Primary Investigators

Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas

Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas is an Associate Professor and the George and Louise Peters Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Ohio Wesleyan University. Her current research focuses on contemporary productions of 17th century texts, with special emphasis on performance and social issues. She is also working on several pedagogical projects & publications focused on how experiential learning can help students better analyze the Spanish comedia through non-traditional means. She co-edited the volume Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theater (University of Toronto Press).

Erin Alice Cowling

Erin Alice Cowling is an Associate Professor at MacEwan University in Canada. Her research focus is on modern adaptations of early modern Spanish texts, particularly as they can speak to twenty-first-century issues of social justice and characters of the Other. She is the winner of the 2022 Matthew Stroud Comedia Article Prize for her article “Representing the Unrepresentable: A One-Man Retelling of Cervantes’s Entremeses.” She is a co-editor of Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theater, and author of Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature, both available from University of Toronto Press.

Invited Artist

Israel Franco Müller

(2022 - Present)

Israel Franco-Müller (San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a scenic designer (set, costumes, and lighting for theater, film, and television). With an international career, he participates in prestigious festivals and theaters, serving as a resident designer, including Teatro Círculo in New York, Escena Latina, and Teatro Público in Puerto Rico. He is also an active Association of Spanish Performing Arts Scholars member. He teaches at the Department of Drama at the University of Puerto Rico School of Humanities. His publications include "El Catálogo Escenográfico" (The Scenographic Catalog) and several articles found in the "Repository of the University of Puerto Rico." He is an avid believer and practitioner of "light dramaturgy," a term he develops and puts into practice both in his designs and the collective "Watts." His designs have been presented in the cities of New York, Georgia, Washington D.C., Almagro, Madrid, Murcia, Santiago de Compostela, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Medellín, Cali, Juárez, and Chihuahua, among others.

Graduate Research Assistants

Natalia Soracipa / Social Media Director

(2023 - Present)

Natalia Soracipa is a doctoral student at the University of Calgary in Canada. She is from Colombia and is in her third year of her Ph.D. program. Her research focuses on using theatre techniques to teach second languages. Her research assistant work consists of managing social media, guiding undergrads' work, and conducting and transcribing interviews. Natalia has experience working as an actress and researcher in both Latin America and North America.

Lorena Rojas / Project Manager

(2023 - Present)

Lorena is a graduate student at Western University. She is Ecuadorian, and she is in the 4th year of her Ph.D. in Hispanic studies. Her research is about voices, gender, and cinema. Specifically, she studies how feminine voices are represented in films directed by Latin American women. Her work seeks to understand how the materiality of these voices is inscribed in the narrative of the films and how the filmmaker’s voices can be thought metaphoric and symbolic ways. Her research assistant work consists of project management and organization. She is passionate about arts and community projects, as well as intermedial studies.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

Georgina Rivero (2023-Spring 2024)

While working for Siglo Latinx, Georgina was in her final year of undergraduate studies at Grant MacEwan University, where she pursued a major in English with minors in Spanish and Philosophy. Having grown up in Mexico, she found comfort in studying Hispanic literature.

Her work as a research assistant involved conducting literature reviews, as well as conducting and transcribing interviews.

Amanda Fuenmayor (2022-Spring 2024)

Amanda Fuenmayor graduated from MacEwan University in Canada in 2024. She majored in psychology and minored in Spanish. Her work as a research assistant involved conducting literature reviews, as well as conducting and transcribing interviews. Amanda's work was supported by a 2022 Project Grant from MacEwan University's Office of Research Services.

Ashley Bernal (2023-2024

Ashley graduated from MacEwan University in Canada in 2024. She majored in psychology and minored in Spanish. Her work as a research assistant involved conducting literature reviews, as well as conducting and transcribing interviews, and working with EFE TRES Teatro on their latest adaptation La firmeza en el ausencia.

TRANSLATOR

Ana Juana Vicente Foster (Spring 2024)

Ana Juana is a graduate student in Translation Studies at the University of Alberta where she also works as an editorial assistant for Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. She previously completed her B.A. in Translation and Interpretation (Spanish, English, and French) at the University of Málaga (Spain) and the University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom). Her latest publication is a chapter in the book Interpreting in a changing world: new scenarios, technologies, training challenges and vulnerable groups in which she argues whether interpreters in war zones need to be military-trained. As a linguist with a plethora of interests, she is currently researching narrative translations from Spanish into English (her two mother tongues). Her MA thesis specifically unearths the challenges and translation strategies when rendering dialects and how this practice has evolved over time. Besides her academic work, Ana Juana Vicente Foster is also a professional translator and interpreter for several Alberta-based agencies and a Spanish language instructor.

INTERNS

Giovanna Lacarrubba (Fall 2024)

Giovanna Lacarrubba is an undergraduate student at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH, from Asuncion, Paraguay. Currently in her third year, she is majoring in Finance and minoring in Spanish and Accounting. After taking the class "When a Woman Runs the Show: Early Modern Hispanic Theatre on the Contemporary Stage," taught by Professor Glenda Nieto Cuebas, she developed a strong interest in studying the role of women and analyzing current theater plays. Giovanna is passionate about contributing to the Latinx community and deepening her understanding of Hispanic literature.

Madison Cartnal (Fall 2023)

Madison Cartnal graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH) in 2023, with majors in Pre-Medicine and Spanish, and a minor in Chemistry. Her passion is to make healthcare more accessible to all, including, but not limited to, across different languages. Her work with the project involved translation and coordinating workshops and artist visits at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Elizabeth Sumoza (Fall 2023)

Elizabeth Sumoza is an undergraduate student at Ohio Wesleyan University in the United States. She is completing majors in Sociology/Anthropology and Theater, and is minoring in History and Spanish. She has experience in both acting and doing work backstage. Her research assistant work included conducting and transcribing interviews. She is excited to continue to create meaningful art that contributes to conversation around social justice in the Latinx community.

Eric Flores-Moreno (Winter 2023)

While working for Siglo Latinx, Eric Flores-Moreno was an undergraduate student at MacEwan University in Canada. He was in his third year, pursuing a Bachelor of Music with a major in Performance. He was passionate about creating and sharing performing arts with the community. His position as a student intern included interviewing artists, working on the events website, and promoting the event. Eric's position was supported by a Level UP grant.

Image credit: Israel Franco Muller. Scenography of Fuente Ovejuna by Teatro Círculo (2022). Used with permission of Israel Franco Muller.

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