de Memoria”. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2021 Convention (virtual), University of Pennsylvania, March 11, 2021.

“Roberto Bola帽o: el puente entre la Generaci贸n Crack y los McOndistas con los escritores del 鈥淏oom鈥�. Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference (virtual), Salisbury University, September 12, 2020.

“The Rise of Basque Cinema”. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2020 Convention, Boston University, March 6, 2020.

鈥淓spa莽o, guerra e mem贸ria em Terra Son芒mbula de Mia Couto鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2019 Convention, Georgetown University, March 22, 2019.

鈥淒epictions of Terrorism and ETA in the Basque Historical Novel鈥�. Losing Our Words: Transformations in Language and Culture, Humber College (Toronto), October 27, 2018.

鈥淧araguayan Cinema and the Film Festival Circuit鈥� Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), University of Wyoming, October 5, 2018.

鈥淥 g锚nero, o trabalho e o poder na novela Parque industrial de Patr铆cia Galv茫o鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2018 Convention, University of Pittsburgh, April 14, 2018.

鈥淎n Awful Homecoming: Argentina and Its Returning Exiles鈥�. The State of (In)Equality: Social Justice Under Siege, Humber College (Toronto), October 29, 2017.

鈥淏akhtin鈥檚 Theories of Common Language and Dialogism in Fargo (1996)鈥�. Canadian Comparative Literature Association 2017 Convention, Ryerson University, May 30, 2017.

鈥淎 Vendetta Against the Immigrant: Exploitation and Discrimination in Paola Mendoza鈥檚 Entre Nos and David Riker鈥檚 La Ciudad鈥�. Transatlantic New York Conference, City University of New York (CUNY), May 25, 2017.

鈥淟atin American Archival Fiction Beyond the 鈥淏oom鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2016 Convention, University of Connecticut, March 19, 2016.

鈥淐antando de la camarader铆a en Canto general de Pablo Neruda.鈥� No-Fly Zones & Molotov Cocktails: Annual Modern Languages & Literatures Graduate Student Conference, Western University, March 10, 2016.

鈥淎dapting Gar铆a M谩rquez: La mala hora.鈥� Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, Cycles & Encyclicals in Latin America, Temple University. March 5, 2016.

鈥淒epictions of Violence in Roberto Fuguet鈥檚 Tinta roja.鈥� Comparative Literature Forum, Western University, November 25, 2015.

鈥淟a resistencia de enfrentarse con la dictadura militar argentina en la ficci贸n de Pron.鈥滾atin American Studies Association (LASA) 2015 Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 30, 2015.

鈥淓scribir de la Guerra sucia: la estructura de El esp铆ritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2015 Convention, Ryerson University, May 2, 2015.

鈥淩evolutionary Change: Challenging Gender Roles in Retrato de Teresa.鈥� Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, Altered States: Cross-disciplinary explorations of tradition and the emergent in Latin America, Ithaca College. April 18, 2015.

鈥淎fro-Brazilian and Transgender Identity in Madame Sat茫.鈥� Trans- and Trace: Annual Modern Languages & Literatures Graduate Student Conference, Western University, March 5, 2015.

鈥淥vercoming the Film Crisis of the 1990s: Peruvian Cinema鈥檚 Struggle to Break into the Global Market.鈥� Cinema & Media Studies Conference, Imagining Crisis, York University, November 23, 2014.

鈥淭ales of Trauma & Torture in Exile: The Fiction of Tununa Mercado.鈥� Comparative Literature Forum, Western University, October 8, 2014.

鈥淭he Media鈥檚 Obsession with Violence in Alberto Fuguet鈥檚 Tinta Roja.鈥� Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2014 Convention, Susquehanna University, April 5, 2014.

鈥淰oices from Afar: Trauma in Argentine Dirty War Literature Written in Exile鈥� Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, Rethinking Social Justice in Latin America: From the Vatican to the Street, Rutgers University. March 7, 2014.

鈥淭he Failed Journey Home: Exile, Trauma, and Recovery in Tununa Mercado鈥檚 Estado de memoria鈥�. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 2013 Convention, Tufts University, March 22, 2013.

鈥淚 smell鈥� a ghost! Olfactory Eidolons in the Fiction of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez鈥� Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference: From Xocolatl to Xuxa: Latin America in the World, Lebanon Valley College. March 9, 2013.

鈥淲ho Conquered Whom? Spiritual Hybridization in Fernando Carrasco鈥檚 La otra conquista鈥�. International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, Arizona State University, March 7, 2013.

鈥淭he Postmodern Horror Film of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries鈥�. 鈥揊ilm and Television in the 21st Century Conference, Texas Christian University, November 2, 2012.

鈥淒ead Ends, Delays, and Detours: Mexico鈥檚 Road to Modernization in Mar铆a Novaro鈥檚 Sin dejar huella鈥�. 鈥揅rossroads III Conference: Dead Ends, Delays, and Detours, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 6, 2012.

鈥淗arry鈥檚 Greatest Escape: Survival and Deterioration of the Middle Class Family in Marcelo Pi帽eryo鈥檚 Kamchatka鈥�. 鈥�14th Annual Lusophone and Hispanic Conference: Tiempos de c贸lera: la literatura, la ling眉铆stica y la cultura en tiempos de crisis, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 4, 2012

鈥淗istorical, Mythical, and Poetic Space in Carlos Fuentes鈥檚 Gringo Viejo鈥� 鈥揗id-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference: Latin America: Hopes, Dreams and Reality after the Washington Consensus, American University, March 24, 2012.

鈥淪earching for Paradise: The Reality of Life along the U.S. / Mexican Border in Mar铆a Novaro鈥檚 film El Jard铆n del Ed茅n鈥�- Graduate Portuguese & Hispanic Symposium: [Trans]mission Impossible: Communication Breakdowns, Translation Barriers, Georgetown University, March 16, 2012.

鈥淏reaking the Myth of Macondo: Latin America鈥檚 Literary Generation X鈥�- Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference: Towards a Third Century of Independence, University of Pittsburgh, March 18, 2011.

Interests

Latin American & Brazilian literature & film
Basque culture
Horror movies
Community interpreting
Freemasonry & Scottish Rite