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1 ISABEL ASENSIO 1395 Edvalson St., DEPT Ogden, UT Office: (801) Cell: (801) EDUCATION M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature 2004, 2006 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN M.A. in Peninsular and Spanish American Literatures 2001 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY B.A. in English 1999 University of Extremadura, Spain TEACHING Associate Professor of Spanish Foreign Languages Department, Weber State University 2012-Present Assistant Professor of Spanish Foreign Languages Department, Weber State University Graduate Instructor Comparative Literature Program, Vanderbilt University Graduate Instructor Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Courses and Workshops 2-Day Advanced Skill Building Workshop for Court Interpreters Utah Supreme Court, Matheson Courthouse, Salt Lake City, UT, June 8-9, Day Skill Building Workshop for Court Interpreters Utah Supreme Court, Matheson Courthouse, Salt Lake City, UT, April 26-28, 2017 Advanced Skills-Building & Ethics Workshop for Court Interpreters Idaho Supreme Court and Ada County District Court, Boise, ID, October 10-11, 2015 Training the Trainers of Interpreting Studies London Metropolitan University, June 22-26, 2015

2 Vitae Asensio 2 Practical Course in Professional Translation Fundación para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Cultura Española, Madrid, October 2008-January 2009 ACTFL OPI Tester Training New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ, May 15-18, 2007 Attendance to Retreats and Conferences Utah Campus Compact, Community Engagement Institute Westminster College, SLC, UT, Feb. 5-6, 2016 Utah Women in Higher Education Network Annual Conference Utah Valley University, Orem, UT April 4, 2014 Utah Campus Compact, Engaged Faculty Institute, Homestead, Midway, UT, August 13-14, 2014 Utah Women in Higher Education Network Annual Conference Weber State University, Ogden, UT, April 5, 2013 Utah Campus Compact, Annual Faculty Retreat Moab, UT, February 8-9, 2013 Utah Women in Higher Education Network Annual Conference Salt Lake Community College, SLC, UT, October 2012 Weber State University Environmental Issues Retreat Alta Lodge, SLC, April 2012 Utah Campus Compact, Engaged Scholars Retreat Dixie State College, St. George, UT, February 7-9, 2008 SCHOLARSHIP Peer Reviewed Publications Asensio-Sierra, Isabel. Erotismo, violencia y lenguage en los cuentos de Pía Barros. Orillas Rivista D'ispanistica, University of Padua, Italy, Issue 5, Faith, Doubt, and Religious Ideology in Contemporary Spanish Cinema. Weber, The Contemporary West. Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2010), pp The Syncretism of Candomblé and Feminism in Helena Parente Cunha s Women Between Mirrors. Mother Tongue Theologies: Poets, Novelists, Non-Western Christianity. Ed. Darren J. N. Middleton. Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, ( ). Pía Barros. Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Eds. María Claudia André and Eva Paulina Bueno. New York: Routledge, (48-49). Marcia Dénser. Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Eds. María Claudia André and Eva Paulina Bueno. New York: Routledge, ( ). El espacio de la reminiscencia y la nostalgia en Café Nostalgia de Zoé Valdés. Letras Femeninas. Vol. 33, No. 2 (invierno 2007), pp

3 Vitae Asensio 3. Cuaderno de economía doméstica, by Sonia Montecino Aguirre; Territorio doméstico, by Bruna Truffa. Letras Femeninas. Vol. 33, No. 1 (verano 2007), pp Publications not subjected to peer-review Asensio-Sierra, Isabel. Moratín s El sí de las niñas: Intertextuality of the European Theater in Spain. Genre. 26 (2006), pp Cumandá e Iracema: hermandad entre dos culturas. Estudio comparativo. Utah Foreign Language Review. Volume XIV (June 2005), pp CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Lloviendo a gatos: Techniques for Teaching Translation. Presented at the Utah Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, February 9, Enhancing Student Learning and Engagement: Technologies in the World Languages Classroom. Presented at the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, Honolulu, HI, March 3-5, 2016; and at the Utah Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Weber State University, February 19, Devoción ciega: la presencia de la religión en el cine español contemporáneo. Presented at the 65 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April 19-21, Music: A Complex Pedagogical Tool in the Foreign Language Classroom. Presented at the Utah Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, November 11, Women s Search for Identity in Helena Parente Cunha s Novel Mulher no Espelho. Presented at the 64 th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14-16, Spanish for the Professions: The Case of Law Enforcement. Presented at the Utah Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, November 5, Erotism and Narrative Renovation in Exercícios para o Pecado by Márcia Denser. Presented at the 63 rd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Snowbird, Utah, October 8-10, Escritura, violencia y erotismo en la obra de Diamela Eltit. Presented at the XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Río de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-14, Crossing Disciplines: Theater and Foreign Language Teaching. Presented at the Utah Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, November 6, 2008.

4 Vitae Asensio 4 Escritura en confluencia: deseo, violencia y lenguaje en la obra de Pía Barros. Presented at the Octavas Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana, Santiago de Chile, Chile, August 11-15, The Erotic Imagination in Peri Rossi s Solitario de amor. Presented at the XVI Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, Ogden, Utah, October 5-8, La política de lo erótico en Lumpérica de Diamela Eltit. Presented at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Annual Conference, Salamanca, Spain, June 28-July 2, The Enrichment of the Nova Narrativa de Mulheres in Brazil: The Erotic Voice in Márcia Denser. Presented at the 58 th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April 21-23, El café: aquel espacio nostálgico de Zoé Valdés. Presented at the 56 th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April La búsqueda de la síntesis entre ciudad y campo en dos novelas modernistas: De Sobremesa, de Silva, y El árbol de la ciencia, de Baroja. Presented at the 1 st Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on Literatures, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, March Cumandá e Iracema: hermandad entre dos culturas. Presented at the 52 nd Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, October El soldado arquitecto: destrucción y reconstrucción del autor-narrador en la Vida de Jerónimo de Pasamonte. Presented at the 11 th Annual Fraker Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March ADVISING AND MENTORING Weber State University Faculty in Residence, Center for Community Engaged Learning 2015-Present Community Engaged Learning Fellows Program Coordinator Sigma Delta Pi Faculty Adviser 2010-Present Cultural Ambassador Scholarship Adviser 2007-Present Spanish Minors Adviser 2007-Present Senior Assessment Evaluator 2007-Present New Faculty Mentor Community-Engaged Project Mentor for Service Symposium 2013, 2014, 2015 BIS Capstone Project Mentor 2009, 2010 Student-teacher Evaluator Directed Readings Adviser 2009, 2015 Concurrent Enrollment Mentor 2008, 2009 Research mentor for National Undergraduate Literature Conference 2008

5 Vitae Asensio 5 Vanderbilt University Graduate Teaching Mentor Resident Adviser University of Kentucky Course Leader 2001 LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE AT WSU University Committees Community-Engaged Learning Curriculum, Chair 2015-Present WSU Charter Academy Board of Directors Women and Gender Studies Executive Council Academic Resources and Computing Engaged Departments (CCEL), Chair Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee 2014 Alan E. and Jeanne N. Hall Endowment for Community Outreach Faculty Senate Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Community Matchmaking, Center for Community Engaged Learning Faculty Writing Initiative Undergraduate Research 2007 Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities Committees Caucus 2010-Present Curriculum, Chair Dean W. and Carol W. Hurst Artist in Residence 2014 Curriculum Department of Foreign Languages Committees New Faculty Search, Chair ; Present Scholarship ; ; Present Tenure Peer Review Present Curriculum, Chair Post-Tenure Review 2015; 2017 Rank & Tenure 2014; Third-Year Peer Review 2014 Curriculum Publicity, Enrollment, and Retention 2008, Spanish Section, Chair 2009 New Faculty Search

6 Vitae Asensio 6 LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, West Region Vice-President Present Utah Foreign Language Association, Past-President Present Utah Foreign Language Association, President Utah Foreign Language Association, President-Elect Utah Foreign Language Association, WSU representative OTHER PROFESSIONALLY RELATED SERVICE Abstract reviewer National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University, March 29-31, Manuscript reviewer Crisolenguas, an e-journal published by the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (ISSN: ). Conference session chair 64 th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain MLA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14-16, rd National Undergraduate Literature Conference, Weber State University, March 31-April 3, XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Río de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-14, XVIII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, October rd National Undergraduate Literature Conference, Weber State University, April nd National Undergraduate Literature Conference, Weber State University, Ogden, UT, March XVI Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, Weber State University, October 5-8, Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 2001 and 2002.

7 Vitae Asensio 7 ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Program Director Spain Summer Study Abroad Program June 28-July 26, 2010 Amount of budget managed: $30,000 Number of participants: 14 Spain Summer Study Abroad Program May 11-June 8, 2009 Amount of budget managed: $37,275 Number of participants: 21 GRANTS RECEIVED DURING MY TENURE AT WSU Academic Resources and Computing Grant 2014 LGBT Instructional Grant 2014 Alan E. and Jeanne N. Hall Endowment for Community Outreach 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Hemingway Faculty Vitality Grant 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013 Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities Grant 2008 Provost s Professional Development Grant 2008 AWARDS 2016 Hemingway Excellence and Collaborative Award. Project: At home: Parents perspectives on raising bilingual kids and bilingual education, Weber State University Woman of the World, awarded by the Women s Center, Weber State University Victoria Urbano Critical Essay Prize, awarded by the International Association of Hispanic Women s Literature and Culture. Manuscript: Erotic Bodies/Erotic Politics in Contemporary Latin American Women s Writing. OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES Freelance Translation Worked as a freelance translator for several local non-profit organizations, including United Way of Northern Utah. Worked as a second-language proficiency tester for Ogden City employees. Workshop panelist Community of Practices: Community Engaged Learning 1.0 & 2.0, CCEL and Teaching and Learning Forum, Weber State University, Fall 2017 Democratic Engagement and CEL Designation, English Department Adjunct Retreat, Weber State University, August 20, 2016.

8 Vitae Asensio 8 The Use of Context and Content in Writing Strategies, Adjunct Retreat, Weber State University, February 27, Academic Job Market, Career Center, Vanderbilt University, April 19, How to pick a mentor, Women in Academe Series, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, November 3, Mistakes to Avoid in Graduate School, Women in Academe Series, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, October 6, Invited lectures Women from the Past: Spanish Women and Politics, Women Matter Series, Center for Diversity and Unity, Weber State University, March 18, Flamenco in Spain, Food for Thought Series, Honors Program, Weber State University, April 18, Semana Santa: Holy Week in Spain, Food for Thought Series, Honors Program, Weber State University, February 21, Reader-Response Discussions in the Humanities, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, October 27, Modern Latin American Literature by Women, Graduate Student Research Day, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 4, Cultural events for WSU campus and Ogden community Chair and lead organizer of the 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Spelling Bee and Language Talent Competition for Utah elementary and junior high schools, Weber State University, Spring 2015, 2016, and Reciter in poetry readings as part of Women s History Month, WSU Women and Gender Studies Program, March 2008 and Bilingual storyteller as part of the Annual WSU Storytelling Festival, February 2009 and Tertulias coordinator, extracurricular social gatherings organized to promote language practice, Board of Directors membership LUPEC, Latinos United Promoting Education and Civic Engagement Present